The Fat Boys are a group that was formed in the right time and the right place. I do find it interesting that some of their most famous raps were basically talking about how fat they were and how much they loved to eat.
In what has to be the greatest most inspired musical synergy of all time, they also provided the theme song for A Nightmare on Elm Street 4. Not only did they have Robert Englund rapping in the song as his character Freddy Krueger, but they made this kick ass video.
As I pointed out earlier The Fat Boys are of a time and era that has passed us by. Today The Fat Boys could not exist. They actually managed to walk a very bizarre fine line of a legitimate hip-hop group that was quite talented, a parody, and a full blown joke. I guess you could say people like Tone Loc was someone who followed in their footsteps. If they were around today they would either be viewed as complete jokesters and not have a shred of legitimacy in the eyes of the population at large or they would not be constantly joking about how fat they were. The era of goofy rap is largely gone though too. As we all found out the hard way fun goofy rap ended the moment MC Hammer tried to "get hard."
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Darren Robinson aka 'Buff Love' aka 'The Human Beat Box' (who made those awesome "UGHHUHGHGUHH" noises in The Fat Boys Are Back song) died as he lived. As an obese man. He died December 10th, 1995 of a heart attack. He will be missed.
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