Reviews (page 10 of 14)
Klassisk hip-hop, mye er velsig likt. Walk this way med Aerosmith er et høydepunkt i dette albumet.
Oh, another Rap and Hippity-Hop album. Yeah, it's iconic. Yeah, it has Walk This Way No, it doesn't thrill or entertain me.
Def a 3 or a 4 for me.
Walk This Way blijft echt een ongelooflijk wijs nummer. De rest is niet echt m'n ding. It's Tricky is wel iconisch, maar niet echt iets wat ik zou opleggen. 2.5
Sikkert et viktig album for rapens kommersielle gjennomslag, men det er ikke voldsomt variert i lydbilde eller flow. Walk this way er høydepunktet, både kommersielt og musikalsk.
the heavy metal samples were pretty fun. Definitely ahead of their but very ok otherwise
Song: Tricky i love this song it is so good i listen to this song but my dad does not like it that much Song: walk this way this song is good i never heard of it but it is really good Song: raising hell this song is good never heard of it the big song i like a lot is Tricky that is the song i heard and it is GREAT
I like this album because the songs are good quality and you can tell they tried their best when creating the songs. I like Walk This Way because I enjoy listening to Aerosmith lol.
I like the song "Its Tricky" because I hear it in a lot of good movies, and I'm used to hearing it but in general it is a good song. I wouldnt usally listen to the song "Walk This Way" but it is a good song. I don't really like the song "Raising Hell" and I don't reccommend this song. The only song I would recommend listening to is "Its Tricky" but personally I wouldn't listen to the other songs.
Pretty good, I guess this is actually the earliest rap album I've ever heard. I'm not too sure the climate of rap in the mid 80s, but this sounds pretty developed. The beats are much more drum machine based, which is ok sometimes, but the samples are sometimes really weird and clicky. Rapping is good and the rock fusion ones work sometimes (not the Aerosmith one in my opinion). Also that tyler the creator sample. I'd say my opinion which I had before I even listened is still true, that its just a little bit more cheesy than some of the late 80s stuff. Favourite songs: Peter Piper, it's tricky, hit it run, proud to be black. Overall around 6/10 (close to 7 though)
Pure nostalgia!
Det virker for gammelt for mig. Stakato, og let irriterende. Ikke kedeligt, bare for lidt noget til mig.
Like Joey Valence and Brae but kinda worse, i see how its influential, but not my thing.
I loved the music, the beat, a couple of solid bangers like is it live and walk this way, but some of the lyrics are just too cheese.
I feel the same about this one as I do the other Run DMC we did - it’s very important but also feels very dated, and like it’s been surpassed by a lot that has come out since.
Hard to argue with a greatest hits comp from one of the ogs of pop rap.
Not my jam... but maybe ok actually
Quite fun, i have not listened to a lot of hip hop hence it was quite refreshing. The songs got a bit repetitive after some time
Don't love the style but see why it was big at the time. Beats and flow are mid.
Pretty dated but I see why it's here.
About as rappy as I get
Generic, inoffensive and all around average. Basically the Coldplay of hip hop.
Listened on Spotify. So today it is a hip hop album. Not one of my favorite genres. The first track is a play on nursery rhymes and it's about bragging. Not really to my taste. "It's Tricky" is a fun and catchy track and so is "Walk This Way". I see this as an album about pride. It's about pride of where you're coming from and pride in what you have achieved and your talents, but most importantly about black pride. Favorites: - It's Tricky - Walk This Way - Raising Hell My rating: 6/10
TRICKY!! I think I'll save this to my rotation, and give it a full go when I have time next.
Incredibly impactful album. Still holds up.
First four songs are amazing. Then the hit. Then the enjoyment diminishes.
Hasn’t aged super well but when you’re an iconic landmark album I guess you don’t have to
This is so 80s, I’m not crazy for it but it is fun
I liked it ! It's Tricky & Walk This Way still rule. Some of the other songs are pretty goofy -- like that "classic" style of hip-hop that's very satire-able (the alternating words lol) but overall it's still cool
The first song is so dumb. Very funny band because they brag about not doing drugs or anything and then the next line is like “I will stomp out a pimp”
fun! not as locked in as i should be but just like fun 80s hiphop lol
the girl is dumb
When I think of rap, this is what I think of? Not my favorite, but kinda fun to listen to.
Had all the hits, still corny, still fun. Not gonna listen to it all the time, but there's a definite mood it satisfies
Listens: 2 Stand out tracks: Raising Hell, Proud To Be Black This album has so many famous tracks. The "Walk This Way" collab with Aerosmith was, I think, unprecedented at the time. Lots of guitar riffs paired with rap lyrics are also unique.
From ground breaking to kinda goofy in only 40 years, not their best but still important. The disparity between the hard beats and soft rhymes really stand out now.
A fun album to listen to. After listening to a T.I podcast yesterday it was interesting to reflect on this era of hip hop vs some modern day rap. I like that there's little to no violence, no overt sexualization of women etc (some women can be dumb y'know). I'd like to think these guys are a great intro to hip hop for younger people. Towards the end of the album I found myself wanting to listen to Beastie Boys and was pleased that Intergalactic Planetary popped up next on album radio.
Not a huge fan of run-D.M.C, I understand the groundbreaking history behind the music, but it feels like I’m getting yelled at. I like higher production value, so far as sound quality.
The production is funky and interesting. The rhymes themselves are very basic - crazy to see how complex rhyme schemes and MC-ing has gotten since the 80s!
Some hip hop heritage in this but just a bit too repetitive. Laid the ground work for a lot
A few jams that still hold up, and you can hear the influence on more recent hip hop, but overall it's not gonna make the rotation today.
