Man Parrish:

The New York Times has said he is the "GodFather Of Electronic Music". Other media sources claim he is a founding force behind electronic dance movement, that is now considered mainstream pop music of today. He has sold over 3.5 million records world wide.

Manny (Man) Parrish is nonetheless one of the most important and influential figures in American electronic music. Helping to lay the foundation of electro, hip-hop, freestyle, house and techno, as well as the dozens of sub-genres that splinter off from those styles. Parrish introduced the aesthetic of electronic pop to the American scene. Main stream recording artist today, still try to recreate the sounds and styles that he first brought to modern music.

As a result, his early tracks like "Hip-Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop)" and "Boogie Down Bronx" were period-defining works that provided the basic genetic material for everyone from Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys, to Daft Punk and Missy Elliot, Lady Gaga and Peaches -- and his tracks remain undis