I have no regrets for liking Mambo #5.
1. Hammer, The Funky Headhunter (1994)
Countless albums have gone platinum in spite of their meager artistic merits. It’s not surprising that bad records sell millions; what’s surprising is when bad records by artists who are way past their commercial prime sell millions. That’s the case with Hammer’s The Funky Headhunter, the misbegotten (yet decent-selling) album that attempted to reshape the pop-rapper’s nice-guy image into a harder, more “street” mold. Headhunter hardly succeeded in that goal, considering the professional and personal misfortunes that befell Hammer in the wake of the album’s release. The video ...
Countless albums have gone platinum in spite of their meager artistic merits. It’s not surprising that bad records sell millions; what’s surprising is when bad records by artists who are way past their commercial prime sell millions. That’s the case with Hammer’s The Funky Headhunter, the misbegotten (yet decent-selling) album that attempted to reshape the pop-rapper’s nice-guy image into a harder, more “street” mold. Headhunter hardly succeeded in that goal, considering the professional and personal misfortunes that befell Hammer in the wake of the album’s release. The video ...
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