MC Hammer

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风格: #西岸说唱　#流行说唱　#新杰克摇摆乐　#基督教说唱
地区: United States of America 美国

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MC Hammer在从艺前曾是美国奥克兰棒球队队员。1990年他开始在乐坛上崭露头角，同年推出的专辑《Please Hammer Don''t Hurt ''Em》（请别让锤子伤害他们）在美国专辑榜上取得了好几周冠军的佳绩。来自专辑中的主打歌曲“U Can''t Touch This”（你不能碰这个）是一首为Rick James的“Super Freak”（超级瘾君子）的采样作伴奏的轻柔Rap歌曲，它既是MC Hammer的代表作，又可看作是90年代初流行说唱乐的一种风格标志。

MC Hammer善用音乐录像形式来表现他的作品，其中融合了令人眩目的舞蹈动作、精致的灯光与舞美设计。MC Hammer还经常把一些大牌明星如Marvin Gaye,B.B King或Prince等人的作品拿来翻唱。1994年，MC Hammer的专辑《The Funky Headhunter》（疯克猎人首领）是由Gansta Rap的制作人来操刀制作的，其中的音乐明显趋于硬朗化，并反映了MC Hammer更多的街头观感。

M.C.Hammer是80年代末期美国说唱乐天王级人物，嘴皮子功夫厉害，舞技更是了得！根本不像现在的一些说唱名星，只会双手痉挛似地一抓一抓！听Hammer的说唱、看Hammer的舞蹈，给人的是真正视听享受！可惜的是Hammer仅辉煌了短短几年，现已无音讯了！

经典饶舌歌手和舞者MC Hammer(当年火红的U CAN\'T TOUCH THIS的演唱者)。汉默原名斯坦列·科克·拜瑞(Stanley Kirk Burrell)，1963年出生于加州奥克兰市(Oakland, California, 运动家队的所在地)，从小喜欢棒球。在幼年的时候得到的第一份工作是为当年火红的奥克兰运动家队作球童。他从小就有舞蹈的天赋，在运动家队主场比赛每局中间的休息时间，他都会在棒球场上表演舞蹈以娱乐观众。所有的观众都非常喜欢他，给他取了Hammer的昵称。因为美国大联盟历史上全垒打王 Hank Aaron 被人们称作 &Hammerin\'& Hank Aaron。在此期间他结识了很多运动家队的朋友。后来等到他年龄稍大，立志成为职业棒球运动员。运动家队给他安排了一个试训的机会，但是因为天赋的原因，他没有能够如愿。后来他参加了海军，服役三年以后回到奥克兰在教堂服务了一段时间，业余时间在当地酒吧演唱。后来他自己发现了自己身上的表演天赋，从当年的运动家队的朋友那里借了一些钱，开始用自己的汽车后箱作为大本营卖唱片。1987年被Capitol Records唱片公司签约，从此一炮走红。1997年以后，Hammer在经历自己的好友和兄弟分别被竞争对手仇杀以后，厌倦了演艺圈，回到奥克兰，决定用自己的音乐才能赞美上帝和宣传传统家庭观念。今天在电视台上每个周末都可以看到他在宗教节目中的表现。Hammer仍然是一个狂热的体育迷，至今仍然可以经常在奥克兰运动家队和金州勇士队的主场比赛中看到他的身影。

There had been hit rap singles and albums before him, but MC Hammer was the man who truly brought rap music to a mass pop audience. Armed with a flamboyant wardrobe (particularly his trademark baggy parachute pants) and a raft of sampled hooks lifted straight from their sources, Hammers talents as a dancer and showman far exceeded his technique as an MC. Still, he had an ear for catchy source material, and that helped his second album, Please Hammer Dont Hurt Em, become the best-selling rap album of all time. Even if he was never able to duplicate that level of success, and even if his street credibility was virtually non-existent, Hammer still broke down numerous doors for rap music in the mainstream, demonstrating that hip-hop had the potential for blockbuster success in the marketplace.

