FIRST TIME HEARING MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This (Official Music Video) REACTION

[@xajaso]

Every cookout. Every party. Every function. Every sporting event. Every school dance & skating rink. Every club. Sometimes 3 times a night. Every radio station at AM/PM drive time. You couldn't touch it.

[@deborahgerrald3656]

I can't remember one function: school, family or church, that didn't play MC HAMMER for all of my junior high and high school years.

[@TheLisa-Al-Gaib]

Every workout class Every martial arts class.

[@maryrowles8934]

"any altercation" Genius! this would defuse any powder key situation...instant dance party! one of the twins most fun!

[@jamesmartin9401]

My reply is like Tony Stark's: "Well, you're not wrong."

[@WorldFamousDJFish]

This song could not be escaped.

[@Paineinyourblank]

if U grew up in the 90s when you hear STOP you either know its hammertime OR you collaborate and listen

[@AmericansRejectLiberalism]

So true!lol

[@thesnugbungalow]

This comment wins the internet for me today!

[@DanaBertagnolli]

OMG for real!!

[@aliciaaltom6652]

The gospel sis 😆

[@MizukiYumeko]

but what if it's in the name of love

[@Dirkschneider]

I am sitting here as a 45 year old metalhead from Sweden yelling: "YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF MC HAMMER?!?!".

[@kekelaward]

I just got done watching a guy who just discovered that Pink Floyd is a band, not a clothing line. If you want to feel old and amazed at the same time, check out Yoyoka Soma.

[@pcox5386]

@@kekelaward I KNOW....Those younguns'! :)

[@sarajean1861]

Same

[@TypeOneg]

@@kekelaward I'm sitting here stoned looking at the dusty old sticker that says."Legalize Shemp" under his picture...!!! ^5.....!!!!?-( ´◡‿ゝ◡`)

[@robertmitchell9529]

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!! I was just telling my friend I find that kind of hard to believe! 🤣🤣🤣

[@lk2645]

My favorite thing about watching the two of you groove along to these songs I grew up with, is that your videos make me feel like I'm hearing them for the first time right along with you.

[@ThatoneDevinBookerfan]

Right? I was thinking the same thing. My daughter looks at me sideways when I listen to this song. Its fun to watch these boys enjoy our music!

[@ridge7524]

These boys have good taste.love this channel🇺🇸💯💙

[@Miss_ESL]

I'm a teacher now and I enjoy singing "Stop. Grammar time!" then doing a little dance in my seat to the music in my head. My teens have no clue, bless them.

[@vh6307]

😹🙋

[@naomivanessathefatgirl2617]

😂😂😂 I love that!!!

[@supergeeky7529]

lol that is fabulous!

[@cindymontes8712]

Love it

[@ladyjpolite]

Too cute 😍

[@carolclements1275]

Guys, he needed those big pants the way he moved. I'm 70 and I'm sitting here doing hammer time on my chair.💃💃💃💓

[@juliedunlow4748]

😆I'm picturing this in my mind and LOVING IT!

[@silverdoeGirl]

LOL! Gotta be done!

[@fatproductreview3287]

Whenever I hear the word "Stop" I have to say... "hammer time" .... it's the rules

[@thebigfs2330]

Fat Product Review absolutely!

[@afischer540]

Aaaaand I'm luvin this comment SO MUCH lol...how cuteee is that ❤

[@Pezled]

Tone Loc "Funky Cold Medina" Super fun banger song.

[@fatproductreview3287]

100 percent! oldie but a goodie,,,,

[@oregonchick76]

Yes! There were so many fun, great early hip-hop songs in the late 1980s/early 1990s. For example: "Bust a Move" by Young MC, "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground, "Now That We Found Love" by Heavy D, maybe "Poison" by Bel Biv DeVoe, "OPP" by Naughty by Nature...

[@Pezled]

@@oregonchick76 Nice list! don't forget "Word Up" by Cameo!

[@havennet49]

YESSSSS Word Up is my jam!

[@cookie_dough_hangover]

Oh, man. That's a great one. I was just a kid back then.

[@alwoodromberger]

My daughter who is now 40 was all about MC Hammer when she was a kid. When she was about 10, she'd be sliding back and forth and doing the running man across the kitchen with this song cranked up while I was trying to cook dinner.

[@I_like_turtles_67]

bruh. My dumb ass recorded myself dancing to this when I was about 9/10 years old. My sister has a copy of it and has made it a point to show it to anyone who will watch it lol. Thank GOD she hasn't put it on KZbin.

[@Beckola11]

@@I_like_turtles_67 Is it on KZbin yet? I'd love to see original footage of a kid back in the day getting down to this! Literally Classic! C'mon.. Do it!!

[@Beckola11]

I wasn't exactly living under a rock rather on the rock so, following these guys I'm hearing/watching this music for the first time too. Its really a great experience for me too!

[@Beckola11]

Oh, but BTW .. even I knew about Hammertime!

[@joshua_rage]

😂😂😂😂

[@sisterlita262]

I was raised in a strict Christian household, and MC Hammers tape was one of the only "secular" tapes I was allowed to buy! He's actually a preacher as well as musician too.

