Fonda Rae - Over like a fat rat 1982

[eddiemambo]

County Of Kings

N Y C  alwayz

[garagehead83]

boy oh boy..takin snoopy's.....tre bags...danc'n at da garage and betta days ...dare I say sex'n at da Barracks on forty deuce...whew.....can live to say it may all those who are no longer with Us RIP

[Yourlioness]

Damn ...Disco Dv don't forget; Mama do!!! Daddy dooooooooooooo!!! This shit is slaamming Hot ." I think I'll get up now. xoxxooxoxxo : } Yourlioness your Heiress#@

[ELGORITHM]

Leroy Burgess Quality !

[malanio1]

"My God you're taking me back to the 1st time they pushed this test pressing out at the "Better Day NYC" ...Any Girls out there remember?

[willy40]

No rat like FAT RAT,,,

[bennybtheman]

Thats what im talkin bout

[PHAYMUS25]

This song still goes hard at an old school party.

[djredbonediva]

She had some hits... "Living in Ecstasy", "Touch me all night long", She was an up and coming artist. She didn't last long, but while she was lasting, she made some hits. My friend is the father of her son, and when we went to see her perform...she can put on a show! NYC represent!!!

[razeal96]

@djredbonediva What u talking about she is still lasting and ready to come out again. U don't know what your talking about ???????

[djredbonediva]

@razeal96 - I do know what i'm talking about Razeal96. She is lasting when it comes to her hits from the 80's. She has not produced anything since the 90's. Yes, she is still touring and guest appearances. You said "she is ready to come out again" - when???...she hasn't come out in decades. I love her classice tracks, I wish she would make more music...love her flow.

[nancyl2]

Yummie to the soul. OH Yeh. :-)))))

[DaOrigTruthSeeker]

@Bijan630: You sound like you were a part of my crew because that is exactly what we used to do. As soon as the clubs let out we went straight to the dinner to get breakfast and then we go home shower, sleep all day and get back up to get ready to go back to the clubs. We did this Friday/Saturday nights. Sundays was recover time so we could get ready for work on Monday morning. I think i partied hard like that for 9 years straight. Many of my original crew are dead and gone but never forgotten.

[mickieggie]

How could anyone possibly dislike this song? Oh,...it must have been people that usually get over on people like a fat rat

[annamarquise]

"over like a fat rat" basically means one has gotten away with something despite being caught and most times not being caught.Its expression that was used my neighborhood alot.



[charmalique]

I used to sing that song a lot when I was a toddler.

[1kiakia11]

I agree @jaybrink! This could still be a jam right now! The 70's,80's & 90's music was the bomb!

[phillybass101]

Classic bass line,God knows I copped it.

[leroy592]

De La Soul sampled this! I never knew the artist name, this is a great jam!

[UndergroundSoundDC]

Yeah, the summer of 82 I was in NYC--Bed Stuy Baby! This was the JAM. I was clubbin (Serene and Bonds and the Garage) buyin tre bags, rollin fat ones, takin Snoopy's and goin to Coney Isl EVERY weekend. BLS and RKS opened me up! Memories forever!

X-Man

[mookeychase0907]

@UndergroundSoundDC  In my British Walkers BVDs & Lee flava jeans

[martinimavro]

I heard this song on the radio - must have been in the summer of 1982 - but I didn't hear the name of the artist and or the title of the song very clear. A little later I came acros the 12" in a record shop and thought this might be that song, I was right, immediately bought the record and it's still a classic. Glad that people are still playing it after almost 30 years (b.t.w. I'm not a native english speaker, can anyone clear this up for me: is "over like a fat rat" an expression in English?)

[Rootbeercw]

@martinimavro it's short for "get over like a fat rat in a cheese factory"

[punanykillah07]

I remember going to the Q club in Jamacia on a Sunday night and leaving Monday morning with just enough time to wash,get a quick bite and then getting on the train to go to work ... Youth is a wonderful thing ...

[themacmann24]

gotta bob the head y'all. can't fight it,

[jaybrank]

Man, I still love this song. The piano is great and the groove is tight.

[Bellamy710]

@PlatinumGroovesRadio this was the good ole days rite here..:)

[sonofyah2726]

Classic baby !!!



[dominatus84]

Why isn't this on any of the Larry Levan compilations I possess? :D

[overjam1]

What a wonderful blend of Funk, warmth and charming vocal!!This song is da'Bomb!!!

[lockness1980]

This song makes me crave underground r & b! Everything is so commercialized.

