Recording

Rockit
Herbie Hancock

Independently chosen for2 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.

Released

1983

Label

Columbia

On

Electro and Twice Over

Updated

2026-08-29

1. 06

   Ranked No. 6 in Electro

   A jazz pianist wins a Grammy for a record whose lead instrument is Grand Mixer DXT's hands on a turntable. Scratching entered the mainstream through this door.

2. ·

   Picked by Twice Over

   Ten years after that, at forty-three, he hands the record to a turntablist and lets the scratch be the lead instrument. Most artists get one genre. He got three, twenty years apart, and was decisive in each.