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"U Can't Touch This" is a song co-written, produced, and performed by American rapper MC Hammer. It was released as the third single from his third album, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990), and has been considered his signature song .
In October 2000, VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs included Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" at No. 88. In May 2001, VH1's 100 Greatest Videos included Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" at No. 59. In April 2003, VH1's 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists included MC Hammer at No. 44. In 2004, Hammer was ranked No. 167 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years ...
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em is the third studio album by American rapper MC Hammer, released on February 12, 1990 [1] by Capitol Records and EMI Records.Produced, recorded and mixed by Felton Pilate and James Earley, the album was made on a small budget of around $10,000 and recorded on a modified tour bus between May 1988 and November 1989.
His album, 1990’s “Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em” is still one of the best-selling albums in hip-hop history. My point with all this is that MC Hammer was a thing.
At the time of his first album, Hammer opened his own music management firm. As a result of the success of his third album, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, Hammer had amassed approximately US$33 million. [227] In 1997, Hammer sold his Fremont, California estate and mansion [228] for US$5.3 million, after filing for bankruptcy in 1996.
Hammertime is a 2009 American reality television series that chronicles the daily life of rapper MC Hammer. The show debuted June 14, 2009 on the A&E Network and was produced by 3Ball Productions. [1] The title is derived from a lyric in Hammer's 1990 hit single "U Can't Touch This" ("Stop! Hammer time!").
By June 1990, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em become the first rap album to top the pop charts and by August it become the best-selling rap album of all time, surpassing License to Ill by Beastie Boys. [3] Initial plans to tour the tour stated that it would visit North America, Europe, Japan and Australia.
"Here Comes the Hammer" is a song written and performed by American rapper MC Hammer, first released on his third album, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990). It was also released as a single, which reached number 54 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song also reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.