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Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American hip hop recording artist, dancer, record producer and entrepreneur. He had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s, until the early 1990s. Remembered for his rapid rise to fame, Hammer is known for hit records (such as "U Can't Touch This" and "2 Legit 2 Quit"), flashy dance movements, choreography and eponymous Hammer pants.
A multi-award winner, M.C. Hammer is considered a "forefather/pioneer" and innovator of pop rap (incorporating elements of freestyle music), and is the first hip hop artist to achieve diamond status for an album. Hammer was later considered a sellout due in part to overexposure as an entertainer (having live instrumentation/bands, choreographed dance routines and an impact on popular culture being regularly referenced on television and in music) and as a result of being too "commercial" when rap was "hardcore" at one point, then his image later becoming increasingly "gritty" to once again adapt to the ever-changing landscape of rap. Regardless, BET ranked Hammer as the #7 "Best Dancer Of All Time". Vibe's "The Best Rapper Ever Tournament" declared him the 17th favorite of all-time during the first round.
Burrell became a preacher during the late 1990s with a Christian ministry program on TBN called M.C. Hammer and Friends. Additionally, he starred in a Saturday-morning cartoon called Hammerman in 1991 and was executive producer of his own reality show called Hammertime which aired on the A&E Network during the summer of 2009. Hammer was also a television show host and dance judge on Dance Fever in 2003, was co-creator of a dance website called DanceJam.com, and is a record label CEO while still performing concerts at music venues and assisting with other social media, ministry and outreach functions. Prior to becoming ordained, Hammer signed with Suge Knight's Death Row Records by 1995.
Throughout his career, Hammer has managed his own recording business. As a result, he has created and produced his own acts including Oaktown's 3.5.7, Special Generation, Analise, DRS, B Angie B, and Wee Wee. A part of additional record labels, he has associated, collaborated and recorded with VMF, Tupac Shakur, Teddy Riley, Felton Pilate, Tha Dogg Pound, The Whole 9, The Hines Brother (Andra Hines & Dunkin Hines), Deion Sanders, Big Daddy Kane, BeBe & CeCe Winans and Jon Gibson. In 1992, Doug E. Fresh was signed to M.C. Hammer's Bust It Records label.
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Albums
Gangnam Style / 2 Legit 2 Quit Mashup Single
Look Look Look
Full Blast
Too Tight
It's All Good Single
Do Not Pass Me By Single
Download at Amazon.com®Addams Groove Single
2 Legit 2 Quit Single
Too Legit to Quit
Pray Single
Download at Amazon.com®Here Comes the Hammer Single
U Can't touch this (Remix) Single
Pump It Up Single
Goin' Up Yonder Single
Popular Songs
- Gangnam Style / 2 Legit 2 Quit Mashup
- Tuesday Night
- Unconditional Love
- (Hammer Hammer) They Put Me in the Mix
- Free Intro
- I Wish U Were Free
- Down in My Hood
- Can U Feel It. Part 1
- Props on the Spot
- Hammer Time Brings It
- Get Up
- Everybody Party Down
- Player Hater of the Week
- Town by the Bay
- I Got U Bouncin'
- Too Late Playa
- The Beat
- Thankful
- Get 2 No U
- Who Loves Me
- Get Away
- Hardtimes
- Mash for It
- What I Got
- Westcoast Cha
- Memories
- Doing Da Thizz
- I Can't Stand It
- Look Look Look
- Hyphy, Dumb, Buck, Krump