[@sherriparra6751]

Heather Tracy me too👩🏼‍🦳

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

Just like Al Green

[@susanfields9231]

Y'all are KILLIN' me: "What are those pants they're wearing? They flyin' or something?" LOL LOL LOL

[@michelleneith6536]

They should check out diaper pants if they think those pants are funny

[@TartTravails]

I said to myself as soon as I saw what they were going to react to "I know they'll say something about those stupid pants."

[@rv3853]

"Give us our 3 wishes." 🤣

[@nancykolwest2288]

We called them Hammer pants! 😂

[@brianb8060]

@@nancykolwest2288 or parachute pants.

[@kelloneill74]

First Vanilla Ice and now this - the next time someone yells the word STOP, you wont know whether it's hammer time or you should collaborate and listen.

[@dfunkt2291]

HA!

[@Saltyzwiggy]

Winner! Lol.

[@Camille4Real]

YES! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@genevieveking8819]

🤣🤣🤣

[@donnabrunetti2177]

😂

[@marijana6400]

I am 43 years OLD, AND I have a smile on my face because you took me back to my teenage days with this song. Greetings from CROATIA 😊🇭🇷

[@tashumbriamiller]

For just a moment listening I was back there. Smiling hand remembering the feeling of seeing that video.

[@komandantData]

Ja slučajno tu, isto iz Hrvatske 😂 Pozz! ❤

[@Music-Is-Real-Love]

❤️

[@amberamlie7568]

When this song played at HS dances, everyone busted out their MC Hammer moves. No one was sitting down!Wonderful memories, thank you for the trips down memory lane for so many of us.

[@arlington4508]

Fun fact: when Hammer came out, his brand was a “wholesome and friendly rapper”. Other rappers thought he was soft. They soon found out, he was not as he stepped to many a rapper face to face to ask if they had a problem with him and they backed down. Hammer was nice but absolutely no punk 😩😩

[@sereneamani1713]

They forgot he was from East Oakland. Or didn't realize it's hard to be a punk and grow up there.

[@nathyndg]

But then the brought us "Pumps and a Bump"

[@ritamcbee]

No cuss words and still outsold their records. 🤔😁

[@callalily3994]

He was also pretty much "acceptable" among audiences who hadn't listened to rap before. Like, there were little girls in the suburbs doing dance routines to this song at their school talent shows, where there was no way a lot of their parents would have considered rap appropriate music even a year earlier, aside from a couple of gimmick songs.

[@ritamcbee]

Hillary Einziger MC Hammer, clean rap 😁

[@dedabugg]

I just DIED when you said “What pants is they wearing?” We all had Hammer pants back in the day! Come to think about it, we looked bout dumb as hell 🤣

[@kalapiziks7561]

RIGHT?? "What pants is they wearing?" HAMMER PANTS!

[@shollins74]

@@kalapiziks7561 I was the twig girl that actually wore biking shorts. I looked like a toothpick with in them.

[@TheFvtampa]

HAMMER PANTS!!!

[@MomikiMoryja]

😂💀😂 SAME ...“are they from Aladdin?” They Look like Aladdin pants!

[@cynthiacrawford1573]

Yeah I didn't wear that stuff

[@Sanjay-yd1jq]

I went to his concert and it' was the most amazing show. He and his dancers dance this way through the entire concert. Beyond talented

[@themanifestorsmind]

"What pants are they wearing?" Omg I had those pants in every color. The whole school looked liked we were about to grant you 3 wishes🤣🤣🤣. Ah, the memories. I miss the 90s

[@kdee868]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npbSh42gfKqihdE the pants

[@rene2033]

"The whole school looked like we were about to grant you 3 wishes." I AM DEAD!!!

[@lepoetress]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!! Woooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

[@CofyjunkyPNW]

Depending on who you talked to, they were either 'parachute pants' or 'harem pants'.

[@themanifestorsmind]

@@CofyjunkyPNW we just called them "Hammer pants"🤷🏾‍♀️

[@sunflowers6399]

I actually saw MC Hammer at the airport in LA last year with his entourage. He's super nice and offered to take a pic with me ❤

[@MrDeadsr]

He still has an entourage? Didnt he learn anything

[@sunflowers6399]

😂😂😂 I guess not, but there was only around 5-6 guys that I saw. One took our pic. He looked good too!

[@Ivy94F]

Don’t ask about the pants, guys. We’re still trying to act like that didn’t happen. Lol!!! Hammerpants!!!!! 😂😂😂

[@pamelayarborough9277]

So true 😂

[@usfanlovesjiwoo1978]

LOL but a lot of us had a pair. They were comfortable though.

[@topspot4834]

My Z Cavariccis were looking FLY back then!!

[@Zetamomma]

Hahaha I remember sewing my own ‘Hammer Pants’!!!

[@iamblessed6254]

@@usfanlovesjiwoo1978 You couldn't tell me shi...t when i got my pair 2001❤

[@staceypankratz5032]

There is a back up dancer that is now a coach and rewards his kids with the hammer dance when they do good.

[@DutchDread]

I still can't hear people say "stop", without mentally adding "hammer time".

[@bakerfritz4681]

Ev’ry damned time.

[@robertmitchell9529]

No kidding! 🤣🤣

[@LostInSpice]

Or "collaborate and listen."

[@dallasflynn5200]

Same!

[@museborn7703]

me too!! my husband and I often end up using music bars when we hit on what feels like an unfinished line and the pleasure is bonding.

