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At the 40th American Music Awards, in November 2012, Hammer danced to "2 Legit 2 Quit" and "Gangnam Style" alongside Psy, both wearing his signature Hammer pants. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The mashup , suggested by Psy's manager, [ 17 ] was repeated by the two stars on December 31, 2012 during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve and was released on iTunes .
Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper known for hit songs such as "U Can't Touch This", "2 Legit 2 Quit" and "Pumps and a Bump", flashy dance movements, extravagant choreography and his eponymous Hammer pants. [2]
The marketing campaign for Too Legit To Quit was the largest in the history of Capitol Records at the time, including a $1 million of prerelease TV ad campaign, the music video for "2 Legit 2 Quit", that remains one of the most expensive ever made with cameos by James Brown and several sports figures, including the Oakland A's' Jose Canseco and the Detroit Pistons' Isaiah Thomas.
November 1991: Hit the Top 40 with "2 Legit 2 Quit". December 1991: Hit the Top 10 with "2 Legit 2 Quit". Hit the Top 40 with "Addams Groove". According to ARC Weekly, Hammer ranked the No. 43 Singles Artist of 1991. [80] He also received a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song ("Addams Groove") in 1991.
Unlike his previous tour, Too Legit To Quit receive mixed to lukewarm reception by the critics. Sonya Donaldson from the Los Angeles Sentinel attended to the concert in Inglewood, praising the opening acts Jodeci, TLC and Boyz II Men, however, wrote considered Hammer show "boring". [ 9 ]
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"Addams Groove" is a single performed by hip-hop artist Hammer that was released as the theme song to the 1991 film The Addams Family. It was the second single from his 1991 album, Too Legit to Quit, included in the track list for the cassette version of the album but not the CD.