Fat Boys - Pizza Box Set [Limited Edition, Original recording remastered]

Fat Boys (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 10, 2012)
• Original Release Date: 2012
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
• Label: Tin Pan Apple
• ASIN: B00876ZRO8
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,435 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jail House Rap

2. Stick 'Em

3. Can You Feel It?

4. Fat Boys

5. The Place To Be

6. Human Beat Box

7. Don't You Dog Me

8. Reality

9. International Love

10. All You Can Eat

11. Fat Boys Promo (Rap Attack)

12. Fat Boys/Charlie Stettler Interview

13. Fat Boys Interview A

14. Fat Boys Interview B

Editorial Reviews

The Fat Boys were the highest profiled hip hop group in the early 1980 s next to Run DMC. They were part of the first corporate sponsored rap concert (Fresh Fest), they were featured in the movie Krush Groove, one of the first rap groups to travel to Europe, and they sold hefty amounts of records and continued to balloon throughout the decade. Their beginnings were humble like most but quickly catapulted into full stardom. Appearances on radio, TV, full tours, magazine spreads and they even had their own embroidered satin jackets! Their first single; "Reality" under the name Disco 3 was released unnoticed and that's when their fearless management of Charles Stettler and Lynda West decided to bring in one of the hottest names in rap at the time to produce; Kurtis Blow. The single "Fat Boys" with Kurtis became a instant hit and it also became the new name of the group. Kurt enlisted his music team to assemble what became the debut album by the Fat Boys. Larry Smith (Run DMC s producer and arranger), Davy DMX, Don Blackman, and a whole slew of other session players laid the raw backbeat for the three boys from Brooklyn to rock the house! What separated their album from the majority of other rap records at the time was the pure rawness of the songs. The humorous element dominated the record but there was a prime roughness to their style that gave them a hardcore edge. Songs like Stick Em, Fat Boys, The Place To Be & Human Beat Box easily display their boisterousness. The added jewels to this re-issue are the Mr. Magic (RIP) radio interviews. The growth of the group can be heard first hand between an early interview before their debut album and one after success. The unlisted 15th track is also a piece of lost audio history as it s Mr. Magic announcing the Disco 3 as the winners of the Tin Pan Apple After Dark Dance & Rap Contest at Radio City Music Hall (May 23rd, 1983); where the group got their record deal. This deluxe reissue serves up the classic rap album for the first time in 28 years, fully remastered with all the necessary ingredients...ALL YOU CAN EAT!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars It's about time, long overdue July 20, 2012

By IntellivisionDude

Amazon Verified Purchase

Just received this in the mail today and i'm very pleased and super excited. I used to have the record/LP when i was a kid. I was always a big Fat Boys fan. Still own a lot of their albums on Cassette and own Disorderlies on VHS. I can only hope and pray they re-release all the other Fat Boys albums on cd. The first is the best but the others are great too.

Now on to the Pizza Box. I love it. Very well done. This is gonna look awesome on my cd shelf. I haven't bought a new cd in quite a while but there was no way i could pass this up. The cd is stored in a cardboard sleeve but a nice added touch is a paper sleeve inside the cardboard just like records used to have.

It's hard to rate the tracks because the whole cd is great from beginning to end. Jail House Rap was always my favorite, and Human Beat Box and Stick 'Em were not far behind. But now i may have a new favorite, Can You Feel It? has grown on me over the years and i caught my self playing it over and over a few times already today. the rest of the songs are great too. The bonus songs are an added plus. I always felt All You Can Eat should of been on one of their albums. The interviews are great. This whole cd set is filled with so much history.

I do have a question, in the song Fat Boys, the parts when the girl sings the chorus sound distorted. Is it suppose to sound like that? I don't have my record anymore to compare.

This is my first review ever here on Amazon. I think i picked the right product to start with.

Quoted from the linear notes
"Yo hook my mic up please... make... Kurt make the bass come out so clear clear clear... please i'm asking you K.B. Ready? yea Ready?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars FINALLY!!! September 7, 2012

By Lotus Scrum

For awhile finding the orignal Fat Boys cds was a real chore. Now we FINALLY have a remastered cd of the classic album by the Fat Boys! Not only does the remaster sound great but you get some really GREAT bonus material! Interviews from back in the day and early stuff from their Disco 3 stuff! Its a blast from the past that has been needed for a LOOONG time!

RIP Buff Love

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars How A Re-Issue Should Be Done! July 20, 2012

By N. Stefani

Amazon Verified Purchase

Great packaging, remastering, liner notes, and bonus tracks. Uncredited track 15 is especially cool. This is how a re-issue should be done!