[@lynnmontgomery1229]

I know of no person ever being able to sit still when hearing this. I'm 57 and still gotta move to it. IT'S HAMMER TIME!

[@Ghostgirl99x]

Right? LOL

[@gregoryashley7963]

Now you HAVE to listen to: "Super Freak" by Rick James where the sample for this song was taken from.

[@Chualland]

Leave them the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4qrqXp4fZuiaq8

[@karinhanna9522]

Yup, they need to check that one out, the beat is unmistakable.

[@gophix]

Too bad, i can upvote you only one time

[@AsTheCrowSquawks]

Abso-freaking-lutely.

[@rosiered3403]

Great suggestion!

[@candyhowe3661]

MC Hammer was the jam. At all parties. And he did get some of us in " hammer pants". Love your reactions to the various vibes of music

[@twotorp6728]

And i for sure would get a "hammer" in my pants after listening to this!

[@clairerussell1391]

It was mandatory to say "HAMMER TIME!" and break into hysterical giggles every time you heard the word "stop!"

[@vanessajaques5630]

what do you mean "was"? everyone still does that :P

[@susanconstable2113]

It didn’t matter what genre you listened to back then - you knew this song.

[@gamingwithjamie2751]

This is so true, I listened to country music back then and I knew this song.

[@lildancinbaby527]

LMAO. Damn straight

[@tmr3c]

And knew the dance!

[@FloridaWildlife]

You 2 are correct, this was played everywhere, every color. This 61 yr. old white man still loves it. Subbed and liked!!

[@donaldjz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4qrqXp4fZuiaq8

[@debbilangham5357]

This gma still loves this

[@harley112395]

@@debbilangham5357 DITTO!!!

[@alwayzlisteningparanormald5477]

Right I'm 55 and this song was the shit lol

[@jeremiahdillon2220]

You should have seen him do it live in concert. Awesome!

[@usfanlovesjiwoo1978]

A friend of mine was dancing to this song while driving and a cop pulled her over because he thought she was having a seizure I still LMAO when I think about it. Those pants were called Hammer Pants as he started the trend and yes guys and girls worn them. I had a pair and they were really comfortable.

[@salee7566]

😁🤣

[@kbrown611]

This made my day 👏😂

[@lilmzkittens3354]

🤣🤣🤣

[@tyim6284]

🤣🤣🤣

[@NaNa-ms1fs]

Hilarious🤣

[@justinhowell8873]

This WAS played at EVERY get together in the early 1990’s!!!!

[@davidingram2972]

Granny could listen to, your mama was listening to it, the kids in the front room were dancing to it. It was truly a different time in music.

[@twotorp6728]

My newborn toddler for sure vibed to this whilst in the womb!!!

[@ChadeGB]

U Can't Touch This was a global phenomenon, number one in multiple countries all over the world, won countless awards, I believe Hammer also started the trend for wearing your pants really low on your waist. It samples Rick James' Super Freak, which would be a good one for you to listen to sometime.

[@JARNJ3]

And he lost all of his money due to excessive spending and that huge crew he used to travel with.

[@sereneamani1713]

@@JARNJ3 Didn't lose it all though, contrary to public opinion. He's doing all right. Did lose tremendous amounts though

[@imweakfordeaky]

I second them reacting to Rick James, “Super Freak”

[@ritamcbee]

He didn't water his pants low on his waist. He had them made with the crotch low, like Jeannie pants. Better for dancing. No sagging pants for MC Hammer. 😁

[@victoriasmalls8883]

I loved the Reaction to Hammer. I'm addicted to Y'all. Think about listening to Bootsy Collins "I'd Rathet Be With You".

[@elizabethpetruccione9121]

So fun to watch you both. I’m 73 and I love how you make me remember the first time I heard these songs.

[@amycullison7136]

I’m a sixty year old white woman who listened to this music in my day and love you two!

[@TheVickavee]

Sorry I liked your comment when your likes were at 69!

[@bonniebickett4520]

i sewed the pants for my friends!

[@jenniferreel656]

Me too, that is how I dance around and get some housework done, lol 😆👍

[@MrAMYCOTY]

You two are craaazy good!!!

[@lauraguz2010]

56 year old here and so proud of these guys!

[@wendystarbuckbrune2058]

YES! Us children of the “80’s” did wear these pants and we literally called them Hammer pants! 😂. Can’t forget the parachute pants we wore as well, with black and white checked Vans of coarse! Also you know you’re a child of the 80’s when you hear STOP! you’re never sure wether it’s Hammer time.....or you should collaborate and listen! 😉🤣

[@jillbennett6605]

They've made a comeback during quarantine. Look up Thai Harem Pants. I got 2 of them!

[@kimbond007]

Yes I wore them too, we called them Hammer Pants or Diaper pants. lol

[@courtneybermack]

I walked into school one day and everyone kept saying STOP and I had no idea I was supposed to say HAMMERTIME. It took until lunch before someone clued me in...

[@kimbond007]

@@courtneybermack lol, to this day when someone says stop, I say "HAMMERTIME" lol

[@brandiereese3501]

This song came out in 1990...

[@LouiseLFC]

“Give us our 3 wishes”😂 the fact that you are both hearing all these songs for the first time makes me feel ancient! You guys are great. Love from London

[@nancyandrews7442]

Literally every time I watch one of these videos I’m happy. I love when fine young people make you feel hopeful for the future. They are so sweet.

