Rockit was an instrumental. It wasn't hip hop. It's only bridge to hip hop was DST. To truly be a Great hip hop song, especially from the 80's, there HAS to be rap, a party chant AND a beat you could dance to. Rockit had one of the three. The Roof is on Fire had all three. Malcolm McClaren scratched and mixed in his music to stamp HIP HOP on them. Even the london groups like Art of Noise knew it wasn't legit without scratches.
Rockit was an instrumental. It wasn't hip hop. It's only bridge to hip hop was DST. To truly be a Great hip hop song, especially from the 80's, there HAS to be rap, a party chant AND a beat you could dance to. Rockit had one of the three. The Roof is on Fire had all three. Malcolm McClaren scratched and mixed in his music to stamp HIP HOP on them. Even the london groups like Art of Noise knew it wasn't legit without scratches.