Coming Back Hard Again

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Coming Back Hard Again
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Studio album by
the Fat Boys
Released1988
Genre Hip hop
Label Tin Pan Apple/Polydor [1]
Producer Latin Rascals
The Fat Boys chronology
Crushin'
(1987)		Coming Back Hard Again
(1988)		 On and On
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Robert Christgau C+ [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Philadelphia Inquirer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

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

Contents

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" (with Chubby Checker)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. 1 2 "Fat Boys". Trouser Press. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "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. 1 2 Hunt, Dennis (July 17, 1988). "THE FAT BOYS. 'Coming Back Hard Again.' Tin Pan Apple/Polydor". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 85.
  6. 1 2 Tucker, Ken (June 26, 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 (July 7, 1988). "NEW TWIST FOR CHUBBY CHECKER: WITH THE FAT BOYS, ROCKER DOES A RAP VERSION OF HIS HIT". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. E1.
  13. 1 2 "FAT BOYS". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  14. ↑ The Encyclopedia of Record Producers. Billboard Books. 1999. p. 442.
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