The Funky Headhunter waz a Hip-Hop/Funk/Pop attempt that had a different image. But if u heard the album and the lyrics, he didn't really change his style. In an interview at the time, he said "It would have been corny for me to come out in those baggy pants, big glasses, and lines shaved in my head." For a short time, Hammer signed to Deathrow under the agreement he would stay true 2 himself. He participated in a free show for single mom's that Suge used 2 always hose (alongside 2Pac...who MC Hammer recorded 2 trax with that have yet 2 be released). MC Hammer is more about the music than the business...but Suge is even worse about the business...which is why he left.
He redeemed himself with his next album V: Inside Out...one of my top favorite Hip-Hop albums of all time. For the sake of others, i wish they'd get past the mega success he had in the early 90's and the darker Funky Headhunter era and give his stuff a chance. He's got something that needs 2 be heard. Which u can't say about 2 many other artists.