Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em

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studio album
First released:
Feb 2 1990

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Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em is the third and most popular album (and second major-label release) by MC Hammer, released between January 1, 1990 - February 12, 1990 by Capitol Records. It was produced, recorded, and mixed by Felton Pilate and James Earley.

MC Hammer was good friends with Arsenio Hall and was invited to first perform the song "U Can't Touch This", prior to its release, on The Arsenio Hall Show in late 1989. He also performed "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em", a song that didn't make it on this album, but did appear in the same-titled movie.

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Catalog number:
92857
Release dates:
  • Feb 2 1990 in United States

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Hip-Hop, Pop, Rap, Traditional Pop. Vote on Genres

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4 stars Album that launched Hammer to mega-stardom
MC Hammer (and later, just Hammer) was one of those musical performers who can be likened to a shooting star. He burned brightly for a brief moment and then flamed out. Unlike other performers who had this fate befall them, Hammer's disappearance was not because of drug problems or any violent criminal issues. He simply stopped making good music. Yet, for the brief period he was on top, he was among the brightest of the stars in the musical sky.

"Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em" was his second al…
Written by Patrick L. Randall
3 stars Memories from a flash in the pan
So after I lost all of my CDs in a burglary, one of my friends helpfully thought to get my new music collection started with...MC Hammer! Popping it into the CD player reminded me why MC Hammer was super-cool for about a year and a half.

It's an uneven album. There are some great, if dated, songs on this album. "U Can't Touch This" really was good, and "Pray" has worn surprisingly well. On the other hand, some of the other songs, like "Crime Story" and "Have You Seen Her" are just plodding. And…
Written by Ian T. Brown

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Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Capitol Records
catalog number: C4-92857
release dates: 1990 in Canada
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