That "everybody was jealous of Hammer" argument didn't fly back in 1991, and it's not gonna fly in 2017.
Old heads, did you want a Mc Hammer Death Row album?
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I'm pretty sure Hammmer was an after thought from 88-92. Especially at his height
ima put it like this, Snoop N Dre was doing 7, 8 million, and they were the shyt. well Hammer was doing triple those #'s.... Arena Tours, Cartoons, Ceral, video game ETC ETC ETC...
Hammer was doing shyt un thought of, for a brotha in rap at the time...
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fukk naw. And I fux with Hammer. It was way over by then
nope..although funky headhunter was not a bad listen 
Yea ok street cats was really checking for hammer
The music you listen to don't make you a "street cat." And by most accounts Hammer was more street than most of the rappers back in his day and most of these dudes out here today.
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not even a knock on hammer, but when I was in middle school, I wasn't checkin for rappers I liked when I was 4-7 years old.
rappers weren't allowed to overstate their welcome back then, like they do now.
but shoot, I would've still eventually copped it tho.
rappers weren't allowed to overstate their welcome back then, like they do now.
but shoot, I would've still eventually copped it tho.
Man stfu this cat wasn't reppin for no real shkreet cats. All that shyt yall found out later on about how legit hammer was in the streets, cats wouldn't have believed it. Yea he a solid guy yes but back in 89 if u wasn't som like nwa short dog doc king tee sheeeit. And u west coast? Lol na u was lumped up in that young mc def jef funny style rappin. Listen to all that at the club not in the whip NEVERRR.
Somebody slap me if I'm lyin..
I'm from Texas. And everybody listened to his first album. He crossed over on the second and went pop and the dissin started along with his downfall.
But listening to his music didn't make anyone soft, just like you ridin around listening to whatever "hard" shyt you think completes your streetness doesn't make you any less butter soft than we all now know you are by virtue of your first statement.
Tell me, what did street cats listen to before tough talk rap?
Bruh kill all that condescending bs. It is what it is nobody that considered they self a man listened to hammer in the whip in 89. His first album was way harder than the rest (when he rocked the all black) I'll give u that. I was 17 and what u pulled up bumping was EVERYTHING. Now Rodney O n Joe Cooley? Now u was official.
To answer your question it was all New York before that. Eric B n Ra was considered tough talk.
What else u got
Edit: matter fact u from Texas, YZ was the shyt back then.
its wasn't like that then. his shyt was all over jukebox, yo mtv raps and rap city right next to everybody else's. so anybody into rap deep enough potentially was checking for himYea ok street cats was really checking for hammer
na he was just more cac friendly. Remember mtv barely was playing any black music much less rap. Yo mtv raps was just starting, they needed zero street and zero black power. All they rocked was kid nplay hammer etc (friendly rap). Only way u was official was to rock that shyt that wasn't on tv or the radio.
Hence "the whip". Not mainstream.
my man everything was on yo mtv raps...de la, gang starr, DOC, PE, schoolly d...hammers mainstream success came with his 2nd album. rap fans already knew him by the time he blasted off