Feel My Power

Feel My Power
Studio album by
M.C. Hammer
ReleasedAugust 13, 1986 (1986-08-13)
Recorded1986
Genre
Length33:47
LabelBustin' Records
ProducerM.C. Hammer, Felton Pilate
M.C. Hammer chronology
Feel My Power
(1986) 		Let's Get It Started
(1988)
Singles from Feel My Power
  1. "Ring 'Em"
    Released: 1987
  2. "Get It Started"
    Released: 1988

Feel My Power is the debut studio album by American rapper M.C. Hammer released in 1986 by Bustin’ Records.[1] The album was produced by Felton Pilate of Con Funk Shun.

Feel My Power sold over 60,000 copies, a considerable success for a small independent label of the era, which led to several offers from major labels.[2]

"That's What I Said" and "Feel My Power" were later used for the Rocky V film and the Rocky V soundtrack.[3] "The Thrill Is Gone" samples the original song by Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell.[4] Additionally, the album samples James Brown.[5]

  1. ^ "MC Hammer Albums and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "Remembering MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" 30 Years Later". E! Online. 13 January 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  3. ^ "Various Artists - Rocky V (Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture)". AllMusic. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  4. ^ "M.C. Hammer – the Thrill is Gone (1987, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1987.
  5. ^ "Feel My Power by MC Hammer on WhoSampled". WhoSampled.