In honor of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, theGrio examines how Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit,” utilizing the turntablism of Grandmixer DXT, helped hip-hop earn the respect of music critics and ...

The post Atmosphere’s Ant on Obsessing Over Herbie Hancock’s Improbable Hit “Rockit” appeared first on Consequence. After catching that memorable live performance, the recorded version of “Rockit” (as ...

The Grammy Award winning Herbie Hancock and the Rockit Band take you to the center of the break dancing, scratch music phenomena in this explosive presentation live in 1984 at the Hammersmith Odeon ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Herbie Hancock is an icon of music and the ...

Used by Herbie Hancock in the Rockit video and Rockit performances. Used for technique called "vocoding" which changes human voice to an electronically synthesized sound. One of the first performers ...