. ▁ ▁History ▁▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁ ▁The ▁Roland ▁TR - 8 0 8 ▁drum ▁machine ▁was ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁and ▁consisted ▁on ▁an ▁analog ▁machine ▁with ▁step ▁programming ▁method . ▁The ▁ 8 0 8 ▁was ▁heavily ▁used ▁by ▁A frika ▁B amba ata a , ▁who ▁released ▁" Plan et ▁Rock " ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁electro ▁hip ▁hip ▁ground bre aking ▁classic ▁" N unk " ▁by ▁War p ▁ 9 , ▁produced ▁by ▁L otti ▁Golden ▁and ▁Richard ▁Sch er , ▁giving ▁rise ▁to ▁the ▁fled g ling ▁Elect ro ▁genre . ▁An ▁especially ▁notable ▁artist ▁is ▁the ▁genre ' s ▁own ▁pione er ▁Juan ▁At kins ▁who ▁released ▁what ▁is ▁generally ▁accepted ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁American ▁te ch no ▁record , ▁" Clear " ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁( l ater ▁sample d ▁by ▁Miss y ▁Elli ott ). ▁These ▁early ▁electro ▁records ▁laid ▁down ▁the ▁found ations ▁that ▁later ▁Detroit ▁te ch no ▁artists ▁such ▁as ▁Der rick ▁May ▁built ▁upon . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁Run - D MC ▁recorded ▁" It ' s ▁Like ▁That " ▁and ▁" S ucker ▁MC ' s ," ▁two ▁songs ▁which ▁re lied ▁completely ▁on ▁synth etic ▁sounds , ▁in ▁this ▁case ▁via ▁an ▁Ober heim ▁DM X ▁drum ▁machine , ▁ign oring ▁samples ▁entirely . ▁This ▁approach ▁was ▁much ▁like ▁early ▁songs ▁by ▁B amba ata a ▁and