Fantastic player who didn’t have an All-Star appearance in the 12 years he played following the video but is a Hall of Famer. Modern day athlete: Andre Johnson.Ĩ:33 – Rickey Henderson: Perhaps played a little too long, but the same could be said of the above. Do we need to continue? Current day Legit-ness: 10. Modern day athlete: Matt KempĨ:31 – Jerry Rice: The best receiver of all-time. He was a Hall of Famer and, unfortunately, has passed on. Modern day athlete: Chauncey BillupsĨ:27 – Kirby Puckett: Led 1991 Twins to worst-to-first World Series title and then had four more All-Star seasons before retiring. Current day Legit-ness: 2 (it’s this high only because he was a great player). He then ran the ABA into the ground, sabotaged the Knicks and is currently coaching at Florida International. Modern day athlete in his place: Josh HamiltonĨ:23 – Isiah Thomas: Closed up a Hall of Fame playing career two seasons under-.500 later, and the 1991-92 team lost in the First Round of the playoffs. He also blew open the doors on the Steroid Era, which was good, but also got into celebrity boxing and celebrity appearances, which was bad. Let’s break this down by athlete, current-day legit-ness and who the modern athlete would be if, say, Kanye West made a video featuring sports stars. (Times noted so you don’t have to sit through all 11 minutes, although you should):Ĩ:22 – Jose Canseco: Only one more All-Star appearance and 100 RBI season after appearing in the video he pitched in a game, tore up his elbow and allowed a flyball to bounce off his head for a home run. Maybe because he and Deion Sanders were tight. Hammer obviously payed homage to his Bay Area roots (he was an Oakland A’s batboy) and for some odd reason, Atlanta. Especially because they were in black and white … oooooohhh! And, as a kid, waiting for the sports stars to show up was well worth it. While the video length isn’t quite Thriller long, it is still considered the 8th longest music video of all time. The actual music video is ridiculously long, features James Brown and MC Hammer in a banana hammock in the beginning – and an Oakland A’s letterman jacket and matching shorts later on – and some of the best special effects since Star Wars. When it did, I not only loved doing the hand gestures, but recognizing these sports stars at the height of 1991 who were, in fact, Too Legit to Quit. So, on one of the weekend’s we visited him, I was glued to the TV waiting for the latest MC Hammer video to come on. However, by the time the video came out, my mom had canceled cable all together and relied on basic cable and the newspaper for information. It was literally a “Who’s Who” of top athletes. I remember friends of mine at school talking about the latest MC Hammer video, “Too Legit to Quit” and all the sports stars that were in it. That was viewed as OK since my mom didn’t know the lyrics, but MTV was a no go.) Vanilla Ice mainly talked about drugs, guns and hos, which I guess is what a rapper is supposed to do. (Oddly enough, I was allowed to have both the Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer cassettes. Then, inexplicably, the awesome hand gestures start in your mind.Īs a sports-crazed kid who wasn’t really allowed to watch MTV because it was a little risque (how about now? Snooki showing her cookie? Teen Mom?) sometimes I would sneak looks at videos when MTV actually, you know, played videos. Then, they might even throw in the famous MC Hammer line. Those words are: “Too Legit to Quit” which sometimes seem to just amble out of someone’s mouth when verifying that things, indeed, are cool. For anyone who is older than 25 and was somewhat cognizant in the early 1990s, the following words cannot be said around you without you either A) making the hand gesture or B) thinking of making the hand gesture.
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