Janet Jackson, Madonna, Queen, Michael Jackson, Eminem....they all make great videos.....Hammer also is on that list of the "constantly good videos" lists.....name a bad hammer video? Thought not.....

You can't touch this
Pray
Adams Groove
Too legit to Quit
This is the way we roll
Do not pass me by
Pumps and a bump
Lets get it started
turn this mutha out
Pump it up (it's time for the news)
Here comes the Hammer
dancing Machine.....

I admit "have u seen her" was pretty shit.....but that list is BIG!

Enough respect due.....

NOPE ! he look a like a perverted epaleptic with a frog in his pants

thesexofit said:

Adams Groove was a good video?

it was entertaining if predictable. It was fun, good clips from the movie.....nice sets etc.....good dancing.

I have my "glory days" as Bruce Springseen would call it of me and my mates wanting to dance like Hammer.....do kids do this to Usher? I admit Usher is a great dancer and it is good 4 kids to copy him then that faker Justin.....

I think we must look for different things in videos. I'm more a fan of the way the video was shot, the art that the video references, the message behind the clip than flashy videos with crazy dancing.

Maybe if Hammer worked with Anton Corbijn or Mark Romanek on some videos, I'd think differently .

it was all about the dancing.....but the videos were well directed by some english bloke (again).....Rupert Wainwright I think his name is, who is very much not the type of the hammer video director.

I C what u mean though....."too legit to quit" has loadsa fancy shots....."do not pass me by", one of Hammers less well known videos, is at first black and white,, then it changes to colour later on.....loadsa swooping crane shoots on mountains and shit, good vibe and all.....

i thought hammers videos were xcellent, ive got a couple of long form vhs videos of his somewhere !

Might be the "movie" he did..."please hammer don't hurt 'em".....?

People should get the DVD....u get loadsa ahmmer on there.....good value 4 money. Though 4 record label reasons, u get no "pumps and a bump" video

Does Mc Hamer know about you man? your like the only one still pumping his shit. I use to get flogged in high school for liking him. When you don't really control the industry, they can promote any movement in rap they want Thus the end of Hammer.
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He was labelled as the rap equivilent of James Brown and I can see that honesty.....laugh all u want but he got James' blessing. Hammer may not have the soul like Brown but basically, Hammer, like Brown did songs to DANCE to.....and I mean really dance too. It was all about the dancing, having fun and seing the awesome shows both these guys put on. James Brown woulda rocked if music videos were around back when he was at his peak.

People rag on non serious rap.....why? Whats wrong with dancing to rap music? Not all rap have to be thugged out BS all the time.....

thesexofit said:

People rag on shitty non-serious rap. Ever listen to De La Soul?

yeah i got one of their albums somwhere.....,like a tribe called quest, I found them quite dull....

thesexofit said:

Ok, then.

De La Soul sucks, Hammer's the best. And Marky Mark's Good Vibrations is better than the Beach Boys.

I'll say this: You definitely watched a LOT of MTV in the early 90's

Now go pick up a GH collection for Loleatta Holloway that features "Love Sensation"

I'm a early 90's freak.....I think I got issues somewhere? Why do I now like "shit" music? De la soul wrote good lyrics.....I may have to listen to them again but that whole Afrocentric rap scene ain't me.....but at least de la didn't come off looking all snobby and shit.....

thesexofit said:

Hammer's "shit" IMHO - I'm sure he has his merits for some listeners.

You have some of the more unique musical tastes on the org.

U gotta admit he made good videos.....particually 4 a rapper. Before him we had a few like kid n play who would dance and shit, but hammer took it to another level.....

thesexofit said:

thesexofit said:

it's more like tribe called quest is like a De La soul.
Black is Black

thesexofit said:

He had one good video - Can't Touch This. I used to like Hammer back in the day, but I much prefered his first album. It was less polished and a lot more fun. But even his one good video today looks a lot like a low-rent commercial for a soda.

Video got overplayed MAJORLY. He did Pepsi and KFC...Hammer "sold out".....with the cartoon show and all. He sold out with "the funky headhunter" but that was a good album where he flowed better then ever.

thesexofit said:

And now he's doing commercials for Lay's Potato Chips. It just debuted during the Superbowl (he was wearing the Hammer pants and everything). Sadder still - Spike Lee directed the spot!

Really? Both of them roughly rose to the top and fell at the same time.....how odd?

My favorite MC Hammer video is "Pumps In A Bump". I see how he got the name "Hammer".

There was a video he did early on called "They Put Me in the Mix". That was my Hammer favorite. My older relatives (all female) seemed to dig it, too - they just liked to see him dance.

His videos pale in comparison to his Taco Bell commercials.

Stax said:

That's harsh.

Stax said:

No way, it was all about his British Knights commercials.

He's also doing commercials for Nationwide Insurance right now; I think one debuted during the Superbowl tonight.

I'm struggling to understand the Hammer infatuation w/ you Did you cry when the kids threw him over the fence in that superbowl Lays commercial?

Hammer is cool. He is easy to listen too, funny (if unintentionally), funky, can dance to his music easily, positive yet not heavy handed.....