Seeing Hammer wearing normal clothes made me realize he was actually an attractive dude. My mental conception of him was always 'what if Urkel tried to be Michael Jackson'.

@misunderstood781981

Жыл бұрын

😂 funny comment!

@AdrianM865

Жыл бұрын

GOAT comment!!!!

@Gerilyn2003

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was thinking that. In normal clothes, he looks pretty good.

@nelumboandrews6762

9 ай бұрын

No literally i was like damn....

@FIXTREME

7 ай бұрын

Hammer Urquell😏

"A Tribe Called Quest is a bad investment." Yeah I'm not taking financial advice from MC Hammer

@paulywoodtheprince

Жыл бұрын

I own EVERY ATCQ Album... 0 Hammer Albums😂

@thema1998

2 ай бұрын

A Tribe Called Quest going to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year just added more nails to that dated coffin! 😆

"A Tribe Called Quest is a bad investment" Wow, Hammer talking about "bad investments". That's delicious irony.

@dw89music73

5 жыл бұрын

At least I would rather listen to A Tribe Called Quest than MC Hammer, because they were an actually legit 1990s rap act.

@timmy841212

4 жыл бұрын

Lol for real

@thisismyname5657

4 жыл бұрын

@Cult Mechanicus Imagine complaining about hip hop artists criticizing the government as if it's some new thing.

@isetmfriendsofire

4 жыл бұрын

This Is My Name That's like when people talk about bands like Green Day getting too political. Y'know. Same ones who probably listen to American Idiot.

@mc-ps-playa5569

4 жыл бұрын

Cult Mechanicus Cause he is

14:46 the crazy thing is that Q-Tip was DEFENDING MC Hammer as a rapper, and the line was directed at music fans and critics who called Hammer a pop artist and not a rapper. Hammer misinterpreted it as a diss and started the beef over it. "At the time people were calling hip-hop music 'pop music' and I was saying Hammer was a hip-hop artist, he’s not pop. ‘Rap is not pop, if you call it that then stop’." - Q-Tip

@2-d_in_a_bag

2 жыл бұрын

oh that hurts!!! q-tip deserved better than to get shit-talked for being nice 😔

@DestinyKiller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for clarifying that. I was wondering if that's what it was but I thought maybe I just didn't get it because I hadn't heard the full song

@daelen.cclark

2 жыл бұрын

Did Q-tip and Hammer ever fix that relationship? Did Q-tip even know he was attacked?

@dEANemusic

2 жыл бұрын

Hammer's rapping was actually in top form during FH, just no one was buying into his new image and sound

@user-us9jk8tt9v

2 жыл бұрын

@@daelen.cclark Yes and yes. Q-Tip dissed Hammer back in a song called, “Keep it Moving”. Q-Tip said, and I quote: “…It was a little thing, but we sorted it out.”

What a twist that would be if Todd pulled off his hood and reveals he’s a middle aged United States Senator from the Midwest.

@give1ove

6 жыл бұрын

Jamie Kamihachi Wouln't surprise me tbh

@jaxlilman8857

6 жыл бұрын

I'd vote for him

@yakovhadash

6 жыл бұрын

Trump and a Bump

@TimmyTickle

6 жыл бұрын

As far as we know

@carlab30

6 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

File MC Hammer with Snow under the “List of Rappers with Actual Street Cred That Couldn’t Make it Come Across in Their Music”

@CSSLZT13

3 жыл бұрын

@Mister Happy Rap Critic did a video on Vanilla Ice a little while ago... While Ice didn't exactly have the same amount of street credibility as Hammer, according to RC's research, Ice still slummed it up with some local hooligans and troublemakers. It's just that, when it came out that he over-inflated his past life to the media, Ice lost pretty much all credibility, street or otherwise. Eh, RC explains it better -- watch his video on Vanilla Ice, lol.

@timmy841212

3 жыл бұрын

@@CSSLZT13 Yeah Ice might've not been a gang member but he still lived rough. But he and his label still try to make him tougher than he was and that's why he remains a joke.

@comicbookddr2

3 жыл бұрын

whitney houston ?

@timmy841212

3 жыл бұрын

@@comicbookddr2 ???

@nickrustyson8124

3 жыл бұрын

@Mister Happy Beastly Boys to a degree, a lot of people thought they were white kids from the suburbs. even though they were White Kids from one of New York's worst neighborhoods

“Drake pulled it off after Hanmer” idk man... Drake sounds like an undercover cop trying to infiltrate the rap game

@kidwaryodproduction

4 ай бұрын

And now he looks like if Dj Khaled was no longer fat 😄

@Thor-Orion

3 ай бұрын

Wheelchair Jimmy

@jesimquqwana3486

2 ай бұрын

Now more than ever

@PIZZAdayisback

28 күн бұрын

He probably is

@PIZZAdayisback

28 күн бұрын

​@@kidwaryodproduction thing is, dj Khaled is actually funny and entertaining sometimes

How ironic that somebody with honest-to-God gang ties could cut it better as a pop-rapper than as a gangsta one. But in all honesty, from those clips of "Pumps and a Bump," it's some kind of underrated classic.

@DaWinglessFly

Жыл бұрын

That’s the best analogy of MC Hammer’s career.

@kidwaryodproduction

9 ай бұрын

He may failed as a gangsta/aggressive oriented in "Funky Headhunter" but in "Too Tight" (Unreleased album in Death Row Records) It was much better. "I got U Bouncin" was a very wild and crazy track Hammer ever did.

@browncoat697

6 ай бұрын

It is honestly pretty weird because while it's hard to believe Hammer's front as an "OG" despite his _actual_ gang ties unlike some gangsta rappers (e.g. Dre was never a gangbanger), and some of the tracks are based on a corny/lame chorus like It's All Good, it honestly feels like a pretty good album? It just was a total artistic/image mismatch with Hammer.

