Scandalous video for MC HAMMER "Pumps and a Bump" (1994)

Hammer didn't play. Theres a few rappers who have stories about how tbey thought he was soft because of all the dancing and shiny clothes onky to find out it wasnt that.

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It’s telling that when some of the big rappers get asked about Hammer, they get kinda serious and deferential. They’re like dont play with him, cause he’s definitely ain’t playing with you…diss him and you might find yourself (and your crew) fleeing Oakland in the dead of night.

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Remarkable_Class824@reddit

Oh, dear... don't let the dancing fool ya! By all accounts, Stanley was the biggest gangsta of them all...like, truly.

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scizzix@reddit

Yes. He has had a long-standing associated with the Bloods. The "soft" persona was an act, he was always a pretty dangerous guy and did not appreciate people making fun of him at all.

If you dissed him in a track, he'd essentially put a hit out on you and you'd be warned to never come to California.

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FirstDukeofAnkh@reddit

The man is apparently legit terrifying.

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thebiglerm@reddit

This video was the end of hammer being popular. Regardless of what he was like in real life. We were all in class laughing real good at this video.

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Tall_0rder@reddit

Man that zebra banana hammock was a gd choice 😂🤣😂

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59apache01@reddit

I remember this video caused a real stink in a lot of circles when it came out. A lot of people called it "pornographic". Little did they know what would pass for family entertainment 30+ years later.

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BloggerCurious@reddit

It's 2026...There are 3rd graders out there that know how to boink like porn stars.

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Responsible_Park3317@reddit

In 3rd grade I was sneaking out to the weird magazine pit in the woods pretty regularly. Got kicked out of the cub scouts for showing my troop my old man's porn collection. 🤣

I'm fairly certain kids in general have always experimented with sexuality. Usually in hilariously wrong ways, but that's besides the point. Some of them likely knew

how to boink like porn stars.

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BeenisHat@reddit

Offended zoomers downvoting up in here.

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unicorn-beard@reddit

Cursed sentence

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_I_Like_to_Comment_@reddit

This is just considered normal dancing now

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beepbooponyournose@reddit

I think this video being scandalous is less about the dancing and more about Hammer’s hog on display lol

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_I_Like_to_Comment_@reddit

Watching this I was distracted by the logistics wondering if they kept having to stop for him to "fluff" or if he stuffed or used a medicinal aide. That's a long day of shooting to remain at half mast

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sweet_pickles12@reddit

I mean, 5-10 years later this was just MTV spring break

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Aware_Policy_9174@reddit

That’s exactly what I thought this was at first. I actually missed this video since I didn’t have cable because damn I didn’t know he got down like that!

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59apache01@reddit

Exactly. And even that was mild compared to some of the stuff being aired today.

I really wonder what the pearl-clutchers of the '90s (the ones that are left) think of some of today's stuff.

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Vintage_Xennial@reddit

Right?! Same. I remember Wreckx-n-Effect “Rump Shaker” being a banger of a song but also labeled the same way. Guess the 90’s pool party music videos were bringing out the devil!!!
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Vast_Schedule3749@reddit

MC Hammer just so far ahead of modern culture

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nierdo@reddit

oh that's why he was called Mc hammer?

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cacecil1@reddit

These people are all like 55-60+ years old now lol

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IrememberXenogears@reddit

Oof.

"Grandma, what did you do when you were young?"

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wheelsonhell@reddit

This was not bad for the mid 90s. Remember, this was a time when singing about pimping and slapping hoes was chart toppers. The goal was to get on MTV and stay there. Don't even listen to 2 live crew from the 80s.

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Uhokay1970@reddit

I never knew anyone who paid for his music... Radio all the time plating it... I knew people with NWA, Wu Tang, AC/DC, Metallica, but i never once seen anyone buy his stuff... I remember my Sister turning this off to play the new TLC. All the guys looking at Chilli like they were Hungry wolves... They were chasing waterfalls...

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IrememberXenogears@reddit

Sometimes you gotta creep. Creep creep.

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stuntycunty@reddit

I bought his cassettes.

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FirstDukeofAnkh@reddit

It destroys me that all the rappers trying to be gangster with violent lyrics and the real gangster out here making this video.