Not bad, seems like something I would have reaaallllly liked at 13
I can see how others would like it - good lyrics and times but just not my style :) thx!
The rapping is a bit stiff and some beats are too skeletal for my liking but when it hits, it kind of hits hard, ngl.
Fun to see the evolution of hip-hop.
Had this record as a kid
Нот бэд конечно, и хиты есть вечные. Но оч сильно состарился данный рэпась
Contains one of the great collaborations of modern music. Walk this way stands out as a unique piece in an otherwise okay album. 2.5
Interesting mix of hip hop and rock. Better than expected.
I liked this one. It's a very cool take on hip-hop with great beats and good rapping. It includes the huge hit Aerosmith crossover "Walk This Way", which, for better or worse, is responsible for the entire rap-rock genre, and subsequently all of nu-metal. Make of that information what you will. Key tracks: Peter Piper It's Tricky Walk This Way
my head was bobbing
Not quite as corny as I expected for a mid 80s rap record. Didn't do a ton of interesting things besides implementing rock instrumentals, but it was still a pretty fun listen
I expected this to sound incredibly dated, and it does, but I'd much rather listen to this than any modern-day hip hop.
Run-DMC are important as hell to the history of rap and pop culture at large. They were also one of my first favorite groups period. There are some undeniable classics here (“Peter Piper”, “It’s Tricky”) but just a year or two later hip hop evolved in terms of flow, lyricism and beat-making to something so beyond this that it makes this sound like it’s of another century. It makes this sound dated and hard to take as seriously in 2025.
This is way better than their self-titled debut album. Besides the classics, the rest is still quite good, although not of the same quality.
This rap doesn’t age well to me. Walk this way was creative but overall just feels sooooo basic. Innovators for sure but can’t get pumped up from a run dmc song these days.
A fun, punchy reminder of the early days of American hip hop 3.5/5
I will rate this as a 3 in recognition of Run D.M.C.'s place in Music history. Still, rap/hip hop is something I struggle to listen to. Their version of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" is iconic!
I hoped this didn’t have the Aerosmith song on it. It did. That’s a shame. Some decent moments, but a bit too shouty for me really.
Fun album. Always cool to hear Guitars in rap music
Meh, not too into it, even walk this way was meh. Raising hell bit better, slightly groovy good beat n solo 3/5
This one's really hard. So many of these are stone cold bangers but every track on here INCLUDING those are mired in some of the most dated production and vocal delivery I've heard in a long time. If you're into that, fine, and this is a decent historical document, but I won't be coming back to most of this unless someone puts it on at a party in which case I will go absolutely crazy. 3*
Whereas Run-D.M.C.’s debut album sounded dated to the point of being hard to take seriously now, this sounds dated in a more respectable, old-school-cool kinda way, so that’s progress. I still find the purely percussive tracks a bit simplistic and wearisome but thankfully there are several tracks with more musical grooves that I can certainly get behind. Plus, I hadn’t realised just how monumental this album was for rap in general. No question it deserves its place on the list.
I did not use a private session for Spotify. A complaint about this album is that it resurrected the rotten corpse of Aerosmith and they went on to write some of the blandest, cheesy rock songs of the 80s a clear departure from their heavy seventies classics. Back to this album, it's got some hip hop classics, I am sure it's an essential part of the hip hop genre and it catchy; however not my genre.
3.0
Almost 2 years ago I got Run-D.M.C.'s debut album as my 14th album on the generator. I feel basically the same, in that I really want to like this but I just can't quite get all the way there. Here's the good. First, I do think this album is better than the debut. They really lean into the rap-rock thing on a few songs here which I think was pretty innovative at the time, mostly notably on the Aerosmith "Walk This Way" cover. I guess I didn't realize that this version came out 10 years after the original, so they did Aerosmith some favors bringing back their relevance too. This album also has "It's Tricky" which is just so damn catchy, probably one of my favorite pre-2000s rap songs. Like the debut, the album is also just generally pretty hilarious. The very first line on the album is "Now Peter Piper picked peppers but Run rocked rhymes", and the whole song is just totally goofy. They also love to rap about how they don't do drugs, there's a whole song about "My Adidas". Great fun across the board. The bad is mostly still that the call-and-response rap style has just aged very poorly to me. The pace is just a bit plodding throughout and beyond the couple of songs that I mentioned there's quite a bit of filler. I can't see myself ever playing this start-to-finish again, but I can definitely see why they were some impactful. I've probably overrated a few early rap albums on here and I might be underrating this one, but it's like a 3.5 to me. Favorite song: It's Tricky Other: Peter Piper, My Adidas, Walk This Way, Raising Hell, Proud to Be Black 3/3/25
Hip-Hop making it to the mainstream. Lots of history in this one. Also learnt that Run is a practising religious minister. Some hits, but somewhat naturally, as pioneers, their sound now feels a bit dated. Absolute respect for what they did for hip-hop in general, and the foundations they laid, but better was to follow. Found it interesting to contrast the subject matter of the lyrics to what hip-hop became after. This - in a refreshing way - was quite tame. 5* to respect its influence, 3* listening experience.
A couple of great tracks but too samey for me
Alot of songs I grew up on, overall its not all too interesting, fun though.
Some belting tracks.
Neat but a bit boring
Usually like them but a lot of these songs weren’t great, not a bad record tho
Felt a little let down by this album. It’s been hugely influential, but if we’re just talking abt listenability here I’ve gotta give it a three. It’s Tricky and Walk this Way are BANGERS, but I don’t love the shouting style of delivery that they use. For being as old as it is I was actually a big fan of the beats and production side of things. Unfortunately just not enough from the other songs in the way of lyrics/flow to bump this up to 4. 3.4/5 Fav song: It’s Tricky
Why are they yelling all the time
Some bangers but a bit repetitive
3.5 there’s definitely some hits on the album but all these old hip hop albums sound very repetitive. It’s the same beat over and over.
