MC Hammer was so big that he was beefing with Michael Jackson for record sales... and this was when Michael was still hitting his prime. I remember the hype over seeing who had the dopest video on MVT when they both debuted "Black or White" and "Too Legit To Quit". That was as big, if not larger, than the 50 Cent vs Kanye shyt.
Old head , how big was MC hammer in this prime ?
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i know this gotta double hurt
cause the person whom u talking about is your favorite of all time
BmoreGorilla
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Drake gets way more love in the streets than Hammer ever did. Hammer was getting love at bday parties and skating rinks
All of his videos got a lot of burn in Rap City and Yo! MTV Raps. How you think he was able to get KNOWN? Those were the ONLY OUTLETS at the time. It was once You Can't Touch this was when the rest of MTV decided to play his music to the white dominated viewers. And it was also why a lot of hip hop heads turned their back at MC Hammer because he crossed over and that was the ULTIMATE no-no back in those days. Drake, had he came in 1990 would of been clowned like PM Dawn were or Geromino (Rico Sauve) and those clowns.
We’re u there in 89? Do u remember the general consensus?
There’s a reason cacs embraced him..
The reason why he was embraced because the muthafukka could dance his fucckin' ass off. Dude was the hip hop generation of James Brown. The reason why cacs fukked with James Brown in the 1960's were the exact reason their kids fukked with MC Hammer in the early 90's. Dude had still one of the dopest stage shows ever in hip hop. He was doing things next level.
West Coast Avenger
West Coastin & Smokin
he was a pop star NOT hip hop
....Exactly, in the late 80's to early 90's.... everybody was doing crazy dance moves. To criticize MC Hammer was like criticizing Big Daddy Kane does being one of the dopest dancers.... or fukking Kid n Play which got their own iconic dance move. That WAS HIP HOP. MC Hammer at the time was one of the best at it.
BmoreGorilla
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Yea but that doesn’t mean his music was getting played in the streets. There’s a difference
Foxmulder
Superstar
Nikkas really fukked with Hammer on here? 
Dude was always a joke over here.
No one ever took him seriously. Only people who fukked with Hammer was old people and pre teens.
party & pop are 2 different things - breh
its not if people fuhked with him or not. Clearly people did he sold 10 mil nygga. Y'all just create narratives that dont make sense and wasnt true. Nothing Hammer did was exactly Pop. Y'all act like he was PM Dawn. He had more stage presence than everybody.
He won off that. People clown Hammer for dancing but dont clown James Brown or MJ for doing it.
he was a product of the Soul Train era mixed with the Fresh Fest tours Im sure he went to. He took that and put it on stage.
DatNkkaCutty
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at how accurate this assessment was.Can vividly remember my younger uncles...aunts...and their friends playin this shyt at the time as a young child...and the tide shiftin as an 8-9 yr old....
This was all day...everyday...on MTV back in the day...followed by....
a continuous (Death Row) gangsta rap onslaught...
(Boyz In The Hood...Menace II Society...the infatuation wit gang culture...etc.)
That was the end of Hammer's chapter (Kid N' Play too)...anything considered too bubbly.
Hammer did attempt that last hail Mary tho....
But it was too little...too late...homie was already "Wacky D" status...