[@cesarandthewiseguypodcast3554]

Shoot we got 50 year olds saying “hammer time” when they hear the word stop ✋.

[@flowerhour9539]

Yup. And great Command commercials with MC Hammer in it and the kid saying "What's happening?" Lol

[@kimhagerman9128]

Yes!! First thing I think of when somebody says ‘stop!’ 😂😂

[@pamelamorley0218]

Exactly!!! Lol

[@catherinerainville4232]

Truth!! 🤩😂🤣

[@JimboInTheHouse1]

Im 55 and I say it constantly... lolol

[@vincentbraber350]

Two young dudes listening to old music, you guys put a big smile on my face, fantastic.. thanks

[@leslieengel6949]

Timeless music I hope, but time will tell. ;)

[@twotorp6728]

It definitely did put a smile somewhere! I love young men enjoying themselves!!!!

[@TollyJunky79]

Dude, are these old songs now? Yeah. When you here some shit when you're at the grocery store... I just bust a move in the aisle, no shame!

[@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817]

Y'all need to check out: Tone Loc - Wild Thing. and Funky Cold Medina

[@katb.6132]

Yes!

[@msbadkittie]

Cup_Cuppy_ Cuppers i second Tone Loc! since they like this, i think they’d love some Wild Thing.

[@KathryineReed]

Funky Cold Medina makes me smile every time.

[@Norcal530]

I fully agree! Str8 classic....

[@tinafavabean]

Yes!!! Funky Cold Medina!!

[@kelammo]

Hammer put on a hell of a show. The energy was through the roof his whole set. On the pants, I’m thinking it’s because of his Hammer dance & how he kept everything clean.

[@Sdt526]

It’s good to see that song still has the same effect on anyone new who listens to it. Much loved part of our youth.

[@fruitfullymultiplied9619]

MCHAMMER MARRIED ME AND MY HUSBAND IN 2000 BACK THEN HE WAS A MINISTER! 😊

[@hironoshozo]

Solid! I know that was cool to actually hear that voice perform the ceremony! A great entertainer and a man of faith and minister. “HAMMER! They ain’t married YET!” WHAAATTT?!? “So whatchu gon’ do about THAT, Hammer...?” “I’m gon’ turn this weddin’ OUT...!!!”

[@TerraBundance]

Whaaat?!?? That's crazy!!

[@simplyk6965]

@@TerraBundance Ha Ha! I said the exact same thing when I read FruitFullymultiplied's post. Lol!

[@mlynngarces3652]

Hey there FruitFULLYmultiplied Fam! See your enjoying this channel. I enjoy your channel too😊

[@eatlocalhoney]

Amazing! 💜💜💜

[@shawnaswtpea]

I also remember staying up way too late waiting for this song to play on the radio so I could record it to my mix tape. Y'all don't understand the magic of streaming music. Imagine not having anything you want to listen to available whenever you want.

[@msajk4ever982]

Or running through the house to turn the radio up when the DJ finally plays your favorite song, lol. 😜

[@julee0613]

haha! yes, thank you for that memory! Mix tapes for the win!

[@colleen31]

Playing top 9 at 9pm on the radio to win concert tickets or local dance club tickets and the list goes on. 😂😂😂 I still have a shit load of old mixed cassette tapes.

[@SWein66]

Mix tapes! What a blast from the past!

[@marybrokenborough-idrb8259]

I went to a Hammer concert in DC back in the day; I danced through the whole show and was soaking wet when I left!!

[@sfgraves]

MC Hammer was EVERYTHING for 3 years running. His “Pray” is the greatest. Talent, generosity, faith. He had it all. Ex-military, he hired 100s of dancers to tour with him, all regular kids off the streets. Trained them, work outs, no drugs . . . His generous nature was his downfall - it couldn’t support the weight of all those ppl and he lost millions, tried to go hard core rap, realized he needed to go back to his faith and true self. He’s got a great story - check it out. So very talented.

[@robertmitchell9529]

I liked that one too but his first song that gave him some fan recognition was the title song "Pump It Up" that's actually one of my favorites by him. But I also liked "Pumps And The Bumps" Now that one was BANGIN'!!!!

[@prophetj.e.lykessr.6524]

YOU'RE SO CORRECT SUSAN. HE WAS VERY GENEROUS. BUT GOD HAD TO BREAK HIM DOWN TO GET HIM WHERE HE WANTED HIM. NOW HE IS HUMBLE AND DOING GREAT.

[@majorpremise]

Hammer had the best heart! Good guy!

[@jamesrawlins735]

The other thing about Hammer is that for some reason he didn't connect with the African American audience - I remember the movie where they commented he had the whitest audience of any rap artist.

[@besslee4678]

@@jamesrawlins735 Hammer didn't connect because he wasn't doing ratchet rap

[@jade5412]

Everyone loved this. The people who say they didn’t are lying.

[@sociallyimpolite1294]

Even if they didn't love it you would catch them tapping their feet or bobbing their heads! "Hammer Time!"

[@sociallyimpolite1294]

This was played EVERYWHERE, it became mainstream that even white folks were playing it. Great Canadian Hit!

[@Mscmainliner]

Facts.

