I'm a 51 year old white dude who saw Hammer in concert in 1990 or '91 in Kansas City. I wore Hammer pants and had my hair cut like Vanilla Ice who opened for Hammer along with En Vogue. Thank you, Cliff, for reacting to this! Love it!!

@rikmoran3963

5 ай бұрын

MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice and En Vogue! Living the dream dude! I would have loved to have been there! 😁

@spacetiger5076

5 ай бұрын

Bro I’m 43 and I had friends whose older brothers wore these parachute pants at home 😂

@calme-dx2dp

5 ай бұрын

...and Mexicans, Indians, etc., grandmas and babies were at his concerts

@randomlibra

4 ай бұрын

@@calme-dx2dp yeah, but did they have they hair like Vanilla Ice?

@helgaioannidis9365

4 ай бұрын

I saw him in Munich. What a concert!! Great performer!!!

Everyone knew who MC Hammer was and knew this song no matter what genre of music they normally listened to.

All our dances were aerobic!😂😂😂

@sueprator9314

4 ай бұрын

Mostly everyone was leaner then too

@adithalee8660

Ай бұрын

Yep, could be exercise songs.

It was so huge at the time if you find anyone now who lived through the 90's as teen, you say "STOP!" you always get back a "HAMMER TIME!" XD

@TheDivayenta

4 ай бұрын

“Collaborate and Listen! “

@loviatar_gaming

4 ай бұрын

In the name of love I'm a broken 90s child

@mammuchan8923

4 ай бұрын

lol I have colleagues from my era still doing that!

To fully understand the full energy and impact Hammer had back in the day, you've got to react to the almost 15 minute version of 2 Legit 2 Quit.

@b3s13g3d

5 ай бұрын

Oh my, I'm just now reminded of that song, and now it's in my head lol. Yep, this'd be a great one, dooo eeeeeet!

@andreadeamon6419

5 ай бұрын

I agree

@Berto2K

5 ай бұрын

I still have this cassette. Yes, cassette haha.

@mattschliemann9683

5 ай бұрын

When they started playing that full video on Mtv, it brought me back to the Thriller days. The amazing and long music videos done with high quality.

@JRSiebz

5 ай бұрын

@@Berto2KAnd it has the song he did for Addams Family sequel on it ;)

White, black and brown...we rocked this in N.Y.!😁

@princeluv4804

5 ай бұрын

No we didnt your a liar....

@tamitami9275

5 ай бұрын

Same in Atlanta.

@t.mcwhorter7592

5 ай бұрын

And in Cali!

MC Hammer's iconic parachute pants

@MarieFara

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I hope they never come back in style 😂

@Tommysimonsen

5 ай бұрын

Boney M`s iconic parachute pants. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y2qtk6Okn73RnbQ.htmlsi=Pu8qx8tb5yOw0ix1&t=34

@katarinad1309

5 ай бұрын

@@MarieFarahilarious and true lol

@vitaminsea4985

5 ай бұрын

Raise your hand if you had a pair 🖐

@katarinad1309

5 ай бұрын

I had completely forgotten the wearing of bike shorts as day wear lmao. I think I repressed it because “spandex is a privilege not a right” - Cereal Killer (Hackers)

Now, picture all those people dancing on stage at the same time! If you can't, you should see the video of him performing on the Arsenio Hall Show. It was insane! 😁

@Emilie-one

5 ай бұрын

Memory unlocked !!! I totally remember this!!!

@im-gi2pg

4 ай бұрын

We lived for the arsenio hall show!!!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 great guests and talent. The one dud interview was with miles Davis, the king of jazz. Arsenio didn’t book other guests because Miles was that special, so when Miles turned out to be an impossible guy to interview, a man of few words, arsenio was faced with a full hour of trying to squeeze conversation out of Miles, the icon. It was SO UNCOMFORTABLE to watch!!!!!!! Excruciating!!!!!! 🎺

Before cell phones dancing was way more important than it is today, people were less self conscious, at school you wanted to be the one who knew all the moves from the videos

Let's not forget that part of what made this song great, catchy and memorable was the awesome bass line, which was sampled from the Rick James song "Super Freak". You should really check out that song, too.

