But at the time we were not trying to hear all that although we knew damn well Hammer was representing the Bay and supporting FAMILIES.
nah it was years before I found out about how real Hammer is as a person
all I knew at the time was the culture in nyc was saying no to Hammer but
Ice T , NWA, Young MC, even Tone Loc got love and spins
I can tell you my people just didn't like his content nor his flow and super simple rhymes no matter how hard the track was
and while MTV was hyping Hammer with special events
a home boy was on the corner of Linden, standing on the cleaner's roof saying "rap is not pop..."
that same year Naughty had dropped a super commercial anthem to receive almost universal love and
even after multiple crossovers later -shit - I think they crossed over more times than Hammer
while being able to never compromise the art
my favourite era in hip hop was 88 to 94 - it was in middle of this era -deep in NJ and NYC - being around Native Tongues & Flava Unit etc is when Pac criticised Hammer
robbreport.com
Sad and funny at the same time.