[@watchinit6530]

Octy, you are correct about many liked the tune. It was a hugh hit. Major crossover tune too.

[@johayes7529]

Damn straight bro.

[@aginggamer9720]

They used to play this in honky tonks. That’s how everywhere it was. You’d hear Garth Brooks, billy Cyrus, and MC Hammer all in a row.

[@haroldlee1989]

MC Hammer was an amazing entertainer; they dance thru this entire video; this song is soooooooo much fun; and yes this song was played everywhere; MC Hammer I'd brilliant

[@DanaInNewOrleans]

I realized I was smiling BIG for this entire clip. Both from the pure JOY and FUN of this song and the guys’ reactions. They’re absolutely right, if you didn’t dance and smile when you heard this song, you had to be brain dead! I’ll never forget my 32 year old older brother pulling out of my driveway blaring this song and singing and me screaming “Hammertime”!

[@theyolandamoore]

“Them pants got super powers” 😂😂😂😂😂 y’all have no idea how HUGE MC Hammer was back then and this song was a MUST at EVERY event....y’all reacting to this music is so refreshing so happy for all of your success

[@dloughy]

The best part of their reaction was their recognition that it would have been played everywhere, even before anyone told them that. I love that about them!

[@theyolandamoore]

Diana Dloughy exactly

[@justinedavidson9648]

Loving these guys ..such a joy

[@fried2099]

Hammer pants were the style because of this video. There was no escaping this song. It captured the masses. I still jam to it.

[@christinalawrence2015]

And harem pants are back in style lol..... ugly clothing came from 80s and early 90s

[@TeroTheShortOne]

I remember being a kid, begging my mom for Hammer Pants. By the time she actually got me a pair, they were out of style, because fashion is a fickle mistress.

[@elizacrowe-maxwell8694]

@@TeroTheShortOne I was about to write the almost exact same comment! I wanted Hammer Pants SO badly but my Mum refused - you lucky thing (even if they were out of style :) )

[@theoneandonlybubblebass817]

@@christinalawrence2015 We didnt dress ugly at all.

[@christinalawrence2015]

@@theoneandonlybubblebass817 uh, yeah no

[@slydEvil35]

I was born in 1988 and one of the first memories of music I remember hearing this song. Brought it up to my mom and she said “that’s because that song conquered radio. You couldn’t leave the house in 90-91 without hearing this song at least 2-3 times on your work commute”

[@back2black717]

Yes the "genie" pants were a "thing" in late 80's early 90's. You couldn't go anywhere without hearing this song EVERYONE young old and every race loved it. My parents even would playfully tell each other "You can't touch this" Good grief!😳🙄 Hammer was everywhere and he was a genuinely good and nice guy by all accounts.

[@christineakey9016]

Yup. These pants were everywhere. All types of fabrics and prints 😆

[@georgehudson5019]

No it wasn't🤦🤦🤦 not where im from 🤷🤷

[@LeOhio817]

I still rock genie pants 2020 .🥰

[@briand1972bd]

TRUTH

[@prgunnels7679]

I still have the McCall's pattern to make Harem pants. Never used it.

[@aemitch36]

“I know this was played at every cookout and every family reunion”. 😂😂😂 so right!!!!

[@Agneshka]

💯

[@crystalharvey8331]

Every baptism, every funeral, every...

[@jerjorju]

"every altercation..."

[@ScorpioSaurus-Rex]

Was.....IS lol

[@mrsp2937]

To this day people still write 'Hammer time' on Stop road signs in Australia.

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

Ohhh that's cute!

[@sitaward3437]

Stop! Hammer tiiime..

[@esmegaisford7931]

Same in the States ^_^

[@vonhall4750]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jcompton8507]

There is a "Hammer Time" stop sign just a few block from my place.

[@ognarw]

Good lord! My sons and there friends played this song over and over and tried to dance like MCH. Infectious.

[@jet33paws6]

You’re right, playing at every single party, house party, function... yep, no one sat down 😂

[@ikuep]

The song sampled here is Super Freak by Rick James. That would be a good one to react for you guys

[@cynderjones6460]

Vanilla Ice also sampled Rick James and was sued.

[@jennifermorris6848]

Yes!! Super freaky!!

[@queenpattsy]

Yes! Rick James' Super Freak!! You will love it.

[@ah-ss7he]

ikuep omg that would be fun!!! Then after that they gotta watch Dave chapelle 😂 I just watched the Rick James episode a couple hours ago 😂😂🤣

[@amyv.]

Was just gonna ask what were the repercussions of that sample. Poor Vanilla.

[@lml1705]

I personally like MC Hammer's " To Legit to quit" much better. You have to give that a listen.

[@MegensBay]

So do I😃

[@kentkatchem]

I was there in 1989... I couldn't wait for this to come on the radio!!!! Trust!!

