Reviews (page 8 of 8)
This is the best so far, but I can't go over 2 because then you might think it was good and it isn't. Ryan wanted me to acknowledge that this is an influential album. Noted.
Heel traag, super oud klinkend. 2*
2.5/5 Sometimes I can appreciate hiphop and/or rap, but most of the times it doesn’t do it for me. For this album it’s the same, although their style is unique and I can imagine they inspired a lot of artists. Not bad to listen to for one time, but I don’t need to try it a second time.
Rap
Didn’t really like this at all.
I was expecting more from this, quite dated and real lack of backing tracks, very basic. Still love 'It's tricky' though but mainly in remixed form.
Se deja escuchar de fondo, pero, si prestas atención, es horroroso. Me parece genial si fue innovador en su época, pero no quiero volver a escucharlo nunca.
Here for the significance in the growth of the genre rather than it being a brilliant listen today. Dated and one-note.
No sorry, it's better than modern rap, but that's not saying much.
😴😴😴 Rock Box is fire though.
Yawn
Have to keep reminding myself that this album is from 1984 just to get through it. Thankfully it didn't take rappers too long to realize that they can say more than one word per beat.
Ekki viss hvort ég fíla þetta eða hata
Prima album, maar niks opvallends behalve de samples
Best Song: It's Like That. Really just a nice lyrical hook. Worst Song: Hollis Crew. It's like a worse version of "It's Like That". Overall: Some things just don't age well, although I'm not sure how excited I would have been to hear this back in the day. Everything is delivered with this plodding rhythm, to the point that it feels like the tracks have been artificially slowed.
The beats were fine, but this style always feels like they’re constantly shouting at me.
Samey
2.8 - I'm not that knowledgeable about hip hop and I certainly couldn't explain this record's influence on the genre. And this album played no part in my youth so it doesn't connect with me on a nostalgic level. I'm simply listening to this record in 2022 as a grown adult, for the very first time. What I hear are flat rhymes and stilted cadences. And above all, corny-ass lyrics.
Very dated
i’m not really sure how i feel about this. i think i just let it play and was there to listen and let it run out. it was unmemorable and a lot of it got super repetitive (like the beat) so it just got boring and annoying.
Очень плохо
Missing the energy of their later efforts - there's a latent sense of the fun lyricism and infectious beats that would later define the outfit, but the creativity here feels stifled and mute compared to what comes later in DMC's discography.
This is their debut album and it really shows. We recently got Raising Hell and that was vastly superior to this very simplistic and low budget sounding record. I must give them props for being major influencers and trailblazers in this genre though.
Dit was begin jaren 80 natuurlijk wel iets speciaals, helaas heeft de tand de tijds heeft hier keihard in gebeten, maar niks doorgeslikt.
Behalve 'It's Like That' is dit een behoorlijk suffe plaat zeg.
ou eu ouvi a mesma musica por muito tempo, ou elas parecem todas iguais não é ruim, mas é meio cansativo
it just feels so basic. about as complex as a wayne rooney teamtalk.
La prima impressione è quella della desolazione. Quando ti abitui al fatto che cantano ogni cosa nello stesso modo, non ci sono suoni, il ritmo delle canzoni è sempre lo stesso, non fa schifo.
Oy Vey, I got 2 hip hop albums in a row. What's next for me, Covid?
Old skool rap. Some fantastic beats, but man do the songs drag. Respect the legacy, but its perhaps a bit too unpolished for me to really get hooked on. 2/5 - RAPetitive.
Super 80s and the beats feel real repetitive and not all that interesting
Hip hop puro y duro. Coñazo.
катя скинь сиськи
Good
This Old-School Hip-Hop album feels like being stuck in a room with two people who are extremely enthusiastic about rap, taking turns demonstrating the same technique to me over and over while I keep waiting for something different to happen. The drum-machine beats are sparse and repetitive, the scratching stays relatively simple, and Run and D.M.C. trade bars in a forceful tag-team flow, often completing each other's lines. I can hear the energy and confidence in their deliveries, but because the beats, cadences and vocal patterns change so little, I quickly lose interest. For me, the minimalism doesn't make the music hit harder; it makes the repetition impossible to ignore. By the end, I feel less like I've listened to a collection of songs and more like I've watched the same rap demonstration several times in a row.
I gave it a shot. I’m not a rap aficionado but I have a feeling that this album did not age well.
Даже несколько песен с неожиданными и приятными аранжировками не заставят меня полюбить хип-хоп. Речитатив и общая примитивность звучания жутко надоедают
So incredibly boring then and now.
