Coming Back Hard Again

Coming Back Hard Again
Studio album by
the Fat Boys
Released1988
GenreHip hop
LabelTin Pan Apple/Polydor[1]
ProducerLatin Rascals
The Fat Boys chronology
Crushin'
(1987) 		Coming Back Hard Again
(1988) 		On and On
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauC+[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[6]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]

Coming Back Hard Again is an album by the American hip hop trio the Fat Boys, released in 1988.[8][9]

The album peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200.[10] It peaked at No. 98 on the UK Albums Chart.[11]

Production

Chubby Checker appears on the Fat Boys' version of "The Twist".[1][12] "Are You Ready for Freddy" was among the many late-1980s rap songs about A Nightmare on Elm Street.[13] The album was produced by the Latin Rascals.[14]

Critical reception

The Orlando Sentinel wrote: "'Jellyroll' and 'Big Daddy' are two of the better raps. The former sings the praises of pastry (then again, maybe not) while 'Big Daddy' boasts a steady reggae beat and alternates between straight rapping and Jamaican- style toasting."[13] The Los Angeles Times called the album "highly enjoyable nonsense," writing that "you can knock the Fat Boys as lyricists—some of their songs are a bit too silly—but you can't rap their rhythms, which are among the catchiest in the genre."[5] The Philadelphia Inquirer thought that "the straightforward rap songs, such as 'Rock the House, Y'all' and the title song, are pretty good, but the novelty songs wear thin very quickly."[6]

AllMusic wrote that "the Fat Boys' strength remained novelty numbers and weight-based raps like 'Big Daddy' and 'Pig Feet'."[2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Twist"4:05
2."Rock the House, Y'all"3:20
3."We Can Do This"4:10
4."Back and Forth"3:15
5."Jellyroll"3:20
6."Big Daddy"3:40
7."Coming Back Hard Again"3:20
8."Louie, Louie"4:05
9."Are You Ready for Freddy"4:05
10."All Day Lover"4:00
11."Powerlord"3:00
12."Pig Feet"3:30

References

  1. ^ a b "Fat Boys". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Coming Back Hard Again - Fat Boys | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Fat Boys". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 403.
  5. ^ a b Hunt, Dennis (17 July 1988). "THE FAT BOYS. 'Coming Back Hard Again.' Tin Pan Apple/Polydor". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 85.
  6. ^ a b Tucker, Ken (26 June 1988). "The Fat Boys Coming Back Hard Again". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. H10.
  7. ^ (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 295.
  8. ^ "Fat Boys | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  9. ^ Rabaka, Reiland (April 4, 2013). The Hip Hop Movement: From R&B and the Civil Rights Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Generation. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739181171 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2010). Top Pop Albums (7th ed.). Record Research. p. 267.
  11. ^ "FAT BOYS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  12. ^ DiOrio, Carl (7 July 1988). "NEW TWIST FOR CHUBBY CHECKER: WITH THE FAT BOYS, ROCKER DOES A RAP VERSION OF HIS HIT". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. E1.
  13. ^ a b "FAT BOYS". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  14. ^ The Encyclopedia of Record Producers. Billboard Books. 1999. p. 442.