Artist: The Fat Boys
Best Album: The Fat Boys
Best Song: Crushin’
This Letter Could Have Been About: The Fugees, Felt

Why I’m Writing About This Artist: Because the Fat Boys may very well have been the first hiphop I ever heard; it was either them or the Super Bowl Shuffle, right around 1984-85, with the Beastie Boys following soon after.  Because they were fun and ridiculous and oh they were also the first group I ever heard beatboxing, a skill showcased in the video below.  I’m writing these slightly out of order because I accidentally skipped F and didn’t notice until I got to H.  When you get there, in a couple of days, read everything I said about hiphop being fun and apply it back to the Fat Boys, too except that they were always a lot sillier than everybody else.  It’s hard not to be, if you call yourselves the Fat Boys.

Another fun fact: The Fat Boys are one of a very small group of rappers to do actual remakes of other songs.  Their versions of Chubby Checker’s Twist and the Beach Boys’ Wipeout are both a hell of a lot of fun.

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