Record-scratching. Beat-thumping. Sample-diving. If you watched MTV in the early 80’s, you heard, saw and never forgot “Rockit”. A non-rock guy barged his way onto MTV and composed this five-and-a-half minute long instrumental that defied genre labeling. Herbie Hancock was ready to try something completely different. He kickstarted his electro-funk era and “Rockit” was his coming-out song.
