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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 .
Hammer's third album (and second major-label release), Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, [85] was released February 12, 1990 (with an original release date of January 1, 1990). [86] It included the successful single "U Can't Touch This" (which sampled Rick James' "Super Freak").
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 chart. In August 2005, the single "U Can't Touch This" was certified gold.
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.
The predominant riff of the song was most popularly sampled in 1990 by MC Hammer in "U Can't Touch This". [52] The song would then be sampled by Jay-Z in his 2006 song “ Kingdom Come ”, American musical group Black Eyed Peas in their 2020 single “ Vida Loca ", and was later sampled by Nicki Minaj in her 2022 single, " Super Freaky Girl ...
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