3.5/5
I wanted to like this more than I did. Maybe my expectations were too high given the legendary status of It’s Tricky and Walk this Way, but feels like nothing else quite reached the level of those two.
-Grabs attention immediately -Catchy rhythms and beats
ho sempre pensato che “it’s tricky” fosse una disney song 💀
I get the significance of this album, though I wonder how it is viewed by true lovers of HipHop, as opposed to ‘rock’ critics. Not one for me. Top track = Peter Piper
was kinda boring but there were some good samples. nice feature by aerosmith
Je m'attendais à quelque chose du genre des Beastie Boys mais en encore plus répétitif. Le genre d'album dont on aime quelques morceaux mais qui lasse dans son intégralité. C'était bien dans la veine des Beastie. Mais c'était pas répétitif. J'ai passé un bon moment dans le berceau du rap (je me serais probablement passée de Dumb girls cela dit).
3/5. It's a classic album and has a few old school bangers. Run D.M.C. are definitely due credit for their influence on hip hop early on. My preferable taste comes on in the next few years after this album's release.
3.5
Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell Album Review I get why Raising Hell is considered a landmark album, but listening to it now, it just feels... fine. Not bad, not great, just there. The production is stripped down to the essentials—big, booming beats, simple but effective rock guitar riffs, and that signature Run-D.M.C. back-and-forth delivery. Tracks like It’s Tricky and My Adidas still have that undeniable energy, and Walk This Way is, well, Walk This Way—a crossover moment that’s been talked about to death. It’s all solid, but nothing about it really grabs me beyond its historical significance. The problem is, once you get past the big moments, there’s not much keeping me engaged. The flows feel stiff compared to what came after, the production—while influential—sounds a little too bare at times, and some tracks just blur together. I respect what Run-D.M.C. did here, blending hip-hop and rock in a way that changed the genre forever, but I can’t say I love listening to it. It’s loud, brash, and confident, but also kind of repetitive, like they found one gear and stuck with it for the whole album. That said, I don’t dislike Raising Hell—it just doesn’t excite me. It’s the kind of album I can nod along to but not something I’d actively put on. I respect its place in history, and I get why people love it, but for me, it’s just okay. Not a game-changer, not a skip-all-the-way-through situation, just… meh.
The album soon gets into its rhythm with the mammoth sound of 'It's Tricky'. A rap-rock tour de force. And all the rap/rock fusion numbers yield glorious results (Walk This Way, It's Tricky, Raising Hell). Without detracting from its historic importance, outside of the rap-rock, it can sound dated. The minimalist beats with the early rap-style offers little light and shade, and doesn't feel like it's moved on too much from Grandmaster Flash. However, it remains pretty entertaining and doesn't take itself too seriously. Like the Beasties, Run-DMC has a consistent style, theme, it's entertaining, and the rap rock is great.
Where song about Nike smh
decent
Classic
They were helping establish the foundation of something new. The pieces and themes were all there, but distinct with raw flavors like an unmarried stew.
The only real problem I have with the album is it sounds so of its time that it's hard to listen to it and not think of how its sonic template has basically become a parody of itself. That's not the album's fault, though!
A lot of hack critics have compared Rap music to Rock. Let me join them. You can do worse than comparing the development of each generation, separated by about 25 years. Raising Hell is from Rap's "pre-invasion" era, it promises great things to come, but it's not quite there yet. The beats, rhymes, flow, turntablism just aren't in the same league of records that will be recorded just five years later (Low End Theory and De La Soul is Dead both come to mind). Also, this album helped give Aerosmith a second act that the world didn't need.
Tricky and Walk This Way are two of my favorite workout songs and I was hoping to discover some new faves but the rest of the album didn’t do it for me.
Old school hip hop always surprises me as to how fun it is. This sounds like Run-DMC were having fun when they recorded it and I know I had fun listening to it. I hate that feeling got lost somewhere along the way. The only real negative about this album - other than the fact that people just hadn’t quite figured out rapping yet at this time - is that it is front-loaded. The quality of the songs drops off with “Perfection” and never rises to the level of the first half of the album. That’s pretty minor though. This is a really strong album and I’m glad to have heard it.
3 I know I'm white because this just reminds me of the Beastie Boys, who released their first album the same year as this
I left this listening experience similar to leaving the Barbie movie - the whole thing was fine but the novelty ran off about 10 minutes in
nearly 40 years old, still tough! swaggering, boasting, with minimalist beats and backing.
Meh
Simple and crisp, can't say it gripped me too heavily but I had a great time.
Surprised me with how cosy it felt. Probably because I love Beastie Boys and now I'm hearing where they got... A lot... From...😬 Some real stinkers though. Dumb Girl is one of the stupidest songs I've ever heard.
Pretty boring, beats all blend into one Personal favourites - raising hell, proud to be black 3/5
Strong start to the album, first 4 or 5 songs were incredible hip hop classics (peter piper, its tricky, walk this way), sort of lost steam towards the end of the album, in my (controversial?) opinion they got a bit repetitive
An important album putting Rap on the map with some help from Aerosmith. And this album brought back Aerosmith into the spotlight as well.
Fun, old school but massively for me
After Fugees near perfect The Score yesterday this was always going to struggle to match that. Decent but not sure I'll come back to it.
3 pretty cool retro hiphop. Favorite song: walk this way
cool
i prefer their debut. Peter Piper rules though.