[@susanwalko665]

I was a kid, maybe 12years old, who loved taking dance lessons when this song came out. Hammer popularized the pants, we called them hammer pants and everyone wanted them. For our dance recital that year my class got to choose our costumes and we wore gold sequined hammer pants with neon crop tops. I added a side pony tail and a gold sequin headband- Rambo style, LMOA!!! We had photos taken. I had long forgot about this till I am visiting my 80year old father a little while back. Even though he has a iPhone and iPad full of current pictures, he tells me he still keeps photos of all his kids in his wallet to show people. So I ask to see mine... it's me, in my hammer pants, pink neon 1/2 top and pony. I just imagined my dad describing me to some stranger, "my youngest, I'm so proud, she is a sales rep for a big company and has traveled extensively. Here's what she looks like"

[@anderspersson7084]

The pants is actually older design, it was design for monks in a bransch of the Buddhism were male monks in monastery wearing them because they waiting for someone of them monks to give birth to a reborn Buddha, so they have been used in India for a longer time, and backpack travellers in the 70-90s took them home and out into the rest of the world.

[@nessa2481]

That is hilarious!!!! So sweet!!!! In your dads eyes, you probably still look like that!

[@hollywarehouse7938]

I’m imagining all the late 40-50 years olds bopping in their chairs waving their hands, singing every verse, got up and did a little booty dance😆 ALONE! No one saw you👏🏽👏🏽

[@misspriss2482]

Yep! Teenage years right here. :)

[@jenniferreel656]

Yeah, that was me 😁☮️✌️

[@cheekyb71]

I'm 38, it's half past 7 in the morning, can confirm no one saw me do it, but it felt gooood

[@justdanadane]

Just did!! 😁

[@oldworknew1169]

hahah so true

[@briangulley6027]

He was one of the last "fun / party" rappers. The gangsta rappers coming on the scene more or less ran him out of town so to speak. He tried to do a gangsta rap but he couldn't pull it off. As an old white guy I like the party rap music way better then gangsta rap.

[@giocondasabia]

Growing up in the 80s 90s and 00s it was like "FIRST TIME HEARING" every week with every new song recording that came out.

[@kayb6803]

"Imagine listening to this song in your car?"" Imagine? We was there, son! We knooooow!!! Yooooo!!! Nice to see you all enjoying it like we did!

[@AZTECIANGIRL]

RIGHT U KNOW THATS RIGHT !! STRAIGHT OFF THE HOOK !!

[@sociallyimpolite1294]

Classics pass down to the next generation. My child listens to Old School and his new school.

[@catherinecreaser4417]

We’d also spontaneously yell “Hammertime!” and do the sideways dance travel lol

[@krystell84]

Same....still do!😆

[@shannonwhite3721]

I owned several pairs of Hammer pants😂

[@kirtey]

Word!

[@zepiuulos]

The typewriter

[@keepup8868]

50 year old lady here - did this yesterday!

[@RTDavis0503]

Hammer missed his calling as an exercise instructor. We was IN SHAPE

[@majestically2008]

For those from the UK, Mr Motivator would have been exercising to this song for sure!!!

[@karenmanning5915]

HI Rodney. Great call! I used to teach aerobics in the 80's and 90's, and this song was a staple in my classes! MC Hammer could have taught the class himself and would have been amazing at it!!

[@ritamcbee]

Super Energized 😁

[@ladydragon6854]

I remember back in the day the dance floor was empty but when the DJ put this on the floor was crowded loved this song been a long time since I've heard it so thanks for getting my dancing round my kitchen guys love your reactions

[@mikeoneill7360]

Nice to see these youngsters willingness to experience the 80’s & 90’s, nice job fellas.....

[@marionbrombach2817]

yes i think that's great

[@carolynknight2272]

They go further back too!

[@elizabethsteen581]

Just posted this comment on their Islands In the Stream vid. They are great!! 😊

[@chacegooch5776]

They were on the news before

[@bellamollison9]

Agreed

[@jrfbaby75]

PLAYED. AT. EVERYTHING. Correct 🙌🏼😂 My 15 year old heart from 1990 is so glad you reviewed this one! #hammertime

[@Skege1000]

Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back. That's a dope ol' school rap

[@womanofacertainage5892]

I was about to suggest this, too! Baby Got Back . . .yep!

[@jennytaylor4968]

Good dance song, another one you can’t listen to sitting still is ,Daisy Dukes lots of good dance music back then , wild thing nother good one /Tone loc i dont know spelling lol

[@bluefamily3937]

My favorite song ever!

[@Mx.RumpusParable]

STILL a dance party song.

[@SuperKel30]

Bahahaha omg those pants!! 😂 no one wore them. They were and still are hilarious. Your reactions were the best!!

[@skenthome]

The facial expressions when the groove hits with you guys are priceless.

[@anthonysalcedo3740]

I swear this was like number 1 on the charts for like a whole decade

[@sheilameyers152]

😂 hahah!

[@themasierpartx2990]

stoppppppp!!!!! hammer timeee loll

[@noelpauley5381]

So true!! 🤣

[@austntexan]

It was nuts. This song was never not on the radio during the 90s

[@hejmuesli]

Listen to: Snow "Informer" Kriss Kross "Jump" Coolio "Gangsta's Paradise" Beastie Boys "Intergalactic" Missy Elliott "Get Ur Freak On" Missy Elliott "One Minute Man" Missy Elliott "Work It" Missy Elliott "Gossip Folks"

[@Celestial7788]

Yes these are all bangers

[@brigettedeva]

I second this comment--

[@juliaweaver4150]

Yup, all of those where my favorite back then! 🔥🔥🔥 **Kriss Kross** 🔥

[@lebo9010]

Gangster's Paradise 👌🏾

[@pringleton]

Yup, sounds of a generation

[@nataliewalters2759]

I am glad y’all are watching this! Our music was lit in the 90’s !!!

