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8 MC Hammer Songs That Changed Hip-Hop’s Mainstream Sound.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists in hip-hop history have matched the meteoric rise and cultural impact of MC Hammer. Emerging from Oakland’s music scene in the late 1980s, he quickly evolved from a local ...
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Revisiting MC Hammer’s 1994 album, ‘The Funky Headhunter’ 30 years later

OPINION: The Oakland rapper’s most edgy album came with some controversy over his image and a legendary Speedo. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author ...
The Spokesman-Review

A Hit You Can't Ignore: Hammer Time

“U Can’t Touch This” was the giant hit song of the Summer of 1990. U could barely go anywhere or do anything without hearing the catchy rap overlaid onto the riff from a big hit song for Rick James ...