Tag: 80s pop

New Audio by William Ruben Helms

Over the course of this site’s history, the profile, New York-based DJ, producer and remixer Rhythm Scholar has become a JOVM mainstay artist for a series of wildly inventive remixes, which featured his signature, genre-mashing, psychedelic-leaning sound packed with a number of obscure and recognizable samples throughout.  His latest work is a Girl Talk-like mashup that mashes two 80s mega-hits — Herbie Hancock‘s “Rockit” and Michael Jackson‘s “Bad,” that the producer, DJ and remixer has dubbed “Bad Rockit” which interestingly enough possesses a retro-futuristic and club banging feel and a larger-than-life, kick ass and name-taking swagger.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Last month began the start of the summer concert season here in the NYC area with the Summerstage’s Opening Night featuring Tedeschi Trucks Band and the opening night of Celebrate Brooklyn’s Dance Parties at Brooklyn […]

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This year makes the 30th anniversary of the release of Purple Rain, one of Prince’s most beloved, best-selling and perhaps most influential albums he’s ever released. And to celebrate such an important milestone, reggae collective, Radio […]

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Yesterday, I had left work early to watch what turned out to be the disastrous last innings of the Yankee season at a bar near my office. And afterward, I stopped at a McDonald’s for […]

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Yes’ “Owner of a Lonely Heart,” brings back a lot of memories for me. In fact, I remember being fascinated by the video, which was played fairly often on MTV.  (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)