Madd Man - Nod Your Head - 1994 / 1995

12" - 1994/1995 - On Trac Records - Photo courtesy of Jerry Parsons 

Let’s talk about this 12" which was maybe released around ’94/'95 and has always been tagged online as 'Big Boy – Nod Your Head' ...

The only details I had got about that wax until now was the info written on the vinyl Label : Produced by Big Boy for Red Bonz Productions, mixed by the Orfinz member Git Loose and Engineered by Ken Johnston, executive producer for the Orfinz too.

But I knew there was something wrong with this vinyl the day I looked at the sticker... it didn’t fit with the artist name...'Big Boy'...

After a quick investigation, I can say that Big Boy is only the producer and not the artist… the artist is a cat from Newark, NJ named Tony Ore a.k.a Madd Man.

Madd Man or Madman... Does it sound familiar to you ? It does if you own the excellent 'The Head Rush' compilation released in 1995, you could listen to another song from Madman named 'When I’m Gone' produced by Bigee a.k.a Big Boy.

According to Stevie Guy a.k.a Big Boy, Madd Man and him were affiliated with the Orphans (G.L. a.k.a Git Loose, Mac-10, Heavy Hitta & Sheed) and they decided to do their own thing and released that 12". 

Various - The Head Rush - 1995

CD / Tape - 1995 - Love'N Hemp Media Syndicate 

Back in 1995 with this indie comp released by the New Jersey label "Love'N Hemp Media Syndicate". 16 tracks mostly produced by Git Loose featuring artists like Orfinz, Hardware, Murder One, Run Amuk, Da Ill Cyphers, Madman, Biazee and more ... 

To be honest I didn't buy it when it came out, because I was a little bit disappointed after the first listen and the only artists I knew in this comp was Biazee, Orfinz & Murda One who were on Biazee's 12" single 'Just Parlay / Mindflow' released in 1993 on Capitol B.I Music. But after several listenings, I've changed my mind and thought there were some good stuff in It.