@hipsville

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, definitely. Super freak is ten times better than this.

@paulinerobertson6836

4 ай бұрын

​@hipsville is it bad that my 5 Yr old loves Superfreak 😂

@armadillotoe

4 ай бұрын

Sampling is stealing.

@PhoenixHinds

4 ай бұрын

Only if they understand the lyrics.😉​@@paulinerobertson6836

@submariNervous

4 ай бұрын

I'm not too proud to admit that I never realized they were the same bass line 'til you pointed it out, despite having loved both songs since I was just a kid. XD

Cliffy wanting to ‘know who that is? 🤤’ not thinking about the fact he’s probably pointing at someone’s Grandma…

@RosieIfYouKnowMe

5 ай бұрын

I was reading this comment as he said it 😂

@lodaman5614

5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@KrisThroughGlass

5 ай бұрын

I'm not this grandma - Still feeling very old now😅

@seaneendelong8065

5 ай бұрын

Haha, yup- she was maybe a decade younger than me back then... And I am 63 and have grandbabies from almost 4 to 19 now LOL. But I look better the last 15 years than I did as a stressed out working Mom and wife back then, so there's that 💁💃

@aarpoonwaify6694

5 ай бұрын

@@seaneendelong8065 I’m a young whippersnapper at 50… remember thinking she was the only thing I liked about this video! 😂 Go you for kickin it more now than back then… I am on a similar story arc! 🕺

Who needs to sweat in a gym for an hour when you can dance to this one song and sweat just as much 😂😂😂 We loved him in 🇬🇧

The dance is called the typewriter. If you weren’t doing this while the song was on the radio, what were you really doing with your life. 😂😂😂 I used to do the typewriter while yelling “You can’t touch this!” in front of the tv while my brother was playing duck hunt. 🤷🏽‍♀️

@chrischar9428

5 ай бұрын

Chinese typewriter?

@julieCA58

5 ай бұрын

Thank you. Did not know the dance was called the typewriter. Learn something new everyday.

@andywatts8654

5 ай бұрын

I was raving with everyone else

@glennheuts407

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@inyamers8532

5 ай бұрын

that's so perfect lmao.. I used to cruise around w my aunt and yell, "Stop!" (pause for her to stop the car) "HAMMER TIME!"

Remember MC Hammer had his own cartoon back in the day

I owned like 10 pairs of Hammer pants. They were comfortable af

@davesnothere8859

4 ай бұрын

zumbas?

I remember when he splashed onto the scene 💯 everyone wanted him to do a dance off with Michael Jackson

@popculturista

4 ай бұрын

At the time, I read an interview at the time with Hammer said he danced better than Michael jackson. Challenge on!

Check out MC 'Too Legit to Quit' with PSY 'Gangnam Style' at the AMA's...great collab!

@ceci8556

5 ай бұрын

Well, I'm going to that right now.

@ceci8556

5 ай бұрын

Okay, I remember that now. I bet Psy surprised everyone with his dance skills, keeping up with Hammer. Still going strong, too ("That, That").

Big fun watching this again, thanks! If you havent given Salt n Pepa a try, I highly recommend!

Both MC Hammer's track and Rick James original song 'Super Freak' that the sample came from were dance songs. Back in the late 70s I danced myself breathless to Super Freak many times. Do your self a favor and check out the Rick James original.

@bobhoffman9848

5 ай бұрын

As Rick James pointed out at the time, this was more than a sample. MC Hammer had to add Rick James to the songwriting credits and give him a share of the profits.

@supasoulproductions

5 ай бұрын

@@bobhoffman9848 Yeah, the whole groove of Can't Touch This is lifted directly from Super Freak, for sure.

