Dis Is da Drum

Dis Is da Drum is Herbie Hancock's thirty-fourth album and his first solo album since leaving Columbia Records. Guests include saxophonist Bennie Maupin, trumpeter Wallace Roney and flautist Hubert Laws.
Tracks like "Bo Ba Be Da" and "Dis Is da Drum" reflect Hancock's move towards acid jazz, while "Butterfly" makes a fifth appearance on a Hancock album following the original album, Kimiko Kasai's album, a live album, and another studio album. The music video for the title track, directed by Mark Dippé, received a Grammy nomination for Best Music Video, Short Form.

Personnel

Herbie Hancock – piano, Minimoog and synthesizer, clavinet, synthesizer bass, background vocals
Bill Summers – percussion, bata
Will "Roc" Griffin – drum loops, sequencing, sampling, programming, rap
Darrell Smith – keyboards, sequencing, electric piano, clavinet, Minimoog, background vocals, programming, synthesizer
Darrell "Bob Dog" Robertson – guitar, background vocals

with

Wah Wah Watson – guitar, vocals and sequencing
Mars Lasar – keyboards and sound design
Wallace Roney – trumpet
Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone
Hubert Laws – flute
Lázaro Galarraga – vocals, bata and vocal arrangement
Chill Factor – rap
The Real Richie Rich – DJ and scratcher
Francis Awe – vocals
Marina Bambino, Felicidad Ector, Lynn Lindsey, Yvette Summers, Louis Verdeaux – background vocals
Huey Jackson – background vocals
Nengue Hernandez – background vocals
Frank Thibeaux – bass guitar
Armand Sabal Lecco – bass guitar
Jay Shanklin – bass and add. sequencing
Ken Strong – drums
William Kennedy – drums
Guy Eckstine – drums
Niayi Asiedu – percussion
Airto Moreira – percussion
Munyungo Jackson and Skip Burney – djembe
Nengue Hernandez – bata
Brady Speller – percussion
Doug Scott – additional editing

Rhythm arrangements credited to

"The Melody" – Darrell Smith, Will "Roc" Griffin
"Butterfly" – Bill Summers, Herbie Hancock, Mars Lasar
"Hump" – Bill Summers, Darrell "Bob Dog" Robertson, Darrell Smith, Jay Shanklin
"Rubber Soul" – Bill Summers, Herbie Hancock, Wah Wah Watson, Will "Roc" Griffin
"Bo Ba Be Da" – Darrell Smith, Herbie Hancock

Production, recording and mix by Bill Summers and Herbie Hancock with Darrell Robertson, Darrell Smith, Will Griffin.

Additional co-producer, additional engineer – Mars Lasar
Chief engineers – Darrell "Bob Dog" Robertson, Darrell Smith
Additional recordings at Studio 55 by Michael Schlessinger assisted by Darrell Roamer
Mastering – "Big Bass" Brian Gardner
Executive-Producer – Guy Eckstine

The track 'Call it 95' is the main theme for the Australian political talk show Insiders on ABC TV.