@kidwaryodproduction

4 ай бұрын

His rapstyle actually have an agressive voice in his early career and his first album (Sometimes sound too hoarse to me) then started to sound much poppier in "Please Hammer Don't Hurt Em"

@Dj_Rancho6448

3 ай бұрын

@@kidwaryodproductionthat’s because his first album was based on the late 80s bay sound albeit a poppy version but the beats were still hard as fuck. Listen to Too hard for the radio by Mac Dre from the early 90s and the bells will remind you of hammers early cuts

From what I hear Hammer actually *was* a gangsta who had a clean image unlike 99% of all gangsta rappers pretending to have a gang background. He threatened members of the Wu Tang Clan on set and they were legit scared of him because they knew he had influence

@JohnDoe-zb5mt

Жыл бұрын

@sage Oh, I might have missremembered it. It was redman who told the story

@infectedanimal9830

Жыл бұрын

Link?

@JohnDoe-zb5mt

Жыл бұрын

@@infectedanimal9830 kzread.info/dash/bejne/k4N819KTgNa9dJM.html&ab_channel=djvlad

@primadonna3843

Жыл бұрын

his brother was a gangster he wasnt so if he were to go there he could but he had too much integrety for that.

@dogsandyoga1743

7 ай бұрын

​@@primadonna3843Thank you. I'm sick of Hammer being repainted as some sort of "Gangsta" in an attempt to get him more respect. He was never a sucker or a lame, but he most definitely wasn't a Gangsta. People act like being "gangsta" is the only way to gain respect in the hood. He just came from a family that was well respected in the streets. I grew up on High Street and I remember Hammer before he signed. I had Feel My Power (with the original cover) in the 5th grade 😂.

The lesson thus far from Trainwreckords is "know your limits." Jewel is no provocative pop diva, Dennis Deyoung can't write an epic story, Hammer is not gangsta. There's something to be said for taking risks, but if you're just doing something because all the other pop stars / bands / rappers are doing it, you're probably going to come across as a sad imitation.

@Thomasmemoryscentral

6 жыл бұрын

I already knew Jewel didn't belong in the category of pop diva when Marc Mues first made his worst of 2003 hits list and Intuition kicked off the list. Just seeing the music video and hearing the song made it clear that she worked best in simple guitar songs about topics not related to parties or the club.

@MyssBlewm

6 жыл бұрын

alexandra galici My cousin saw Jewel perform at a concert about a year before "Intuition" came out, and Jewel told the crowd that she should have spent time learning how to dance. My cousin and I thought Jewel was making a cute joke, but then "Intuition" came out and I realized Jewel was indeed not really joking.

@m1k3l1f3

6 жыл бұрын

SR 71 ain't no Linkin Park

@elltell1990

6 жыл бұрын

Fuck Mues!

@Daniel33487

6 жыл бұрын

In all fairness, they were just trying to stay relevant. The music industry doesn't cut anyone slack. It's eat or be eaten.

That image of Hammer wearing a banana hammock and shaking his thing will forever be burned into my retinas.

@Blindtechnician

5 жыл бұрын

It's one of the few times that I'm grateful that I'm blind lol

@Matrim42

4 жыл бұрын

Nick Crowell I mean, he was a well built dude, so it’s not exactly painful to see. It’s just...a bit much.

@billhicks8

4 жыл бұрын

I'm hungover today and wasn't expecting it so I nearly threw up

@philatio1744

4 жыл бұрын

I'm feeling way too confused about it. On one hand, it was really uncomfortable and it made me feel weird as fuck, on the other hand, that thing is huge and I can't look away man.

@timmy841212

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine seeing it when the video came out. I was 10. My first thought was "what the heck happened to Hammer!? 🤨"

I felt inclined to come back here after seeing Todd's Trainwreckords video on Will Smith's "Lost and Found", which was almost like the 2000s version of "The Funky Headhunter". Both had presumably "squeaky clean", non-threatening rappers trying too hard to sound edgier and darker while mostly lashing out at their supposed critics.

@brifox

2 жыл бұрын

And both have a direct connection to Shark Tale. Calling it now: we're eventually getting a Jack Black Trainwreckords episode.

@hiimemily

2 жыл бұрын

@@brifox Is there any Tenacious D album that would qualify?

@grahamkristensen9301

Жыл бұрын

@@hiimemily Their last album, Post-Apocalypto was pretty bad, so let's wait a couple years and see if they recover from that.

@papaelf

Жыл бұрын

😂 😂 😂 Same. I came directly from that video to this.

@Z_Viper08

Жыл бұрын

@@grahamkristensen9301 the album before that (Rize of the Fenix) came out right after their 2 first and most popular albums and pretty much stopped their popularity so I would say that one

"Hammer vs Q-Tip" is the funniest fucking phrase I've ever heard

MC Hammer was as legit a gangster as anyone from that era. Let's not forget he put a hit out on Third Bass, and multiple emcees from the 90's have talked about how different his actual personality was from his public persona. He was bad at portraying himself as hard, but he genuinely was.

@m1k3l1f3

4 жыл бұрын

Still waiting for Todd to talk about 3rd Bass

@timmy841212

3 жыл бұрын

Guess it's true what they say: people who are actually gangsta can pull it off than rappers who think they're gangsta. Case in point: Ice Cube is a legendary rapper but he was never an actual gang member or affiliated with one.

@gaylordfocker7990

3 жыл бұрын

Stop embellishing KZread stories.

@JohnSmith-ox3gy

3 жыл бұрын

His PR team was too on the point.

@davidl570

3 жыл бұрын

@@timmy841212 Also, didn't Ice Cube have a middle-class upbringing and was never raised in the hood?

“Pumps and a Bump” is actually pretty good! Back in the 90s I was laughing at him like everyone else, but then I dated a stripper that could just rock it to that song!

@lukasd.4389

Жыл бұрын

Ah, Young love

@zdoggzero6595

Жыл бұрын

Based

@Dj_Rancho6448

3 ай бұрын

Dating a stripper is insane cuh 😂

@Dynamic_Editor

2 ай бұрын

​@@Dj_Rancho6448Why? Strippers have social lives, too.

This is the most likable thing Senator Johnson has ever done.

@hiimemily

2 жыл бұрын

Looking at ol' RonJohn's record, I'd have to agree.

Q-Tip wasn’t even dissing Hammer on “Check the Rhime”. When he said “rap is not pop if you call it that and stop” he was saying that Hammer was still a hip hop artist despite being a big celebrity who had all these commercials and mainstream attention. He was defending Hammer’s place in the hip hop community and Hammer misinterpreted it as dissing him.

