- Archive Panic: Like many famous jazz musicians, Hancock's backlog is behemothic in size, at 41 studio albums, 12 live albums, 62 compilations, and five soundtrack albums.
- Epic Riff: The synth bassline from "Chameleon", for starters.
- Genre Turning Point: As shown in the 2001 documentary Scratch, "Rockit"'s groundbreaking use of hip-hop DJ scratches in a mainstream pop song was near-singularly responsible for birthing an entire generation's worth of DJs, all of whom vastly improved the art form until the song that inspired them sounded incredibly basic.
- Nightmare Fuel:
- The "Rockit" video.
- And for some people, the intro to the Head Hunters re-recording of "Watermelon Man". At least until the bassline enters.
- Sampled Up: It's happened a few times — "Bring Down the Birds" (for "Groove Is in the Heart" by Deee-Lite), "Hang Up Your Hang Ups" (for "All Nite (Don't Stop)" by Janet Jackson), the Head Hunters version of "Watermelon Man" (Sanctuary" by Madonna) and "Cantaloupe Island" (for US3's "Cantaloop").
- Signature Song: "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man", "Chameleon", "Rockit" and to a lesser extent "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" and "Butterfly".
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