The Madd Hatta Show - Page 2
Back in 1984, when disco was slipping out of the popularity the dance floor was still getting packed by sleeker synth-funk grooves, Wish and Fonda Rae dropped something that didn’t scream chart-topping smash at first—but it earned its place. Their track “Touch Me (All Night Long)” glides like a midnight whisper in the club: thumping […]
If you remember the early 2000s R&B scene, you definitely remember the falsetto that took over the airwaves. Jimmy Cozier stopped by Majic 102.1 to chop it up with the legendary Madd Hatta, and the conversation was nothing short of a family reunion. The vibes were nostalgic, honest, and incredibly forward-looking as Jimmy reflected on […]
112's Room 112 Tour in Houston! with Total & Case and feel the 90s nostalgia.
There are grooves that sneak up on you, quietly plant themselves in your chest, and then everyone in the room knows they belong there. Two of those grooves — both funky— came from The Whatnauts and the other, Fat Larry’s Band. On paper they live on separate branches of the funk family tree: The Whatnauts, […]
Sometime in ’84 I had to be at a jam at the park when I heard the DJ scatch the intro of this song over and over and had the shell toe Adidas wearing Be-Boys showing out. Man what a magical musical time. Let me adjust my Kangol…now I’ll finish. Two identical twins, TaharQa Aleem […]
In the heat of New York City in 1981, when disco was bowing out and R&B was stepping in to claim its spot, there came The Strikers—seven musicians who didn’t just follow the beat, they built it. Veterans of the scene like drummer Milton Brown, bassist Willie Slaughter, keyboardist Howie Young, guitarist Robert Gilliom, saxophonist […]
Houston’s own Madd Hatta of Majic 102.1 recently chatted with Black-owned media mogul Roland S. Martin for a powerful discussion on the urgent need for the Black community to engage in the political process. Martin didn’t mince words, delivering a compelling message about the real-world consequences of voter apathy, especially with critical elections on the […]
This one put in the super heavy funk file. Back in the 70’s & 80’s some of the best jams came from small labels that would pop up quick and go away just as fast. I looked forward to cutting on the radio and hoping I heard something to light up my soul and “Shine […]
You ever hear a record that takes you straight to the roller rink floor — lights flashing, sweat shining, and everybody moving like the weekend just clocked in? That’s Suzy Q’s “Get On Up and Do It Again.” It’s that feel-good, funk-disco hybrid that defined the early ‘80s — a time when soul grooves were […]
Denroy Morgan dropped a track that lit up dance floors and blurred genres with his reggae-disco-boogie infused jam, “I’ll Do Anything For You.” It was 1981, the tail end of disco, the dawn of boogie, and Morgan, a Jamaican transplant who landed in New York in ’65, had been grinding with his underground reggae group, […]
Discover how Houston R&B artist Jack Freeman is pushing the genre forward with his cinematic new album, Nina, produced by Brian Michael Cox.
There was a brief, beautiful window in the early ’80s when funk was refined, soul was effortless, and the groove was pure. One of those musical moments for me was Sylvia Striplin’s masterpieces, “Give Me Your Love” and “You Can’t Turn Me Away”, songs that never touched the charts or radio but became sacred ground […]