I was a year out of high school when this came out and it was the BIGGEST song over that summer. We'd get dressed to go out, all of us girls, and we'd pile into my friend's jeep with the top off and we'd drive downtown to the meeting spot in a parking lot and there'd be 200 kids just dancing and talking and drinking. The police left us alone as long as we didn't bother anybody. This was AN ANTHEM for us that meant FREEDOM and SUMMER NIGHTS!!!

I think the 90's was filled with dance music. It seemed like almost every song had a dance that went with it. It was a fun time to grow up.

Those pants were 🔥 at the time. I had a pair with suspenders and a half shirt. I looked fly as f

Those parachute pants and loud colors…late 80’s/ early 90’s style… I rocked the late 80’s/early 90’s permed big hair, Jody Watley hoop earrings, big wide elastic belts with the huge gold buckles and the short crop shirts with leggings or parachute pants… this song brings back some college party memories….

@andreadeamon6419

5 ай бұрын

Damn we were fun!!

@chrischar9428

5 ай бұрын

Genie

@LisaD-1969

5 ай бұрын

Same!! This song brought back all the nostalgia from my college days. It was played at every single party. Good times!

@nitajean9885

5 ай бұрын

the age of neon

@siwlasilva

4 ай бұрын

A lot less screens and tech around, we had to go out and create the entertainment ourselves. Fun times.

Loved Hammer! So much fun! ...I think you just called me old. LoL! Well, songs like this are why our knees now hurt all the time. Teehee

MC Hammer the real OG one of the most Gangster of rappers in the Industry , you should check out the stories of Hammer backing down rappers who dissed him .

@DirtyMoneyHipHop

5 ай бұрын

But he really, really sucked at rapping. I don't know anyone that considered him an OG, and I was a teenager when this dropped. He was the corniest of all the rappers and nobody that was into rap had this in their stereo except as a joke.

@ck240sx

5 ай бұрын

Alot of people gave him sh!t for being corner but he was more gangster than alot of the other rappers at the time. Look up the stories from real o.g.'s talking about hammer.

@Sunny-jz3dy

5 ай бұрын

That's funny ....I had just commented to Cliff ... to look up the stories that Redman has about Hammer! 😂😂😂

@davesnothere8859

4 ай бұрын

@@DirtyMoneyHipHop nah man he was an OG loc. He handled his business regardless of public image.

Dude, this was big when I was a senior in high school! Also Vanilla ice, ice ice baby.

Back in the day we dove to hit record on the vcr when this came on and then replay it over and over to learn the dance. Same with vanilla ice.

My husband and I are white and in our seventies and we loved MC Hammer back in the day. We danced around when he came on MTV and Much Music and our young teens cringed with embarrassment. 😂

WAIT…Which parties are you attending?!??!? I feel like this song is played in at least 95% of parties, events, clubs, bars, weddings, baptisms, graduations, any gathering with a dance floor at any time of the night, still to this day!! And everybody, all ages love it! It’s very present in our culture so I was surprised that you haven’t heard it in years! ❤

Dude this was how we stayed in shape! All the dance tracks were high energy like this and we would dance the whole song

Iconic. His "Pray" would make for a great reaction as well!

@NoCanDu

4 ай бұрын

I always like that song the best! Great groove!!!

Hip hop was in my hood. I still remember my older brother doing this dance when we we're little and him telling me I wasn't as good as him 😂 🕺

This song was so huge. It appealed to everyone. My 40s year old white overweight accountant dad loved it. When MC Hammer was recording his follow up album, he and his security guards closed off our high school track for a while one day so he could exercise. Our high school was half way between Prince’s Paisley Park (Chanhassen, MN) and the real Graffiti Bridge (Eden Prairie, MN)

There was a short period in the early 90s where we had a MC Hammer cartoon where one of his powers was parachuting with his pants.

