Busta Carmichael
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M.O.P. >>> fat boys
Yes because I remember that during their brief run their records were huge (no pun) in new york city streets. Some of the earliest rap I remember hearing was from The Fat Boys. Also first rappers I remember really going Hollywood before everyone else started to do it. Pioneers.
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konceptjones
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absolutely legends.
I remember watching them on Video Soul back in... I wanna say '83 or '84. They interviewed with Donnie Simpson as the Disco 3, complete with gold satin jackets with The Disco 3 on it and they did a live performance ending with The Human Beat Box spinning on his stomach. Next thing you know they were repackaged as The Fat Boys and "Jail House Rap" dropped in '84.
I remember watching them on Video Soul back in... I wanna say '83 or '84. They interviewed with Donnie Simpson as the Disco 3, complete with gold satin jackets with The Disco 3 on it and they did a live performance ending with The Human Beat Box spinning on his stomach. Next thing you know they were repackaged as The Fat Boys and "Jail House Rap" dropped in '84.
blackgod813
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I think they was stars
CashmoneyDux
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Get these fat niggas the fuck outta here
The Fat Boys came out in 84 right around the same time as Run DMC, Whodini & UTFO, all managed by Russell Simmons. They were on the first Fresh Fest tour, which was the first Hip Hop tour.
Those groups were the second wave of Hip Hop, the first wave being Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, Kurtis Blow, Fearless Four, Crash Crew, Cold Crush, Spoonie G and all of the groups that released records from 79-83.
When Sucker MCs dropped producers stopped using live musicians and started using drum machines and synthesizers. Rap took on a different sound. The early rap records were produced like R&B songs, but circa 1984 rap music began taking on its own identity. By 1984 rap didn't sound like R&B anymore.
Basically Russell Simmons saw what Sylvia Robinson was doing wrong. Sylvia and Sugarhill records were trying to appeal to the R&B audience. They had ballads on their albums and they dressed like punk rockers. When Run DMC, Whodini, The Fat Boys and UTFO came out, they dressed more Hip Hop, like B-Boys.
But alas, whoever started managing The Fat Boys turned them into a novelty group. They had skills like Run DMC and Whodini, but they started making gimmick records like Wipe Out, Louie Louie and The Twist. They also made a few movies. Krush Groove was dope but they made another movie called Disorderlies which was kinda corny.
They were dope for the first two albums but they got progressively worse and by their 3rd and 4th albums they were just a novelty act.
Having said that, this is my favorite song by them
Here's a few more
Edit. BTW, that Fat Boys album in the O/P belongs in The Vault
Those groups were the second wave of Hip Hop, the first wave being Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, Kurtis Blow, Fearless Four, Crash Crew, Cold Crush, Spoonie G and all of the groups that released records from 79-83.
When Sucker MCs dropped producers stopped using live musicians and started using drum machines and synthesizers. Rap took on a different sound. The early rap records were produced like R&B songs, but circa 1984 rap music began taking on its own identity. By 1984 rap didn't sound like R&B anymore.
Basically Russell Simmons saw what Sylvia Robinson was doing wrong. Sylvia and Sugarhill records were trying to appeal to the R&B audience. They had ballads on their albums and they dressed like punk rockers. When Run DMC, Whodini, The Fat Boys and UTFO came out, they dressed more Hip Hop, like B-Boys.
But alas, whoever started managing The Fat Boys turned them into a novelty group. They had skills like Run DMC and Whodini, but they started making gimmick records like Wipe Out, Louie Louie and The Twist. They also made a few movies. Krush Groove was dope but they made another movie called Disorderlies which was kinda corny.
They were dope for the first two albums but they got progressively worse and by their 3rd and 4th albums they were just a novelty act.
Having said that, this is my favorite song by them
Here's a few more
Edit. BTW, that Fat Boys album in the O/P belongs in The Vault
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They were dope when they first came out. Their first two albums were solid. First album 4.5/5 and second album a solid 4/5.
Also you have to consider that rap albums weren't that common in 1984. So if a decent rap album came out in 1984, you'd play it for a good 6 months to a year, whereas now an album drops and you might download it and listen to it a few times before you delete it from your computer.
Things were different back then, but at the end of the day I could probably make a solid Fat Boys greatest hits CD-R.
But yeah, they fell off something terrible by the time Public Enemy, NWA, A Tribe Called Quest, KRS, Rakim, Kane and Kool G Rap stepped on the scene.
Also you have to consider that rap albums weren't that common in 1984. So if a decent rap album came out in 1984, you'd play it for a good 6 months to a year, whereas now an album drops and you might download it and listen to it a few times before you delete it from your computer.
Things were different back then, but at the end of the day I could probably make a solid Fat Boys greatest hits CD-R.
But yeah, they fell off something terrible by the time Public Enemy, NWA, A Tribe Called Quest, KRS, Rakim, Kane and Kool G Rap stepped on the scene.
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Fat Boys Greatest Hits Playlist
1. Human Beatbox
2. Jailhouse Rap
3. The Place To Be
4. Can You Feel It
5. Stick Em
6. All You Can Eat
7. Krush Groove
8. Fat Boys Are Back
9. King Holiday
10. Breakdown
11. Pump It Up
12. Falling In Love
13. Protect Yourself/My Nuts
14. Sex Machine
^^^ Thats a decent playlist, although Run DMC and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 are better.
1. Human Beatbox
2. Jailhouse Rap
3. The Place To Be
4. Can You Feel It
5. Stick Em
6. All You Can Eat
7. Krush Groove
8. Fat Boys Are Back
9. King Holiday
10. Breakdown
11. Pump It Up
12. Falling In Love
13. Protect Yourself/My Nuts
14. Sex Machine
^^^ Thats a decent playlist, although Run DMC and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 are better.
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Elzo69Renaissance
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Disorderlies was my shit
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This was my shit
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