@nate567987

Ай бұрын

Oh

To be fair to Hammer, this is probably the best of the albums Todd’s covered on Trainwreckords.

@BrendanJSmith

2 жыл бұрын

Funky Headhunter, Crash, Be Here Now, and Passage are EASILY the winners of Trainwreckords. Edit: Cyberpunk is somewhat enjoyable as well, but not as good as the other four.

@ShadowSorel

2 жыл бұрын

@@BrendanJSmith I'd kill for the masters of the cyberpunk instrumentals though

@wadekemmsies7180

2 жыл бұрын

Be Here Now gets my vote

@alanajones3275

Жыл бұрын

Passage for me! That album is fantastic through and through to me 🥰

@walmorcarvalho2512

Жыл бұрын

@@ShadowSorel So a close 4th place then

hardcore thug MC Hammer looks like a Chappelle Show parody of if MC Hammer did gangsta rap.

@mrcliff3709

3 жыл бұрын

Or In Living Color lol

@sirekumasutra7022

2 жыл бұрын

When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong

@cesarmadero05

3 ай бұрын

Yes, Fisticuffs. Exactly with these guys that sells his image on the sketch. Only thing is the shots anecdote that makes him deaf is inspired from 50 Cent.

How I would've pulled it off if I was Hammer's manager: 1) Keep the "edgier" dancing and the change in clothes. You change with the times, but you still keep the stuff that makes you a great showman. 2) Cut down the references to being a "gangsta" or an "OG". Again, nobody's buying it. 3) Leak stories about how fucking scary Hammer actually is. There's more than enough real stories about his gang connections. There's no reason he shouldn't be up there with Suge Knight in the Ni**as You Don't Want to Fuck With Hall of Fame. When combined with 2) it means his bark is less but his bite is still recognized. 4) Keep the feud with Q Tip, but dump the other feuds. I know Todd give him shit, but I also know Todd is a fan of Eminem; you know, the guy that feuded with Xtina and Nysnc? A dispute with a softie like Q-Tip would allow him to keep using that sample and will make him look a bit more hard, whereas feuding with Redman makes him look soft by comparison. 5) Keep everything else about the music, which I don't think is all that bad. 6) Convince him to drop a swear word or two. Nothing major, but enough to get a "Parental Advisory" sticker. 7) Dump "It's All Good". With all this I think his career could've gone at least to the late '90s.

@timmy841212

4 жыл бұрын

I agree!!!

@Kylora2112

4 жыл бұрын

Even then, he could probably have a few lines about how he could still be scary af and still be clean.

@BTheBlindRef

4 жыл бұрын

The fact that all your advice has to do with dumb image crap and nothing to do with music, I think you've clarified just how vapid and ridiculous the entire rap and hip-hop music scene is. If only anyone in the genre cared about making actual good music, I might care. It reminds me of punk. Shitty music? Terrible "musicians"? Doesn't matter. It's all about the image and attitude man... (yes, there are some that do buck this trend, but they are way too few and far between, and even then most usually spend 75% of their efforts doing the same tired "gangsta-posing image" crap and only 25% of their efforts on reasonable quality music. Eminem is coincidentally one that immediately comes to mind.)

@kissfan7

4 жыл бұрын

@@BTheBlindRef OK, boomer.

@BTheBlindRef

4 жыл бұрын

@@kissfan7 Not even close, but pretty much the level of discourse I have come to expect. Do you actually have a counterpoint, or do you think that old and lazy quippy insult comebacks define useful discourse?

I do feel really bad for MC Hammer. He tried to help a lot of people who needed it. And he never blamed anyone else for his issues. Poor guy.

@browngirlinaclownworld2077

6 жыл бұрын

It has to suck something fierce for a cultural paradigm shift to take place that you didn't see coming and weren't invited to. I wonder how many hopeful young hair metal bands gently wept and went back to working at Walmart in 1991.

@bartholen

6 жыл бұрын

Wendy Weissman Rap these days could use a fun-loving goofball like Hammer IMO. It's all just dreary, dour trap and Jake Paul bar exceptions like Kendrick Lamar.

@MyssBlewm

6 жыл бұрын

Vatsala काली Jhaveri I wonder if there were hair metal guys who tried to reimagine themselves as grunge like MC Hammer did with his rap career.

@javi__...

6 жыл бұрын

motley crue. they ditched vince neil and tried to look and sound like alice in chians

@kospandx

6 жыл бұрын

MyssBlewm, there were tons of them. One might say Alice in Chains was the original one, though that might be stretching it a bit too far back. Even so, listen to Winger's decent Karma, or Warrant's bad Dog Eat Dog, or Extreme's awful Waiting for the Punchline, or Dokken's abominable Shadowlife, or Shotgun Messiah's Violent New Breed, which I haven't bothered listening to at all; speaking of Dokken, Lynch Mob went one step further, and made a rap metal album. Yes, as you can guess, I'm not a fan of these albums, but they are part of the history of both genres, and are of a certain interest in that respect. Some, like Vito Bratta from White Lion, profess to have been genuinely inspired by grunge, but ended up being branded by their previous career, so that even finding work was impossible. In the case of Vito, he dropped out of the music business entirely. 1991, which the original poster mentioned, might be a bit too early to draw the threshold, though: Extreme, Slaughter and FireHouse all went multi-platinum for the first time 1990/1991 (for the two first with their debut albums), and there were still no grunge bands that could even approach the hit singles of Mr. Big or Guns N' Roses in 1992. Anecdotally, it was really only in 1994 that old-school metal went entirely out of style, and even then, FireHouse managed to score a minor hit the year after.

I'm digging this series. Gives the One Hit Wonderland treatment to acts that don't qualify.

@Thomasmemoryscentral

6 жыл бұрын

Since Haddaway finally got onto OHWL, could Real Mccoy qualify for train wreckords?

@justsomeguywithkaminasshad7145

5 жыл бұрын

Still waiting for that Crazy Frog OHWL episode.

@jellyfishrock-hers7888

4 жыл бұрын

James Blunt had the number 1 album and the best selling album of the UK in the 2000s.

@michaelmcdonald8452

4 жыл бұрын

Malkova Floyd what is this related to?

