I want to get an album but where do I begin?? Who can help? Cinny??

Probably the debut or 2nd album The Fat Boys Are Back.

I remembered The Fat Boys. They were very popular in the 80's. One of them died of a heart attack, I believe.

If you're into new jack swing, you might be interested in Prince Markie Dee's solo album.

MickyDolenz said:

Probably the debut or 2nd album The Fat Boys Are Back.

I also recommend the second one, but that debut.. every minute is essential.

I like how they managed to put their earliest Disco 3 songs on the first one, and full-length versions of the songs.

As for their other great tracks, you can find them on the flawless Rhino compilation, All Meat No Filler.

enjoy this funny photoshop

It's very odd that The Hip Hop world doesnt credit The Fat Boys more if at all. They Were an 80's Sensation and were featured in a movie that became an 80's Cult-classic...Their Beatboxing was on-point....

Chancellor said:

It's very odd that The Hip Hop world doesnt credit The Fat Boys more if at all. They Were an 80's Sensation and were featured in a movie that became an 80's Cult-classic...Their Beatboxing was on-point....

I think a lot of early-mid 80s hip hop (Fat Boys, Whodini, Kurtis Blow) gets overlooked in favor of debating everyone's favorite lyricist from 1987 (Rakim, BDK, KRS, etc) that the entertainment value or impact the artists right before them go severely overlooked. They were the ones who expanded hip hop's appeal and opened doors for rappers of the later 80s.

Cinny said:

I think a lot of early-mid 80s hip hop (Fat Boys, Whodini, Kurtis Blow) gets overlooked in favor of debating everyone's favorite lyricist from 1987 (Rakim, BDK, KRS, etc) that the entertainment value or impact the artists right before them go severely overlooked. They were the ones who expanded hip hop's appeal and opened doors for rappers of the later 80s.

I think that some people have forgotten that early hip hop was party music and used for breakdancing and popping. It later became less dancible and more about the beats and the streets and "keepin' it real". Most of the early rap songs were more fun subjects, not protest/message songs. People also put down "pop rap" and doing colabs with The Beach Boys & Chubby Checker didn't help to win over people wanting rappers to have street cred or to be serious.

Cinny said:

I think a lot of early-mid 80s hip hop (Fat Boys, Whodini, Kurtis Blow) gets overlooked in favor of debating everyone's favorite lyricist from 1987 (Rakim, BDK, KRS, etc) that the entertainment value or impact the artists right before them go severely overlooked. They were the ones who expanded hip hop's appeal and opened doors for rappers of the later 80s.

Very interesting...I forgot all about The Fat Boys until I saw this thread...They definitely have a place in Music History..

MickyDolenz said:

If you're into new jack swing, you might be interested in Prince Markie Dee's solo album.

oh yes, I loved that solo debut. he also did a second album, which didn't get me like the first one, haven't touched in in years, but hey why not give it another spin tonite

MickyDolenz said:

I think that some people have forgotten that early hip hop was party music and used for breakdancing and popping.

and it still is at times (as witnessed on the Krush Groove Reunion gig two weeks ago) when even Kurstis Blow did a shot at "breakdancing" if you wann call it that way considering his age it was uhmmm okay I guess (KB is going down at 6:55)

and back on topic, my T-Shirt says that amongst 30 old school legends also Fat Boy Kool Rock Ski appeared on the renuion show.

i can't remember seeing him, but most likely because me and hundreds of others were let in only after the show had already started due to fucking slow security checks at the entry dammit, I even missed Heather Hunter

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I ended up getting the Fat Boys Are Back. It's a pretty solid album!! I also can't understand why they never get props in the Hip Hop world. They were one of the biggest (no pun intended) groups in hip hop in the 80s. Where's the love for them? My guess is that doing poppier songs helped them lose some street cred.

Dancelot said:

MickyDolenz said:

I think that some people have forgotten that early hip hop was party music and used for breakdancing and popping.

and it still is at times (as witnessed on the Krush Groove Reunion gig two weeks ago) when even Kurstis Blow did a shot at "breakdancing" if you wann call it that way considering his age it was uhmmm okay I guess (KB is going down at 6:55)

and back on topic, my T-Shirt says that amongst 30 old school legends also Fat Boy Kool Rock Ski appeared on the renuion show.

i can't remember seeing him, but most likely because me and hundreds of others were let in only after the show had already started due to fucking slow security checks at the entry dammit, I even missed Heather Hunter

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Wow, this is my kind of show. That's so dope they did this. Would love to have been there!! Love me some old skool hip hop. Give me Afrika Bambataa over Drake any day!

Did they ever lose weight?

Cinny said:

MickyDolenz said:

Probably the debut or 2nd album The Fat Boys Are Back.

I also recommend the second one, but that debut.. every minute is essential.

I like how they managed to put their earliest Disco 3 songs on the first one, and full-length versions of the songs.

As for their other great tracks, you can find them on the flawless Rhino compilation, All Meat No Filler.

Don't know if this is still the case but for a while, this compilation CD was going for outrageous prices on the net because most of their albums were never released or OOP on CD.

Gunsnhalen said:

Did they ever lose weight?

The least chubby, Prince Markie Dee, stayed pleasantly plump.

The middle one, Kool Rock Ski, people don't even recognize because he became a gym body.

The fattest fat boy, Buffy The Human Beatbox, died of obesity.

One of my favorite songs is Force MD's Meet The Fat Boys, but it's on the Force MD's album Chillin'.

Cinny said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Did they ever lose weight?

The least chubby, Prince Markie Dee, stayed pleasantly plump.

The middle one, Kool Rock Ski, people don't even recognize because he became a gym body.

The fattest fat boy, Buffy The Human Beatbox, died of obesity.

I heard about buffy

Kool is looking good for his age!

kitbradley said:

Cinny said:

I also recommend the second one, but that debut.. every minute is essential.

I like how they managed to put their earliest Disco 3 songs on the first one, and full-length versions of the songs.

As for their other great tracks, you can find them on the flawless Rhino compilation, All Meat No Filler.

Don't know if this is still the case but for a while, this compilation CD was going for outrageous prices on the net because most of their albums were never released or OOP on CD.

Okay, the price of their compilation CD is the one flaw.

BobGeorge909 said:

Was it the fat boys who had a track about the incredible hulk and Dr. Bruce banner?

Verse starts 1 minute in:

Did you know Prince Markie Dee co-produced these Mary J Blige tracks?

• Real Love
• Sweet Thing
• Slow Down
• Changes I've Been Going Through

Cinny said:

It must be noted in any discussion of the Fat Boys and their legacy that Prince Markie Dee wrote and produced approximately 1/3 of Mary J. Blige's debut LP including "Real Love." Mary from 1992 to 1999 was everything she was ever advertised to be and more. She was a force of nature. To go from the Fat Boys who were certainly formidable musically yet whose very success tneded to typecast its members to playing a critical role in launching Mary J. Blige is QUITE impressive.