Amazing song let’s get this up. Everyone watching like, comment and share it. Let’s piss off the person who reported this video to TH-cam for sexual content lol 😂
Yep. And the Fly Girls were born! Lovely girls, with amazing dance moves that took much more talent that tweaking your behind! Try as I might I just never reached the Fly Girl level, but we had one heck of a good time trying😁
Nah, Hammer was an outlier. He was overtly poppy at a time when that led people to question his legitimacy as a rapper. Now that hip-hop is much more pervasive in culture, it's evident there was room even then for all different approaches to rap, including his, but he was definitely a bit controversial among the hardcore hip-hop fans in the day.
I'm 53 and I remember my friend recorded the video off MTV and we would spend hours playing and rewinding the video learning the dance moves. Finally we got it down and we would dance at parties. We even won a few dance competitions. To this day I still remember the dance moves step by step but after 4 heart attacks and a stroke there is no way in hell I could even attempt to dance like that now.
The 80s we're a freakin blast!!! From breakin to skateboarding to partying our brains out to bustin a move it was a the best of times!! Just say no... That didnt work too well but good try.
MC Hammer was not taken seriously for a very long time, but retrospectively, he has been recognised as one of the main rappers to truly bring rap to the mainstream. It’s almost impossible to overstate how HUGE this song was. It was played everywhere, all the time.
The other rappers were jealous because Hammer’s music was mainstream. Could be listened to by wider audiences. More money for him. He was smart 😂 money 💰. They were too busy thinking tough. Hammer had his own cartoon character and lunchbox at one time. The haters will hate. That was just old fashioned jealousy 😢
Im a 28 year old white dude and its the first rap song i had ever heard with my parents slapping it in the car when i was like 4. I vividly remember it, amd ive beem a hiphop head to this day
True story, back in the early 90s when I was still a college sophomore, I went to a record store to buy some records and I heard this girl who kept arguing with the saleslady about a song she wanted to buy. She kept insisting the song title was Compact Disc and the sales lady kept telling her there was no such song. When the saleslady finally asked her to sing a few bars of the song so she could find out which song the girl was talking about, the girl hummed the chorus riff "tan tan tan tan, tan tan, tan tan" and then yelled "Compact Disc!" instead of "U can't touch this". I nearly choked from trying to keep myself from bursting into laughter and ended up coughing up a lung.
The controversy was Rick James accused Hammer of stealing his song and sued him. From my knowledge, the case was settled out-of-court and Rick was given songwriting credit. IMO, it was a sample which was standard in Hip Hop and actually gave original artists some recognition and popularity.
I don’t get what so many rapper heavily sample past songs of other artists and have to pay them for the privilege, when they could have just come up with something original and not have to pay that money to someone else
@@evanhughes1510 That's a part of American (maybe non-American too) music. So much of what you hear that you think is original is not. It's been that way ever since recorded music, at least from the 1920s and up.
The best story i have regarding this song is that my mother got a speeding ticket because she was jamming out to this and we will never let her live it down.
😃 “Did we all dance to this”...EVERYONE, like, EVERYONNNNNNNE danced to this, sang it, talked about it, referenced it ALL THE LIVE LONG DAY. This was the most recognizable song - all over the world. He was like the GD Beatles. He was bigger than Cardi’s okuuuur, dude. 😉Everybody. All the talk shows, radio shows, mtv, Rolling Stone...everyone. It was Hammertime, all the time. And it was the best. I was in HS when it came out (bite me, I’m old🙂) and also a dance teacher and that move was THE MOVE. It’s called the running man and he invented it. And the pants are hammer pants. Of course. Check out Too Legit To Quit next. Lol
@@BlackSmokeDMax Oh absolutely but then I think the early 1990's they looked different when MC Hammer wore them! I'm just going by my old memory though, because those I went to school with called them parachute pants! Update, I just googled parachute pants right now and indeed there are the ones you mentioned but there was a section below displaying the ones similar to MC Hammer's pants. They labeled those as Hip Hop parachute pants! I was mistaken!
Omg I was 11 when this came out. Everyone wanted to dance like this. Admit it. I have to give props to ALL the dancers including him.. they all killed it!! So many great dancers!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Way back in the day they were called harem pants, then they were called parachute pants. Then MC Hammer came out and then they were called MC Hammer or Hammer pants. It was definitely a look and vibe back then, good times and good memories!
