MC Hammer - 2 Legit 2 Quit video free download


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Duration: 05:40
Uploaded: 2012/03/10

Credit to YouTube user oldschool1375 for uploading the video. I just added a CD quality version of the song.

I used a bit of the live audio at the beginning and end because Hammer deserves the ovation.

"Too Legit to Quit" (stylized as "2 Legit 2 Quit") is a song by rap artist MC Hammer (whose name was shortened to "Hammer") released in 1991 as the title track and first single of his third album of the same name. It proved to be successful in the U.S., peaking at the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, at #5. The single also peaked at #60 on the UK Singles Chart. Hit songs "This is the Way We Roll" and "Too Legit to Quit" were performed by Hammer on Saturday Night Live. Along with "Addams Groove", and other songs, "2 Legit 2 Quit" was featured in the film The Addams Family in 1991.

The music video (directed by Rupert Wainwright) for the song begins with an impatient crowd waiting for MC Hammer to perform, while Hammer has a lengthy conversation with James Brown, who calls Hammer "Godson" and enlists him to get the glove of Michael Jackson. Brown endows Hammer with several blasts of energy, before sending Hammer off to perform. The performance is high budget and laden with impressive pyrotechnics. The video ends with a purported Jackson (seen only from behind) having seen the performance and conceding Hammer to be the superior dancer, while doing the "2 Legit 2 Quit" hand gesture. Hammer personally spoke with Jackson on the phone about the video, with Jackson giving his approval of it. This story was recently mentioned on The Wendy Williams Show (July 27, 2009) when MC was a guest.

The song's music video features several athletes. These athletes can be seen in the following order: José Canseco, Isiah Thomas, Kirby Puckett, Jerry Rice, Rickey Henderson, Deion Sanders, Andre Rison, Chris Mullin, Roger Clemens, Roger Craig, Ronnie Lott, Lynette Woodard,The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, David Robinson, and former Atlanta Falcons coach Jerry Glanville. The extended full-length version of the video also has James Belushi within it.

The video was number 5 in MAX music's World's Worst Ever Video countdown and number 1 in its Forgotten Video Clips countdown in 2008. It was also voted number 24 on MTV's all-time "25 Lame" countdown in 1999. However, it has been ranked as one of the most expensive videos ever produced, and a viewer's favorite by VH1.

A hand gesture became popular as a result of the title song and video which was also shown in the "Addams Groove" movie video and on MTV. It involved forming the number two for "Too", an L for "Legit", two for "to", and a "cut" motion for "Quit" with the hand and fingers (as seen in the video).

Comments

5 years ago

TheKimico16

Today’s kids won’t Grey awesome shit like this. Too bad. We got the good stuff

5 years ago

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Lol cringe

5 years ago

Shenika G

MC Hammer was the dopest dancer when I was growing up and to me he's one of the best

5 years ago

Arcadio Saberon

Anyone else enjoying this MC Hammer Video,because they're too legit to quit?

5 years ago

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To. Legit is going on my. Car.

5 years ago

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