Cat in the Hat (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Cat in the Hat

| type = studio

| artist = Little Benny & the Masters

| cover = Cat In the Hat album.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1987

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| studio =

| genre = Go-go

| length = {{Duration|m=25|s=54}}

| label = {{hlist|Big City Records|Goff Records}}

| producer = {{hlist|Anthony Harley|Ivan Goff|William "Ju Ju" House|Mark Lawson}}

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Gett Your Drink On

| next_year = 1997

}}

Cat in the Hat is the first studio album by the Washington D.C.–based go-go band Little Benny & the Masters,{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Little-Benny-The-Masters-Cat-In-The-Hat/master/793922|publisher=Discogs.com|title=Little Benny & The Masters - Cat In the Hat |accessdate=2016-09-06}}{{cite magazine |last=Wartofsky |first=Alona |editor1-last=Frampton |editor1-first=Scott |date=September 2001 |title=CAPITAL STEPS: The P.A. Rocks D.C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sCoEAAAAMBAJ&q=little+benny+cat+in+the+hat&pg=PA22 |magazine=CMJ: New Music Monthly |issue=96|location=New York City |pages=21–22|publisher=Robert K. Haber |access-date=21 December 2016 }} originally released on cassette and LP in 1987. The album was remastered and reissued in 1990 on CD. The album includes the band's most popular hits "Let Me Show You" (which samples The Jacksons song "Show You the Way to Go"), "The Message", and "Cat In the Hat".{{cite book |last1=Lornell |first1=Kip |last2=Stephenson, Jr. |first2=Charles C. |date=2001 |title=The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop |publisher=Billboard Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/beatgogosfusion00lorn/page/279 279] |isbn=0-8230-7727-6 }}