This is considered one of the most iconic songs in the history of both hip-hop and dance music. Hammer himself is considered one of the most skilled dancer and on-stage performers in music history, as well.
My daughter who was born in 1981 and is now 40, LOVED this song so much when she was a kid. She'd wear modified hammer pants and slide back and forth across the kitchen while I was cooking dinner, singing this when she was about 10...Good memories!
@@DawnSuttonfabfour No, harem pants are dropped crotch, wide at the calf, and fitted at the ankle. Hammer pants are low crotch (not as low), wide at the thigh, and fitted at the ankle.
Ha ha , dawn so funny , I had a pair aswell , we called them parachute pants , I also had a banana yellow shirt and a yellow and white jacket , I'm sure I looked a treat 🤭 , I'm from Australia
This is one of the most high energy dance songs in the world, with the catchiest hook. It's a one-of-a-kind classic. And I never saw those pants on the street, but they looked great with that fast, fast dancing.
Back in the day EVERYONE danced to this song at EVERY event: every party, school dance, wedding, halftime. And it got *everyone* dancing together: every age, every race, kids, mom, dad, grandma, the baby in the stroller, students, teachers, everybody!
I grew up with this song. Came out when I was 4 years old. And those pants are Parachute Pants. Used to own a pair and me and some friends memorized the dance.
Yes, I hope proper credit is due to Rick James here. Yes, Hammer could dance his butt off, and the genie pants were cool and all that... but this was one of the first instances of the sampled groove contributing more to the success of the tune than any other factor. Those not old enough to be able to spot the (IMO) plagarism need to be LET KNOW!!
Oh Jayvee！ I laughed so hard all through your reaction！ And yes, I wore those pants！ The 80's in the UK was a party decade. If you had a job, going out dancing all night was the best way to end the week. Your reaction made me realise how much happier music made me feel. Keep dancing dude, I'm subscribed 🙏
When this song came out I was 24 and my son was eight months old. Every single time this song came on the radio or on MTV/VH1,My son would stop whatever he was doing and start dancing. We videoed it and still get a kick out of it to this day he is now 31. Now he’s playing the video for his own one-year-old daughter. It is a classic
And yes, even us women wore them hahaha ;), at school dances when this came on a ton of us would get up and do the hammer hahaha! Now we all werent good but had a hell of a time and the guys loved wearing the shiny black shoes with it too!!!
Cool how he got the nickname "Hammer." Growing up, he was a batboy for the Oakland A's and Reggie Jackson noticed his resemblance to Hammerin' Hank Aaron. Our local newspaper printed a great photo of the two next to each other when MC was a kid and Aaron was playing for the Milwaukee Brewers (easy to find in Google Images).
The pants are called Hammer Pants. They started as harem pants, but he said they were too tight to dance in so he had his wife customize them. (saw the documentary on him) And you recognize the hook because it's been used in everything from tv shows to commercials.
Okay I am glad I wasn't the only one who called them/still calls them Hammer Pants. I knew they had another official name but I did not know what it was.
sorry but Parachute pants were 80s and they were fitted nylon with several zipper pockets. MC Hammer wore harem pants or aka Hammer pants. Us breakdancers wore parachute pants in the 80s so the nylon would protect our skin when we touch the ground.
@@bahice Yeah. Harem pants for men. I remember at some point they became popular with guys who went to the gym. I just looked at some pictures. I don’t think I ever owned any, but the looser ones look really comfortable.
These were known an “Hammer Pants”! He had them made so he could freely dance without restrictions! They became an instant must have style for weight lifters, jocks and street dancers! 😂
In the early 80s girls wore pants like that called harem pants. They're basically salwar, worn by men and women in Northern India and Pakistan under long shirts called kameez.
AAWWWW MAAANN J! I was laughing and jumping around before the song started because I just KNEW you were going to like it!! It's funny that you ask about the pants. It's like I was always told growing up, styles revolve. Something comes in big, stays awhile, then it's gone...until next time. The pants " Harem pants/ Genie pants" I wore in the 70s, then they came back even bigger in the 90s and are trying to come back again now... I'm gonna find you a pair... So now that you got this one you need to try Poison by Bel Biv Devoe and My Prerogative by Bobby Brown...
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Amazing song let’s get this up. Everyone watching like, comment and share it. Let’s piss off the person who reported this video to TH-cam for sexual content lol 😂
I wonder if this person was upset that they couldn't touch this?
@@gness4782 probably. It might even be the same one who downvoted it lol it’s always one.
