Legend or No: The Fat Boys
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The Fat Boys are an American hip hop trio from Brooklyn, New York City, that emerged in the early 1980s. The group was briefly known originally as the Disco 3.
Legend or No: The Fat Boys 33 votes
Yes
75%
25 votes
No
24%
8 votes
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M.O.P. >>> fat boys
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YesYes 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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YesI was a young teen seeing gangsters and dope dealers in custom whips bangin fat boy joints in 84/85... especially Jailhouse Rap. Records off their first 2 albums was noteworthy.
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Yesabsolutely 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. -
konceptjones wrote: »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.
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YesI think they was stars
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NoGet these fat ? the ? outta here
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YesThe 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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCSkw4roTEQ
Here's a few more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wipr12ZmBfw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J8vyNmhNEY
Edit. BTW, that Fat Boys album in the O/P belongs in The Vault -
@5 grand so are u saying they are just legends by their place in hip hop history?
Because u seem to not be impressed by their music or movies. (Novelty act & corny) -
YesThey 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. -
YesFat 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. -
YesYes off the strength of Disorderlies
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NoNah not every cat that plays forever Is Legendary Status
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Disorderlies was my ?
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YesAlways liked them and liked Buff's beatbox over Dougie and Biz
Buff was the best beatboxer ever. -
YesI'm going with yes. They brought comedy rap to the game and made beatboxing a thing.
Not going to front they did sell out with that corny ass beach boys wipeout song but both of the emcees in the group could rhyme and was actually nice but management had them playing buffoons.
I think they also said the label was influencing them to get fatter and fatter.
https://youtu.be/a65kmDFfl2g
https://youtu.be/9is9k8_g9rM
https://youtu.be/aZ_FaiJOBFU
https://youtu.be/wqey2yC7L2E
https://youtu.be/A7nzf1yz7_g
