🎵 Rockit // by Herbie Hancock
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About this song (Last.fm)
"Rockit" is a composition recorded by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and produced by Bill Laswell and Michael Beinhorn. Hancock released it as a single from his twenty-ninth album, "Future Shock" (1983). The song was composed by Hancock, Laswell, and Beinhorn.
The track features a prominent turntablism style, with scratching performed primarily by DXT. Its music video, directed by Godley & Creme and featuring robotic artwork by Jim Whiting, received heavy rotation on MTV. Read more on Last.fm.
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Herbie Hancock’s 1983 single off his Future Shock album. It is most notable for its performance on the 1983 Grammy Awards which featured the immortal Grand Mixer DXT and brought DJ'ing to the mainstream masses.
Don't stop it
Rock it
Don't stop it
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