Are you serious??!! 😤🙄 Absolutely ridiculous trouble makers!!
Ridiculous! Another ignorant soul. We all know there is no truth to that allegation at all! Man some people's children.
@Diana Gero In all fairness, he wasn't a preacher back then. LOL
1990s-2000s when Rappers actually had dance moves
Not just girls twerking
Yep. And the Fly Girls were born! Lovely girls, with amazing dance moves that took much more talent that tweaking your behind! Try as I might I just never reached the Fly Girl level, but we had one heck of a good time trying😁
Nah, Hammer was an outlier. He was overtly poppy at a time when that led people to question his legitimacy as a rapper. Now that hip-hop is much more pervasive in culture, it's evident there was room even then for all different approaches to rap, including his, but he was definitely a bit controversial among the hardcore hip-hop fans in the day.
Hammer was the only dancing rapper outside of Salt N Pepa and maybe Kris Kross if you count them.
That's right Mike Hawk - And MC was the best.
80s-early 90s. Hardly after gangster rap arrived.
In my area we just called them Hammer Pants and I wore em and I stand by that decision!
😂🤭😂🤭
🤣🤣🤣🤣
You were a brave man!!!!
That's the best thing I've heard all day! 😊
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm 54 and this is how we got down in the 80's. The 80's was the best time ever.
100% agree!
The 90s also !
And the 70's I grew up in them lol
I'm 53 and I remember my friend recorded the video off MTV and we would spend hours playing and rewinding the video learning the dance moves. Finally we got it down and we would dance at parties. We even won a few dance competitions. To this day I still remember the dance moves step by step but after 4 heart attacks and a stroke there is no way in hell I could even attempt to dance like that now.
The 80s we're a freakin blast!!! From breakin to skateboarding to partying our brains out to bustin a move it was a the best of times!!
Just say no...
That didnt work too well but good try.
MC Hammer was not taken seriously for a very long time, but retrospectively, he has been recognised as one of the main rappers to truly bring rap to the mainstream. It’s almost impossible to overstate how HUGE this song was. It was played everywhere, all the time.
Hammer time is hip hop
Pumps and a bump is rap
And it’s still played everywhere!! And Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby!!
MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice both...
MC Hammer was taken seriously before he went mainstream!
The other rappers were jealous because Hammer’s music was mainstream. Could be listened to by wider audiences. More money for him. He was smart 😂 money 💰. They were too busy thinking tough. Hammer had his own cartoon character and lunchbox at one time. The haters will hate. That was just old fashioned jealousy 😢
This song crossed all boundries, race, skin colour, creed... it unified everyone and had the dance floors packed to the rafters. Good times.
Yeah, this song even got Osama to dance
Something wrong if you're still sitting still! Cannot not move when this is on! Love the backup dancers, really great.
Your right cos you can't touch this 😂👍❤️
Im a 28 year old white dude and its the first rap song i had ever heard with my parents slapping it in the car when i was like 4. I vividly remember it, amd ive beem a hiphop head to this day
Music crosses boundaries.
This rap song is based on the song by Rick James ""Superfreak" from 1981.
He sampled the music from Rick James super freak.
@@kennethgodwin7769 fun fact: Rick James Hates U Can’t Touch This
@@Luxito_DeWarlock funner fact: Rick James hated this track. He can no longer hate the track, as he's been dead for years.
@@control_the_pet_population still alive in the heart of his fans
@@Luxito_DeWarlock cocaine is a helluva drug
Jayvee says "You know what time it is". We all say "Hammer Time!".
Yes, we sure did!
I'm of a certain age when whenever anyone says "what time is it? everyone replies IT'S HAMMER TIME!
This should have all the likes.😂🤙
You're absolutely right, Wayne Joy!! "Can't stop!" - "Hammer Time!! YES!! Love this comment! What time is it? Hammer Time!
Though, if someone asks, "What's the time?" - you know the answer is "IT'S TIME TO GET ILL!"
True story, back in the early 90s when I was still a college sophomore, I went to a record store to buy some records and I heard this girl who kept arguing with the saleslady about a song she wanted to buy. She kept insisting the song title was Compact Disc and the sales lady kept telling her there was no such song. When the saleslady finally asked her to sing a few bars of the song so she could find out which song the girl was talking about, the girl hummed the chorus riff "tan tan tan tan, tan tan, tan tan" and then yelled "Compact Disc!" instead of "U can't touch this". I nearly choked from trying to keep myself from bursting into laughter and ended up coughing up a lung.