Good, classic rap album
Old flows for sure however this album (and Run-DMC in general) is important in the history or rock/hip-hop fusion with, obviously, Walk This Way but also the use of guitars in Raising Hell and others. 2.88
3/5 Hard to go back to old school rap lyrics Good beats
“So I went to the hat store and bought me a hat” Important hip hop predecessor, no mention of “bitch” but a whole song called “Dumb Girl” so…just as misogynistic? Favourite songs: It’s Tricky, My Adidas
Negatives: too much record scratching, lack of music (just two guys talking to a beat). Positives: lots of energy, reasonably creative lyrics for hip hop. I give it three stars since it was an influential album.
Weird to listen to this album now! It's almost quaint. I can definitely see its influence. The VH1 hype machine really talked it up in the 90s-00s. As a listening experience, it's mostly fine. Fewer slurs than Green Day, props for that. Highlights: 'It's Tricky' (possibly due to SNL exposure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCUKya4gLFM ), 'You Be Illin'' (I'm always here for the lols), 'Proud to be Black' (satisfying rhyme scheme)
Helloo happy new year everyone:—) So I liked the first couple of songs and then it became really repetitive and I checked out. Peter piper was exciting, made me imagine an alternative universe where I breakdance on a piece of cardboard by day and then go into a battle at night and totally win. But by the end of the album I was brought back to reality of washing the dishes my dishwasher didn’t want to wash. I sounds like these guys had a lot fun recording this album though, we love a collaborative effort 👏👏 it would get a 4 different live or in a different environment. 3 baby freezes and it’s like that and that’s the way it is
das isch ja würklich mal es old old scool konzert gsi ich glaubs die 4 jahr vo dem album bis so zu sache wie "a tribe called quest" findi persöndlich denn schonamal eh gueti witerentwicklig und au öppis woni mich ezt au grad sehr druf freue nach dere gschicht und ih dere spahte gsehni mich au sehr stah muesi sege, das hettmer das album klar gmacht aber wie scho ahtönt simmer mit dem album nanig ganz bi de sach ahcho, drum gits da grad 3 versehentlichi spucker ih die erst bounce reihe am konzert ine!
ui das findi ez ganz schwierig zum bewerte… zum eine isches bestimmt es sehr pionierartigs und ihflussrichs album gsi uf de andere siite chamers hützutag grösteteils nümm wüki lose findi, also drüviertel vo de lieder verhebed minere ahsicht leider nümme (ufjedefall bi mim hütige mood), nächstmal bitte bizli weniger gitarre power chords, scratches und beat box attempts It‘s Tricky isch aber immerno en liechte bop tho
3/5
Run DMC are legends. It’s tricky and my adidas and walk this way are classics. But 80s rap is not my type of rap.
80s classic, but very repetitive
Energetic
Insanely influential album. There’s some classic songs on here, some are still fun to listen to. It gets a bit old listening to a whole album of this because it’s pretty primitive when it comes to rhyme schemes. If I was eating based on cultural impact it’d be an easy five. But my ratings are based on personal enjoyment so it’s a solid three for me.
Cool but not my thing
Is this the first rap album we’ve heard that doesn’t have fucking common on it?? I really think it is. That’s an insane statistic. Ah wait we heard Snoop Dogg. Well. I still like that Common isn’t involved. This is oooold too. Pretty excited to hear the corn, the cheese and potentially some excellent production/beats. Sky review part III The bells have been rocked. The bass is excellent, the rhymes are fun if not a little silly and this song starts us off strong. Not bad. Two highly nostalgic video game songs in three reviews???? YO YO YO THIS IS RAHZELL AND WELCOME TO GARIBALDHI BIG. Does he say big? Whatever man. DO AN ÜBER TRICK. SSX Tricky rules and so does this song. Rocking a rhyme is not that easy buddy. About time you figured this out. Gold. And to this day, whenever a New Yorker sees tinted windows, they spring to their feet knowing “Daryl” of Run-DMC is in the backseat of that Subaru Forester. The best commercial I’ve heard today. The energy keeps rolling. It’s super corny, but the beats continue to hit very hard and the conviction is there, even when rapping about your homeboy having 50 pairs of sneakers. Excellent transition. Did this song bring real hip hop to the mainstream? Or was it the Sugarhill gang song?“RAPture” does not count (sorry Blondie). There have already been a few guitars on this album and what’s a few more. Loved this version of the song as a little fella and it still rocks pretty hard. Man I’m so mainstream. At least this song about high school girls is from the perspective of a high school boy. It ain’t the 60’s anymore. Run-DMC killed 4 people?? I mean that surprises me. They tout being drug free and not thieves, but I suppose they can “knuckle down” and commit some form of manslaughter. And that’s not “man’s laughter” for all you wordplay heads out there. The altitude and the exact same flow is getting to me slightly. Hopefully the lot optometry bars we hear this flight. I hate when old rap does this. Just making outlandish things up in order to arrive at the word you want to rhyme. I like the stripped back beat yet again, but “I’ve got a dog, cat, a mouse, a rat” needs to be edited out of this song to this day. 39 years, I don’t care. Get it outta here. Yeah we’re very same-y now. The very breathy beatboxing brings to mind a certain freak and if he truly is on a leash. I like this one. I shouldn’t, but the riff is pretty sweet. Much like Trooper’s Iconic request, Run-DMC seems obliged to raise more than a little hell. The lyrics are more menacing seemingly and seem to have a point. Well. Some of the time. I don’t know what rocking up on the mic to the right and rocking all night having common, but hey, it was the 80’s. Is this a KFC ad? That Big Mac line was so fucking dumb that I laughed. God dammit. DINNER, YOU ATE IT. What is happening? Gold. The word dumb has been thrown around a lot in my head during this review. Maybe it hasn’t graced the type surface enough but man so many of the rhymes are dumb, and this song is pretty dumb too. Freak on a Leash type beat once again. Nice Korn-based interlude A serious song?? They said it right in the bloody intro. Proud to be Black. Kind of a cool song to end a whirlwind of an album. Kind of high and mighty as a few of the lyrics come across here but this is easily the best message so far. The commitment to this album is impressive. As silly as much of it sounds now, the fire was there from the first track until the close. How this group could muster that energy in order to discuss the seemingly brain dead subject matter that we delved into on some of this album is truly a marvel. I love the fire it has and while not a Shakespearean piece of literature, it was a blast and half filled with explosions and nonsense one-liners that will probably have me coming back for repeated listens. Run don’t walk to “Raising Hell” if you like unserious fun with a side of genre pioneering. 3.5 HIGHLIGHTS: It’s Tricky, Walk This Way, Raising Hell
It was okay. I didn’t love it, but I liked a few songs.
