It's August 28, 2025, 12:32:22 AM
As you'll see in the review, I thought it was garbage.When Hammer joined Death Row, The Source said he was working on an album with Dre, Daz and DJ Quik. I have trouble believing any of the beats on that album were handled by them.The irony is, Hammer can rap. His 'Funky Headhunter' album from 1994 was fucking dope, and his track on that album with Daz and Kurupt was better than anything on this Death Row disc.
Yeah, in retrospect Hammer was big for hip hop, good or bad, but he was a huge mega star, one of raps 1st, if not the 1st MEGA star; he just got a little overzealous with all his extragancies... gold plated faucets, wtf?With that said, I prefer his earlier album, and the fillers off Please Hammer Dont Hurt Em... Pray is still a banger that Prince sample is crazy, Hammer did have skills.With that said, I wasn't really impressed with the Bootleg Hammer Deathrow LP I got. Maybe it was just me, but the whole project seemed uninspired... almost like:"Yeah, let's just get in the studio AND DO SOMETHING..." no real direction, if you know what I mean