Hell naw 🤣🤣🤣
No way 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
OMG! LOLOLOL!!!
WTF? She must have heard it like 1 time 😂
Too funny!
Saw him in concert in the 90's....they danced the entire time!!! It was awesome!!! Loved your reaction!!
Mc Hammet sampled this tune directly from Rick James’ 1981 song ‘SuperFreak’. Do a reaction to that song!
The controversy was Rick James accused Hammer of stealing his song and sued him. From my knowledge, the case was settled out-of-court and Rick was given songwriting credit. IMO, it was a sample which was standard in Hip Hop and actually gave original artists some recognition and popularity.
I don’t get what so many rapper heavily sample past songs of other artists and have to pay them for the privilege, when they could have just come up with something original and not have to pay that money to someone else
Rick James and Neil Young were once in the same band back in Canada!!
This is sooo fun! Loved the video clip and the song! 💖💖💖👍
@@evanhughes1510 That's a part of American (maybe non-American too) music. So much of what you hear that you think is original is not. It's been that way ever since recorded music, at least from the 1920s and up.
Everyone loved MC Hammer ❤️❤️🎶🥰🎶🥰
Dancing to this song back in the day is one of the reasons we now have bad knees 😂
#Truth
The best story i have regarding this song is that my mother got a speeding ticket because she was jamming out to this and we will never let her live it down.
Oh, I believe it!😂
"You guys know what time it is..."
Damn right! IT'S HAMMER TIME!!!
Fun fact: Paula Abdul made the coreography to some of the dancing and is one of the dancers wearing black in the background :)
I'm slightly in love with Paula Abdul 😍
Love her! He should listen to one of her songs if he hasn’t
"She's a Super FREAK, Super FREAK" ... 😆
Lol
He’s super freaking owwwt!
I was wondering when someone would pay homage to Rick James.
😃 “Did we all dance to this”...EVERYONE, like, EVERYONNNNNNNE danced to this, sang it, talked about it, referenced it ALL THE LIVE LONG DAY. This was the most recognizable song - all over the world. He was like the GD Beatles. He was bigger than Cardi’s okuuuur, dude. 😉Everybody. All the talk shows, radio shows, mtv, Rolling Stone...everyone. It was Hammertime, all the time. And it was the best. I was in HS when it came out (bite me, I’m old🙂) and also a dance teacher and that move was THE MOVE. It’s called the running man and he invented it. And the pants are hammer pants. Of course. Check out Too Legit To Quit next. Lol
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Check out Utah Saints - Something Good 2009, Dee Normus. Thank me later :-)
"You know what time it is"! Hammer time
Gen X had a blast to MC Hammer, pure fun, great times dancing many days to this one, very loved!❤️🎶❤️🎶Great times on a dance floor!
Those are Hammer pants. He made them a thing. A HUGE thing. 😁
FACTS!
LOL! I know it's those pants! I believe they were called parachute pants he made popular in the early 1990's I think.
@@janethernandez724 parachute pants were slightly tighter nylon that were huge about 10 years (maybe even more??) before this video.
@@BlackSmokeDMax Hammer pants: ugly as shit but comfy.
@@BlackSmokeDMax Oh absolutely but then I think the early 1990's they looked different when MC Hammer wore them! I'm just going by my old memory though, because those I went to school with called them parachute pants!
Update, I just googled parachute pants right now and indeed there are the ones you mentioned but there was a section below displaying the ones similar to MC Hammer's pants. They labeled those as Hip Hop parachute pants! I was mistaken!
Danced my ass off to this song!!! The running man and cabbage patch!!
Fun wasn't it?
wasn't that side-to-side move called "The typewriter"? Could be wrong. I'm not a dancer.
Omg I was 11 when this came out. Everyone wanted to dance like this. Admit it. I have to give props to ALL the dancers including him.. they all killed it!! So many great dancers!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Yes we all got our pants and tried hard to copy them moves
I was 11 too was the B side please hammer don hurt em or was it thats why we Pray Pray ??
The chicks in this video are smoking hot. I will always have a special place in my heart for 90s fashions/styles. Especially women's.
Oh yeah! Me and two of my daughters dancing with this every time it was on MTV! Great memories! 💗💃
Way back in the day they were called harem pants, then they were called parachute pants. Then MC Hammer came out and then they were called MC Hammer or Hammer pants. It was definitely a look and vibe back then, good times and good memories!