A classic
la cover di walk this way spacca tutto lo spaccabile, ma comunque è un altro album rap che a un certo punto mi annoia, sorry
Classic
Nice one
This was a fun album, not really my interest but I have heard the Aerosmith collaboration before. Overall fun 3 star for me.
Þarna er komið rapp sem ég get hlustað á og jafnvel sungið með einhverjum ad lögunum. Ég væri alveg til í að hlusta á þessa aftur. Mér fannst hún nefnilega hress en hún mun alltaf gjalda fyrir rappfordómana mína
Ok, one of the only things I really knew about RunDMC going into this was that they covered Walk This Way, but I was not expecting it to go so hard. I think they just own it now, it's their song. I like the way these guys play with and merge genres. It's fun to listen to.
A nice work of early hip hop with multiple notable tracks ( it’s tricky ) and an Aerosmith feature … it’s not something I’d play back too often but it’s a fun enough listen and the raw energy is enjoyable
It’s the black Beastie Boys!
3.5/5
Dated
18 and Completely ignoring this. Checked back now, understand the means
All it's cracked up to be
I am sure we will get the first 2 albums on this list. This album is probably the weakest of the three. More commercial maybe. It mostly held up by the super hit, Its Tricky, but on the whole, not a terrible listen. Somewhere between a 3 and 4
The first four tracks are the most famous and really showcase what to expect. I'd call this "boombox rap", it's made to be played loud for everyone to hear. Not a big fan of the type of the rap flavor, feels like I'm constantly being yelled at lol
I love the rock cuts they use instead of generic electro filler. And who doesn't love Tricky?
Pretty good, a couple of recognisable songs but don't know if I'd be going back to listen to it again.
A few great tracks
It's alright.
mwah, niet super. Leuk om een keertje te horen maar niet voor herhaling vatbaar. 6/10
i loved this album at the time , but realistically it’s a bit sonically repetitive these days . some classics songs on there though
Better then I thought
3 out of 5. This is probably the most fun rap album I've heard so far.
80s hip hop is a bit like rock n roll 55-64ish - neccessary, but dated
decent rap, and "Walk This Way"
Run DMC, er...walked? so that Beastie Boys could run!
OK, first of all, the tom toms at the start of Dumb Girl are straight off Down Under. This is better than the Beastie Boys, but it’s still no better than the singles off the album. Didn’t mind it, wouldn’t choose to listen to it.
It's so hard to separate the out-and-out monster influence that Run DMC has had on music, and the actual listening of the album, because it's clear that these guys helped shape music from then 80s onwards, and yet outside of the two or three banger singles the rest is just kind of... Meh? The flow is a bit one-speed, the drum machines sound incredibly cheesy nowadays and there's not much to write home about. Not going to be one of my all time faves, that's for sure. Also, Tricky is a series of limericks and once I heard that I couldn't stop focussing on it. Don't know what to do with that information, but now you have it too. Faves: Tricky, Walk This Way
Interesting. Had only really listened to tricky and Walk this Way featuring Aerosmith. Guitar Hero was such a simple time, sampling great rock classics. The album is just okay. The mix of heavier drums and record warping is distinct and I suppose that’s great. I think that’s all I have to say.
Grand, like.
Bit cheesy but I like it
Fine I suppose. Tricky is very irritating though isn't it? It feels like what nerds think hip-hop might be, and it was in a terrible film that I can't now place. On the other hand, they do know how to write catchy tunes, and I sang my Adidas to myself quite a lot today.
++: It's Tricky, Walk This Way, You Be Illin' +: Peter Piper, My Adidas, Is It Live, Hit It Run, Dumb Girl Son 0f Byford +-: Perfection, Raising Hell 7,3/10
I don't know this was fun and annoying at the same time.
This was pretty decent. Not usually my kind of music, but I enjoyed bits of it. 3/5
The begining of an era but its not really my favorite
Iconic and funky
ttaaltk wthtsi wahyaw
Best old school hip-hop album Too dated on the production side
Okay album
Great album. First 4 songs are as solid as it comes.
Liked the mixing with the samples
-this is decent, has some really catchy songs on it. Most notably of course It’s Tricky, which is one of my favorite pre-00s rap songs of all time. None of the other tracks quite lived up to the hype in my opinion but it never got too terrible -Favorites are It’s Tricky, Walk This Way, and You Be Illin’
3/5 Some nice tracks, though I felt the type of songs became a little repetitive halfway through.
so funnnnn (i always thought “it’s tricky” was a disney original song 💀)
Fun but not my style
6/10
Good music. I can feel the beat and can get down with it. Favorite song is You be Illin
Not bad.
Sounds clunky at times. I couldn’t make it through it’s tricky. Low 3.
still don't really like old hip-hop too much, but this i don't mind. Its fun, i see the appeal. enjoyable listen
3- Stars (7/15)
me personally, i like the beastie boys
80s hip hop which varies in style between beat breaks and rock samples. A lot of catchy tracks, but also a lot of crap.
