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Future Shock is the twenty-ninth album by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in August 1983 by Columbia Records. It was his first release from his electro-funk era and an early example of instrumental hip hop. Participating musicians include bass guitarist Bill Laswell (who co-produced), guitarist Pete Cosey and drummer Sly Dunbar.
Oct 3, 2023 · Forty years ago, in August 1983, jazz keyboard legend Herbie Hancock released 'Future Shock', a genre-defying album that introduced audiences around the world to vinyl scratching, hip-hop beats and sampling. It ushered in a new era of production techniques and studio exploration, and laid a blueprint for the following decade's hip-hop explosion.
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What Herbie was looking to find in Monster, a mix of funk and rock, he found with the LP Future Shock (1983), and the globally mold-shattering single “Rockit.”. As with his life philosophy of inclusive participation, “Rockit” desegregated and de-ghettoized pop music, if only for a brief moment.
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Future Shock by Herbie Hancock released in 1983. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Released. 1985 — US. Vinyl —. LP, Album. Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for Future Shock by Herbie Hancock. Compare versions and buy on Discogs.
Future Shock, co-produced with Bill Laswell and his Material partner Michael Beinhorn, represented just one facet of Hancock’s artistry, but the hit single and video “Rockit”—and the resulting Grammy and MTV attention both earned—helped make him a household name.