NOPE.
A fantastic reminder of why I really hated rap music when it was new. Shallow, repetitive production, shouty raps, and trite rhymes make this an absolute slog to get through. It's amazing to think this would eventually lead to Kendrick Lamar, but then again you'd never imagine Buddy Holly would lead to prog rock.
Generational levels of goofy. 1.0/5.0: Embarrassing
As a single song it’s fun. As a wrong album this sound is very tiring and repetitive. Just not for me
Inascoltabile
RnB, HipHop, Rap, 1984 -> 1
Feels like 1 40 minute song created by bored teenagers with a cheap Casio.
No
Hip-hop AGAIN ??? This had nothing special, really. Boring as hell.
Better than ABBA/ABC because these guys actually get a star. But beyond that, another "I will never torture myself listening to this shite from this point forward" album. 1 "well deserved" star.
6/4/26. I know this was their first work and the genre was brand new at this time, but this one wasn’t it for me. Found it boring; they definitely grew quickly as artists after this one!
just garbage
Oh so this is what all those guys with the t shirts are into huh
Ugh. Pretty boring rap. For such as short album this felt interminable.
Look. I get that's it's historically important, but I was utterly blown away by how bad it was and how little I wanted to listen to it. Before today I honestly thought I liked run dmc, and now I'm questioning everything. I get that 80s hip hop has not aged well and is always a tough listen, but this was truly bad. Zero interest in ever hearing it again.
All one song
Never really liked them
⭐ Hade klarat mig utan att höra denna innan jag dör. Måhända att det lade grunden för Hiphop men det är hopplöst datera och har ingen form av komplexitet. Enda spåret som är ok är It's like that.
1.3
Can see how this might have been interesting back then. Today's listen is really boring and bad.
55
У мене пісні не викликали не хороших відчуттів, не поганих. Та і жоден трек не запам'ятався.
unlistenable soz
Honestly, this record and this era of hip hop is very hard to listen to. I know people are going to say “yeah, but they paved the way to where we are in music” - but to me, that’s like saying they are on the same level as a group like the Beatles. And that is just ridiculous to put the two artists on an equal pedestal. The phrasing hip hop had in this era is kind of laughable. I’m very happy this genre has drastically evolved. Even though it’s had a lot of highs and lows since… but this is just not fun to listen to. I’m not even a huge hip hop fan. I would honestly say I don’t really care for the genre outside of a few artists. I’m definitely not the demographic for this type of music but at least my review is honest. I was shocked that I liked a Kanye West record while doing this list. Hip hop isn’t completely hopeless for me. But this record is just boring, repetitive, and uninspiring. Each song sounds like the last.
p517. 1984. 1 star. I appreciate how influential it is, but at the end of the day it's rap, and I don't like rap. It's also badly dated.
This one actually put me to sleep, it's like it's entirely composed of keyboard presets. No energy.
I get that it’s foundational
Run D.M.C. may not be talked about as much as they should for their influence on Hip Hop in general, but these guys were truly pioneers far ahead of their time in helping craft one of the first blueprints of what Hip Hop would become today over 40 years later. Calling this album cheesy and a product of its' time is such a basic and yet completely correct complaint that I both shame anyone for saying but also nod in agreement. It sucks saying such an influential project is no longer a worthy piece of music to hear due to how poorly it has aged, but truly that is how it feels listening to Run D.M.C.'s self titled debut. I have a lot of respect for this album, but next to no patience with it in the year of 2026...
My younger brother used to be a big fan of Run-DMC. I found one or two tracks quite interesting too. I couldn't find any of that on today's album. It's just hip-hop. I still can't get into it. 1/5
I know that run dmc are like one of the main staples when it comes to artists that made rap and hip-hop mainstream but good lord this album is bad. I skipped through half of it because everything sounded the same. Kinda like when a kid plays with the toy piano. 2/10
Torture... glad it was short
Shit
more junk
While previously I was not well versed in the art of rap, this album list has made me quite a connoisseur, and therefore I can state with fair confidence that this particular one is rubbish. Simplistic, full of itself, no interesting musicality in the backing track to speak of, not catchy, memorable or with anything interesting to say.
I think this is just a bit too dated for me. The drum beats are very simple, and many sounded the same. At some points I was thinking I had listened to the song already. Rating this a 1 feels harsh, but I just don't think there was anything I really liked about it.
god what a boring album?
