Coming Back Hard Again

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

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]

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. "Fat Boys". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  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. Hunt, Dennis (17 July 1988). "THE FAT BOYS. 'Coming Back Hard Again.' Tin Pan Apple/Polydor". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 85.
  6. 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. "FAT BOYS". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  14. The Encyclopedia of Record Producers. Billboard Books. 1999. p. 442.
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