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Case Study: Shocklee.com

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As a big Public Enemy fan, I was enormously flattered when Hank and his team approached me to lend my design talents to the refresh of the Shocklee website. In addition to featuring the latest news and audio tracks from Mr. Shocklee, the site also serves as an entertainment portal and online music store. My friend and partner, Tom Benway at VectorDefector, came through like a champ once again, developing a slick WordPress backend, and an integrated TopSpin e-commerce storefront.

My Roles

  • Web Design

Hank Shocklee forms one half of the legendary music production team, “The Bomb Squad”. If you’re not familiar with their name, you probably know their records. They’re responsible for some of the most seminal tracks in all of Hip Hop, and ushered in a sound that arguably changed modern music forever.

Mr. Shocklee helped craft hits for Public Enemy, LL Cool J, Third Base, Slick Rick, RUN DMC and many others.  Unless you were trapped under a refrigerator, or had your fingers stuck in your ears for most of the ’80s and ’90s, you’ve probably heard his work.  Bel Biv Devoe’s “Poison” was absolutely inescapable, for instance. Not to mention PE’s “Fight The Power”, which is HANDS DOWN one of the most scathingly righteous critiques of social inequality ever written, in any medium.