Active Duty (album)

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Active Duty
Active Duty.jpg
Studio album by
MC Hammer
ReleasedNovember 20, 2001 (2001-11-20)
Recorded2000–2001
Genre
LabelWorld Hit Records
Producer
MC Hammer chronology
Inside Out
(1995) 		Active Duty
(2001) 		Full Blast
(2004)
Singles from Active Duty
  1. "No Stoppin' Us (USA)"
    Released: November 6, 2001 (2001-11-06)
  2. "Pop Yo Collar"
    Released: December 5, 2001 (2001-12-05)

Active Duty is the seventh studio album and first independent album by MC Hammer, released on November 20, 2001 by his own label, World Hits Records.[1][2] Six years would pass since his last studio album Inside Out (1995), excluding his Death Row debut and original unreleased seventh studio album Too Tight (1996), and the shelved gospel double album Family Affair (1998).

Following the September 11 attacks, Hammer released this album on his own World Hit Music Group label (the music enterprise under his Hammertime Holdings Inc. umbrella) to pay homage to the ones lost in the terrorist attacks.[3] in which the album followed that theme. One of the album's singles was "Pop Yo Collar", which was a popular "buzzword/catchphrase" during this period.

The album, like its predecessor, would not sell as many copies as previous projects. Hammer did however promote it on such shows as The View and produced a music video for both singles.[4][5]

A patriotic album, originally planned to be titled The Autobiography Of M.C. Hammer, portions of the proceeds were donated to 9/11 charities.[6][7] Hammer shot the video for the anthem "No Stoppin' Us (USA)" in Washington, D.C. on October 3, 2001, with several members of the United States Congress, who sang in the song and danced in the video. Present members of the United States House of Representatives included J.C. Watts, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Thomas M. Davis, Earl Hilliard, Alcee Hastings, Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.), Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) and Jesse Jackson Jr..[8]

The "Pop Yo Collar" music video demonstrated "The Phat Daddy Pop", "In Pop Nito", "River Pop", "Deliver The Pop" and "Pop'n It Up" dance moves, among others.[9][10]

Track listing[]

  1. "No Stoppin' Us (USA)"
  2. "Pick It Up" (featuring The Stooge Playas)
  3. "Our Style" (featuring The Stooge Playas)
  4. "Pop Yo Collar" (featuring Wee Wee)
  5. "A Soldier's Letter" (featuring James Greer and Keith Martin)
  6. "What Happened To Our Hood" (featuring James Greer)
  7. "It's All Love" (featuring James Greer and The Stooge Playas)
  8. "Bump This" (featuring The Stooge Playas)
  9. "Not Like This"
  10. "Spittin' Fire"
  11. "Don't Be Discouraged" (introducing Pleasure)
  12. "I Don't Care" (introducing Analise)
  13. "Who's Holdin' It"
  14. "Cali" (featuring The Stooge Playas)
  15. "Night Show" (introducing James Greer)
  16. "Where Will I Go" (featuring Chuck Get Down)
  17. "Bay Livin'" (featuring Chuck Get Down and Conte)
  18. "Broken Vessel ("Common Unity")" (featuring April and Toya Smith)
  19. "Why Do You Wanna Take Mine" (featuring The Stooge Playas, XLarge and Chuck Get Down)

Samples[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Active Duty - MC Hammer Discography". Rapartists.com. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  2. ^ "MC Hammer News - Yahoo! Music". New.music.yahoo.com. 2001-10-31. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  3. ^ "MC Hammer releases message to America". CNN. November 22, 2001. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
  4. ^ "Active Duty – MC Hammer". music.aol.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  5. ^ "MC Hammer Videos - Yahoo! Music". New.music.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2010-03-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "MC Hammer releases message to America". CNN. November 22, 2001. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  9. ^ "MC Hammer and Wee Wee - Pop Your Collar • VideoSift: Online Video *Quality Control". Issykitty.videosift.com. 2011-09-20. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  10. ^ "Pop Your Collar by MC Hammer Music Video on Yahoo! Music". New.music.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
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