@calmbbaer

4 жыл бұрын

Does this really qualify for Trainwreckords, though? The ratio of album sales for this one compared to Too Legit is similar as that from Too Legit to its predecessor. And reviews weren't significantly different either. The record didn't finish him; it just continued the trajectory he was already on. A hail mary? Yes. A missed opportunity? Maybe. But definitely not much different than what might've been expected. After all, the mid-90s was a time period where glam metal bands like Def Leppard were trying to show they were down with (and could survive) the alternative revolution. Following the trends is the most predictable path and, though it often fails, is often the safest. So not a shock, a surprise, or even a particularly outstanding flop.

I say "I'm a toughie!" when mocking my kitten now.

Nothing more gangsta than starting off your video with a bunch of sweaty shirtless dudes doing jazz hands

@timmy841212

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@DestinyKiller

Жыл бұрын

This made me laugh so hard, thank you

@DestinyKiller

Жыл бұрын

What we have seen is the rare footage of the Hammer and his posse asserting dominance by puffing up their plumage

@leslie62

Жыл бұрын

@@DestinyKiller lol that's so great to hear

Todd: Do him a favour - forget about this album Also Todd: *Makes an eighteen minute video specifically about this album which I would have known nothing about if not for it*

@roarshach13

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Because of this video I actually bought the album at a local book off. I actually screamed in delight when I found it.

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley

4 жыл бұрын

@@roarshach13 Hammer appreciates it, lol. But I think he's doing better having moved to aerobics and a fitness business. That works brilliantly for him and honestly should've been the move he made sooner. He has the perfect stamina for it.

@Demiglitch

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly I really like the songs themselves.

@realm23x73

4 жыл бұрын

@@roarshach13 the book off?

@roarshach13

4 жыл бұрын

@@realm23x73 it's a used book store that sells everything from books to DVDs to video games to comics and even toys! If you can find any by you I highly recommend it!

The ironic thing about that Pepsi commercial is that his singing voice actually sounds pretty good.

@demoleramera

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's very hard to purposely sound like you can't sing, if you in fact can. Totally Hammer-unrelated story incoming but there's an episode of "Seinfeld" when we hear George's answering message (a parody of "The Great American Hero" theme" sung by him and since Jason Alexander could actually sing well IRL, they had a hard time making his singing sound amateurish and off-key

Todd basically alludes to it, but to make it clear: more than any other reason - more than the failed diss tracks, more than the "gangsta" posing, people were just SICK TO DEATH of MC Hammer. You couldn't get away from the guy for like 3 years. My guy had worn out his welcome.

@JebusMatoi

2 жыл бұрын

Now you know how I've felt about Taylor Swift for over 15 years.

@ninji5226

2 жыл бұрын

This is spot on. I don't think there was a single thing he could have done to keep going like he was other than not doing all the endorsements and cartoons and whatever in the first place. It was MC Hammer's world for a few yrs.

@TurretBot

Жыл бұрын

>literally any other famous person

@LordArikado

Жыл бұрын

@@JebusMatoi Taylor Swift, as overexposed as she is, at least sticks to music and mostly makes critically-acclaimed albums. Hammer was doing all sorts of commercials, he was doing frequent talk show appearances, he even had his own cartoon series (it's way more embarrassing than this album), and on top of that, he didn't have the songs to back it up.

@primadonna3843

Жыл бұрын

u make way more sense then the guy in the video, it had much less to do with him growing as an artist just the over exposure

A quick historical fact: MC Hammer is responsible for the popularity of modern hip hop dance. From 1989-1993 Hammer was the biggest rapper in the US, and with Please hammer Don't Hurt'em, He toured all over the world. With that that tour fans from Europe, Australia, Asia, And S. America saw New Jack swing dancing for the first time, which is the birth of many dances you see today in videos. His production was so big that many wanted to copy him and so more rappers and R&B artists used more dancers in their videos. But no one went as global as Hammer did back then. So thanks to him making dancers a priority on his tours, more people and artists did the same. With each year dancers became more prominent in videos, and now we have our own tv shows and platforms on KZread.

@timmy841212

Жыл бұрын

Honestly besides helping to make hip hop a commercial force, that’s the second biggest contribution he had to hip-hop. Third was making gospel rap.

I have never once referred to my ass as a bump.

@m1k3l1f3

6 жыл бұрын

PushingUpRoses I don't think anyone ever has.

@madmadameminx

6 жыл бұрын

It's not too late. If not you, then who? If not now, then when?

@nurdist4077

5 жыл бұрын

It's never too late to start.

@polk-e-dot8177

5 жыл бұрын

yeah i feel like that's something you say as an insult. oh have you seen stacy's bump? yeah me either!

@trk4973

5 жыл бұрын

PushingUpRoses send me a picture of dat bump baby

1:56 so sad...

@shweatypalms4423

6 жыл бұрын

I love your show RC

@caesarorzell600

6 жыл бұрын

Rap Critic Knew you'd be here, since you covered one of his songs from this era. :P

@ToddintheShadows

6 жыл бұрын

I'm really proud of that transition

@Amalgam86

6 жыл бұрын

Do another collab with Todd! You two work really well together!

@AirQuotes

6 жыл бұрын

Hi

My step father got me into Hammer. He use to play this album a lot. It may not have been for real OG's but this lame southern white boy and his dad enjoyed it. I also picked up his next album, V Inside Out, which calmed things down and was all about mellow fun. I was like the inverse-hipster: "I was into the artist after he was no longer famous."

@rhythmandblues_alibi

11 ай бұрын

The inverse hipster, I love it 😂😂😂🙌

The irony is, Hammer fell into the same trap that too many rappers - indeed, too many artists of a "hardcore" genre (*coughMetallicacough) - fall into: he took himself too damned seriously. Instead of a bunch of lame diss tracks, he should have released a single or two where he pokes good-natured fun at his image, his silly Saturday morning cartoon, and his commercial endorsements. Self-deprecation is always a good move, especially if you're a celebrity whose career is on the rocks. I also agree that if Hammer had waited it out and just remained his wholesome, crowd-pleasing self, his career could have lasted even if his star cooled and dimmed. Heck, he could have collaborated with Will Smith (don't know how that would have turned out, but I think it would have been interesting).

@daneray9594

5 жыл бұрын

Is it sad that the last time I saw Hammer he was trying to sell me a packet of Skittles?