Dated but foundational hip-hop. It's Tricky holds up great. Walk This Way was my least favourite track but that's just because of my distaste for 80s rock.
I was never into these guys. But I have heard a couple of these songs. It's Tricky, and Walk This Way. It was aight. 3 stars
Old school hip hop. I feel that it was amazing for its time and laid the groundwork for a lot of what came and that it deserves respect for that. Still, though, it sounded dated to me and I think there's just better stuff that's been released since. Kind of crazy to have two songs as big as it's "It's Tricky" and "Walk This Way" on one album.
Do you like fast going songs? The album Raising Hell By Run-D.M.C has many songs that you might like. I like the drums they have, very simple but it fits the songs. I also like their rapping and the fact that they changed a song's lyrics from singing into rapping. I think I would play this album if I needed energy in the morning so I would recommend this album to anyone.
I don’t like rap but this is not terrible.
Funky and full of ground zero for the term “gangster rap”
Had a couple songs I enjoyed (sort of). Walk this Way & It's Tricky.
Some nice songs (Walk This Way, It’s Tricky, Raising Hell) but the production really stops me from enjoying this too much. Revolutionary though, etc
Not really able to listen to the whole thing.
yeah i got a dog but before i was born
Had to bring aerosmith for a song
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Vieux rap mais 2/3 son sympa
I'm good with this. Solid usually synth beat. Sometimes cheesy rhymes. I'm not going to listen to it over and over, but I won't turn it off if it comes on.
BEST SONGS: - Is It Live - Hit It Run
Chillan
The classic album that was genre defining. And it was enjoyable with my morning coffee.
On the one hand, it did do John-the-Baptist service. On the other, Run DMC did (perhaps unfairly? I dunno) find themselves headless rather quickly. Groundbreaking as Walk This Way is, I don't think they fully earned the sobriquet of ground breakers. There is too much sameness in this album for that.
As appreciative as I am of the positive messages of most of these songs, half the album was spent introducing themselves and one of them telling us several different times that his last name was not McDonald's. That's a little weird. But "Tricky," "You Be Illin'," "My Adidas," and "Dumb Girl" were all pretty good.
This has some staying power, but Dumb Girl doesn't age well. Walk This Way is great until Steven Tyler butts in. Tricky is a classic. The rest is a stark reminder of how far hip-hop has come in the last 40+ years.
Started off sooooo good and then drops off.
Run DMC the only Rap I can stand
Some classic beats and hits - clearly an influencial album for the genre. Not really my style, and I don't think there is anything that made me want to revisit this record in particular. "Dumb Girl" is an unfortunate relic of the time, but overall its good for historical context.
I know everyone loves these guys, and they are supposedly rap pioneers. I’m not that impressed. The music is not timeless.
pretty solid album. Was a nice break from the rock albums that are suggested here.
Enjoyed. Expected more punch
I actually quite liked this album. I had heard a lot of it before, and I suppose familiarity breeds acceptance.
An old school hip hop classic that integrates more rock influence. Definitely an influential, landmark album, though I’m lukewarm on it. The first 4 song run of Peter Piper - it’s Tricky - My Adidas - Walk This Way is a powerhouse, though the album doesn’t hold my attention nearly as much after that. Beats are slim but some catchy - mostly a computerized (or just very 80s-produced) sounding bouncy drums with some turntables or occasional guitar. Some decent raps but nothing to write home about, though they do the 1-2 MC punch well. Innovative for its time, but just feels ok now.
a bit samey
I enjoyed It's Tricky and Walk This Way.
Definitely not my favorite era of Hip-Hop but this album has some absolute classics. It's Tricky, My Adidas, Walk This Way, Hit It Run, Raising Hell, and You Be Illin' are all great. The instrumentation of the whole album is pretty special and feels revolutionary for the time especially when they implement heavier sounds and guitars. The lyrics are interesting but when listening through as a complete album, I got a little board with the cadence and lyrics that didn't (to me) say anything profound. Fully aware that this isn't an album written for me but there is a lot of modern Hip-Hop that hits me on a deeper level because the lyrics aren't just clever, they are smart and challenging.
What?! There's such a thing as rap without excessive profanity, misogyny, violent themes and anger?! This album is a lot of fun but it starts to sound same-y and repetitive pretty quickly.
1. The opening of this song is weird dont want it. Production is good but that bell thing is a bit much 6/10 2. I like the chorus but if it keeps repeating I might start fussing Production is great No fussing 8/10 3. production is great how did rick rubin produce this and also system of a down best so far 8.5/10 4. This might be a cover Don't like the chorus but everything else is fine I wish RUN-DMC did the chorus 7/10 5. I dont like the snare but I like that weird noise Cool 8/10 6. Don't like the hi hat too loud :( kinda boring 5/10 7. this mixing is ASS vocals are quite and then the chorus is wayyy too loud but the verses are good 5/10 8. i like the verses and how there is not a vocal chorus its like perma heat and the production is good best so far 8.6/10 9. I like that brass best so far 8.7/10 10. I don't like the repeating "dumb" mixing is bad the instrumental is too loud too long 3/10 11. interlude that doesnt add anything 3/10 12. mixing is bad again :( why does is suddenly get quieter I like the verses though 6.5/10 overall: for its time, production, verses, writing, etc. is pretty good. But more often then not it just doesn't hold up. 6/10
Big points for innovation but I got bored after the first few tracks.
There's something about old school hip hop that hits in a fun positive way. Raising Hell exemplifies this all the way through. While it may be considered cheesy compared with modern rap/hip hop it's hard not to have a blast with this album. My suburban white-boy ass tends to side with old school hip hop compared to modern stylings so this is much more up my alley than other rap and hip hop albums on the list. 3.56 stars
A few absolute bangers, but good lord this gets repetitive fast. 3/5
Samples go hard Love Aerosmith. Wild they were on a debut album Dumb dumb dumb
Great 80s hip hop album, with some absolute classics, desveres to be on the list, but just sounds too dated to be more than 1 listen.
