V: Inside Out by MC Hammer

Inside Out V is the sixth record by MC Hammer, released in 1995. It marks his fifth official major-label studio album. After the decrease in popularity and sales of his previous album, The Funky Headhunter, Hammer returned to his previous pop image. Inside Out featured dance gospel, and emotionally driven tracks and spawned two singles, "Sultry Funk" and the gospel single "Goin' Up Yonder", while another track, "Nothing But Love (A Song for Eazy)", was dedicated to Eazy-E, who had died in 1995. In contrast to his prior albums, the singles did not go as far as previous releases. The album peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart but only reached number 119 on the Billboard 200, causing Giant Records to drop Hammer and his Oaktown Records subsidiary from the label.