Active Duty (album)

Active Duty is the eighth album released by M.C. Hammer, on November 20, 2001.
Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, M.C. Hammer released this eighth studio album on his own WorldHit Music Group label (the musical enterprise under his Hammertime Holdings Inc. umbrella) to pay homage to the ones lost in the terrorist attacks. The album followed that theme, and featured two singles, "No Stoppin' Us (USA)" and "Pop Yo Collar" (featuring Wee Wee). The album, like its predecessor, failed to chart and would not sell as many copies as previous projects. Hammer did however promote it on such shows as The View and produced a video for both singles.
This patriotic album, originally planned to be titled The Autobiography Of M.C. Hammer, donated portions of the proceeds to 9/11 charities. Hammer shot a video for the anthem "No Stoppin' Us (USA)" in Washington, D.C., 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. Corinne Brown (D-Fla.) and Jesse Jackson Jr..
Videos for singles "No Stoppin' Us" and "Pop Yo Collar" (2000) can be found on the Internet. "Pop Yo Collar" demonstrated "The Phat Daddy Pop", "In Pop Nito", "River Pop", "Deliver The Pop" and "Pop'n It Up" dance moves.




Track listing


"No Stoppin' Us (USA)"
"Pick It Up" (featuring The Stooge Playas)
"Our Style" (featuring The Stooge Playas)
"Pop Yo Collar" (featuring Wee Wee)
"A Soldier's Letter" (featuring James Greer and Keith Martin)
"What Happened To Our Hood" (featuring James Greer)
"It's All Love" (featuring James Greer and The Stooge Playas)
"Bump This" (featuring The Stooge Playas)
"Not Like This"
"Spittin' Fire"
"Don't Be Discouraged" (introducing Pleasure)
"I Don't Care" (introducing Analise)
"Who's Holdin' It"
"Cali" (featuring The Stooge Playas)
"Night Show" (introducing James Greer)
"Where Will I Go" (featuring Chuck Get Down)
"Bay Livin'" (featuring Chuck Get Down and Conte)
"Broken Vessel ("Common Unity")" (featuring April and Toya Smith)
"Why Do You Wanna Take Mine" (featuring The Stooge Playas, XLarge and Chuck Get Down)
"No Stoppin' Us (USA)" contains a sample of "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" performed by Brick.
"A Soldier's Letter" contains an interpolation of "Strawberry Letter 23" as performed by The Brothers Johnson.