Editing MC Hammer (section)

=== ''Inside Out'', Death Row Records and ''Too Tight'' (1995–1996) ===
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In 1995, Hammer released the album ''[[Inside Out (MC Hammer album)|Inside Out]]''. The album sold poorly compared to previous records (peaking at 119 on the Billboard Charts) and [[Giant Records (Warner Bros. subsidiary label)|Giant Records]] dropped him and Oaktown Records from their roster. Songs "Going Up Yonder" and "Sultry Funk" managed to get moderate radio play (even charting on national radio station countdowns). Along with a fickle public, Hammer would go on to explain in this album that he felt many of his so-called friends (who he had helped) had used and betrayed him. Their abuse reportedly contributed to a majority of his financial loss (best explained in the song "Keep On" and the [[Liner notes#Biographies|bio]] from this album).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000025ZX0 |title=Inside Out: Hammer: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref> He would also hint about this again in interviews, including ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2009/03/its_hammer_time.php |title=It's Hammer Time |website=Warnerbros.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429060017/http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2009/03/its_hammer_time.php |archive-date=April 29, 2009 }}</ref> 

In 1995, Hammer released "Straight to My Feet" (with [[Deion Sanders]]) from the ''[[Street Fighter (1994 film)|Street Fighter]]'' [[Street Fighter (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] (released in December 1994). The song charted at No. 57 in the UK. Hammer's relationship with [[Suge Knight]] dates back to 1988. Hammer signed with [[Death Row Records]] by 1995, at the time home to [[Snoop Dogg]] and his close friend, [[Tupac Shakur]].<ref name="daveyd1">{{cite web|url= http://www.daveyd.com/hammer.html|title= MC Hammer Interview – part 1|access-date=March 20, 2009|date=June 1997|publisher = daveyd.com}}</ref> The label did not release the album of Hammer's music (titled ''Too Tight'') while he had a career with them, although he did release versions of some tracks on his next album.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429907/19990805/mc_hammer.jhtml|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041024231055/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429907/19990805/mc_hammer.jhtml|url-status = dead|archive-date = October 24, 2004|title = MC Hammer|publisher = MTV}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429908/19990421/mc_hammer.jhtml|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010822002914/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429908/19990421/mc_hammer.jhtml|url-status = dead|archive-date = August 22, 2001|title = MC Hammer|publisher = MTV}}</ref> However, Burrell did record tracks with Shakur and others, most notably the song "[[MC Hammer discography#Singles|Too Late Playa]]" (along with [[Big Daddy Kane]] and [[Danny Boy (singer)|Danny Boy]]).<ref>{{cite web |last=Burgess |first=Omar |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1320/title.death-row-records-the-pardon |title=Death Row Records: The Pardon {{pipe}} Rappers Talk Hip Hop Beef & Old School Hip Hop |publisher=HipHop DX |date=March 18, 2009 |access-date=May 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526170048/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1320/title.death-row-records-the-pardon |archive-date=May 26, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After the death of Shakur in 1996, Burrell left the record company.<ref name="daveyd2">{{cite web|url= http://www.daveyd.com/hammerpt2.html|title= MC Hammer Interview – part 2|access-date=March 20, 2009|date=June 1997|publisher = daveyd.com}}</ref> He later explained his concern about this circumstance in an interview on [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]] since he was in [[Las Vegas]] with Tupac the night of his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2009/03/what_had_happened_was_mc_hammer/ |title=What had happened was MC Hammer |website=Vibe.com |date=March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106032958/http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2009/03/what_had_happened_was_mc_hammer |archive-date=January 6, 2010 }}</ref>