M.C. Hammer – Too Legit To Quit (1991/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

M.C. Hammer – Too Legit To Quit (1991/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:10:50 minutes | 2,72 GB | Genre: Rap, Hip-Hop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Capitol Records

Too Legit to Quit is the fourth studio album by Hammer, released on October 29, 1991 by Capitol Records and EMI Records. The album, also produced by Felton Pilate, has been certified silver in the UK by the BPI and triple platinum in the US by the RIAA. The album managed to sell more than 5 million copies.

The marketing campaign for Too Legit To Quit was the largest in the history of Capitol Records at the time, as the label invested $1 million in advertising and the multimillion dollar music video for the title track remains one of the most expensive ever made.

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M.C. Hammer – Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em (1990/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

M.C. Hammer – Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em (1990/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 45:18 minutes | 1,76 GB | Genre: Rap, Hip-Hop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © EMI – EMI Records (USA)

Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em is the third studio album by MC Hammer, released on February 12, 1990, by Capitol Records and EMI Records. The album was produced, recorded, and mixed by Felton Pilate and James Earley.

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M.C. Hammer – Let’s Get It Started (1988/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

M.C. Hammer – Let’s Get It Started (1988/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 42:10 minutes | 1,64 GB | Genre: Hip-Hop, Rap
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © EMI – EMI Records (USA)

MC Hammer’s double-platinum debut album, Let’s Get It Started, made him a star in the R&B world even before he crossed over to the pop charts. It isn’t as immediately hooky a record as Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em, in part because Hammer hasn’t developed his signature sampling chutzpah. Sure, the hit single “Turn This Mutha Out” samples its title from Parliament’s biggest hit, and “That’s What I Said” borrows the bassline of “Freddie’s Dead,” but these aren’t the wholesale appropriations that would take Hammer to the top. The main appeal of Let’s Get It Started is simply that it’s well-produced, funky, and danceable, regardless of the quality of the raps. Consider this: By 1988, advancements in lyrical technique were beginning to render even superstars Run-D.M.C. a little outmoded. Just starting out, Hammer sounds slower and less forceful than those old-school legends, and his rhymes are even more squared-off and less fluid in their relationship to the beat. Still, he hollers his simple lyrics with energy and enthusiasm throughout the album, and he does have more power in his delivery here than on Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em. Plus, this style wasn’t totally outdated in hip-hop’s mainstream quite yet. Still, it isn’t what makes the best cuts work. “Turn This Mutha Out” gets by more on its distinctive keyboard riff, and tracks like “They Put Me in the Mix” and “Pump It Up (Here’s the News)” are designed more for the dancefloor than the street.

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