Monday, April 14, 2008

198. Herbie Hancock – Rockit

Found On: Future Shock (1983)

An exercise in turntablism put forth by a jazz legend? How strange. But it works thanks to propulsive percussion, robot voices and a memorable-as-a-TV-theme synth melody. Hancock's trad jazz fans balked, but this was an watershed moment for hip-hop.

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