Sonically a lot of it was the exact same, but some classics on here.
I love rap and this was a disappointment. It's hard for me to go back to the 80's era of rap when after knowing that Dr. Dre is about to revolutionize the genre with his approach to beats- I want to grade this on a curve because it's so foreign to what we know the genre to be today but it sounds really dated, the beats are worse, the flow is worse - nothing really special about this to me.
Was a little slow but decent opening lines.
There are a couple hits and some deeper tracks that are pretty good, but overall a lot of this sounds pretty similar. Wildly influential, changed the game, but ultimately fairly middle of the road for me today.
Aunque es innegable la influencia que este disco tuvo sobre la escena del hip-hop, tanto en hitos de ventas (específicamente con el cover de Walk This Way) como en sonido y empleo de samples, este trabajo envejeció como la leche. Es una cápsula del tiempo de los inicios de un nuevo género y debe ser respetado como tal, por lo que su lugar en esta lista es incuestionable, ya que es un clásico. Lamentablemente, no logré disfrutarlo; lo encontré demasiado cursi y vacío. Estoy feliz de que este álbum exista porque es el piso del género; de acá todo es cuesta arriba.
A quintessential three-star pick. Some notable songs, but not a classic.
Kind of cool to think how different this album is from the previous rap albums.
Entertaining except “Dumb Girl” was pretty ridiculous
This sounds soooo dated. Doesn't really hold up today, but you have to respect classics like It's Tricky and Walk This Way. However, my favorite track is Raising Hell also really surprised me with the metal-heavy beat.
There's some good songs here. The famous singles "Tricky" and "Walk This Way" are alright. The title track is my favourite. I also liked "You Be Illin", a song that's referenced in the top comment. A few songs are a let down though. I'll give "Raising Hell" 3 stars.
It was ground breaking. Sounds dated in 2024. Still some very good songs 3 stars.
Nearly wanted to take a mark off for the bear boxing, which is so cringy and dated and more than anything, just sounds bad. But the rest of it is great. Very high 3 to 4. Will decide later
Not my thing, but an iconic hit parade nevertheless!
Energetic and fun, but some of these rhymes are pretty dumb. The singles are all solid. Fave Songs: It's Tricky, Walk This Way, My Adidas, You Be Illin'
Thought it would get old fast, but actually was enjoyable all the way through
5/10 *yawn* Thanks guys, I do be illin'. Now can you see yourselves out. 6-18-2024
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Slightly similar feel to Pauls Boutique by Beastie Boys although much more refined and better flow in my opinion. Not my favorite, the sound of the DJ-discs scratching/rewinding can get a little much sometimes. Great album to skate along with!
Not a fan of rap but this is a good album.
Raising Hell was a pretty good album all things considered. It reminded me of the Beastie Boys album i looked at a long while back (which makes sense since they both released at around the same time) with both of their mixes of rap and rock. I honestly do think this album is better though. The highs of the album felt higher than anything Licensed To Ill could do and its lows were not nearly as low. This album still did have its fair share of lows here and there but it's highs more than made up for it. This is definitely one quintessential rap rock album. Best Song: Raising Hell Worst Song: Perfection (Ironically enough)
I totally love the old school hip hop vibes, without the outright profanity, with this album. Too short though! Listen again:yes Purchase for my collection: probably Favourite Song: it’s tricky
It’s Tricky and Walk This Way are peak songs. Rest of album is fun, but there is definitely a different cadence to their rapping style.
Hit and miss.
pretty enjoyable but will never listen again
Always fun to hear time capsules like this.
Started out good. But then it started getting repetitive. Same formula for each song. It's not a bad formula, but I was getting tired of it towards the end. Album was average for me.
There's something about being a standard. Standards change. And as revolutionary as this was when it (and Aerosmith) exploded in the mid 80's, their protegees made much more interesting beats and lyrics. ATCQ, Beasties, De La Soul, and on and on. Sure, there's some good shit here. But some of it is just plain ol' stupid (Dumb Girl) or just kinda average (You Be Illin'). They're giant shoulders to stand on, sure -- but I think the shoulder-standers perfected what they started.
Not bad, a blueprint of what was to come next
Trailblazer but hip hop as evolved a lot since this dropped.
Good album. Some familiar songs on here which was nice. Just didn’t have too quality throughout. 3.5/5 Might listen again
Classic
kinda cool at first but gets super repetitive i gotbored
Nursery rhymes over drums have never gone harder
Almost painfully 80s. I enjoyed the cover of Walk this Way. Most of the songs were not very exciting to me unfortunately. Won't be going back to listen. I do like the energy of music during this time though, it's clear that they really enjoy making music and give it their all.
Enjoyed this except for that Aerosmith track, which is so cursed
Iconic music, but not my fav.
why didn't i enjoy this more hmm
This is a few reverb fart sound effects away from being a shitpost. Enjoyable in a really goofy way, even if it hasn't aged the best. Just two guys being dudes and writing dumb shit - I respect it. 3/5.
J'ai un immense respect pour Run DMC et l'impact qu'ils ont eu sur la scène hip-hop. Mais ce vieux style a plutôt mal vieilli et je le trouve un peu redondant à la longue. Clairement un album qui reste un grand classique, mais pas tellement mon genre. 5/10
Fine. It's def Run-DMC. Important pioneers but not my jam.
More classics!
Album starts off strong but starts to fall off and can't keep up with the first few tracks. Lyrics fluctuate between interesting and corny/childish. Undeniable 80's sound and production. I can appreciate what this did for hip hop which gets it an extra star.
