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YMMV: MC Hammer
  • Adaptation Displacement: The only reason the majority of music-lovers ever heard of Rick James' "Super Freak" was because of the lawsuit Rick James filed against MC Hammer for the use of the song's Epic Riff.
  • Crowning Moment of Awesome: Best. Mashup. Ever.
  • Ear Worm: "U Can't Touch This" and "2 Legit 2 Quit"
    • In the span of "2 Legit 2 Quit"'s six minutes, the words "too legit" are spoken a whopping 120 times, with the entire phrase "too legit to quit" appearing 57 times within that number. That's a certain recipe for Ear Worm whether you want the song to stick around in your mind or not.
  • Memetic Mutation: Stop! Hammertime. Over time, this meme went from being spoken to being seen, as Stop signs can still be seen to this day with "HAMMER TIME" stamped on there either as graffiti, as an embossing or as a bumper sticker.
  • Never Live It Down: From the tv show Leverage:
    Parker: Who ripped out the toilets?
    Hardison: This was an IRS foreclosure. I got it cheap.
    Eliot: IRS doesn't take toilets.
    Hardison: They do when they're solid gold. Heard this used to be MC Hammer's place. I guess you can touch this, with a SWAT team and a federal warrant.
  • Sampled Up: "U Can't Touch This" sampled the main riff from "Super Freak" by Rick James. At least James got some of the moola.
  • Signature Song: "U Can't Touch This," although "Too Legit" is fondly remembered by fans as well.

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