Fat Boys – Fat Boys

Sound quality on this record is 🤌 Really snappy and hard hitting. Vocals sound like they’re in my room with me.

best beat boxing ever! these guys should have gone far sad they didn't...

Yes yes yes I thought biz Markie was good sorry but Darren R is fire. Do your self a favor get this album!

The only cd issue of this album that matters. It was mastered similarly to the original vinyl pressing, with very little compression. The later cd issues should be avoided.

Cool concept, but Picture disc sounds bad. For a hip-hop collector it’s a definite. Looks good on the shelf.

Have to agree with the previous dude, this is the best they ever did. I also adore this album, every damn track is good. Their second and third albums were half decent, but after that, forget it. This release is their masterpiece to me. I can't praise it enough. They may have been a novelty act to some, but they are responsible for unleashing this phenomenal album. If you're going to get just one Fat Boys release, it has to be this one. Your ears will thank you. (R.I.P. Buff, and Prince Markie Dee, May you both rest in paradise)

HORSE the Band did it first. HORSE the Band did it best.

Terrible packaging! Vinyl records suffer from paper scuffs in regular paper inner sleeves so packaging the picture disc in heavy grade cardboard is tantamount to scuffing the record with a scouring pad!!

'Stick Em' is one of all the all time classic Hip Hop tracks. If I wanted to show people what Hip Hop used to be about before the name was abused and came to describe the crap rap shite that it does today I would play them this.

Well you can say whatever you want about the Fat Boys but they still remain a bit of my hero's.
This is the first rap record I bought in '85 and I have never listened as much to a record as this one. I was totally in it. And yes like a true 80's guy I walked the street with a ghetto blast with this record on. On tape cassette offcourse.
After this record I bought many more rap records and saw hip hop developing in the coming years. And sadly for me the Fat Boys we're developing too.. The started as my rap superhero's and transformed to 3 guys with surfer shorts and sunclasses on stage and they are rapping about the twist with an old fellow. For the whole world to see (live aid). That was pretty phetatic.

But this record is all before that. And yes there very best production as a trio. It's really old skool rap and the human beat boxing is working very well with the raps. The are some great songs on this album (stick ém) but best known is The Jail House Rap. Cool song with a strong piano theme in it. I know that there's a videoclip made and aired on MTV of Jail House Rap.