At least, I think it's Michael Jackson, since Brown and Hammer are too intimidated to utter the King of Pop's name and settle for repeated glove references and sledgehammer-subtle emphasis of the word "thrill." Instead, Hammer has been training to take down the only man he views as a triple threat when it comes to dancing, singing, and lighting millions of dollars on fire for the sake of a music video: Michael Jackson. He was 2 Legit 2 Quit, and anyone that thought otherwise is an idiot. There, Hammer reveals that it was all a ploy. & amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp lt img src="" alt="" /& amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp gt Īfter working up the deep, cleansing sort of sweat only possible in pitch-black conditions, a seemingly retired Hammer is more than ready for the next step in his journey: a visit to the definitely haunted mansion of James Brown, the godfather of repeating his own song titles like a malfunctioning animatronic robot powered by domestic violence. That Hammer took this opportunity, which also marks the beginning of his downward trajectory as a pop entity, to assail audiences with a lengthy tapestry of barely-related cameos, overblown CGI, and his messianic importance leaves us with a curious document of a man transforming from legend to punchline before our very eyes. With social media nonexistent and information not oozing uncontrollably through every available screen, the music video would have been one of the chief ways musicians shaped how audiences viewed them. In addition to the said melting of our collective brains, the video is an insight into Hammer himself. ![]() The result is a truly epic 15-minute thrill ride that cost a whopping $4.2 million in today's dollars (last year's Boyhood cost $4 million and was 2.5 hours longer) and is guaranteed to melt your brain. Like a parachute pant-clad George Orwell, Hammer used the video for the not-quite-titular "2 Legit 2 Quit" to take us to a dystopian world where Hammer was, in fact, capable of quitting. ![]() It also include a twenty-minute behind-the-scenes featurette.Ī higher quality version of the music video of the Addams Groove can be found here in a YouTube video.In 1991, with 14.5 million sales of the previous year's Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em under his elastic band, MC Hammer dropped the MC from his name and released Too Legit to Quit, a blistering response to a question that no one had asked. It features different footage from the film, with more pronounced sound effects, and has a shorter running time.Ī VHS tape was released featuring both versions of the video, now identified as "The Hammer Head Version" and the "TV Version", which was also the one shown in theaters. The version shown in theaters does not feature the special effect sequence featuring Hammer's decapitated head, but instead starts with him escaping the guillotine. The music video was played in theaters prior to the beginning of The Addams Family movie for the first few weeks of its release. It concludes with several scenes taking place in the Addams' backyard cemetery, including Thing crawling up and down a Hammer dancer and Gomez ( Raul Julia) dueling in a swordfight with Hammer over Morticia ( Anjelica Huston).īesides the main characters, the tombstones of Muerto, Cousin Fledge and Mona Addams are seen. The video opens with Hammer pleading with Wednesday ( Christina Ricci) and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) to refrain from chopping his head off with a guillotine. The video featured Hammer and several of his dancers performing in their unique style around the Addams mansion, as well as most of the cast of the film. It was featured in the 1991 film The Addams Family, and was a top ten hit in the United States.Ī music video was produced to promote the single. ![]() It is loosely based on the Addams Family theme song. Addams Groove is a single track released by artist MC Hammer about The Addams Family.
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