MC Hammer

Though he had some earlier singles, this was the record that really established Hammer as a megaplatinum, arena-filling superstar. Danceable beats and G-rated rhymes won him millions of fans mesmerized by the chart-topping hits "U Can't Touch This" and "Pray." Although his fame and fortune would eventually dwindle, this LP finds Hammer at the top of his game.

Though M.C. Hammer's debut LP, Let's Get It Started, sold more than a million copies, it was
a sixty-watt bulb in the rap meltdown, relying on worn soul riffs and endless ploys. If
anything, Hammer's second LP is weaker than his first Lacking the tour de funk of last
year's hit "Turn This Mother Out," the Hammer pounds out track-long steals of Rick James's
"Super Freak" ("U Can't Touch This"), Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me" ("Help the... More >