[@aliciaaltom6652]

WAS?? Sheeeeeeittt 😂 I still stay lit with it 🎶💃🔥

[@mltgirl08moore89]

U ain't never lied about that

[@traciayala5044]

So true.😁

[@xajaso]

Best time ever to be young

[@darlenemartinez9353]

I saw him and Boys To Men Jodicy and Black Street Boys in concert in Albuquerque New Mexico . It was exciting watching him and his dancers dancing live.

[@PatWalden]

Yes it was played everywhere. Now listen to Run DMC "It's Tricky" if you want some energy.

[@MsFlyingSnake]

Those are still called "Hammer Pants" to this day. He made them very popular for a year or two.

[@Fastbikkel]

We always called them turdcatchers, no joke.

[@hollydatsopoulos7998]

You guys need to listen to Rick James’ “Superfreak”. The bass line is the music MC Hammer sampled here.

[@Victoria_Lundy_Theremin]

I know, right?

[@twirlygirlie1]

Victoria Lundy that’s exactly what I was going to tell them!!!

[@VyxenBlack]

100%!

[@missdoglover1644]

Always reminds me of that scene in Little Miss Sunshine! 🤣

[@imonlylooking]

YAS!

[@mistermusik]

Yes, we all loved MC Hammer and so many of the early 90s acts. They had energy. I remember trying to dance to this when I was a kid, trying the moves in the video. NOPE. You needed endurance just to be able to do some of the stuff for more than 1 minute. Watch a live MC Hammer performance. He and his crew were doing that for long stretches at a time. The desire to dance to this music gave you reason to keep up your cardio. BTW that side shuffle is iconic. LOL Also gotta say, I'm not really surprised you young guys haven't heard of this music. Your ears are likely bombarded by the new "pop" music and commercials. Music that's older tends to get relegated to "classics", "oldies", "retro", "old school", "throwback", etc. I get it. That's what radio does, pushes the new. But I'm glad you guys are taking an interest in the old music, even if it's just for developing your channel. If you have a broader perspective, or greater knowledge and experience, and you learn from that, then marketing will have less effect on you and whatever new songs come out, if they suck, you won't be fooled to believe they are good. Good luck.

[@madisonfeehan]

Since you both wearing Caroline tshirts tonight, you've got to listen to Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" Keep up the great videos!! 😍😍

[@yvettelang1961]

And how a group of strangers will break into song when hearing it. Sweet Caroline touches everyone.

[@kimberlyanne434]

Was Sweet Caroline written for JFK’s daughter?

[@nikkicornelius279]

Ba Ba Ba...sorry it's a reflex

[@soshuldistansingh2629]

or "Oh Carolina" by Shaggy?

[@grammargranny3549]

Please do Neil Diamond!

[@michalineschalton9210]

I was a DJ when this came out and always played "Funky Cold Medina" before or after this song. Every single time. People jumped!

[@popcola1462]

Tone loc 🤣I still bop that sometimes. It dont get old. Soon as you hear it. 90s

[@josmith4173]

Omfg! I LOVED that song!!!!!!!

[@un0RRS]

Those were called "Parachute Pants" until hammer. Now they're "Hammer Pants" forever.

[@justinhicks87]

Man hammer supersized parachute pants nobody did that til hammer

[@DebShaw]

Harem pants. Parachute pants were the shiny, ripstop nylon pants from the early 80's.

[@raeannaroylance5401]

Weren’t parachute pants more of a Michael Jackson look?

[@katycanino1566]

That is correct, on the parachute pant original comment.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@Alysandir Nonsense.

[@sunlotus8]

you are right, especially in the SF Bay Area when MC was from (Oakland), they played this everywhere and all the time. and it never enuf.

[@bradcolorado8149]

They are right ... This song played at every event, celebration, back yard party, wedding and Superbowl

[@jessicashenefield1546]

And several years later it was Montell's This is How We Do It. Lol.

[@MichaelJohnson-ip6xr]

@@jessicashenefield1546 No that was Slick Rick's song Bedtime Story.

[@jessicashenefield1546]

@@MichaelJohnson-ip6xr Children's Story was a couple years before U Can't Touch This, which was a few years before This is How We Do It.

[@MichaelJohnson-ip6xr]

@@jessicashenefield1546 Children's Story by Slick Rick is where Montell Jordans song came from...Google it

[@jessicashenefield1546]

@@MichaelJohnson-ip6xr Ah. I had misunderstood your remark-- I had read it as Children's Story was playing at every gathering instead of This is How We Do It, and my pollen-bombed brain said "but that was the previous decade." I don't know that I've ever picked up on that tidbit (it's been more than a minute since I've listened to either), so I thank you for sharing the information!

[@lynnarthur_stillkickin2024]

You're right. Hammer killed it. And we couldn't get enough of it 😉

[@strow1969]

Five suggestions: “Summertime” - Dj Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. “Turn up the Radio” -Autograph “Bittersweet Symphony” - The Verve “I Know There’s Something Going On” - Frida “Situation” - Yazoo Bonus: “A Little Less Conversation” - Elvis vs JXL version.

[@RinkoDinko]

YES ALL OF THESE

[@dayra6425]

Summertime is a good one

[@chrissiew3061]

Love all these songs.

