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U Can’t Touch This was MC Hammer’s most widely-known single, propelling sales of its album, Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em, which for a time was the best-selling rap album of all time, selling over ten million copies. The song heavily samples Rick James’s “Super Freak”; James is accordingly credited as a co-author. The lyrics, written entirely by Hammer, are in the boastful self-promotional style common in hip hop.
They describe the rapper as having “toured around the world, from London to the Bay” and as being “magic on the mic,” which Hammer says combines with Rick James’ “beat that you can’t touch” to create the perfect rap song. While some critics, especially in the gangsta rap community, disliked the song, enough people approved of it to secure the Grammy for Best R&B Song and Best Rap Solo Performance, a brand new category at the time, for MC Hammer.
In 2008, it was ranked number 26 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
They describe the rapper as having “toured around the world, from London to the Bay” and as being “magic on the mic,” which Hammer says combines with Rick James’ “beat that you can’t touch” to create the perfect rap song. While some critics, especially in the gangsta rap community, disliked the song, enough people approved of it to secure the Grammy for Best R&B Song and Best Rap Solo Performance, a brand new category at the time, for MC Hammer.
In 2008, it was ranked number 26 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
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Storm317 wrote:
Roflcopter..... sidewalk dancing.... lol
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lovesjantzen wrote:
AND THATS THE TRUTH I LOVE YOU DAD BUT I ALSO LOVE MY TWIN AND MY BOYFRIEND FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS HE HAS BEENTHROUGH HELL AND BACK AGAIN BUIT WE LOVE YOU FOR IT B
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Marjo47 wrote:
me and hip hop, if you would have told me this 2 years ago I was going to like this, I would have said, no way. but look at me now. This is last fm.s doing{good on them though}.
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lovesjantzen wrote:
O'YEA I LOVE APRIL 2 AND JANUARY 21 WITH ALL MY HEART
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lovesjantzen wrote:
NO ONE CAN THANKS DREAM TEAM I LOVE YOU
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lovesjantzen wrote:
RENEE IS NOT WALKING AWAY
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lovesjantzen wrote:
NO YOU CANNOT BECAUSE I LOVE GUSSIE WITH ALL MY HEART AND I WILL BE A GOOD QUEEN MOM
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mgpixlab wrote:
I told you HOME BOY!
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ColePepper98 wrote:
Stop! Hammer Time! Break it down!
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jennica_med_c wrote:
The drunker you are, the better this song gets.
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dj_chili_palmer wrote:
I want his Pants !!!!!
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funkybeats556 wrote:
get a fly girl and catch this beat!
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nicolasbj wrote:
you can...(peter griffin)
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lilmikeeboy wrote:
CAN'T TOUCH THIS (peter griffin)
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Elevationn wrote:
Yo, sound the bell, school is in, sucka!
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idabom wrote:
wanna get up and dance. Ju ju ju ju just like the bad guy from lethal weapon 2. I've got diplomatic immunity, so Hammer you can't sue. I can write graffiti, even jay-walk in the street. I can riot, loot, not give a hoot, even touch your sister's teat. Can't touch me.:( vhghhg
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GrungeJammer87 wrote:
Please Hammer! Don't Hurt 'Em!
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snapdragon70 wrote:
ooh oh!
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ScoobyJr wrote:
Extra Cheese..... but back in 89 everybody was trying to dance like him
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SuzyDee wrote:
I mean it! You can't touch - ok?
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