Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em

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Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
Studio album by MC Hammer
Released	March 13, 1990
Recorded	1989
Genre	Hip hop
Label	Capitol
Professional reviews
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MC Hammer chronology
Let's Get It Started (1988)	Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em' (1990)	Too Legit to Quit (1991)

Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em is the second album by MC Hammer, released in 1990 by Capitol Records. The album was a #1 smash hit for 21 weeks, due primarily to the runaway single, "U Can't Touch This". The album was notable for sampling high-profile artists and giving some of these artists a new fanbase. "U Can't Touch This" sampled "Super Freak" by Rick James; "Dancin' Machine" sampled the Jackson 5; "Have You Seen Her" is a semi-cover of the Chi-Lites song; "Help the Children" interpolates Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)"; "Pray" and "She's Soft and Wet" sample the Prince hits "When Doves Cry" and "Soft and Wet" respectively. The album raised rap music to a new level of popularity. It was the first hip-hop album certified diamond by the RIAA for sales of over ten million, and remains among the genre's all-time best-selling albums.

Despite its enormous success, it received mixed critical reviews from people who thought it relied too much on sampling past hits and was overly pop-oriented.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Trivia 3 Charts 3.1 Album 3.2 Singles

[edit] Track listing

1. "Here Comes the Hammer"
2. "U Can't Touch This"
3. "Have You Seen Her (remake)"
4. "Yo! Sweetness"
5. "Help the Children"
6. "On Your Face"
7. "Dancin' Machine"
8. "Pray"
9. "Crime Story"
10. "She's Soft and Wet"
11. "Black is Black"
12. "Let's Go Deeper"
13. "Work This"

[edit] Trivia

An event that may occur within a 2006 Xbox 360 interactive video game titled Gears of War is an achievement for a hundred ranked match-kills with the Hammer of Dawn is called Don't Hurt 'Em.^{[citation needed]}

The name of The Simpsons episode "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" is a reference to the album's name.

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

• 1990 The Billboard 200 No. 1 (21 weeks)

[edit] Singles

• 1990 "U Can't Touch This" Billboard Hot 100 No. 8
• 1990 "Have You Seen Her" Billboard Hot 100 No. 4
• 1990 "Pray" Billboard Hot 100 No. 2
• 1990 "U Can't Touch This" Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks No. 1