drrop it don't stop it pop-n-lock it i clock it rrrockit don't shoock it
Attenuating all that Jazz, fading in to a newborn realm called Electro, navigating spacetime on a funkturistic spaceship baptized
Rockit
Apart from bridging the gap between the stars, this spaceship managed to (re)unite generations of black musicians, merging funk, jazz & hip hop. On top of that, before reaching the masses, it taught a whole new generation of white girls & boys - myself included - how to become b-boys & fly girls.
Once again: music connecting cultures.
With the video raising quite as many brows as the amount of ears zapped by the music, even MTV could not resist .. to get down
... and thus became written: history.
—'[~ Rockit ~]'—
composed by Mr Fusion himself: Herbie Hancock produced by Bill Laswell & Michael Beinhorn
—featuring Grand Mixer D.ST on turntables Daniel Ponce on batΓ‘ drums Oberheim DMX on drums
—additional turntables Grandmaster Caz Boo-Ski, Mr. C
Lifting the mood from blue to green, yet sticking with Miles, all jazz would turn to jive without mentioning Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and last but never skipping the least of a single beat: Tony Williams ..