[@gwillis01]

Another vote for "Summertime" by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince Did you know that the alternate name for the Fresh Prince is WIll Smith? Way back when, several years ago, Will Smith had a little career as a rapper.

[@fatchick2004]

And Dizzy Rascal’s Dance Wickett me!!

[@kittttcattt]

I tried doing "Hammer time" in kitchen almost broke a hip, look what you guy's started! LOL

[@musicsansnotes]

Lololol careful 😁

[@pickle5051]

The typewriter?

[@terimaue4155]

OMG I am still laughing to this comment.

[@subordinary]

Look in my eyes... MAAANNNNN!!!

[@lilyliz3071]

But did you have on your hammer pants 👖🤣

[@lydiaedwards8100]

MC Hammer is now, Reverend Hammer. He was a huge star. He won Grammys and other awards. He's in the church now.

[@dreameryoung38]

These young guys were in the church raised by their grandparents. They did a story ok n it

[@donnajean3202]

Rumour was that MC Hammer ended up bankrupt as he bought about 100 very expensive cars, mansions and very expensive jewelry so he ended up becoming a preacher.

[@lynnie5551]

Don't forget his "no hammer time" commercials for Command Strips

[@ufgator1717]

Love the church move. Takin’ it to da taxman!

[@chloebergeron5430]

@@dreameryoung38 I can’t find this story! Can you send me the link?

[@donnacallahan7258]

Watch Young MC do Bust a move. Another get dance song called Groove is in the Heart by Deelight. Love you twins Today is my twin nephew's birthday. Thanks for sharing your love of music and happy attitude with us. Always enjoy you!! 😊💕

[@undertuber-s5z]

My wife met him many times in the 80s and 90s. She said he was one of the nicest guys she ever met.❤

[@rajnair7342]

I was in the sixth grade in India when this song came out..I started listening to western music just because of the impact this song had on me...I couldn't understand the lyrics then but the energy of MC Hammer was so infectious..

[@IzzysCuisines]

YES SIR this song was played on EVERY RADIO STATON til they wore it out. Were some Good Days

[@jennifermankey1595]

Man there was even shirts With “Can’t touch this”

[@chillytoes337]

I'm betting you guys didn't know that M.C. Hammer got his "big break" by hanging out in front of the Oakland Colosseum during the A's games, he'd do his dancing, lots of break-dancing back in those days. He was "discovered" there, and well, the rest is history LOL (Just a few fact for you guys).

[@johnt8500]

Wasn't he also their ball boy?

[@chillytoes337]

@@johnt8500 yes, I think you're right! I'd forgotten about that part. He was a cute little kid a quite the showman even back then!

[@shantitakemoto1058]

Even into the mid 2000’s this was a club favorite, everyone knew it and couldn’t not dance, pure joy!

[@nomibe2911]

I hate how Jay-Z ridiculed Hammer for going broke when he went broke for helping so many people.

[@Yarumasi]

Watch some recent interviews with Hammer. He still owns more than most other artists of his day in terms of control of the Masters, Residuals, etc. That song still works for him to this day and he still collects good on it. Broke to Jay-Z is still rich to us.

[@nomibe2911]

@@Yarumasi Facts. Hammer is millionaire.

[@Hurricaneintheroom]

Jay-Z don't have anything over on MC Hammer. Jay-Z and his demon possession I think would be more worrisome than ridiculing someone for being good to people but then if you have demons maybe that's what you do is mock good people. Yes do your research. Beyonce has admitted to being demon possessed and her demon she(?) calls Sasha Fierce. Her words.

[@logicaldude3611]

Hammer blew a ton of money, but yeah he’s better off than all of us lol

[@torimorrison2980]

His own people shut him down, so I'm not surprised at Jay-Z's comments. (Refer to MTV's "Behind the Music: M C Hammer".) MC tried to go gangsta but it just wasn't his kind of music...so sad.

[@KLH-vb3zx]

Y’all should listen to Tone Loc Funky Cold Medina or Wild Thing

[@therapymeditation]

Yes that’s what said too!

[@ellie698]

Yes!!!!!!!!

[@AndyVaught]

Yes!!

[@Verpergirl]

Yaaas!

[@georgemaster689]

Kay Hammack how about Bust A Move by Young MC?

[@jjlassiter5133]

You must react to “The Sugar Hill Gang” singing “Rapper’s Delight” made 1980

[@terracobb6149]

The OG rap song!

[@freakydeakydorkable]

Yes!!!

[@bigjohn5799]

1977

[@Nyx773]

“... Bottle of Kaopectate ...”

[@JuJu-DnC22]

Original Version Only !!!....... Loooove that !

[@mrs.stevens141]

Yes, it was and I was fortunate enough to go to McClymond's High School with Stanley B. or MC Hammer, he was always full of energy we always had a good time at school, house parties and at his concerts. We had the best music...

[@lesliefrancis5331]

One of the best most energetic concerts I've ever been to. Sophmore year in high school. MC Hammer Vanilla Ice Salt-n-Pepa

[@linzzyy]

I am guessing 1990/1991? great line up!

[@JuJu-DnC22]

Wowwwwwwwww girl. Not one.. but THREE icons? damn wish I coulda been there.

[@lesliefrancis5331]

@@linzzyy yes exactly 1991