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TheDukeofArgyll@reddit

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kfromthecastleonfire@reddit

Wasn't Tupac against this kind of thing?

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EffectiveTradition53@reddit

You mean against as in permanently setting up shop in some hoes butt maybe sure

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kfromthecastleonfire@reddit

Nah, I'm saying Tupac signed Hammer and Hammer tried to go all hard and Tupac was like, "Nah, man..."

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misdirected_asshole@reddit

Not quite how that went.

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baudmiksen@reddit

I think Tupac was still with digital underground when hammer was at his peak popularity with 'can't touch this', Tupac did his stint and then he and hammer both signed with death row. Hammer did a little bit of everything tho he even had some Christian music

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EffectiveTradition53@reddit

Ahhhh gotcha. Probably true he probably shit a brick then lmfao.

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epidemicsaints@reddit (OP)

Every other city we go, every other video
No matter where I go, I see the same hoes

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Main_Paramedic_292@reddit

If I had a wrench like Hammer, I'd make that video TODAY

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epidemicsaints@reddit (OP)

Pointin it down like Gonzo's nose.

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Low_Soil_6831@reddit

Never once was I invited to a party like this…we only ever wore flannel and ripped denim

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epidemicsaints@reddit (OP)

That's what they have on in the intro, filmed at night. Giant denim yurts.

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xenophon57@reddit

There is room for the holy spirit between everyone. There is almost no contact the entire clip.

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YakiVegas@reddit

Yeah, he had his fun when he was young. Time to let Jesus fill in the gaps.

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MoreRamenPls@reddit

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MajesticLow@reddit

I screamed reading this🤣🤣🤣🤣

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WuTang4thechildrn@reddit

r/melanatedgenx

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WuTang4thechildrn@reddit

You sound like someone who would enjoy it here r/melanatedgenx

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AlwaysSleepingBeauty@reddit

Lmao the Holy Spirit and Jesus have room

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church-basement-lady@reddit

Can’t argue with that. 😁

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thebiglerm@reddit

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epidemicsaints@reddit (OP)

https://i.redd.it/4fkbl2ycn43h1.gif

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odin_the_wiggler@reddit

Gross

Shameless

Indecent

Hilarious

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CheckYourStats@reddit

As someone born & raised in the immediate SF Bay Area…

…Everything about this video perfectly captures “Guy from Oakland became a millionaire.”

We all love Hammer out here, but, it’s also okay to be able to laugh at ourselves.

So, so, so Oakland.

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epidemicsaints@reddit (OP)

The plastic boulder waterfall really does it for me. It looks completely pre-fab so you know there's more than one out there.

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itadapeezas@reddit

I’m outside around people acting a fool laughing so hard JFC 😭😭😭

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epidemicsaints@reddit (OP)

Be strong, do not succumb to the abdominal gyrations of the seminal vessicles.

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TheDarkWave@reddit

Say what you want, motherfucker was terrifying.

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DoctorJiveTurkey@reddit

https://i.redd.it/qgvl9c2dp43h1.gif

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Top-Elephant-2874@reddit

Stoppp I can’t 🤣🤣🤣

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MoreRamenPls@reddit

The only gif that applies.

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sixfourtykilo@reddit

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Smedusa@reddit

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TheBr0fessor@reddit

Weekly reminder that MC Hammer follows me on twitter

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lukin5@reddit

This and tip drill

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misdirected_asshole@reddit

Pumps and a bump walked so Tip Drill could run

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Prossdog@reddit

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Ray1987@reddit

And now he's a preacher.....

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ShinePretend3772@reddit

MC Hammer gets the gas face

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No_Mud_5999@reddit

There was a second, much less naughty version with Deion Sanders and Hammer's giant driveway.

https://youtu.be/dc3gLvnOuAc?si=_v6uDnOnAm17juhv

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schwing710@reddit

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snoopmt1@reddit

Suburban teenage white me asking my mom for a leopard speedo to look cool at the beach...

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sweet_pickles12@reddit

💀

I’m sure you had those moves too, right

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odin_the_wiggler@reddit

Banana sling

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Scrapla1@reddit

banana hammock

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odin_the_wiggler@reddit

Banana hammock and gloves...

