Rockit

"Rockit" was a single from Herbie Hancock's 1983 album Future Shock.

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The single was written by Hancock, bass guitarist Bill Laswell and synthesizer /drum machine programmer Michael Beinhorn.

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Recorded live in the studio, "Rockit" was perhaps the first popular single to feature scratching and other DJ techniques—courtesy of Grand Mixer D.ST—as a musical instrument outside of a hip hop music context. Many later turntablists have cited "Rockit" as revelatory, inspiring their interest in the craft.

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The single was a major radio hit in the United Kingdom, and the humorous music video (directed by duo Godley & Creme) was among the earliest videos of to feature African Americans on MTV.

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Herbie Hancock: Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is a jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, USA. Hancock is one of jazz music's most important and influential pianists and composers. He embraced elements of rock, funk, and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz....

1983: 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar....

Future Shock: Future Shock is a controversial book written by the sociologist and futurologist Alvin Toffler in 1970. It has sold over 6 million copies and has been widely translated....