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Peter Piper, It's Tricky, Walk This Way, Raising Hell, and Proud to Be Black are all amazing tracks, the rest are all quite mediocre though; nothing awful, just mediocre. The highs are high though.
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Well, at least it’s not another obscure UK band from the late 80’s /90’s. But it seems like interesting albums have been few and far between for a couple of weeks. But, 191 albums in, Hip Hop is my least favorite genre, so…. I’m familiar w/ the cover of “Walk This away”, and that’s something. So how’s it sound? Well, as hip-hop go, it's not angry, more upbeat and fun. Not overloaded with drug and violence references. Nay an N-word. that's pretty refreshing. But it's still hip-hop with shouted, simple rhymes and lots of "scratching". But in the realm of hip-hop, it's better than others I've heard. 3/5
When an album has two of the most iconic rap songs of the 20th Century, and they happen to be some of the first rap songs that 90s kids had memorized word for word, you’ve gotta give it its flowers. I was worried about how well the album was gonna hold up all these years later, and some parts were a little dated, but overall it was better than expected.
I am enjoying the "beats" An occasion clever lyric. Not really anything else. To each...
Classic
Production dated but punchy nonetheless. Walk This Way and the other rap rock crossovers are obvious entreaties to a rock listening public but I think they’ve aged poorly. Some great verses, others questionable or generally mid. That said, the album is ambitious, exciting and well produced. Important despite its pitfalls. 3.5
There's some absolute classics here (walk this way and tricky etc) they've got a clear sound that works very well it's clean and got a specific groove. Sounds a little dated to me but that's just because jts not my favourite kinda sound
Short and sweet and funky and nostalgic. Favourite track: It's Tricky (White Chicks innit!)
Expected a lot, but was bit disappointed, 40 minutes of similar beats made me not-focus on the music after some time. Many just too much fun for me, gimme Public Enemy any time.
I can see how some would like it, but ultimately not for me
Pretty good
This had me dancing in my chair loooolll. I really enjoyed the title track. I think it was hard for the album to live up to the first 4 songs which were brilliant. Peter Piper was 100 percent my favourite. Brilliant song
I loved the texture of the first song with chimes/bells. Tricky, Walk This Way, and one other, are classics. The roots of many future rappers can be heard in several tracks.
Fine but a lot of sameness
iconic
One of the more timeless sounding old school rap albums I’ve heard recently. The obvious favorites were “It’s Tricky” and “Walk This Way”
Some classics on this album. Not typically in my music rotation but can appreciate the music and the influence the band had.
Whole album kinda sounded the same. That might be sacrilege, but meh
Massive influence but awful working music
Run DMC. So iconic, but I feel as though it’s a bit repetitive for a whole album? Clearly a super influential album and a real moment in time for late 90s rap
An important album in the history of rap and hip-hop and all the better for those tracks that meld Run DMC's rhymes with hard rock riffs, most notably Walk this Way. The first half of the album is the stronger, the latter tracks stand out less.
Same as with The Chronic, I just don't really like hip-hop too much. I liked the instrumentals, very well produced. Again, I understand why this album is on the list (unlike Antichrist Superstar), and I can't say I vehemently disliked any of the songs. 3/5. Favourites: Walk This Way (feat. Aerosmith).
Classic rap album that white people love. 99% chance you will hear at least one of these songs at a basement frat party. I always say “My Adidas” when i put my adidas on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1RaBdSCjAY You Be Illin made my day though.
perfect for hyping up before the date.
Banging album, but gets repetitive in the second half
Love and Hate this album. Love the songs and samples... hate the resuscitation of Aerosmith's career.
I appreciate the importance of this album in the history of hip hop. I've never listened to it until now, and I enjoyed much of it. There's some really great beats/drum work throughout, and the consistency of this is the album's major strength. There's also some great DJ work and other great sounds as well. I default to liking the tracks with guitar on them best but there were several others I enjoyed. Lyrics very rarely mean anything to me...so I didn't pay attention to what they were saying, but the use of their voices as instruments I enjoyed and appreciated. Favorite tracks: It's Tricky, My Adidas, Walk This Way, Perfection, Raising Hell.
Enjoyed it.
I liked but not that much
Did not finish
Classic rap album.
Amazing to think that the first hip hop album to reach such mainstream success and get a Grammy nomination didn't come out until 1986. And that it took rock elements and a cover of Aerosmith to make it happen, acting like a Trojan horse for the entire genre. But it definitely worked. Dated as it is, some of these songs still work. The inclusion of the song 'Dumb Girl' is unfortunate but there are plenty of hits here to help ignore it.
Classique ayant eu une influence assez gigantesque (Michael Scott et Dwight Schrute diraient la même chose avec leur fameux ''Straight Outta Scranton'') mais je préfère justement ce qui est venu par la suite.
Not the hugest hip hop fan. I know how important this is. There’s some fun tunes. But there is a corniness that’s inescapable from early hip hop. 3/5
Raw, in your face beats, samples, and rhymes. Peter Piper is the standout track, making a Bob James sample an iconic part of hip hop. It’s Tricky and My Adidas are bangers too. From Rock This Way on though, the samples and beat programming become more and more clunky as you go making for a good but not great album experience.
Producer: what’s the idea then guys? RUN DMC: (hits Casio keyboard demo button)’this sounds cool’ Producer: ‘oh wow. Ok. So what are you going to rap about?’ RUN DMC: ‘Have you ever noticed that Little Bo Peep rhymes with sheep?’ Better than their first album - there’s more cowbell in it 3.1
Aww god, some absolute bangers and clearly super influential but after the first few tracks the quality drops right off and it all starts blurring into one shouty track