Coming Back Hard Again
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{{Infobox album
| name = Coming Back Hard Again
| type = studio
| artist = the Fat Boys
| cover = Coming Back Hard Again.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1988
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length =
| label = Tin Pan Apple/Polydor{{cite web |title=Fat Boys |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/fat-boys/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=12 August 2021}}
| producer = Latin Rascals
| prev_title = Crushin'
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = On and On
| next_year = 1989
}}
{{music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/coming-back-hard-again-mw0000200435|title=Coming Back Hard Again - Fat Boys | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
|rev2 = Robert Christgau
|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |page=403}}
|rev4 = Los Angeles Times
|rev4score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite news |last1=Hunt |first1=Dennis |title=THE FAT BOYS. 'Coming Back Hard Again.' Tin Pan Apple/Polydor |work=Los Angeles Times |date=17 July 1988 |location=Calendar |page=85}}
|rev5 = The Philadelphia Inquirer
|rev5score = {{rating|2|4}}{{cite news |last1=Tucker |first1=Ken |title=The Fat Boys Coming Back Hard Again |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=26 June 1988 |page=H10}}
|rev6 = (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev6score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=295}}
}}
Coming Back Hard Again is an album by the American hip hop trio the Fat Boys, released in 1988.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fat-boys-mn0000066743/biography|title=Fat Boys | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9O4G_FKdpBIC&pg=PA118|title=The Hip Hop Movement: From R&B and the Civil Rights Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Generation|first=Reiland|last=Rabaka|date=April 4, 2013|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=9780739181171|via=Google Books}}
The album peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200.{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Top Pop Albums |date=2010 |publisher=Record Research |page=267 |edition=7th}} It peaked at No. 98 on the UK Albums Chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/22496/fat-boys/|title=FAT BOYS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}
Production
Chubby Checker appears on the Fat Boys' version of "The Twist".{{cite news |last1=DiOrio |first1=Carl |title=NEW TWIST FOR CHUBBY CHECKER: WITH THE FAT BOYS, ROCKER DOES A RAP VERSION OF HIS HIT |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=7 July 1988 |page=E1}} "Are You Ready for Freddy" was among the many late-1980s rap songs about A Nightmare on Elm Street.{{cite web |title=FAT BOYS |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1988-07-31-0060010155-story.html |website=Orlando Sentinel |access-date=12 August 2021}} The album was produced by the Latin Rascals.{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Record Producers |date=1999 |publisher=Billboard Books |page=442}}
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." 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." 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."
AllMusic wrote that "the Fat Boys' strength remained novelty numbers and weight-based raps like 'Big Daddy' and 'Pig Feet'."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = The Twist
| length1 = 4:05
| title2 = Rock the House, Y'all
| length2 = 3:20
| title3 = We Can Do This
| length3 = 4:10
| title4 = Back and Forth
| length4 = 3:15
| title5 = Jellyroll
| length5 = 3:20
| title6 = Big Daddy
| length6 = 3:40
| title7 = Coming Back Hard Again
| length7 = 3:20
| title8 = Louie, Louie
| length8 = 4:05
| title9 = Are You Ready for Freddy
| length9 = 4:05
| title10 = All Day Lover
| length10 = 4:00
| title11 = Powerlord
| length11 = 3:00
| title12 = Pig Feet
| length12 = 3:30
| total_length =
}}