3/10
Really rather dull
Pas mon truc
Seems very repetitive, probably a ground breaking album when it came out but doesn't do it for me. It's like that is only song that carries its weight
Not for me but respect
The actual rap is pretty bad tbh. Lyrics are super basic and a bit corny. Maybe these were hard hitting truths back in the day? Liked: 30 Days
Nope. Not for me. This is not singing and that is playing same pounding notes.
+: Jam-Master Jay, Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1), 30 Days, Jay's Game +-: Hollis Crew (Krush-Groove 2), It's Like That, Wake Up -: Hard Times, Rock Box 3,2/10
I wouldn't know good hip hop from bad, but either way I don't like it.
This is the hundred ninety fourth album I’m rating. I listened to Raising Hell and they’re kinda overrated. Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. Not Adding to my Playlist - Hard Times, Rock Box, Jam-Master Jay, Hollis Crew (Krush-Groove 2), Sucker M.C.’s (Krush-Groove 1), It’s Like That, 30 Days, and Jay’s Game. All in all I liked 0/9 songs. This sucks. The 80’s were truly the worst decade for anything remotely artistic.
Torture is better that this 1/10
wack
I honestly have no idea how I had the stamina to listen to this album more than once back in the day. I mean, that was like 30 years ago, so maybe I was just more into it then. Listening to it now was kind of a struggle — I barely made it through once. Hip hop has come a long way since those early days, and honestly, I think it’s changed for the better. But hey, someone had to be the first to do it, and you’ve got to respect that.
Not my jam
1. hard - 1 2. rock - 1 3. jam - 1.5 4. creuu - 1 5. zucker - 1 6. that - 1 7. uuake - 1 8. dayz - 1.5 9. game - 1.5
- just the worst shit. i'm so glad rap isnt still like this
I remember when this came out in 1984, and 40 years later I still don’t care for it. I kind of thought their song “It’s Tricky” was catchy but that’s not on this album. Besides, I can never forgive Run-D.M.C. for reviving Aerosmith’s career with that “Walk This Way” debacle – it’s their fault we got “Janie’s Got a Gun” and I will never get over it.
This is awful. Everything sounds the same.
Not my thing. I managed 3 tracks. They all sounded the same. I gave up.
Maybe the most difficult listen of this list so far. The beats are so boring and rudimentary, and the rhymes are uninteresting and have aged so poorly. Hip Hop in its infancy and going through some really rough growing pains. Rock Box is the only redeemable thing on here. Certainly a product of its time. Some additional watching inspired by this listen: Northernlion's Kurtis Blow arc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7ZkWspxvOY&ab_channel=itsmeBR1AN Rza makes a terrible beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59NVvnkJ0Sw&ab_channel=NicholasWilson
Much like the last Run-DMC album, this leaves me really cold.
Boring!!! Listening to people brag about themselves for almost 40 minutes just gets really annoying ever awhile.
The album is a little less terrible than many rap albums (thanks to the rock inserts in a couple of songs, in particular, in "Rockbox"). But the vast majority of the record is more annoying than at least perceived neutrally. 2 out of 10.
Rap is not music. I reiterate. 1/5
Not my cup of tea
Ich habe es probiert, aber für meinen Geschmack waren es zu viel Oberheim und zu viele sprachliche Informationen. Für diejenigen, die es mögen, sicherlich ein gelungenes Werk und für die damalige Zeit revolutionär.
this felt like some of the most stilted, uninspired rap I've ever heard - using a very basic drum machine 2-step beat for every song with not much to spice it up, every line is sung with the same intonation and inflexion towards the end, which is also the only place where the rhyme happens. The lyrics are also quite boring, there's not much clever rhyming, wordplay or clever writing, and all of this results in every song blending together into one goopy slop that gets stale after the first 15 minutes. I wondered if I was too critical and whether this album was just a sign of growing pains of something that would become the "golden age" of hiphop, but then I checked the year and saw that it comes from the same period of time as NWA, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys and Ice T. So I really don't get the hype. All in all it feels like Run-D.M.C made a song that was alright, and then decided to iterate on it slightly to make an entire album. Extremely boring.
Hip hop is still a mystery to me, and this doesn't help at all. Tacky midi orchestral hits over a drum machine and synchronised shouting.
Shite, juvenile rapping. We're come a long way since the 80's
This is why I don’t really like hip hop as a genre. Rubbish!
I try my best with rap/hip hop, but after 3 rap albums on the run I can safely say it does nothing for me.
