Herbie Hancock had already had a long and successful career as a jazz musician before his groundbreaking hit "Rockit" was released in 1983 from the 'Future Shock' album. He had worked with Donald Byrd early in his career followed by a long period with Miles Davis. This apprenticeship gave him some confidence to take jazz in many other directions thereafter. His use of synths on his 'Headhunters' album in 1973 set the template for the jazz/funk fusion genre, of which he basically started. In 1983 the 'Future Shock' album did the same for the electro/funk genre and was very influential in the development of hip-hop. "Rockit" was a huge hit that crossed over to the mainstream and had a successful 'Godley and Creme' video to match. Genre defining with the turntable techniques and scratching by GrandMixer D.ST. This could possibly have been the birth of hip-hop.
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