I Finally Found Out What Hammer Had In Them Damn Pants - J.Ro

2 Legit 2 Quit - MC Hammer

It's "Dance" oriented hip hop week here at The Funk, and to lead it off on this holiday edition is MC Hammer's 1991 "hey, we even have a quasi-dance routine complete with a hand gesture that White folks can do" dance track, "2 Legit 2 Quit". The funny thing about this song is that it sort of came out at the same time that the Falcons went hardcore and hired Jerry Glanville and changed their uniforms to black, silver, red & white from the red coats. On second thought, not really funny. Just coincidence that Hammer went sort of hard core dance (didn't Fresh Prince address this?) the same time the Falcons tried to be the Raiders of the south.

Why is this important? Well like most other thangs that revolve around football, it somehow is related to Florida State is some fashion. In this case, the man himself, Prime Time, Neon Deion Sanders was in year 2 in the Niffle and was still putting fear into the offensive and special teams coordinators with his shutdown cornerability (new word alert!) and punt return mastery.

But B, how does this tie in with Hammer (Proper!)? Well, if you remember the video for this dandy, it had a whole bunch of pro athletes doing the "2 Legit" hand dance. Among them where Jerry G. and yes, Prime Time. I have tried to find the video online to give you proof but have had no such luck. I did however find this on eBay. Now if I can only find a laserdisc player. Remember those?

Anyhoodle, Prime Time and Hammer would do a song later called "Straight To My Feet". As Forrest Gump would say, "And that's all I'm going to say about that". Yikes!

But B, how does this whole thing apply to you?

Well, I'm embarrassed to say it, but for the Fall 1991 8th Grade dance we had to dress up in costume. And I picked...MC Hammer. Seriously.

Brother B.

Side Note, in the breakdown right after the first chorus, are the dude's saying "Get Buck, Get Buck"? I had not heard that before.