Genre Deep-Dive: The Complete Guide to {genre_name}

You keep hearing a genre named and have no foothold in it. Name it and it lays out the origins and founders, the features that make it recognisable, five landmark albums with a line each, and the main subgenres and offshoots. Accessible enough for a newcomer, structured enough to actually remember.

Give me a comprehensive but accessible deep-dive into the genre {genre_name}. Structure it as follows: (1) Origins: where, when, and why it emerged, naming the key founders; (2) Defining characteristics: the musical features that make it recognisable (tempo, instrumentation, vocal style, production); (3) Landmark albums: five essential records with a one-sentence reason each; (4) Subgenres and offshoots: the main branches and how they differ; (5) Crossover points: how it influenced or was influenced by {related_genre}; and (6) Where it is today: who is making the most interesting work in this genre right now. Keep each section to 3 to 5 sentences. Assume I know almost nothing about the genre.