@charlisebar-shai2613

4 жыл бұрын

I would kill to see Will Smith and Hammer make a song together. Shit would've been magical

@inaccurateprophecy8971

4 жыл бұрын

@@daneray9594 Did you take the Skittles?

@daneray9594

4 жыл бұрын

@@inaccurateprophecy8971 Yes. I love Skittles.

@thelastjerkbender2505

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think Hammer should be compared to Metallica though, unlike Hammer, Metallica were a genuinely respected band in their genre. With Metallica it was more about them losing sight of what made them great and being unable to bring in a member with the creative capability of Cliff Burton. Although even if they did, Lars and James probably wouldn't have given them an ounce of creative freedom.

Most egregious is how he transitioned from Oakland sports fan to Atlanta sports fan with no explanation

@digamejh

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he could have easily worn a Raiders jersey rather than a Falcons one. It's the same color!

@Gloryosky

6 жыл бұрын

MC Hammer was a friend of Deion Sanders. Sanders was nominally still with the Falcons when The Funky Headhunter was released in March '94. Also, the Raiders didn't move back to Oakland until 1995.

@cyanmanta

5 жыл бұрын

Kissing the Atlanta record industry’s ass, I’m guessing.

@lolwutyoumad

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gloryosky Still Raiders fan have more of a reputation than Falcons fan do, shootings and stabbings in the parking lot is a Raiders tradition

@moyo6606

4 жыл бұрын

@@cyanmanta I can believe that because LaFace artists out of atl were really poppin at the time

3:28 - "It made about as much sense as if I, Todd, suddenly decided I'm not a KZread or music critic anymore. I'm now... A UNITED STATES SENATOR." I would've said that in 2012, Todd. It's a post-2016 world now, baby. Anything goes! #ToddForSenate2018

@cybercrasherstv

4 жыл бұрын

You mean #ToddForSenate2020

@achair650

4 жыл бұрын

#toddforsenate2020

@cybercrasherstv

4 жыл бұрын

@@achair650 you mean #ToddForSenate2020

@achair650

4 жыл бұрын

@@cybercrasherstv that's.....that's what I said.....are you talking about the capitalization?

@cybercrasherstv

4 жыл бұрын

@@achair650 yes, yes I was

I saw Hammer a few years ago. He was the headline act but I went to see Parliament and told my wife we could split after their set. We were enjoying the whole atmosphere of the show (it was an outdoor event with a real good positive festival vibe) that we decided to stick around for what I thought was his only hit. I was never a fan and never followed his career so I assumed (incorrectly) that he only had just "Can't Touch This" as a hit. I was sorely mistaken. He came out and the crowd blew up. His music is what makes a party get up and dance. Everyone was singing along and having an absolute blast. They LOVED him. He put on a great show. He never should have tried to divert from what he does well. People always like good shows and catchy music they can dance to. His music is still not my taste, but I can appreciate what he does well and why he still draws fans. Of course, in my opinion, Cosmic Slop was still the highlight of the evening :D

Todd saying "I'm a tuffy" is the greatest thing ever

Even PaRappa is an insulting comparison. Hammer never had any bars as good as "the skunk over here will bring you luck / the pump over here comes with a truck."

@awfulwoman

3 жыл бұрын

“Pumps in a truck, pumps in a truck”

@ECL28E

3 жыл бұрын

♪Crack crack crack the egg into the bowl♪ AAAUUUUUGH!!!!

@Asmallcorneroftheinternet

2 жыл бұрын

Shots fired, God Damn!

@x_VineM_x

2 жыл бұрын

"In tha rain or in tha snow,got tha funky funky flow!"

To be honest, we won't know if Todd is actually a U.S. Senator until we see his face.

What kills me about this is that the album is actually pretty good sonically.

@wojosquad4680

Жыл бұрын

The Beats are 🔥🔥🔥 and why i honestly kinda like This album

@emberman535

Жыл бұрын

@@wojosquad4680 Yeah, the production on the album is phenomenal.

You've pretty much hit the nail on the head. As a dude in his 20s during this era, I can absolutely confirm that Hammer had become such a joke at that point that it didn't matter how much fun "Pumps & A Bump" and "It's All Good" actually were. Looking back, I'd dare say both songs are probably more popular now than they were at the time they were released.

@RichV20

Жыл бұрын

In 1993 in school, it was a race with Michael Jackson and MC Hammer as to who was whacker.

@adu1991

2 күн бұрын

Michael Jackson was able to recover with a career resurgence a few years later(collabing with the likes of James Brown, Justin Timberlake)... MJ overcame it, while MC Hammer never recovered from his 2 flopped albums and the bankruptcy.

Would MC Hammer have made a great producer? He had great showman skills, dance moves, and hype. I could see him producing live shows for established pop (rap?) stars.

@strawberrybunny.2983

6 жыл бұрын

planclops yup. What a waist

@digitaljanus

6 жыл бұрын

If he could have held on to his money until the "glam rap" era a few years later, would he have been a natural fit for that scene? Or at least found the transition a lot more comfortable?

@joaovitorcabral7224

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe he could've been what DJ Khaled is today.

@yakovhadash

6 жыл бұрын

He was basically the original Diddy but flamed out too soon

@cannibalisticrequiem

5 жыл бұрын

I think Hammer could've had a decent career as a choreographer to other pop stars throughout the 90s and into the mid 2000s. Regardless of his over-the-top outfits and general goofiness, the man had some sick moves.

I've been blinded by MC Hammer's...... hammer.

@digamejh

6 жыл бұрын

(The Hammer is his penis.)

@DrZuluGaming

3 жыл бұрын

This really takes another spin to the line Hammer Time.

@tafua_a

3 жыл бұрын

So that's why he's called Hammer!

I can't believe Ronald Johnson could fit this review in his busy schedule

9:18 Who knew Hammer invented the Carameldansen meme.

"it's almost like i CAN touch this" 😂😂😂😂

MC Hammer was good friends with Tupac Shakur and hung out with him the day he died.

“It’s like finding out Carl Sagan and Mr. Rogers had a fist fight!”. LMAO!!!