Lol lol lol love the Hammer... thank you for your reaction 😁👍❤

Junior High!!! Born 1980. The back bend, the running man... He was known for signature moves. CANT TOUCH THIS!!!

Lmfao they WERE called parachute pants, my guy!!! I actually had a pair in 6th grade n would wear them to school n do the hammer dance, aka, the typewriter. It earned me the nickname MC Shorty, all that year!🤣🤣🤣 I also had an entire dance routine to ice ice baby, n will STILL sing that one at karaoke lmfao... still love this old music! It was so fun n clean n wholesome!

80's and early 90's was a great time for music

Im from the Bay and Im telling you Hammer provided the BEST hip hop performances EVER for all ages. If you missed a Hammer show,you missed something very special. And Hammer had hands

The best part about this song- play it around a group of little kids ANYWHERE- and they go bonkers! My kids elementary school just had spring block party last week and the DJ played this song and all the kids were doing their craziest moves! It’s a classic for a reason!

**facepalm** The best bit was "I thought he was dancin on his knees." Oh my god. Now that I've seen it that way with your comment, I can't unsee it, and it's amazing. I can't stop laughing. This was huge when I was in middle/high school & while the music was great, I'm glad Hammer Pants aren't a thing anymore. Yikes.

I'm 58 years old now & I definitely remember being part of Hammer Time Movement, & I still own this CD & listen to it regularly!!! ❤💯 #ThankYou #McHammer #HammerTime 💯

80s brought it, 90s came with 🔥 too

Omg 🤣🤣🤣 ROFLMFAO This was one of my first albums lol... MC Hammer is an icon lol❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Much love and mad respect #McHammer and #CliffBeats❤️❤️

"I want to know who that is" Currently, assuming she was 18 at the time? A 52 year old woman. At the likely age of late 20s? She is in her early 60s! :) And we all now collectively FEEL OLD because this song is quickly approaching 40.

My first ever concert was MC Hammer! He and his dancers gave the best concert I’ve ever seen in my life do you hear me?!?! 🔥

MC Hammer was da bomb back in da day!!!! Love your reactions to his moves! Lol! Much love from Henderson Ga USA

💜💜💜 I was 15 in 1990. It was a helluva decade!!

LOL the 80’s & 90’s … all about the music!!! Thank GOD I grew up in that era!!! BOTH of our boys know pretty much all the good songs that came from that era!!! My almost 30 yr old & our 9 year old 😂😂😂 Anybody else miss MTV & VH1 back in the days they were all about music videos? BEST MUSIC ERA!!!

TOO LEGIT TO QUIT, James Brown baby!

👍👍👍Old school gooooodnesssss!!! 🖖❤

MC Hammer is a Minister for years

The Typewriter, classic dance move!!!

This music is what kept me in shape at the dance clubs lol. Thanks for the memories! ❤️

I'm 74 and still like it as much now as I did then.

I still have the VHS video of this ~ ~ ~ !!!! My grandkids laugh their butts off over it ~ and my VCR!!!

Yep, we danced! And danced. I was part of this generation that had the chance to enjoy really good music.

34 years later and this song is still badass.

This song/album was so huge ACROSS THE BOARD! Every one loved it. It got played at every nightclub. Every party, every wedding (after the string quartet for the prerequisite family dances. Once the DJ took over, WHOOMP! There it is! EVERYONE from your 7 yr old little cousin to 86 yr old Aunt Nettie was out on the floor, bustin’ a move (or 3!) To see hi. And his dance crew do this live was a marvel to behold. Add into it that he’s a really wonderful guy…U can’t touch this!💖

5:30 enjoying watching the joy of 1st time experiencing...my mouth is sore trying to not smile.-Ernie Moore Jr.

Always on the radio back in the day. ❤

Move Cliff! Can't touch this!😂😂😂

Dance to this kept us slim and energized.