[sneerglawable]

I lovee this songg my mom had me on it

[TheTBone3798]

Ahh yes i remember That New York Club sensations great times Justin's,Shanique's Newark, El Castille EO

[stonejones1955]

Killer jam!!



[orlandofoodvinoart]

Flash back to summer of 1984.....

Flash forward to NOW!  The same feeling and emotion... You gotta just love that.

mmmmmmm

[nubonyx]

@orlandofoodvinoart , I'm wit you on that.

[flywonderful1]

This joint will forever be timeless and rock any party!

[orlandofoodvinoart]

@flywonderful1

Without a doubt !!!!!

Can we please get someone to step up and give us something close to this????

[GrumpyOldAssFart]

Grand Puba (from Brand Nubian) also sampled it for their '90 song "Fat Rat".

I still believe if they didn't sample them i wouldn't know about these artists since i never liked R&B (then or now).

[ChoccoTeddy]

oh my gosh this is funky

[ILAtheKIDD]

also sampled in Kool G Rap - Lifestyles of the rich and famous. fuck yeah!

[frankgorshin]

Can someone post the lyrics to this song? I can't make all of them out, and I can't find the lyrics anywhere on the Internet!

[Bijan630]

Walking out of a club, covering your eyes like a vampire rejecting the sunlight. Music still playing in your head while you walk the streets of the early morning to go and have breakfast before going home.

[andreatutrani]

@Bijan630 OMG sooooo true. But ya know... I LOVED those days. What memories.

[risma211]

love ur song it take me back in the days check out my page thank

[ViolaPressley]

Another of my old favorites

[deepseatedenterprise]

AH MAN!!! I FEEL LIKE SHAKIN' MY ASS!!! WHAT A SONG!!! WOW!!!

[YankeeBoy639]

This song WAS and STILL IS a CLASSIC DANCE JAM!!! OWWWW!!!! lol

[thegoodkidd]

OMG I remember this song !

[lilpoindexter]

This is the shit.

[Pirrelli8]

I can't wait.

[EternalTDG]

I cannot believe I found this song!!! This is truly my youth!!!

[BARBARA24280]

This is 1 of my favorites songs only PPl that really know me know that....RIP KELLY gone but will never be forgotten by me.......AWWW now Im dancing

[JonnyGoFigure]

I'm keepin' the faith!!!!

[Rockaway1250]

If God had time travel I would go back to the 80's and stay there.

[crydemons]

I remember this when we went to the family reunion in NY and my cousin Jewel, or maybe it was Carry I can't remember her name cause I have not seen them in decades, but I remember my cousin singing this and she could kind of sing it, I though she was so grown up..lol... or little Hattie

[hurryup925]

My best girlfriend loved this side RIP Jayne...

[Garaystone]

we dance this over and over summer music picnic and everything

[TheRetroWoman80]

We'll be over like a fat RAAAAAAT!! Oh yeah....

[HandiLuv]

Awwwwwwwwwww Shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pooptyme]

SOOOOO! Cool & CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ramel34]

This is that Awwwwww Shucks!! music

[mzbrooklyn2010]

Brooklyn in the house :-)

[jailman89]

my mom played this to death

[fortgreene31]

another super classiccccccccccccc

[SUCKAFREEMONTANA]

YONKERS SEXY LADY OF R&B

[MrMatto1]

Roller palace 1982, Brooklyn. When roller skates had 4 wheels. Great times that will never be forgotten.

[1965blacksheep]

@MrMatto1 DAMN....you went there!!!!  EMPIRE ROLLER RINK in Brooklyn, U.S.A. ROLLER RINK in Queens!!!

Good times...................

[BluFlowWay]

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

[Acedacrip83]

Classic neva gets old

[oldskoolzeta]

@Acedacrip83 tru dat!!!

[kiddfunknyc]

Yes. DJ Reggie Wells at a place called Justine's owned by the Dow Twins mixed this like I never heard anybefore or since. Right there on 8th Ave 2 blocks from MSG in NYC.

[DjDedan]

burgess classic - UPTOWN!

[Torri2200]

The ultimate summer song!!!

[east56789]

This is the jam. waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw kaaaaaaaaaaaaaadaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aa kabaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, man i am grovin like iam gone go nuts, never heard this before but i know its a classic hit, i might put my skates on and jam to it.......................long live old skol.

[RickyMoss]

10 people are skinny rats

[Forgemno]

@RickyMoss 6"5 300lbs over here and ladies feel free to get over on me wooo!!!!!!!

[OscillatorCollective]

....this is my prozac....

[Khaliqdialectic]

Tri State standin' up wit hands Up!

[TheFarrockfinest88]

Yo whoeva played them chords on the piano in the intro was DOPE!!!!!!

[RickyMoss]

@TheFarrockfinest88 you should hear the piano on Kleeer's taste the music...

[DjDedan]

@TheFarrockfinest88 leroy burgess played piano (and wrote the music)... i just watched his redbull academy talk and he talks about the jazz chords that he used in this song - people were saying it would never work for a dance cut... i guess they were wrong - dead wrong... anyway check the talk out its on their website!

[lordoid]

@DjDedan These RBMA Videos are gold aren't they? So much interesting people to see and hear.

[DjDedan]

@lordoid yeah man i need to chop some time off my schedule and watch them ALL!!! one day... the Kerri Chandler one is great too

[MoNicholasLaird]

10 people didn't get over like fat rats.

[apeuqsprezervativ]

kewl bass line

[hipslipsandhoney]

Oh yeah, this takes me back to the good ole days!! 

[anonymous5601]

This song rocks. The piano is dope. Props over here.

[dannycena42]

my cousins father use to date her

[razeal96]

@dannycena42 That's what they all say. Who's yo cousins father???????

[dannycena42]

@razeal96 lol...his name was marquise

[LUMBAJAKMUSIC]

Can't forget Cuzo...enjoy FB Fam.

[1AML3G3ND]

i love coming off like a fat rat lol

[chuck57don]

that's still da styt... CLASSIC BK STAND UP....

[beltazar101]

thats used to be my jam.

[MrDtmpulse]

Man, this used to be the BIZOMB! Such a hot jammy...

[SomethingWeirdTechno]

Fonda Rae, I friggin' love you to bits.

[FunkDoppler]

Long live the funk!

[melara111193]

De La Soul used this beat in "Keepin the faith"....sick song

[MrJeromeo]

@melara111193 J Dilla has sampled the first 4 second of the song & he make the main riff from The stakes is high" De La Soul

[pluggedin2u]

OOhhh! How Larry rocked this Jam at the Garage with that legendary sound system 1982. That BASS WAS BANGIN! THE CLUB WAS SLAMMIN! There are just some things in this Life that should never end. LARRY R.I.P. YOU ARE MISSED.

[gfine2000]

Leroy Burgess produced several people and bands such as Black Ivory, Caprice (who performed "100 Percent), Logg, Fonda Rae (Over Like A Fat Rat), Intrigue ("Fly Girl") and others.  He also wrote the song "Big Time" for Rick James, alot of people don't know that.

[chuck57don]

CLASSIC... where have u all gone 2 da ol' brothas need u guys...what happened???

[BTNYCTBK]

me(BETE) and Cathy driveing a stolen 81 Cutlass around Fort Hamilton HS and this was on..

[leahduh1]

I'm Young & I LOVE The Old Time songs !

[brown547]

Wow!! I missed this Jam from 1982!!

[rakimfan187]

I saw Fonda Rae a few years ago at a Zulu Anniversary. She looks phenomenal! I saw Kool Herc the following day and told him and he laughed. Picture JLo's body on a 50 year old woman.

[ilikeyourpantstoo]

This record is the shiiit,,I remember HOT 97 in central park in the summer(NYC),oh man the women and the sounds,,If I could live that time all again.

Thanks for the up load ..you git over like a FAT RAT!!

[eddiemambo]

Yes Indeed... Kingz

County  ForEver !!

[roscoegino]

To the overweight and obese: if you wish to lose weight, work out to this.

[jjaniero]

LONG LIVE LEROY BURGESS

[muzaq27]

CLASSIC!!!......I remember seeing FONDA RAE as a kid @ the original school stadium in NEWARK NJ...memories cherished.

[Jimpsterz]

Sampled in “Eric B. Is President” by

Eric B & Rakim

[krellings]

@Jimpsterz that would have nagged me all night. thanks man.

[JimLos]

@Jimpsterz dont get me wrong ,,,, i do here Eric B. sample and bassline.... but if u listen to Frankie beverely & Maze....... song ..."Before I let go"..... could have influence that as well.....and maybe this song as well....my first time hearing my self...but i dig for sure...just straigt up good music.... i can see Eric B using both song as well.... personally i always thought it was the maze song ....but this would be easier to sample as well.....one....

[rakimfan187]

@JimLos Rakim admitted in a NYU radio interview with P Fine that this was the inspiration. Also they played it over, no sample.

[feistychick70]

@Jimpsterz - You're right. When we used to hear the intro to "Eric B. for President" - Clap Your Hands To What He's Doin', we almost suffered heart attacks. It was that serious... The Wop dance was in full effect!

[MIZARC215]

@Jimpsterz I like grand poo bah's sample better

[2020TYBO]

@Jimpsterz ..NOT SAMPLED..THE BASSLINE WAS REPLAYED ACTUALLY..

[MrMallymal68]

@2020TYBO Exactly!

[shonha1]

@Jimpsterz I thought Eric B For President was sampled from Dennis Edwards Don't Look Any Further, both bass lines are very similar

[h2junkey]

@shonha1 Nope. "Paid In Full" used the sample of Dennis Edwards' "Don't Look Any Further".

[shonha1]

@h2junkey yep you are right

[DJChrisLoot]

@Jimpsterz

They used the bassline, but they didn't "sample" it... classic!

[Terence7414]

@Jimpsterz ..nope "make'em clap to this"

[wallymeldrum]

almost reminds me of the stakes is high sample. and surfaces fallin in love

[boricuadawgg39]

So smooth....yeah.

[UntouchableNYsee]

I remember hearing this so many times at the Fun House...damn good memories!

[la6zaille]

lourd ce son!!!!!!!!!

[N7even]

One of my Rare Groove favourites. Simply timeless!!

[lorddreg]

ERIC B AND RAKIM -

[ni99awitashermperm]

FUNK 4 LIFE

[robertwillis1]

@tanyatmr Did you ever get in? If you didn't, it has 2 floors (dance floors, bars,etc). I wonder is it still open?

[amerdryserv]

THAT'S amerdryserv@gail.com

[unibchillin]

This rocks!

[wildnpeacefulme]

'I see ya' tryin', to take advantage of a sweet girl like meeeee'....

[homesbynorthern]

Always LOVED THIS SONG!

[robertwillis1]

This was an accident. I was listening to different songs, and this. This is tha-bomb. This song brings back memories.Bentley's in NYC 1982.Dj Sugar Daddy rocked this song , and, had everyone on the dance floor (including me) . 80slistener & You Tube, THANKS.

[tanyatmr]

@robertwillis1 Bentley's used to be packed back in the day; my ex- boyfriend and I made a few attempts to get in :(

[hardcorehouse]

Another NYC/Philly produced GEM from back in the day. NYC the incubator of most of today's dance musics.

[bobvar]

98.7 Kiss FM Master Mix - Brings back memories ! They would always play this!

[jody808]

spent many nights dancing in a club to this jam in the 80s, still packs the dance floor

[D201RECORDS]

Make em clap

[ASEFQZDR]

Kool G Rap:Lifestyles of the rich and famous(1996)

[ttdean]

We were doing the smurf and the wop when this song came out.

[gmccall22]

@ttdean ..The Pac-man too

[owkswife1]

I love this song thanks for keeping the 80s alive!!!!

[justkidding45]

First thing you say when the song drops is "HEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" lol

[wesalexbar]

Make em make em make em clap to this!!! Sounds like Eric B. Is President!

[merkury06]

Its been 20 years since I heard this song, and I still know all the words!

Thanks so much for posting this track.

[Mauturn]

I remember this song and I enjoy this song.

[Dobski72]

The reason this track is such a KILLA is 'cos 'THE MASTER' Sir Leroy of Burgess was at the mixin desk. Everythin he touches turns into SOLID GOLD SOUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ebbyboo14]

Love it im 17 nd i dnt even kno how i kno this song bt its an all time fav !

[Diamondlovebaby]

Great song!

[MrBenthere2]

now this joint was fire..this was popping off in 82..!!

[Keepskatin]

Sweet!

[noreaga12326]

ahhh this song brings back childhood memories. they dont play classic music like this anymore 

[laynah924]

Tri state area please stand up

[oldskoolzeta]

@laynah924 lol

[nesNYC]

@laynah924 Presente! :)

[laynah924]

Tri state area please stand up!

[drumatic]

favorite snare clap ever!

[TDPROMO]

WHENEVER I HEAR THIS CUT....I GET A BIG KOOL -AID SMILE ON MY FACE!!! This era was full of awesome club cuts like this but this..."Is Straight Butta"!!! HATS OFF TO FONDA RAE

[Diontedude]

Man I just heard this for the first time last week BANGER!!!!! had to look for it on here thanks man

[alexalot23]

this is a fat ass track

[geedowt2525]

so killer...

[djt2012]

Eric B!!

[Hard24LiFE]

Yo dis shit is still jammin..but u gotta chx out ( Kokane Gettin Ova' ) itz off da hook

[Crispysmith123]

Great track. A fan of De La and Kool Kyle so had to check it out. It's everything I love about the old R&B!