Kool & the Gang - Summer Madness
I was in the car with some friends on a beautiful night listening to the old school station. All of a sudden this song came on. A song we all knew well, heard it all the time, even remembered what hip hop artist sampled it. However, we could not remember who did this song. First guesses were Herbie Hancock & Roy Ayers. So i pulled out the shazam app on my iphone and up came Kool & the Gang Summer - Madness. I was like I guess this is right because in Will Smith’s “Summertime” he says the name of the song, but we all weren’t sold that it was actually them. Most of us are used to Kool & the Gang’s pop-infused funk like Jungle Boogie, Ladie’s Night, & Celebration, not a song so deep and funky as this. I’ve now realized that I’ve been sleeping on Kool & the Gang. I’m going to give the album Light of the World, which features Summer Madness a good listen.
So enjoy the summer days that are coming. I’m preparing for the best one yet
