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Inside Out (MC Hammer album)

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Inside Out is the fifth studio album commercially released by MC Hammer in 1995. The album was his sixth record release overall. After the decrease in popularity and sales of his previous album, The Funky Headhunter, Hammer returned to his previous pop image.

Inside Out featured dance gospel, and emotionally driven tracks[citation needed] and spawned two singles, "Sultry Funk" and the gospel single "Going Up Yonder", while another track, "Nothin But Love (A Song for Eazy)", was dedicated to Eazy-E, who had died in 1995. In contrast to his prior albums, the singles did not go as far as previous releases.

The album peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart but only reached number 119 on the Billboard 200, causing Giant Records to drop Hammer and his Oaktown Records subsidiary from the label.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]

AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine felt that Hammer was "unsure of himself throughout the album, attempting to gain some street credibility and a mass audience simultaneously." He concluded that, "[T]he result is a record that has a few good isolated moments, but never delivers a knockout punch, let alone a memorable hook or groove."[1] Tom Sinclair from Entertainment Weekly said that, "Even if nothing here touches ”U Can’t Touch This,” the material is well crafted enough to convince you ”Hammer Time” hasn’t run out yet."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Luv-N-Happiness"
  2. "Sultry Funk" (featuring VMF)
  3. "Anything Goes on the Dance Floor"
  4. "I Hope Things Change"
  5. "Keep On"
  6. "Everything Is Alright"
  7. "I Need That Number"
  8. "Bustin' Loose"
  9. "Nothin But Love (A Song for Eazy)"
  10. "Goin' Up Yonder"
  11. "He Keeps Doing Great Things for Me"
  12. "A Brighter Day"

References

  1. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Inside Out - MC Hammer". AllMusic. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Sinclair, Tom (September 22, 1995). "V Inside Out". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
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