History Music / MCHammer

-->''"You got the M.C Hammer!

* DropTheHammer: Stop! Hammertime!

* LargeHam[[IncrediblyLamePun mer]]: Very much so.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Many of his hooks are prone to this.

* TropeCodifier: MC Hammer was arguably the first rapper to achieve mainstream popularity, although his poppy, upbeat style would fall out of style in the mid-1990s when gangsta rap became popular. He is also largely responsible for the mainstream public notion that most rapper names start with "M.C." (And by extension he's probably the reason why most rapper names ''don't''.)

* DarkerAndEdgier: Hammer tried this with ''The Funky Headhunter'' by trying to look and sound like the more popular gangsta rap artists of the time, but I didn't take.

* TropeCodifier: MC Hammer was arguably the first rapper to achieve mainstream popularity, although his poppy, upbeat style would fall out of style in the mid-1990s when gangsta rap became popular.

--> -- '''MC Hammer''', "U Can't Touch This"

* {{Padding}}: In addition to the constant sampling as opposed to rapping to original beats, the other criticism laid heavily on Hammer was the constant repetition of his songs' choruses. This usually happened as his music videos were very long, and the album versions usually matched that length as opposed to being trimmed. This is exceptionally noticeable in "2 Legit 2 Quit", in which the chorus of "Too legit, too legit to quit" is played over the final ''three and a half minutes'' of the song without any lyrics from Hammer; this is fine in the music video, where there's a ton of athlete cameos popping up in the meantime, but it can drone on for someone listening to the single on its own.

MC Hammer, hip-hop's first LargeHam, born Stanley Kirk Burrell (1962-). He is mostly famous for his dance hit "U Can't Touch This" [[hottip:*:A song owing a lawsuit-inducingly large amount to Rick James' "Super Freak"]] and for bringing {{rap}} into the mainstream. In fact, along with Music/VanillaIce, he practically ''was'' mainstream rap from about 1988 to 1992. Nowadays, he's a Pentecostal minister, and he has a TV show, ''Hammertime'', on A&E.

->[=/hammer time=]

MC Hammer, hip-hop's first LargeHam, born Stanley Kirk Burrell (1962-). He is mostly famous for his dance hit "U Can't Touch This" [[hottip:*:A song owing a lawsuit-inducingly large amount to Rick James' "Super Freak"]] and for bringing {{rap}} into the mainstream. In fact, along with Music/VanillaIce, he practically ''was'' mainstream rap from about 1988 to 1992, when people started taking notice towards [[DarkerAndEdgier Gangsta Rap]] and decided anyone who had an act like Hammer's was a sell-out, and his popularity plummeted almost immediately. Nowadays, he's a Pentecostal minister, and he has a TV show, ''Hammertime'', on A&E.

* LargeHam: Very much so.

* LargeHam[[IncrediblyLamePun mer]]: Very much so.

* TheCameo: MC Hammer actually managed to get in a video game... as a hammer, in the Japanese version of TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast.
-->''"You got the M.C Hammer!
-->BAM BAM pound the likes of stakes!
-->BAM BAM pound, pound other things too!"''

* {{Mondegreen}}: That's "GET BUCK, GET BUCK" he's chanting on "Too Legit To Quit," not "KICK BUTT, KICK BUTT".

* SignatureSong: "U Can't Touch This."
* TheCameo: MC Hammer actually managed to get in a video game... as a hammer, in the japanese version of TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast.

----

* TheCameo: MC Hammer actually managed to get in a video game. The japanese version of TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast.

* OneHitWonder: Averted. While "U Can't Touch This is the only song most people know him for, he had plenty of other hits before his fall from grace.

* [[CelebrityToons Celebrity Toon]]: ''{{Hammerman}}'' -- named after another alias for Mr. Burrell -- where Hammer is a superhero with magical shoes. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8WYh8uz3pQ The opening theme will fill you in on the finer details]].

* OldShame: Yes, girls used to get wet for old Mr. Hammer, and his style of dress and dance was popular with guys (and other singers) for a while.

* SampledUp: "U Can't Touch This" sampled the main riff from "Super Freak" by Rick James. At least James got some of the moola.

MC Hammer, hip-hop's first LargeHam, born Stanley Kirk Burrell (1962-). He is mostly famous for his dance hit "U Can't Touch This" [[hottip:*:A song owing a lawsuit-inducingly large amount to Rick James' "Super Freak"]] and for bringing {{rap}} into the mainstream. In fact, along with VanillaIce, he practically ''was'' mainstream rap from about 1988 to 1992, when people started taking notice towards [[DarkerAndEdgier Gangsta Rap]] and decided anyone who had an act like Hammer's was a sell-out, and his popularity plummeted almost immediately. Nowadays, he's a Pentecostal minister, and he has a TV show, ''Hammertime'', on A&E.

* Ironically, Hammer had no need for {{Hammerspace}}.

MC Hammer, hip-hop's first LargeHam, born Stanley Kirk Burrell (1962-). He is mostly famous for his dance hit "U Can't Touch This" [[hottip:*:A song owing a lot to Rick James' "Super Freak"]] and for bringing {{rap}} into the mainstream. In fact, along with VanillaIce, he practically ''was'' mainstream rap from about 1988 to 1992, when people started taking notice towards [[DarkerAndEdgier Gangsta Rap]] and decided anyone who had an act like Hammer's was a sell-out, and his popularity plummeted almost immediately. Nowadays, he's a Pentecostal minister, and he has a TV show, ''Hammertime'', on A&E.

MC Hammer, hip-hop's first LargeHam, born Stanley Kirk Burrell. He is mostly famous for his dance hit "U Can't Touch This" [[hottip:*:A song owing a lot to Rick James' "Super Freak"]] and for bringing {{rap}} into the mainstream. In fact, along with VanillaIce, he practically ''was'' mainstream rap from about 1988 to 1992, when people started taking notice towards [[DarkerAndEdgier Gangsta Rap]] and decided anyone who had an act like Hammer's was a sell-out, and his popularity plummeted almost immediately. Nowadays, he's a Pentecostal minister, and he has a TV show, ''Hammertime'', on A&E.