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epidemicsaints@reddit (OP)

With the gathered / ruched butt crack.

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Amazing_Poem5740@reddit

Man, we had to regretfully change the channel if your popped on and adults were around. I distinctly remember my cousin getting popped upside his head by his mom because he was freak dancing to this when it was on lol

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john_the_quain@reddit

You start by thinking to yourself “you can’t touch this” but over time it simply becomes too legit to quit (hey hey).

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projectx51@reddit

OMG I forget this existed!!!

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Sw4nR0ns0n@reddit

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komijul@reddit

I guess the real hammer was in his pants. It's hammer time!

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Vintage_Xennial@reddit

They call that a Shower Hammer

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faderjockey@reddit

“The Hammer is my penis.”

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misdirected_asshole@reddit

Lacy, gently wafting curtains.

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Emergency-Ad3619@reddit

Please Hammer, Don't Hurt Em.

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TowMater66@reddit

Man I missed out on some stuff being homeschooled in the 90’s…

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msguider@reddit

Now you're good lol

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TheGunny_12112000@reddit

Watched this video about 3 times an hour on “The Box”

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epidemicsaints@reddit (OP)

And Sir Mix-a-Lot "Put Em On The Glass"

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TheGunny_12112000@reddit

Maybe followed up with “Informer” by Snow

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Balthierlives@reddit

Followed by Luke singing ‘It’s Your Birthday’

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CrowJane13@reddit

Followed by Candyman’s ‘Knockin’ Boots’ or ‘Cars That Go Boom’ by L’Trimm.

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Fillmore80@reddit

Classic

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bgva@reddit

Ahh The Box. I tried many, many times to (unsuccessfully) convince my mom to let me call the 900 number to see a video. Then someone else would call in and you'd see the first two digits, hoping the last one would match the video you wanted to see.

Never happened.

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AlwaysSleepingBeauty@reddit

Not The Box?! We didn’t have it in my part of Texas so I was only exposed to it when I went to Chicago for the summer.

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Obi_Wan_Benobi@reddit

I remember my parents were trying to sell our house and they told me people would be coming by at a certain time. The potential buyers came early and I forgot the turn off the TV. It was on The Box channel.

I remember looking through the sliding glass door as I went to play in the backyard and this video was on lol

They didn’t buy the house.

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Gluten_maximus@reddit

I’d slide on over to 99 while waiting

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HilariousButTrue@reddit

He was ahead of his time.

Not sure if that's a compliment but it's accurate

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OkBus5864@reddit

Hammer is hung!

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gtindolindo@reddit

Thats one slippery lookin Hammer.

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WuTang4thechildrn@reddit

r/melanatedgenx

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stabbywallrus@reddit

Thanks for that sick beat PASTER.....

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tonymacaroni9@reddit

What in the fuck...

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Practical_Session_21@reddit

lol first time hearing this song. Hammer was already long gone by 94. Was he not arrested for tax evasion that year?

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Purplealegria@reddit

This was his big “gangsta rap” comeback… didn’t sit too well I don’t think.

People only liked it For all of the skin in the video

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Happy-For-No-Reason@reddit

is that why they call him Hammer then?

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missbohica@reddit

Scandalous?

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Purplealegria@reddit

This was considered very scandalous back then.

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littlesisterofthesun@reddit

Nothing compared to Paula Abdul's "Cold-Hearted Snake"

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KinNortheast@reddit

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Hammer slanging that dack

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lnc_5103@reddit

I somehow didn't know this song existed until today.

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coci222@reddit

Look at how small the booties are in this video, back then these girls had "back". It's crazy how big they've gotten these days. Even the girls in Baby Got Back would be considered small by today's standards and MTV banned that video for a short time, btw

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epidemicsaints@reddit (OP)

And a fingerless glove.

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Coitus_lnterruptus@reddit

yikes, now I know why he needed those skidz.

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epidemicsaints@reddit (OP)

The somewhat hidden sauce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlhEmWh3Cyo

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Mysterious-Lab-5918@reddit

Forgot about this ...