If Hammer stayed pop rap, while still stepping up his game as a rapper-plus the G-funk production-, he could have made this album into a bona fide classic. He wasted TFH’s potential trying to follow a trend that was way outside his wheelhouse.

It's one thing to go from soft to hard or vice versa. But you can't start out as a joke then try to be taken seriously. MC Hammer trying to be gangsta after becoming famous for his parachute pants would be like Weird Al Yankovic trying to make a non-comedy album.

@bartholen

5 жыл бұрын

Well, vital difference there being that Yankovic is actually massively musically talented, both in theory and practice, lyrically, and in multiple genres and styles. He'd totally be able to pull it off.

@andrewjenkinson8948

5 жыл бұрын

Ironically, Hammer actually has much more credibility as a gangster than most who advertise themselves in the industry that way.

@LiquidDIO

5 жыл бұрын

That tells me that you know absolutely nothing about the man. Everyone in the industry knows that Hammer does NOT play. Redman has a story about Hammer coming to see him for some smack talk, etc. Hammer is from Oakland. No one from Oakland is soft.

@psycho_dog33

5 жыл бұрын

@@LiquidDIOLike Todd said in the video, Hammer may be serious IRL, but he definitely did not portray himself that way in his music. Well, at first.

@kujo4388

4 жыл бұрын

mymentor no he really doesn’t

One thing about Hammer. He worked hard for it. He wrote the raps, choreographed, and performed the electric dancing, and essentially created the whole brand that people recognize to this day. Compare that to may artists today who just mumble and floss with simplistic beats at most. Hammer didn't always hit but at least he kept punching.

@daelen.cclark

Жыл бұрын

He was sometimes lame, but you could tell he put in the effort for it. Would it be wrong to compare Hammer to Katy Perry?

@andrewkaye2108

11 ай бұрын

I agree with Todd, if he had ignored his critics and just kept on going, he might have survived peoples shifting tastes. Well, that and his overspending, he should have just banked it and let it sit.

1:12 "You see, the best way to not lose all of your money is to *keep making money.*" -Noted economic expert Todd in the Shadows, 2018

The Idea of MC Hammer dissing Q-Tip is just incredibly funny to me. It's like if Pitbull tried to start a beef with Kendrick Lamar

@pixelbomb97

28 күн бұрын

Or Drake......lol

Turns out, when MC Hammer was saying "you can't touch this", he was actually referring to his not being able to touch a fourth record.

@Daniel33487

6 жыл бұрын

You got that right. Seriously, why did he think he could be gangsta? Just because you can rap doesn't cut it. And Todd's whole point about pop rap was right. It wasn't a dying genre, it just wasn't selling as well. He could have stuck it out if he was just willing to tighten his belt a little.

@joelbaldwin4051

5 жыл бұрын

Asmodean Underscore V: Inside Out?

@joelbaldwin4051

5 жыл бұрын

The only reason I know about that album is that I saw it listed on bmg (or columbia house) order forms a long time ago.

@shakobenmyerz

5 жыл бұрын

@@joelbaldwin4051 That would actually be his 5TH record, as hinted by the title. You know what it couldn't touch? The charts!

@joelbaldwin4051

5 жыл бұрын

shakobenmyerz Lol. Yeah, I know. My point was that he was said not to have a fourth one. But yeah, those last two well they didn't exactly sell, did they?

" THATS TOO MUCH HAMMER AT ONCE- " Todd, im fricken sobbing.

There's a minor track on this album called "Oaktown" that became very popular at Oakland Raiders games for a while. It opens with a big bass note that would get the whole Coliseum jumping and a catchy hook that everyone would sing. They won't be able to replicate that in Vegas.

The funny thing is that Hammer really was heavy in the streets. He just couldn’t convey that through his music because he was such a talented dancer and entertainer and people couldn’t see past that.

Todd in the Shadows for Senate. #Nathenson2020

@TimmyTickle

6 жыл бұрын

B Huse #Munson2020

@PassTheMarmalade1957

6 жыл бұрын

TITS (Todd in the Senate.)

Holy crap ""Pumps and a Bump" is one of those song I remember a little but remember nothing about. I never knew the artist or the title, just that hook. I never forgot it in 20 years. I guess that's something.

@gorillacookies3171

3 жыл бұрын

Pumped in the butt hammer likes to get pumped in the butt

Your delivery of “He was 2 Legit 2 Quit spending” is one of my favorite line reads

House music was still really big in the mid 90s. He could/should have easily gone in that direction.

@adu1991

2 күн бұрын

Nah...by the time it was 1994/1995... nobody was really checking out musicians like MC Hammer, the 2 Live Crew, and Tag Team. They just made party songs that are played at homecoming dances and proms to show kids that the school is still "hip" 😂🤣

Trainwreckords: "Results May Vary" by Limp Bizkit.

@diegobadalucco333

5 жыл бұрын

Cable B Just any Flaccid Pancake record really

@justsomeguywithkaminasshad7145

4 жыл бұрын

@@diegobadalucco333 Is that a JoJo reference?!

@Drogon7102

4 жыл бұрын

It was a really successful record.

@claymccoy

4 жыл бұрын

Drogon The Funky Headhunter sold more copies than Results May Vary.

@EmoBearRights

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah when someone in the comments section for Worse Rock Covers that the Behind Blue Eyes was the best thing on that album its a damning statement.

As someone who was a kid/teen growing up in the 90s, I always figured that MC Hammer faded into obscurity, I had no idea that OG Hammer was a thing and for that I am grateful.

Redman is one of the _very_ few rappers from that era that still holds up almost 100% by today's standards

Wow, Hammer could actually rap. He's no Rakim but his flow was pretty solid. Plus he had some vocal range with that bassy style. Huh.

How dare you diss Parappa the Rapper Todd

@MissyR

6 жыл бұрын

parappa's writing a diss track right now

@dimentiorules

5 жыл бұрын

@Jack Woodrick 3? There are only 2, or are you counting Um Jammer Lamy?

@cannibalisticrequiem

5 жыл бұрын

The voice actor for Parappa is actually a dick in real life, so diss away!

@SoundsLikeSlurry

5 жыл бұрын

Dred Foxx? more like dead to me foxx

@superneko99

5 жыл бұрын

@@cannibalisticrequiem damn i didn't need to know that

When I hear "Pumps and a Bump", all I think about is that video with the Speedo.

