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Hammer albums featuring Tramaine Hawkins
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| | Greatest Hits CD (1996)
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Despite being one of the best-selling rappers of all time, none of MC Hammer's albums were very consistent -- the singles stood out like a sore thumb among the filler on each record, which is why Greatest Hits is such ...
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 Hammer Biography
Although M.C. Hammer was derided as a sell-out by many of his rap peers for his suspect skills, concessions to the pop market, and corporate endorsements, there is no denying that he was instrumental in bringing hip-hop music into the mainstream and making it a viable commercial form. Although Hammer's parachute pants, over-the-top live show, and shamelessly pop-driven sound feel dated, he was one of the biggest pop stars of the early 1990s, and certainly the first rapper to have both his own action figure and Saturday morning cartoon. A decadent lifestyle and the mainstreaming of gangsta rap marked the end of Hammer's run, forcing him to declare bankruptcy; however, the deeply spiritual artist persevered and became a successful preacher in the late 1990s, with his own congregation.
Key Personnel
Worked With
Kult Ov Azazel, Gore Gore Girls, Dog Toffee
Contemporaries
LL Cool J, Too Short, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Digital Underground, Salt-N-Pepa, Bobby Brown (R&B), Biz Markie, Whodini, Will Smith, Heavy D & the Boyz, Bell Biv DeVoe, Marley Marl, Young MC, MC Lyte, Rob Base, Color Me Badd, MC Breed, Vanilla Ice, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Kid 'N Play, House of Pain, Kris Kross, Tone-Loc
Followers
Backstreet Boys, Nelly, Usher, 112, Keyshia Cole, Pretty Ricky, Omarion, Sisqó, Diddy
Influences
James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince, Run-D.M.C., Earth, Wind & Fire, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Big Daddy Kane, Rick James (Bass), Kurtis Blow, Kool Moe Dee, Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew
More Music Artists
Mo Phillips, Frank Lopez
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