The pants that were made of parachute material were called parachute pants.
This is old school rap that everyone liked unlike today’s which does not cross over at all.
Dance? That song is so hype it STILL gets grandmas on the dance floor... even great-grandma is chair dancing...
🤣🤣🤣 Pictured it straight away!! 🐨🐨
Yeah I'm 50 and yeah it's hammer time. You can't touch this
I've got bad knees and hips and it makes me wanna dance 🕺lol
69 yrs old and doin' a mean desk chair boogey!!!
Somebody should pass this along to Hammer. I bet he’d appreciate the love from new fans.
This is considered one of the most iconic songs in the history of both hip-hop and dance music. Hammer himself is considered one of the most skilled dancer and on-stage performers in music history, as well.
But he didn't drink lean and his dancers weren't prostitutes. So it's not cool.
I am 74 yrs old and I love this video and his dancing is awesome!!
My daughter who was born in 1981 and is now 40, LOVED this song so much when she was a kid. She'd wear modified hammer pants and slide back and forth across the kitchen while I was cooking dinner, singing this when she was about 10...Good memories!
Hook is from Rick James’ Superfreak. She’s a super freak, super freak, she’s super freaky. Yooooow!
This was a serious jam way back in the day
They are literally called "Hammer pants." He basically made the style.
Word!!!
No they are harem pants as worn for centuries.
@@DawnSuttonfabfour No, harem pants are dropped crotch, wide at the calf, and fitted at the ankle. Hammer pants are low crotch (not as low), wide at the thigh, and fitted at the ankle.
Parachute Pants or Hammer Pants
z cavaricci pants were the fashionable ones. Had 4 pair, wore them anytime I went out.
He was a world wide legend. I am native German and was in elementary school when this song came up. Hammer Time!
And all girls started wearing cycling pants afterwards lol
This song came out in my mid-20s....even my Moma liked it.....I had to buy the WHOLE ALBUM (on cassette) for her!
Since then, anytime someone says STOP, automaticly someone says HAMMERTIME!!
STOP!
@@sophitsa79 HAMMERTIME!!
It's an unwritten rule lol
works best in a stressful situation like a teacher/boss/parent losing their cool enough to shout "STOP!" in the first place.
Yep!
I had a banana yellow pair of those pants! Much to my dismay, they didn't make me dance like "the Hammer!"
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Ha ha , dawn so funny , I had a pair aswell , we called them parachute pants , I also had a banana yellow shirt and a yellow and white jacket , I'm sure I looked a treat 🤭 , I'm from Australia
A hit that went nation wide very popular for along time. We danced to the song for years
"you already know what time it is"
"Hammertime?"
I visited USA 1990, and I can tell you this was 10 times a day on the radio
Those pants/trousers have a dozen names. The most common are harem trousers. Madly comfortable!
Parachute Pants :D
Parachute pants is more common.
@@metoo7557 Not in Europe. 😊
@@lemonscampi Yes, another term right there! Haremtrousers is the most common where I live.
Hammer Pants.
Next Unboxing Video: "Hey, somebody sent me some MC Hammer Pants" - Jovaughn (somebody make it happen 🤣)
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Those are called harem pants
Ebay might have them!! I would love to see you wearing them Jay!! 🤣🤣🤣
Parachute pants
Ha! Comfortable I'm sure but I'm glad they didn't catch on. He wore them spectacularly well though!
People that never listened to Rap were familiar with this tune. It' Hammer time!!
Omg! MC Hammer! And yeah, we just called them "Hammer Pants", lol....they were super popular for a hot minute!
This is one of the most high energy dance songs in the world, with the catchiest hook. It's a one-of-a-kind classic. And I never saw those pants on the street, but they looked great with that fast, fast dancing.
Back when Mtv was Mtv. Fun times.
Absolutely 💯
Back when MTV actually played music videos.
I remember when it was all videos and no commercials
Yes when there was no dramedy
Young MC "Bust A Move" and Bobby Brown "Every Little Step "
Bobby Brown, My Prerogative!
Nah, get some old Bobby Brown stuff from when he was in New Edition.
MC Hammer also likes BIG BUTTS! HaHa! : )
@@jankypop-a-matic58 that would be Sir Mix-a-Lot who likes big butts 😉
@@MsPhylie I know, I just felt like being silly. Same time period and same vibe! LOL
Back in the day EVERYONE danced to this song at EVERY event: every party, school dance, wedding, halftime. And it got *everyone* dancing together: every age, every race, kids, mom, dad, grandma, the baby in the stroller, students, teachers, everybody!
