MC Hammer
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Review by Stephen Dalton, New Musical Express, 27 January 1990
THE FIRST general rule of hip-hop is that most albums contain a couple of killer club cuts and a dozen cardboard fillers. Just to be ...
Hammer delivers several sharp hits
Interview by Steve Turner, The Times, 4 September 1990
Steve Turner talks to MC Hammer, whose rap album has topped the US charts for 13 weeks ...
Comment by David Toop, The Face, January 1991
David Toop on the rise of Hammer and Ice ...
MC Hammer: Here Comes The Hammer!!!
Report by Siân Pattenden, Smash Hits, 6 March 1991
It's the all-rappin' all-dancing "revue" sensation that is MC HAMMER's American live show! It's coming to this country on May 2! And SIAN PATTENDEN has ...
Profile by Nick Coleman, Time Out, 1 May 1991
The famous pants balloon around the stage as MC Hammer delivers his message about faith, dope and clarity. The world's best-selling rapper arrives in London ...
MC Hammer: Hammering pop peace and Pepsi
Profile by Bruce Dessau, The Guardian, 2 May 1991
IF ANYONE was still sceptical about the mainstream of rap, a quick glance at MC Hammer's considerable commercial achievements will soon put them right. His ...
Live Review by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 4 May 1991
Hammered home: Adam Sweeting sees MC Hammer let the rap rip at the Birmingham NEC on a night of music and moralising ...
Trousers Of The Holy: All You Ever Wanted To Know About MC Hammer But Didn't Have The Time To Ask
Report and Interview by Stuart Maconie, New Musical Express, 4 May 1991
His voluminous trews tell only part of the story. MC HAMMER may well be as huge as the cut of his keks saleswise, but at ...
MC Hammer: Me, Jesus and the President
Interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 7 May 1991
Adam Sweeting is privy to a generous 15 minutes of MC Hammer's hard-earned fame ...
Live Review by Ian Gittins, Melody Maker, 11 May 1991
GOD OF THE HAMMERS ...
Book Excerpt by Phil Hardy, Dave Laing, The Faber Companion to 20th-Century Popular Music, 2001
b. Stanley Burrell, 30 March 1962, Oakland, California, USA ...
Book Excerpt by Barney Hoskyns, 'Capitol 75' (Taschen), 2016
NOTE: Herewith the full "director's cut" version of the historical essay I contributed to the spectacularly lavish Taschen book marking the 75th anniversary of West ...
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