When it comes to the development of MC, we have to mention an important person, that is, McHammer, the originator of MC. MC Hammer was the king of American rap music in the late 1980s. He is a great speaker and dancer! Unlike some famous rap stars now, they only scratch with their hands convulsively! MC Hammer, formerly known as Stanley Kirk Burrell, 1963 was born in Oakland, California, USA (where Team A is located) and loved baseball since childhood. My first job when I was young was caddying for the then hot Oakland A's team. He has a talent for dancing since childhood. During the intermission of every game in Team A's home court, he will perform dances on the baseball field to entertain the audience. All the audience liked him very much and nicknamed him Hammer, because Hank Aaron, the home run king in the history of Major League Baseball, was called "Hamerling" Hank Aaron, during which he made many friends with the athletes. Later, when he grew up, he decided to become a professional baseball player. Team A arranged a trial training opportunity for him, but because of his talent, he failed to do so. Later, he joined the navy. After serving for three years, he returned to Auckland to serve in the church for a period of time and sang in the local bar in his spare time. Later, he discovered his acting talent himself, borrowed some money from friends in Team A, and began to use the trunk of his car as a base camp to sell records. 1987 was signed by congressional records and became an instant hit.
1990 began to make its mark in the music world, and the album "Please don't hurt me with the hammer" released in the same year (please don't let the hammer hurt them) topped the American album list for several weeks in a row. The title song "U not Touch This" in the album (you Can Touch This) is a soft rap song with rick james's "Super Freak", which is not only MC Hammer's masterpiece, but also a style symbol of popular rap music in the early 1990s. MC Hammer uses music videos to express his works, which combines dazzling dance movements, exquisite lighting and beautiful dance design. MC Hammer also often includes the works of some big-name stars, such as Marvin Gaye, B.B King or Prince. 1994, MC Hammer's album Funky Headhunter was produced by the producer of Gansta rap, and the music in it obviously became tough, reflecting more street impressions of MC Hammer. MC Hammer is undoubtedly the king of prayer songs, and his representative works, U Can't Touch This, Crime Story, Praise and Black is Black, are the objects of imitation in many film and television works. You can't touch it. It was imitated by will smith in the cartoon shark legend. There are not many songs he can play now, and they are all excellent. At that time, he was the richest rapper in America. The song "U can't touch this" helped him earn $30 million in 1990.120,000 bought a mansion in fremont, California, and the rest of the money was used to buy 17 luxury cars and other things. At that time, there was his hammer doll and a TV program to teach children musical concepts such as hip-hop and rap. However, 1996 declared bankruptcy and terminated the contract because of luxury and not knowing whether to take the POP or RAP route. I broke my leg that year and my friend Tupac was murdered. His contribution to rap is that he combines the elements of priest's prayers and spells, and attaches great importance to the popular melody of music. At the same time, it won numerous awards and had a great influence on American rap music.
1997 After his friend and brother were killed by his opponent, Hammer got tired of the show business and returned to Auckland. He decided to praise God with his own music and promote traditional family values. Nowadays, he can be seen in religious programs on TV every weekend. Hammer is still an avid sports fan, and he can still be often seen in the home games between Oakland A's and Golden State Warriors. Now he lives in Northern California with his wife and four children and has four rooms. He is a missionary and gospel singer.
After Hammer, P. Diddy, formerly known as Shawn "fluffy" Combs, was the trend leader of rap music in the late 1990s. He decided to become a rapper when he was in college in New York State in his early years. Initially, P. Diddy was arranged to be supported by Uptown Records, and later became R&; Career development of Mary J. Blige and Jodesi, the leaders of B-world. 1993, he left his job to start his own independent record company, Bad Boy, and began to cooperate with famous artists such as faith evans, Craig Mack and Notoriors B.l.G 1994, his personal company Bad Boy set a record of120,000 records. At the same time, due to the success of artists such as Boy's Llmen, TLC, Swv, aretha franklin, etc., Puff has also won many music awards. In addition, he also participated in the post-production of several hip-hop compositions. 1997, in P. Diddy's first solo album "No Way Out", famous rappers B.l.G, busta rhymes and faith evans participated in the recording. Among them, the most popular singles "No one can let me down" (not to say that no one can let me down) and "I will miss you" (I will miss you) have achieved great success in business, and made Puff's name appear on the Grammy list of 1998.
In China, it is not easy to be a MC, because there are not so many producers in China who support this kind of performance. At most, it will be fresh to watch the performance at the party. However, in view of the current situation of love songs flying all over the sky, it is difficult to launch the rap market. B it will be much easier to start work. But at present, MC that can add some melody and singing skills to the works is rare in China. In fact, most MC still hope that everyone can start from the perspective of "playing", which is the real element of black music. Only full of joy and happiness can we find room to play in the current music market where love songs are supreme. In Taiwan Province Province, it is usually performed by a DJ. However, MC is not so easy to be competent. A good MC should be able to arouse people's emotions, talk to people, create rhythms with human voices, and imitate the sounds made by machines, such as drums or scratches.