Copy and paste my review of every late 80s and early 90s rap album. There’s nothing that I need to listen to from this time period.
Didn't like. Boring beats
This is Run DMC? These guys suck. The rhymes, the flow, the beats, none of it stood the test of time.
Not a rap fan
First listen Saved 1/9 Top track: Rock Box
I hate this style where they end the sentence on a strong emphasis. “Blah blah blah blahblahBLAHBALH BALHHHHHH”
I get how this album makes this list because of its first of its kind nature and influence on rap. But as a stand alone work it doesn’t really hold up today. It sounds kinda silly and simple.
Boring and repetitive. Not for me.
Shite
Ne
Sucks
ich hasse run dmc und dieses album hat meine meinung nicht geändert kein flow fucking vanilla ice hatte mehr flow auf dem EINEN lied was erfolgreich war was zum teufel
Not my style at all.
Not my type of rap :/
Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
Awful. Probably inspired a lot of stuff I’ve subsequently like but I didn’t think much at all of the blue print.
Yeah I did not like that. Very samey structure and beats. You could listen to the first couple of tracks and get the point. Hard to believe this was once called 'hardcore rap'. Would have cut it more slack except Grandmaster Flash was around earlier than this and actually still sounds really good
Its aged really badly. Its a rough listen
Don't care.
Genuinely couldn’t wait for it to be over
That's 2 Run DMC albums in three days to review, and they're both crap, with this one being crappier.
Really dated badly. Very simple song structure, beats, rapping and the occasional scratching. But ultimately tedious.
Nope. Still not a fan of run DMC and old school hip hop in general. These raps sound like something you would hear in a d.a.r.e. program to try to be relatable to kids
While I respect the influence this album seems to have had on hip hop in general, I still just don't like the style and didn't finish a single one of the tracks before skipping to the next. I found the sparse, DnB-like music rather annoying and the back-and-forth nature of the rapping very annoying. I did like the background guitar on Rock Box, but that's about it.
It's just a bit bland. I like hip-hop which has some jazzy elements, or interesting rhythms or beats. Even their vocal style seems a bit dull
Скучно пиздец, прям одна и та же песня итс лайк зет
Lame vocal/lyrics. Might sound interesting if it's just the guitar in the background.
I had to listen to this album twice because I couldn't decide if it was a 1 or 2. I didn't initially hate it, which is why I wanted to give it a 2, but it fell off towards the end, and the second time through was so so painful. Wake Up and onwards were straight cheeks, but Rock Box surprised me, I wasn't expecting rock and old-school hip hop to work like that. Regardless, I'd feel less remorse underrating than overrating, so I'm sorry RUN DMC, but I'm a self-interested b*tch.
It’s giving high school dropouts turned SoundCloud rappers who only use GarageBand because they think they don’t have to splurge on real recording equipment. I wanted to skip every song by the 30 second mark. On par with Ian Dury.
flaming hot dumpster fire of garbonzo beans trash
Might have been genre defining, but I couldn't get through this.
Shite - get outta my ears!
Terrible to listen to, chaotic and over-intense
boring
I don't like this music, sorry.
It was ok
It's not very good but you can tell they tried really hard I preferred the instrumental versions of most of these songs They could've slipped the Super Bowl Shuffle in there and I wouldn't have noticed "We got all the lines and all the rhymes / We don't drop dimes and we don't do crimes" Guys must've been allergic to 3 syllable words I'm glad that Darryl McDaniels clarifies the origins of his stage name DMC: "The D's for doin it all of the time / The M's for the rhymes that are all mine / The C's for cool, cool as can be" Doin. Rhymes. Cool
I'm all for respecting legends, but this was boring as FUCKKKKKKKK. Who the hell is listening to this in 2022? 30 days was a cool beat but still got old. Literally the same basic beat on every fucking song christ. They have nice voices but this aint it. Its not tricky 1/10
Och nö
Never heard this one before.. I'm sure it was inspirational, but wasn't like tribe called quest and NWA out around this time? This is rap with instruments. Real, bad. Two syl - able rap (rap). This is the album you show your racist Uncle when he's not into rap and you are? I'm sure this was inspirational, but man. 2022 - does not hold up
they're just shouting at me with bad beats - I NEED MUSIC NOT LYRICS
Terrible vocals, terrible beat.
Could not get through this. Not for me
Iets teveel van dit
Just terrible, not my thing. I like rap but there isnt even interesting samples
These guys have a couple of songs that are....okay. Other than that, however...
2/10
It sucks