This was definitely my generation. I used to love to dance when I was young (and as an adult I became a belly dancer/burlesque dancer and took classes in hip hop and modern, etc, till I became disabled/chronically ill/mostly bed bound).

@im-gi2pg

4 ай бұрын

🥺🥺🥺🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 I hope you can find help or relief somewhere. You look way too young to have those challenges. Just for fun, consider watching gonstead trained Dr Ian in Melbourne, Dr Rahim in Los Angeles. Also Dr Alex Tubio in Houston, Dr cipriano in NC, and the current doctor who does the “ringdinger.” He might be in Houston also.

Can't sit still listening to this song... it's just not possible... you gotta move. Love this song still today. It's awesome.

This song, Ice Ice Baby, and the Humpty Dance were some of my faves.

One of my favs, Cliff. Yes a dance song, I thought you were going to break a move, "Can't touch this"...Jamie👌☝️🙂

The 90’s were awesome lol! Glad I’m an 80’s baby❤

From a Funklord dancer of the 70s, believe me when I say Hammer had me on the FLOOR!!! Enjoyed your reaction!

This was one of my favorite jams growing up. Whoop There It Is-Tag Team is another great 1.

Hammer was great back in the day.

Was so much fun in the clubs dancing to this

Yeah man, this would come on in the club and people would go all out on the dance floor. Those Hammer pants were damn comfortable.

The dancing was the key. This was the first full body dance most of us had ever seen, and I imagine it the base from which many iconic styles evolved..

Those pants were so popular!!! Sold like hotcakes!!!🤘🤘

THIS song crossed all barriers and was on all stations fr 🕺

Truly enjoyed this Reaction & it brought back so many memories of Stanley aka MC Hammer. 🤗 Like I forgot we use to try to get Stan to get us in to Yankee games before he got famous, when he was a Ballboy & the Manager, George Steinbrenner liked him. Thought he was extremely talented. 🥰🐰

I tell you what! Dancing to this will keep you lean and slim!👍👍

I have a little “about me” page I did for school in fourth grade and I said the person I admired most was MC Hammer for his awesome dance moves. 😂

Rollerblading days

MC had parachute pants and the TV show In Living Color had women dancing just like in the video and they were called Fly Girls. Jennifer Lopez got her start as a Fly Girl.

I was 14 when this came out. Memories of my childhood.

Awesome. Could never forget those pants.

Was at work one day (waitressing) when this started to play. Several of us in the back started to do the Hammer Dance in a very limited space, elbows and feet running into each other. It was one of the best moments of that job. Love that song

The movie Please Hammer dont Hurt 'em (1990) was my childhood! My brothers and I played that vhs to death 😅❤

*Digital Underground (The Humpty Dance)*

Fun times & memories!! 🥰🎶

We were in great shape back in the day!!! Good times! 🎉

maaan the dance floor was FULL when this came on. Dancing in the 90s was a whole ass workout 😂😂

This was the dance Era was blessed to have lived it

Oh, boy! When this one came on in the club we all tried doing this dance!! 😂🤦🏼‍♀️ Great!!

Cliff we're gonna need 2 Legit 2 Quit next

Old school jam 🔥❤️💯

Awesome flash back ...great reaction

This really brings back memories from my 20's. I remember being in the club and he would come in and take over the floor. Especially before he made it. Oaktown!!

This song was like having a work out.Loved this , and it would get stuck in your head.This came out when everyone was trying to eat better and workout more, exercise was the trend and gyms were doing booming business.

It was just one of the most fun songs to dance to. It was too much fun back in the late 80’s early 90s, and most of my friends were musicians because I worked in the clubs!💖🥰therefore, my kids love all music! They thought it was a normal thing to go to homes and watch jam sessions. 💖I’m glad you were able to enjoy this!

My days of following along with their dance are over. But this one always gets me hyped.

The good ole days 😊

my younger girls back then 14 1/2 and 13 used to dance to this and even back then I wish I had that energy.