Please Hammer News Today

Here’s a complete list of the first rap albums to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in each calendar year since 1987.

For the last 16 weeks, one label has topped the Billboard 200 – Republic Records. That marks the longest streak for any label at No. 1 since 1998.

Rapper M.C. Hammer became an ordained minister, while actor Dylan Sprouse set up a mead brewing company.

It’s unclear when the album will be released, but Pop Smoke’s posthumous debut, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, remains in the top 10 on the Billboard 200. The album, which was released in July 2020, has spent the most weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart since M.C. Hammer’s Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt Em in 1990. 50 Cent, who co-executive produced Shoot for the Stars, may not be involved the second time around. “[Steven Victor] talked to me about the ne...

Pop Smoke’s posthumous debut Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon was released last July. The album, which was co-executive produced by 50 Cent, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and became the longest-running No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart since M.C. Hammer’s Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt Em in 1990. The album spawned a trio of platinum tracks (“Hello,” “Got It On Me,” and “Something Special”), three 2x platinum songs (“Mood Swings,” “The Woo,”...

The late rapper’s posthumous debut, Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt Em in 1990. With 18 weeks in charge, Shoot for the Stars passes Eminem’s Recovery, which topped the chart for 16 weeks, and is currently tied with Michael Jackson’s Bad for the title. Next week, the album could tie Prince’s Purple Rain, while the current leader is Jackson’s Thriller at 37 weeks. Additionally, Shoot for the Stars is currently No. 1 on the Top Rap Albums chart and sits at No. 2 on the Billboard 200....

‘U Can’t Touch This’ Is The Most-Featured Song in Movies This really might be an untouchable record. It’s an interesting question: What’s the most-used pop song in movie history? Maybe something by The Beatles? Or the Rolling Stones? Or what about “Born to be Wild” by Steppenwolf? It seems like every movie set in the 1960s and/or involving super cool (or super dorky) people on motorcycles trots out that one. According to new research, the answer is none of those seemingly obvio...

This record is untouchable.

Billboard reported that his posthumous debut LP Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon is now the longest-running No. 1 album on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart since 1990. The July 2020 album jumped back up to No. 1 from No. 3, earning 43,000 equivalent album units and increasing by 13 percent from the previous week’s. This is the 17th week Shoot For The Stars has led the chart, marking the most weeks an album has hit No. 1 since M.C. Hammer’s 29-week run with Please Hammer, Don’t Hur...