About this episode
How did a jazz innovator help bring hip-hop into the mainstream with one groundbreaking instrumental? Diallo and LUXXURY explore Herbie Hancock’s 1983 hit “Rockit,” the electro avant-garde experiment that elevated scratching as an art form and ushered jazz into the future. One Song Spotify Playlist Songs Discussed: “Rockit” - Herbie Hancock “I’m Not In Love” - 10cc “Billie Jean” - Michael Jackson “Bring Down the Birds” - Herbie Hancock “Groove Is in the Heart” - Deee-Lite “Watermelon Man” - Herbie Hancock “Escapism (Gettin’ Free)” - Digible Planets “Cantaloupe Island” - Herbie Hancock “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)” - US3 “I Thought It Was You” - Herbie Hancock “Buffalo Gals” - Malcolm McLaren and The World’s Famous Supreme Team “Change the Beat” - Beside “Upper and Lower Egypt” - Pharoah Sanders “It’s Just Begun” - The Jimmy Castor Bunch “We’re Gonna Groove” - Led Zeppelin “Get Lucky” - Daft Punk “Planet Rock” - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force “Going Back To Cali” - LL COOL J “Paul Revere” - Beastie Boys “Peter Piper” - Run DMC “Mere Jaisi Mehbooba” - Bappi Lahiri “Top Of The World” - 8Ball & MJG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices