Old head , how big was MC hammer in this prime ?

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

I remember being a kid back then.In my neck of the woods, I you'd see grown folks sporting

MC Hammer & Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation" hats.

The MC Hammer hat looked exactly like that ^^^^^^


Just had "MC Hammer" embroiled across it.He was huge at the time.


I'll never forget those times.Janet, Hammer, Keith Sweat, and Babyface(Whip Appeal era)

was the soundtrack to my block.I was just a lil 1st grader playing Mike Tyson Punch Out

and Ninja Gaiden on the NES.The good ol days

 

[@ReallyReal]

Yea Hammer was like huge............the Black Vanilla Ice...........with more hits and way more swag......

MIke had the moonwalk............Hammer had the type-writer..........

 

[shopthatwrecks]

He was a mainstream artist that danced and showed teeth all the time. Real heads laughed at him.

Laughed but didn’t want hammer problems

Hammer was also with one of the biggest athletes in the game

Real heads everything main stream but dreamed to be in his shoes

 

[cheek100]

Laughed but didn’t want hammer problems

Hammer was also with one of the biggest athletes in the game

Real heads everything main stream but dreamed to be in his shoes

This was before we knew all that.

 

[shopthatwrecks]

This was before we knew all that.

Nah real heads knew

N they were Quik to test pretenders

 

[hex]

You mean real hip hop heads? Hammer was real even though the music wasn't all that.

Yup i heard rappers tellin story abt hammer

Dude was abt that life

I wouldn't say he was "about that life" he was just a meal ticket for a lot of people so he had a lot of goons at his disposal.

The best example of this is him trying to pay off Crips to fukk up 3rd Bass and an OG (Mike Concepcion) squashing that shyt with a phone call. Money can only get you so far in those kinds of situations.

Fred.

 

[cheek100]

Nah real heads knew

N they were Quik to test pretenders

Well I was a real head and this cat didn’t get no extra love bc of no elusive street cred. He was a c00n for the mainstream.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

He was a mainstream artist that danced and showed teeth all the time. Real heads laughed at him.

At his height his fanbase was us kids and our parents who knew he was made safe music. The teens I knew like my big sister and older cousins couldn’t stand dude

 

[SunZoo]

At his height his fanbase was us kids and our parents who knew he was made safe music. The teens I knew like my big sister and older cousins couldn’t stand due

He was elementary rap, guys like Will Smith and Kris Kross ect...for the kids.

At a certain point, you were SUPPOSED to hate that kind of stuff. Now, you got 4/5 year olds listening to the same shyt adults listen to.

Hammer was wack but he was a necessary wackness.

 

[bobbiewishbone]

Let's just say, he wasn't turning down any checks.

 

[Bugsmoran]

He was pulling David Copperfield stunts in the middle of performances
and had half his hood in shiny suits on stage dancing with him



2:43 mark

 

[kingofnyc]

Pause for that little

Classic shyt




The swag , those dance




Was he really the Michael Jackson of hip hop at time ?

How was the impact when he dropped the album that sold 10 million copies ?

he was a pop star NOT hip hop

 

[boskey]

I remember being a kid back then.In my neck of the woods, I you'd see grown folks sporting

MC Hammer & Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation" hats.

The MC Hammer hat looked exactly like that ^^^^^^


Just had "MC Hammer" embroiled across it.He was huge at the time.


I'll never forget those times.Janet, Hammer, Keith Sweat, and Babyface(Whip Appeal era)

was the soundtrack to my block.I was just a lil 1st grader playing Mike Tyson Punch Out

and Ninja Gaiden on the NES.The good ol days

Wanted one of those metal hats so bad. I was in the first grade too

I bet you if you ask people over 30 what the first hip hop album they ever owned was, the most popular answer would be Please Hammer Don't Hurt Em. My mom had us listening to "Pray" and she was an immigrant not even into music...

Shout out to 2 Bigg MC, No Bones and Oaktown 357

 

[shopthatwrecks]

Let's just say, he wasn't turning down any checks.

Pepsi Twitter n kfc still payin him .. he invested

N he’s a Oakland a for life

 

[cornercommission2k12]

dude was MAJOR. hammer pants, typewriter, songs that dominated the charts, sold out tours, had his own cartoon, merchandise, etc. heavy radio spins,

1st time we hear of a rap artist selling 10 million damn records. mc hammer was legit the 1st rap mega star. closest was maybe ll cool j, but i dont think cool j had the cross over success mc hammer had. dude was right there with new kids on the block level of popularity.