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Music CD - MC Hammer: Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
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Music CD: Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
Artist: MC Hammer
List Price: $11.98
Our Price: $3.72
Your Save: $ 8.26 ( 69% )
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Manufacturer: Capitol
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Tracks:
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1. Here Comes The Hammer
2. U Can't Touch This
3. Have You Seen Her
4. Yo!! Sweetness
5. Help The Children
6. On Your Face
7. Dancin' Machine
8. Pray
9. Crime Story
10. She's Soft And Wet
11. Black Is Black
12. Lets Go Deeper
13. Work This
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0077779285723
Label: Capitol
Manufacturer: Capitol
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Capitol
Release Date: 1990-02-02
Studio: Capitol
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Memories
Comment: if you were born in the early 80's (i think Hammer had many kids as fans) or before then buy this cd for nostalgic reasons or just if you wanna have a good laugh (yes, it's that bad). it's worth the cent you can get it for but i wouldn't pay a cent more for it (a price too high, 2 cents or more could destroy the comedy-effect this cd has from today's view).
if you were born in the 90's and don't know Mc Hammer then i want to put it short: this cd sounds like a good collection of boring old farts!
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Summary: let's go waaay back....back in to time.....
Comment: The name "MC Hammer" was synonymous with parachute pants, dancing entourages, suspenders and funky fresh dance moves. PLEASE HAMMER, DON'T HURT 'EM is a real trip in the time machine for those of us old enough to remember its early 1990s release. I was eight years old at the time, and practically everyone I knew [and their brother] was ripping "U Can't Touch This" (with a recognizable sample from Rick James' "Superfreak") in their tape decks. Hammer's combination of up-tempo, synthesized instrumentals and energetic raps appealed to a cross-section of listeners. Kids and teenagers imitated his look with flamboyantly-colored wide-legged ("parachute") pants and "take no prisoners" swagger. Also, his songs were catchy (if embarrassingly so, at times). Other songs he made famous on this album were "Have You Seen Her," (the closest thing The Hammer gets to a ballad), "Help The Children" and "Pray." Yes, this album will most likely cause a lot of snickering, and I realize I am dating myself, writing this review, but, hey, you knew this review was inevitable!...oh, and I am not shy about saying that the CD is indeniably a lot of fun, and takes you back to a place and time in pop culture that no longer exists.
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Summary: uh oh! uh oh! here comes the music!
Comment: mc hammer's please hammer don't hurt 'em is a classic rap album. i like the songs u can't touch this,pray,help the children,have you seen her,here comes the hammer,and crime stury.uh oh! uh oh! i hope you like this album.ed wilson.
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Summary: brings me back
Comment: I first listened to this album when I was about 6 years old (yes Hammer keeps it clean), probably around 1991 or so, and listening to the songs now really brings on powerful feelings of nostalgia. Of course I thought "U Can't Touch This" and "Here Comes the Hammer" were awesome back then, but I have found that the songs that have really stood the test of time are his more inspirational ones. They don't suffer from the outdated feeling you get with many of his oldschool style tracks. Hammer can really put a sense of inspiration and energy into his music that no other rapper has ever been able to do, and this is coming from someone who has heard a LOT of rap, from hardcore gangsta to soft R&B. I turn to some of Hammer's songs when I want something truly relaxing, taking me back to simpler times in an almost trancelike state. Favorites of mine, in order, are: "Have You Seen Her" (I actually prefer this version to the Chi-Lite original, mainly because of the lyrics, bassline, and hip-hop sounds. This song was beautifully done), "On Your Face" (an absolute gem), "Help the Children," and "Pray." These are the timeless classics I think he shines in, and although he is a great dancer, I think this is the type of music he was meant to create and would excel in today. If you like these sort of songs, I think the album is worth the money. I think rappers today should study Hammer's work so they can learn to sound cool without all the violence and profanity. Don't get me wrong... I enjoy hardcore music, but there is just no variety these days... I still like Hammer's style btw (not the parachute pants dancer, but the clean-cut business looks)
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Summary: Every rich rapper and rap executive owes their life to Mr. Stanley Burrell aka MC Hammer
Comment: It makes me sick to think that these so called hiphop purist dissed Hammer for going commercial in the early 90's. Everybody dissed Hammer from 3rd Bass to Tribe Called Quest to Ice Cube. Yeah, Mr. "Are We There Yet" Ice Cube. Hammer was not the best lyricist but he was and still is one of the best entertainers hiphop ever had. These dudes dissed and tore down Hammer then went even further commercial than he did, with less integrity. Every rapper that has commercials, cartoons, label deals, merchandise all got it from Hammer because he did it first. The guys that break ground first are always the one that pay the price for everything that comes after it.
I can't front. Hammer did sellout some on "Don't Hurt'em" but compared to rap artists of today, he still had respect for himself and his people. He really put his whole hood on the payroll and he never sold garbage and self destructive images to his people. Now that's gangsta!
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Editorial Reviews:
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In hip-hop, respect is like currency, and by the mid-'90s MC Hammer was as bereft of props as he was of cash. But there was a short period in the early '90s when every clock in the land read "Hammer time," and truth be told, he was the artist who introduced a lot of kids to hip-hop and its many possibilities. The driving force behind Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, of course, is the irrepressible single "U Can't Touch This," built on the central riff from Rick James's immortal "Super Freak." Hammer also scored with album cuts "Here Comes the Hammer," "Have You Seen Her," and "Pray," but after that, it was a short trip from Benzes to VH1's Behind the Music. --Daniel Durchholz
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