Summer Madness
Kool & the Gang’s 1974 recording of “Summer Madness” is the earliest release on file. Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Robert Spike Mickens, Claydes Smith, Alton Taylor, Dennis “D.T.” Thomas and Ricky West are credited as its writers. Ice Cube’s “You Know How We Do It” (1993) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
That laid-back haze under Ice Cube's 1993 track comes off a Kool & the Gang record from 1974. Play them back to back and you can hear exactly which summer he borrowed.
Credited writers: Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Robert Spike Mickens, Claydes Smith, Alton Taylor, Dennis “D.T.” Thomas and Ricky West.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1974.
Ice Cube’s “You Know How We Do It” (1993) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
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