Yeah, this album was an absolute monster when it came out. 1990 was basically "The Year of MC Hammer."
Yeah, I’m sure his parents danced to this.😂
Truth
Facts!!
Funeral. 😂 I joke, but I would be surprised if this wasn't played at at least 1 funeral back then. It was THAT popular.
I grew up with this song. Came out when I was 4 years old. And those pants are Parachute Pants. Used to own a pair and me and some friends memorized the dance.
Listen to this back in the day? I had the album on cassette. Gawd I feel old.
"He's in his zone"....and thats why you can't touch this! 😆
You need to try C & C music factory
Things that make you go Hmmmm &
Everybody dance now
Perfect!
And don't forget to give credit to Martha Wash, since they didn't.
Great song!!!!
Yes! Those are great suggestions. Use to work out to C & C Music Factory.
Gonna Make you Sweat
J, The hook music is from Rick James "Super Freak" 1981. This song is from 1990
Yes, I hope proper credit is due to Rick James here. Yes, Hammer could dance his butt off, and the genie pants were cool and all that... but this was one of the first instances of the sampled groove contributing more to the success of the tune than any other factor. Those not old enough to be able to spot the (IMO) plagarism need to be LET KNOW!!
Oh Jayvee！
I laughed so hard all through your reaction！
And yes, I wore those pants！
The 80's in the UK was a party decade. If you had a job, going out dancing all night was the best way to end the week.
Your reaction made me realise how much happier music made me feel.
Keep dancing dude, I'm subscribed 🙏
MC Hammer Pants! And the dance move is the MC Hammer too! So much fun back in the day🕺🏿💃🏼🎉
Jay, dance like we're not watchin 🕺🏾
I would LOVE to see that happen 🕺🏾
😂😂😂
Jay got some moves going!
Marylou Clemente Jay makes me wanna dance seeing him move like that😂💃🏼🕺🏻
I gotta see it! 😂😂😂
OMG!!! Flashbacks of me and my friends doing this dance. Well, trying anyway. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
When this song came out I was 24 and my son was eight months old. Every single time this song came on the radio or on MTV/VH1,My son would stop whatever he was doing and start dancing. We videoed it and still get a kick out of it to this day he is now 31. Now he’s playing the video for his own one-year-old daughter. It is a classic
I loved your story. Made me 😃
Love MC Hammer. He was a very talented artist when he still worked in the music industry. He's a Preacher now, full time.
This song got everyone up and dancing in the clubs... back in my day 😂✌️
1989 was Vanilla Ice and "Ice Ice Baby" then 1990 was MC Hammers "U Can't Touch This". I was 11 and loved MC Hammer! 😁
The hook is from Rick James Super Freak
Jayvee: "I'mma bring it back, ... try to attempt this dance for y'all. Maybe."
Me: Please Hammer, don't hurt him.
I see what you did there 👀🤣
LOL
"Let me know what the pants are called."
Hammer pants.
Freshman in high school pom pom routine to this song.Hammer time all the way baby!
Too Legit to Quit ,hammer time 🤎🤎✌🏾✌🏾
That was a good one!
Another vote for listening to "Too Legit to Quit"
Let's Get It Started or Turn This Mother Out
Jovaughn... I can’t believe that you have never listened to this song in its entirety! I’m so happy that you have now though. ❤️
And yes, even us women wore them hahaha ;), at school dances when this came on a ton of us would get up and do the hammer hahaha! Now we all werent good but had a hell of a time and the guys loved wearing the shiny black shoes with it too!!!
Lol, if this comes on the radio, the cleaning stops and I’m dancing 😎
I love the way music breaks barriers and it melts away all the walls of division
We did the running man to this at recess everyday at school, 😂.
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Hell, we even learned it on our cheerleading squad!
Was the best thing my little self had heard when it first came out 😂
Cool how he got the nickname "Hammer." Growing up, he was a batboy for the Oakland A's and Reggie Jackson noticed his resemblance to Hammerin' Hank Aaron. Our local newspaper printed a great photo of the two next to each other when MC was a kid and Aaron was playing for the Milwaukee Brewers (easy to find in Google Images).
I never knew this. (And I grew up in the Bay Area in a house full of baseball fans!) Great story!
