Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em Reconsidered

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Last night, in my favourite Punjabi restaurant, I was bowled over by the "house" music. It took me a while to place it, definitely early 90s West Coast hip hop, with that one-step-removed from (Rev) Run style of shout-rapping. Sir Mix-A-Lot? Ice T? No! It was Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em and it was brilliant! Though "Have You Seen Her" still sounded lousy.
But the energy, the hooks, everything was so thrilling! Hammer has become the butt of many jokes, but PHDHE just might be the greatest pop hip hop album EVER. Better than College Dropout? YOU BET!

― He was a beatnik. I was a martian. (Huk-L), Saturday, 4 February 2006 20:32 (twenty years ago)

"Pray" is underrated. The rest bored me to tears.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 4 February 2006 20:36 (twenty years ago)

gospel r ap rulez

― ziti sanskrit (sanskrit), Saturday, 4 February 2006 21:13 (twenty years ago)

Is this still the best-selling hip hop album of all time?

― whenuweremine (whenuweremine), Saturday, 4 February 2006 23:18 (twenty years ago)

Can't touch this.....da nanana da na da na

― startrekman, Sunday, 5 February 2006 04:19 (twenty years ago)

That's word,we pray(pray,pray)
We got to pray
Just to make it today
I said we pray(pray) ah,yeah,pray(pray)
We got to pray
Just to make it to pray
That's word,we pray

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 5 February 2006 04:24 (twenty years ago)

i never owned this cd, but it dominated my third grade class

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 5 February 2006 04:27 (twenty years ago)

2 Legit 2 Quit (the song) is also sounding really good to me now.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 14:29 (twenty years ago)

Next thing, you'll be reppin' the Addams Family soundtrack.

― js (honestengine), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 14:46 (twenty years ago)

I really like the "Hey-heeeeeeyyy" parts of 2L2Q.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 14:49 (twenty years ago)

Please Hammer, Don't Reconsider Hurtin' 'Em.

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 14:50 (twenty years ago)

Is this still the best-selling hip hop album of all time?

Wouldn't that be "The Marshall Mathers LP" by now?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 14:52 (twenty years ago)

The cassette was all I wanted for Hanukah that year.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 14:53 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3279/2425358515_e2efddb8eb.jpg

― Jordan, Saturday, 19 April 2008 19:58 (eighteen years ago)

aw yeah

― dell, Saturday, 19 April 2008 20:08 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.wooyayhoopla.be/hammerzeit.jpg

― adam, Saturday, 19 April 2008 20:19 (eighteen years ago)

PHDHE just might be the greatest pop hip hop album EVER.

This is RONG in like 10000 ways, but, yeah, about 1/2 of this album is awesome.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 19 April 2008 21:24 (eighteen years ago)

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