@Musicradio77Network

6 жыл бұрын

PHSDM104 "Speedo"? That's a classic doo-wop song by the Cadillacs.

@SneedyKetler

4 жыл бұрын

MTN Productions “Joe Stalin’s Cadillac”? Classic Camper Van Beethoven track.

In retrospect this project was so close to working. An album title The Funky Headhunter with a lead single Pumps and a Bump wasn't that big of a jump from Too Legit to Quit. They should have just presented it as a "Hammer is showing a little more of an edge" instead of going all in on the Gangsta image. Like you said he could have gotten ahead of the whole pop rappers with clean images a few years later.

@RichV20

Жыл бұрын

I didnt know he was releasing a new album until the Pumps And A Bump video dropped. It was word of mouth that week, like have you seen Hammers new video and he has a boner. That song was a banger, just didnt need to see the boner. Its All Good, Somethin For The OG's, Break Em Off Somethin Proper, Oaktown were good as well. There was still an appetite for Hip Hop Hooray and Rump Shaker type songs in 1993/4 when Death Row/G-Funk wasn't playing for 5 minutes.

Trainwreckords taught me that The Chronic is just Nirvana Killed my Career but for rap

I actually have no idea why MC Hammer stopped being relevant. So that moment at 2:00 was PRICELESS

@NimhLabs

6 жыл бұрын

Gangster Rap and Grunge music was what everybody got into at that point. Raving would later show up. Heck, the Fresh Prince mostly just ended up doing Tv and Movies to avoid losing relevance.

@TMC1982Part2

6 жыл бұрын

Hammer's turn as a gangsta rapper didn't work because it just came off as disingenuous and an obvious means from Hammer to keep up with the times. Lets put things in perspective, how can you go from making a song like "Pray" to making a song like "Bumps and a Bump"? It would be like if one of those '80s hair metal bands like Poison, Winger, Motley Crue, or Cinderella revamped their look and sound on a dime to keep up with Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains (the "big four" of the Seattle grunge bands from the '90s).

@Flowtail

6 жыл бұрын

+Terrence Clay I find it sad that that's the case--after all, Todd says that Mr. Hammer actually came from tough beginnings. So it's a shame he didn't portray that in his art, whether it was because he couldn't or because he didn't want to.

@chubbubdreamer6904

6 жыл бұрын

alexandra galici To be fair, Will Smith got lucky landing on t.v., so he got to kinda dodge all that...for the most part.

@timmy841212

4 жыл бұрын

@@TMC1982Part2 Poison actually did try to go the grunge route. 😖

Bart Simpson did not try to go gangsta in following up "I Didn't Do It"

@Noxshus

6 жыл бұрын

Mike Lippenkrantz this is the best comment here and I've read them all

@littlekingtrashmouth9219

6 жыл бұрын

Proper

...as someone who only started being aware of musicians outside of their music in like, 2009 (and even then, I didn't start being aware of musicians outside of Radio Disney until I started watching Todd's videos), hearing about MC Hammer's backstory is kind of like if it was suddenly revealed that Bill Nye was basically both Mr. Rogers _and_ Dr. Doom.

“Why, it’s almost like I CAN touch this.” Care to explain why this is the best line in the entire vid?

At 3:50, I was sincerely expecting a “as far as you know” joke. I miss the classics. Still a great episode.

Copyright claims can touch this

7:20 "stupid, sexy hammer!"

Mc hammer looks like the one kid on the playground who had the best Pokémon cards

As an aspiring singer I'm using this series as what not to do. Also I feel really bad for people whose first album comes out at the beginning or end of a decade.

@roguishpaladin

6 жыл бұрын

There's no one formula of do or do not. Just be you and ride that you-ness.

@BrendanJSmith

2 жыл бұрын

Why would coming out at the beginning or end of a decade matter?

@JJ-fg2wd

2 жыл бұрын

@@BrendanJSmith it seems like beginnings of decades have holdovers from the last decade, culturally speaking. Hair metal getting snuffed out in '91 by Nirvana, Funkytown being the last big disco hit in 1980, all the indie rock bands losing steam after 2010 (M83, MGMT, Bloc Party, TV on the Radio)

@LordArikado

Жыл бұрын

@@BrendanJSmith The end of a decade and the beginning of a new one is usually the last desperate gasp of whatever had been dominant in the previous decade. Just look at disco being usurped by the MTV era in the 80's, grunge and thrash killing hair metal and new wave in the 90's, the early 2000's pop divas and boy bands being killed off by the rise of the pop punk and nu metal scenes, and club jams being killed off by trap music and Lorde clones in the 2010's. Taking all bets on what new genre in the 2020's replaces soundcloud rap and Billie Eilish clones!

@BrendanJSmith

Жыл бұрын

@LordArikado I mean the beginning of a decade can also be the best time for new artists. All trends come and go, but being part of a new movement at the start of its dominance is always a good place to be.

Now here's how it started A long time ago The story of Hammer's career And how it began to blow

@dreamquesttv

Жыл бұрын

Bravo, sir! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Honestly wonder if there'd been a song or two specifically _about_ the image transition, maybe it would have read more smoothly. Like, sample a few of his pop-rap songs to play snippets while he's on-stage, then have the main body of the song with him being gangsta offstage, to tie in his early successes without making the image shift seem fake. That way he can go from "happy funtime party guy" to "happy funtime party guy _who will put a hit out on you if you cross him."_ It could have added some verisimilitude, suggesting, "No he was always an OG, he just never let you see him mad... until now."

"...the truest of macks. A street soldier, *definitely* on a mission" sounds so sarcastic.

Come on, we know what that Pepsi commercial was all about. Coke made him "white" and the cure (Pepsi) brought him back to blackness lol

@timmy841212

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 It was funny af

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE MAGICAL SHOES?

@andrewollmann304

6 жыл бұрын

Scott Sandler They were chucked in The Dip.

@Bluecho4

6 жыл бұрын

Hammer had to sell them to pay back his debts.

@drakkenmensch

6 жыл бұрын

They were stolen by The Mask

@majinsole8554

6 жыл бұрын

Holy shit that's right!!! ~_~

@Lightspeeds

6 жыл бұрын

Bluecho4 and then they were chucked in the dip

"A Tribe Called Quest is a bad investment" He said that about a group that just came off a number 8 position on the Billboard 200. Talk about bad timing.

