We knew MC Hammer was going to make a song addressing Jay-Z’s apparent diss in “So Appalled”. It was on that G.O.O.D. Friday leak that Jay said, “…And Hammer went broke so you know I’m more focused. I lost 30 mil, so I spent another 30. Cause unlike Hammer 30 million can’t hurt me.” While to some it is just a reference to popular culture, Hammer took it as a direct slight, arguing that he’d been disrespected, and that the youngins need to give him his due for paving the way and opening up some doors. He announced when “So Appalled” came out that he would be dropping a response track on Halloween. The response is here in the form of “Better Run Run”. And while I say we knew that Hammer was going to come out with a response, we did not know that he would also volunteer to save Jay’s soul from the devil, as well as perform a fictional baptism on him. But that is exactly what we get in “Better Run Run”. Rather than go bar for bar with Jay-Z, Hammer focuses on Jay’s alleged pack with the Devil, and offers his hand in exorcising the demons. See it below, and more on this later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFtQML2O5B0