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Herbie Hancock - Rockit Label: Columbia Catalog#: 38-04054 Format: Vinyl, 7" Country: Canada Issue Released: 1983 Genre: Electronic Old School Hip Hop Breaks Style: Electro Tracklist A Rockit 3:54 B Rockit (Album Version) 5:22 Written-By – Bill Laswell, Herbie Hancock, Michael Beinhorn Taken from the Columbia LP "Futureshock" FC 38814. Herbie Hancock - Rock It LIVE Herbie took a big risk with going for the hip-hop sound and he succeeded. Every one of the six original songs are dynamite, are edgy and very creative for that period. I still love Rockit, perhaps one of Herbie's finest performances. Its mix of urban jazz and the turntable scratches of hip-hop was very unique. It has some hard hitting beats that could even rival most of Run-DMC and LL Cool J's albums. I couldn't stop playing the 45 single of the single and album versions for several months! It's still played over 2 decades later! The video for that song was phenomenal with the art direction and the marionettes moving to the song's beats. The album's very keyboard oriented, but Hancock kept the jazz style intact on most of the songs. I don't think he sold out,as some purists say. I think this album helped make him a more respected jazz musician and artist later on. Even if the album's massive success took him by surprise, he did it with class and he is still respected today. Very creative, chance-taking and wonderfully performed and done! Classic track that still sounds fresh today!
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