Nona Hendryx - The Art of Defense

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of The Art of Defense, the third studio album from Nona Hendryx. It spent seven weeks on the US Billboard Album chart in 1984, peaking at number 167.

Herbie Hancock - Future Shock

This month marks the release of Future Shock, the thirty-fifth album from jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. It was his first foray in to the Electro-funk genre. Working with him on the record were Bill Laswell (bass), Pete Cosey (electric guitar), Michael Beinhorn (keyboards), Daniel Ponce (percussion), Sly Dunbar (drums and percussion), Dwight Jackson Jr. (vocals) and Lamar Wright (vocals).