Fat Boys (album)

Fat Boys
Studio album by The Fat Boys
Released	May 29, 1984
Genre	Hip hop
Length	39:10
Label	Sutra
Producer	Art Kass (exec.) Charles Stettler(exec.) Kurtis Blow Larry Smith
The Fat Boys chronology
Fat Boys (1984) The Fat Boys Are Back (1985)

Fat Boys is the self-titled first studio album by hip hop group The Fat Boys. The album was dedicated to the memory of Rebecca Wimbely and William (Divine) Santos.

On November 23, 2012, the album was reissued in a limited-edition CD and vinyl package. The album is housed in a pizza box, with the album itself being a picture disc of pizza, with a special book and bonus material (downloadable for the vinyl version). ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

In a contemporary interview and review, Sounds described both the album and single for "Fat Boys" as "well naff. It's this sort of pointless juvenile gimmickry which is rapidly turning the hip-hop culture into a trembling jelly of silliness with its desperate appeals to the lowest criteria."^[3]

In a retrospective review AllMusic stated that "Because of their comic image, some hip-hoppers dismissed the Fat Boys as a novelty act -- some, but not many." and noted that The Fat Boys were "among the best and most popular rappers of the mid-1980s. Along with Run-D.M.C., L.L. Cool J, and Whodini, the Fat Boys were the finest that hip-hop's "Second Generation" (as it was called) had to offer."^[2] The review declared it to be an "excellent debut album" which was "humorous, wildly entertaining, and unapologetically funky" and that the album was "a true hip-hop classic."^[2]

Track listing

Side a

1. "Jail House Rap" – 8:30
2. "Stick 'Em" – 4:26
3. "Can You Feel It?" – 6:38

Side b

1. "Fat Boys" – 6:50
2. "The Place to Be" – 4:26
3. "Human Beat Box" – 2:16
4. "Don't You Dog Me" – 5:50

2012 bonus tracks

1. "Reality"
2. "International Love"
3. "All You Can Eat"
4. "Fat Boys Promo (Rap Attack)"
5. "Fat Boys And Charlie Stettler Interview (Mr. Magic's Rap Attack - 4/20/84)"
6. "Fat Boys Interview A (Mr. Magic's Rap Attack - 1/23/84)"
7. "Fat Boys Interview B (Mr. Magic's Rap Attack - 1/23/84)"
8. "Mr. Magic announcing The Disco 3 as winners at Radio City Music Hall on May 23, 1983" (not listed in the tracklist)

Personnel

The group

• Prince Markie Dee – Rapping
• Human Beat Box – Beatbox
• Kool Rock-Ski – Rapping

Additional musicians

• Angie Blake - Vocals
• Kurtis Blow - Musician, vocals
• Don Blackman - Musician
• Danny Harris - Musician
• Francis Johnson - Vocals
• Tony McLaughlin - Musician
• David Ogrin - Musician
• Davod Reeves - Musician
• Larry Smith (producer)- Musician
• Tashawn - Vocals
• Audrew Whleeler - Vocals
• Alyson Williams - Vocals

Technical staff

• Kurtis Blow, Art Kass, Charles Stettler – producers
• David Ogrin – engineer
• Herb Powers Jr. – mastering engineer

Charts

USA - Album

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1984	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	#6
1984	Billboard 200	#48

USA - Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Peak Position
1984	"Jail House Rap"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	#17
1985	"Can You Feel It?"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	#38

Notes

1. "Fat Boys Disc Reissued for Record Store Day". Retrieved 20 November 2012.
2. Henderson, Alex. "The Fat Boys". AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
3. "The Fat Boys: Lean On Me". Sounds. June 29, 1985. Retrieved September 8, 2016. (subscription required (help)).

External links

• Fat Boys at Allmusic