I honestly think the best move for an MC Hammer comeback would have been to leave music behind entirely and become a Martin Lawrence/Chris Rock/Steve Harvey type and been a mostly family friendly , funny , kind , cheesy type of celebrity figure. He would probably have been the dad on that's so Raven or another Disney sitcom that was about to become a thing in a few years and he'd probably still be around today hosting some music themed game show on FOX or with a sitcom on Netflix like the one Jamie Foxx is doing. Doubling down can be bad but I think it would have made sense with him.

@RichV20

Жыл бұрын

There wasn't that type of role in 1993. The Cosby Show had ended and MARTIN and Def Jam were the main black comedy of the mid-90s. Chris Rock has never been family friendly. Will Smith was the only safe-black guy during that period and pretty much usurped Mc Hammers fan base with Big Willie Style album. Hammer had one chance at a comeback in 1997 with the Behind The Music debut, but VH1 nor Hammer knew that that could've catapulted a new comeback single.

Wow, I think this is your best Trainwreckords yet, Todd! Rap and hip hop aren't really my genres, but I find your commentary on the history and politics therein super-interesting. It seems to me that the problem with dancing in gangsta rap is that... The genre is about succeeding based solely on your personality and cred, and refusing to change or try hard for attention. In other words, you're performing because you have something you need to say, not because you want to entertain people. And dancing is all about entertainment (that kind of dancing, anyway). Also, "Why, it's almost as if I actually can touch this," that killed me.

I love this series! For another hip-hop themed episode in the future, Vanilla Ice's Mind Blowin' would be a good choice. Another soft as hell early '90s pop rapper who tried to get some street cred by changing his image and style, and it blew up in his face. Only, Ice did it by wearing flannel shirts, putting his hair in dreads, and rapping about guns and smoking lots of pot. It's also hilarious how after swearing up and down that he didn't sample Queen and David Bowie on "Ice Ice Baby", the first freakin song on Mind Blownin' samples David Bowie ("Fame")! He also dissed Marky Mark and 3rd Bass, and they didn't even respond, haha. It's also notable for "Now and Forever", which is one of THE most hilariously awful sex songs I've ever heard. "Open up dat hood and lemme check dat oil"

@NJGuy1973

6 жыл бұрын

Vanilla Ice never had any cred to begin with. You can't wreck something that's already destroyed.

@usernameof5

6 жыл бұрын

His nu metal album is even funnier

@Lightspeeds

5 жыл бұрын

@@usernameof5 Seriously? I'd pay to hear that shit!

@jonnybuijze1770

4 жыл бұрын

And the movie. Oh lord, the movie...

@timmy841212

3 жыл бұрын

@@usernameof5 It sounds like a Limp Bizkit reject lol

I just listened to the whole Funky Headhunter album, and it's actually pretty good. Especially the other songs-- the ones where he *isn't* dissing other rappers: "Somethin' For The OGs", "Clap Yo Hands", and "One Mo' Time". That last one has an especially smooth flow.

"It was 187 on ___" is the rap equivalent of "Nirvana Killed My Career."

@elbermoramontero2769

3 жыл бұрын

Nirvana/Dre killed my career.

@SuperJNG18

3 жыл бұрын

@@elbermoramontero2769 We’ve now seen it w both Hammer and Arrested Development. If Todd ever covers the Fresh Prince or Run-DMC it’d probably apply there too

@christopherwall2121

2 жыл бұрын

@@SuperJNG18 it was the end for the Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff, to be sure, but Will Smith had the sense to take a step back and focus on acting after his one attempt at riding the gangsta trend.

@manvithharikiran5576

2 жыл бұрын

@@christopherwall2121 he still had hits tbh

Not even Tupac could save Hammer's career.

@Strongholdstrugglez

5 жыл бұрын

In a interview hammer said that pac wrote unconstitutional love for him

That's really sad. He could have stayed pop, I thought about the boy bands and electronic music from the 90s (even MJ). And obviously later Will Smith. Poor guy.

14:29 How rude, that singing was also beautiful

The truth is Hammer was probably more connected to real gangsters than most of the hardcore rappers. Ask Redman or MC Serch about what happens when Hammer feels dissed by you.

Awesome, love this series. Never expected to see Todd talk about Hammer.

"The guy can dance!" "What? The guy looks like he's got a sand crab in his knickers!"

@cremetangerine82

4 жыл бұрын

elltell1990 Great Bill Hicks reference!

The speedo schlong version was the one I, as a kid, subjected my entire city to on "The Box" again and again. (You called a number, wasted a few of your parents' hard-earned dollars, then sat back and enjoyed a video knowing everyone else had to watch it) In my defense, I moved onto the "Tha mystery of chessboxin" soon after.

"Yeah, it's like I almost *can* touch this" -- pure gold my man!

Well this is clearly a big step up from the Styx episode. Todd contextualized what Hammer was about before he went "gangsta." Everyone who was there knows he was the HEIGHT! of pop rap at the very beginning of the decade, and that context completely overshadowed his attempt to be gangsta. I love the idea that Hammer might have sat out the gangsta era and come out on the other side when Pop rap was popular again. If Martin Lawrence was the progenitor to Will Smith in acting, Hammer could have been the progenitor in pop rap to Smith. Please Hammer don't hurt Big Willie!

can't wait for the justin Timberlake episode

@microt999

6 жыл бұрын

Two Kids in a Trechcoat ohhhhhhhhh

@stephaniewozny3852

6 жыл бұрын

May be a little early to call that one, but if it pans out, whoo, what a ride THAT one would be!

@jencheevers983

6 жыл бұрын

Or Christina Aguilera.you can have all the vocal talent in the world but you need personality,be likeable and your own identity

@moviemaster8510

5 жыл бұрын

I mentioned on the first episode that he should cover The Black Eyed Peas' "The Beginning."

@696190

5 жыл бұрын

and Im sitting here wondering if Britney ever had an album bad enough to qualify

How to reinvent your image: Step 1 Don't make constant callbacks to your previous self.

Hammer trying to be gangsta feels like Terry Crews trying to do a parody of 90s rap