MC Hammer was born Stanley Kirk Burrell in Oakland, CA, on March 30, 1962. A member of a strongly religious family, he landed a job as a bat/ball boy for the Oakland Athletics baseball team, where he entertained fans by dancing during breaks in the game, and earned the nickname Hammer for his resemblance to all-time home run leader Hammerin Hank Aaron. An aspiring ballplayer himself, he failed to catch on with a professional organization following high school, and enlisted in the Navy for three years. Long a fan of funk and soul, he became interested in hip-hop upon returning to civilian life, and began performing in local clubs; with the financial help of several Athletics players, he also started his own record label, Bust It, and recorded a couple of popular local singles. With ex-Con Funk Shun mastermind Felton Pilate producing, Hammer recorded an album titled Feel My Power in 1987. After impressing a Capitol Records executive with his already elaborate live show, he was signed to a multi-album deal, the first of which was a revamped version of Feel My Power retitled Lets Get It Started. Producing an R&B hit in Turn This Mutha Out, Lets Get It Started went double platinum.

Still, nothing could have foreshadowed the phenomenon of Please Hammer Dont Hurt Em, the 1990-released follow-up. Its first single, U Cant Touch This, blatantly copped most of its hooks from Rick James funk classic Super Freak, yet Hammers added catch phrases (and young listeners unfamiliarity with the original song) helped make it a smash. U Cant Touch This dominated radio and MTV during 1990 in a way few rap singles ever had, and won two Grammys (Best R&B Song, Best Solo Rap Performance); save for a quirk in its release format — it was only available as a 12, which cut down on its sales — it would easily have been the first rap single to top the Billboard pop chart. The next two singles, Have You Seen Her (a flat-out cover of the Chi-Lites 70s soul ballad) and Pray (built on the keyboard hook from Princes When Doves Cry), followed U Cant Touch This into the Top Ten, eventually pushing sales of Please Hammer Dont Hurt Em past the ten-million mark and making it the number one album of the year. Still, a backlash was growing against Hammers frequent borrowing (some said theft) of classic hooks for his own hits; hip-hop purists also railed about his often simplistic, repetitive lyrics (indeed, Pray set a new record for the number of times its title was repeated during the song, at well over 100). The charges of rank commercialism werent lessened by the merchandising machine that soon kicked in: endorsement deals, MC Hammer dolls, even a Saturday morning cartoon show.

Seeking to counteract the criticism, Hammer dropped the MC from his name and used more live instrumentation on his 1991 follow-up album, Too Legit to Quit. While it sold very well (over three-million copies) and produced a sizable hit in the title track, Hammers stage show had become as lavish as his lifestyle; loaded with singers, dancers, and backup musicians, the supporting concert tour was too expensive for the albums sales to finance, and it was canceled partway through. Hammer scored his last big hit with Addams Groove, the theme to the film version of The Addams Family, and then paused to reconsider his approach. In 1994, he returned with The Funky Headhunter, a harder-edged, more aggressive record that went gold, but failed to win him a new audience among hardcore hip-hop fans. On 1995s Inside Out, Hammer seemed unsure of whether he wanted to appeal to pop or rap audiences; the album flopped, and Hammer was let out of his contract. In 1996, Hammer filed for bankruptcy, his taste for luxury having gotten the better of his dwindling income; his mansion was sold at a fraction of its cost. The crisis prompted a religious reawakening, and he began to write new material with an emphasis on spirituality and family. The album Family Affair was slated for release on Hammers own Oaktown 3.5.7. label, but plans were aborted at the last minute; only 1000 copies were pressed, and were never distributed nationally, save for limited Internet downloads. Several projects were rumored to be in the works, including another album (War Chest: Turn of the Century) and a soundtrack to the film Return to Glory: The Powerful Stirring of the Black Man, but none ever appeared. Finally, Hammer released a new album, the patriotic-themed Active Duty, through his own WorldHit label in late 2001.

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