I just googled the photo. They really do look alike !!!
Had those pants and tried to dance like that back in the day what an amazing time of my life x
Yes!! I used to dance to this song!! LOVED it!! More disco please!!
Hammer was great. High energy guy. We all danced to this one.
The pants are called Hammer Pants. They started as harem pants, but he said they were too tight to dance in so he had his wife customize them. (saw the documentary on him) And you recognize the hook because it's been used in everything from tv shows to commercials.
Good to know! Thank you Trish!
Actually there are called parachute pants.
Actually, mc hammer wanted people to call them hammer pants, but everyone--the public and media--called them parachute pants.
Okay I am glad I wasn't the only one who called them/still calls them Hammer Pants. I knew they had another official name but I did not know what it was.
Harempants.com lol
You gott hear Young MC BUST A MOVE
yessss
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Young MC/Know how
This song never gets old I graduated high school 2007 and we still use it for our high school theme song by graduating class
Jay, you’re so cute when you dance! I think they’re called them harem pants. Very catchy, feel good song. Video has great energy. 💖
"You guys already know what time it is".
Me: HAMMER TIME!
This deserves more likes
If this was the only one of his videos you saw, you would totally assume he was referring to HAMMER TIME!
I was a teenager when this came, and we always called them Parachute Pants. ;)
sorry but Parachute pants were 80s and they were fitted nylon with several zipper pockets. MC Hammer wore harem pants or aka Hammer pants. Us breakdancers wore parachute pants in the 80s so the nylon would protect our skin when we touch the ground.
These are not parachute pants.
No bro. Sorry, parachute pants were something completely different.
@@bahice Yeah. Harem pants for men. I remember at some point they became popular with guys who went to the gym. I just looked at some pictures. I don’t think I ever owned any, but the looser ones look really comfortable.
I’m from the BAY AREA ,and when this came out EVERYONE WANTED TO BE HAMMER 🔨!!!
those pants, are genie pants. I was in my 20's when this came out and I was a dancer. I danced to this all the time. One of the greatest.
These were known an “Hammer Pants”! He had them made so he could freely dance without restrictions! They became an instant must have style for weight lifters, jocks and street dancers! 😂
yep, I was thinking Hammer pants, parachute pants, but nowadays you can find them as harem pants or just drop-crotch pants
Should have patented the design
Harem pants
To Legit to Quit should be nexted Jay
Yesss...2 legit 2 quit!!
Yyyyaaaaaassssss!!
YES! THAT'S ANOTHER HE SHOULD REACT TO! TOO LEGIT TO QUIT! or 2 legit 2 quit, which ever way it is listed.
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Yes!!
Jay, Michael Jackson didn't have the only moved. Hammer can be a dancing machine, I loved it.🤩🤩
I STILL dance to this...every time it comes on!
This choreography is one of the best ever, and this song will last forever!
Oh yes everybody danced to this was a big hit
This was a HUUUGE hit when my kids were teens. I love it!
My sister twisted her ankle really badly trying to do this with her daughter, lol! Still an epic song.
I literally saw his show and omg he is the best hammer pants 3 show.i did the bump in my day 70s dance
In the early 80s girls wore pants like that called harem pants. They're basically salwar, worn by men and women in Northern India and Pakistan under long shirts called kameez.
AAWWWW MAAANN J! I was laughing and jumping around before the song started because I just KNEW you were going to like it!!
It's funny that you ask about the pants. It's like I was always told growing up, styles revolve. Something comes in big, stays awhile, then it's gone...until next time.
The pants " Harem pants/ Genie pants" I wore in the 70s, then they came back even bigger in the 90s and are trying to come back again now... I'm gonna find you a pair...
So now that you got this one you need to try Poison by Bel Biv Devoe and My Prerogative by Bobby Brown...
This song is contagious !!!! You can't stop moving!
Funny memories!
Nice Reaction..
Plz react to Paula Abdul with the Song Rush Rush. Great Voice, Great Women....
This was the true definition of a pop song everybody knew this song it didn't matter who you were.
They were dancing their ass off in this video. This song came out when I was in the 5th grade, and I remember wishing I was in the video
Next, “Too Legit to Quit” and “Have You Seen Her”.
Pray?
Pumps and a Bump!
And “pumps and a bump”!
His delivery on some of those track - Have You Seen Her and Pray are two great examples - shows his roots... he sounds like a Pentecostal preacher ;)