Raising Hell

Frábær plata.

ну треков пять можно выделить со всего альбома, которые звучат прям ахуенно, но в целом проходняк

I liked it then, and it’s ok now. Kind of groundbreaking at the time, so that’s valuable. A fun listen but more for nostalgic reasons.

Von der delivery her eigentlich voll okay aber die Bears nerven echt auf Dauer.

das ist hip hop alright 😴

She brought rock to poetry

Decent listen. Lower than expected production value with uneven mixing.

Very solid. May return to it.

After the nostalgia wore off, it got repetitive. The singles still hold up and maybe the rest would be good in small doses.

Hitit edelleen helvetin kovia eikä muukaan levy mitään ihan huttua ollut. Kolmonen on liian vähän ja nelonen taas yläkanttiin.

Wow, this album is 35 yrs old, this is OG as OG gets. Its interesting how rap has changed over the years but its still a fun and somewhat cheezy romp. I hate Aerosmith but I must say this restyling of Walk this way is pretty good and a helluva lot better than the original version.

Rapping was a bit raw in places

Good album, the dawn of the sample hip hop NY era

Ja, dat is best lekker om eens te horen. Het zijn geen Beastie Boys, maar toch

It's a very good record. The rhymes, the wordplay, the delivery are all excellent. Of course, the hits are top notch and have stood the test of time. Some of the other tracks I find a bit samey - many are just backed by simple 808 beats on loop - though that puts more focus on the rhymes, so not necessarily a bad thing. At times the drum sounds are a bit harsh for me, but I suppose that is the sound they were going for. Definitely a highly important and influential album, though I might be tempted to head straight for the hits in future.

Unarguably important and influenial, but by today's standards, quite outdated rock-inspired hip-hop. Was worth a listen, but I didn't enjoy it as much as their debut.

This is the alblum that got me to listen to something other than my hard rock. Opened me up to a whole new world. So much fun to hear again

So it's like Beasties Boys, but not as good? What am I missing here. A high 2, but giving the benefit of the doubt here and assuming my 'I don't like rap' is getting in the way

Appreciate their rhythm & rhyme skills!

Some good stuff, some not so good

Seminal hip hop anthems, and a fun crossover with Aerosmith.

Getting better

First time listening to 90s rap. Not really my thing but I enjoyed Tricky

Rap for rockers. This is as good as rap gets (which isn't saying much). As usual it's all the same - it's a good rhythm but it gets tiresome. Walk this way is fantastic, but nothing else on the album comes close to it.

A lot of raw energy here. I don't find the samples as interesting as on other rap albums, but I appreciate the influence that this album had. Closer to a 3.5

fühl mich konstant angeschrien, zwischendurch witzig, in Summe aber für mich eintönig

Zna se da su ikone u glazbi hip hopa, sve to stoji, aliiiiiiiiiiii meni nikad nisu baš bili vrh. Više je ono: "E hvala vam na svemu, super je to sve, međutim niste toliko dobri kako govore." Zapravo, to garant govore jer su bili inovativni što jeste, ali na kraju su puno puno njih napravili bolje nego oni. Rispekt na mjestu btw.

Neke pjesme su mi onak totalno, prošla me faza da mi je ovo sad jako dobro. On the other hand neke bengeri koji bude nostalgiju na onaj dobar način. Walk this way je goated 🐐

> bookmarked 'My Adidas', 'Dumb Girl' and 'You Be Illin'' for lols > not really listenable anymore, maybe later stuff

decent album. not my favorite not the worst. I really dislike Aerosmith though, so will never get over walk this way.

Bueno

3.5

I like The consistency of the album’s energy, very fun

ATTITUDE. The album that got fratboys into hip-hop.

Hip hop clásico con mucho sintetizador y algún tema muy conseguido. Para fanáticos de este tipo de música

Rating: 5.7/10 IT'S TRICKAAAY - only now I realise it samples My Sharona from The Knack. Rest of the album was pretty funky, definitely prefer this old-school kind of rap from the modern one.

Old school is cool? I don’t know

Classic hip hop songs. Great for a productive throwback playlist. Probably won’t listen to this album proper again.

Not a big hip hop fan, but I did enjoy this. 3 stars.

First things first, “Peter Piper” slaps. It’s an immediate hit of adrenaline that sends the record bouncing off the wall and straight into “It’s Tricky” – itself the soundtrack to some electric memories of SSX Tricky in the living room of 11 Underwood Gardens. A turn of the millennium PS2 game isn’t the last real world piece of commercial paraphernalia invoked by Raising Hell, though … and there’s times where I think I’d like this record more if it didn’t so often feel like an infomercial for things Run–D.M.C (or Jay Mizell, more accurately) had already, by then, made street-infamous. Still, can’t hate the boys for making the most of their singular place in cultural history, even if the culture they’re historicising is that of late capitalism. Frederic Jameson famously compares the well-worn shoes of a Van Gogh to the anonymous shine of Warhol’s “Diamond Dust Shoes” to make a point about the lifelessness of postmodernism and its limp array of interchangeable commodities. It’s sort of fitting, then, that Run–D.M.C’s Adidas shell-toes manage to both validate and contradict the features of postmodernity described by Jameson. Sure, the shoes are about as obvious an example of commodity and culture combining as is conceivable (identity as corporate asset; sign as more significant than the substance) … but you’d find it hard to accuse them of contributing to any waning of affect. (The sight of Steven Tyler ramming his head through a wall and enjoining you to “walk this way” is, at a minimum, affecting.) Walk this way culture did, talk this way too. A shame, I guess, on some level, but then … “Peter Piper” slaps.

Sorry dont hate me i just cant make it thru this album

-Some nice flows in "Peter Piper." I like the line "Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good" -Hey "It's Tricky" is that Tik Tok song. It's nice to actually hear the rest of it. The song actually holds up across the rest of the track too. I like the simple but interesting beat. I swear one of the dudes sounds a bit like Ace Frehley at a few points -Cool reference to Live Aid in "My Adidas." I recently listened to Live Aid and remember the Run-D.M.C.'s section -"Walk This Way (feat. Aerosmith)" is great. An awesome rendition. I like that they mixed the original guitar and drums into a back eat for their rap style -Nice guitar in "Raising Hell"

A couple good tracks, but all songs have the same type of flow - doesn't keep me interested for long

What a day

some great use of an 808. bit meh though. some belting big tracks but the filler has huge vibes of teenage kids in school with the casio keyboard. R-R-R-R-R-R-R-REMIX

A good relic of its time, but hard to enjoy with my whole heart.

Tricky and Walk this Way are awesome, but a lot of this sounds a bit dated now

A classic rap band, with a motley of instruments making a great sound

fun, some good jams for party playlists, but feels dated in a good way just wouldn't listen through again

I know a couple of songs off this. I don't mind a bit of 80s rap but this is close to the limit. It's mostly just them and drums. Started to get a bit samey. Pretty dated in 2021. 3/5.

I'm not a fan of the genre so I was surprised I found myself enjoying quite a few songs. The album was fun to listen. I'm still not a huge fan but it was a nice experience.

Average, the good is well know and the rest is fine, if not a bit samey

There is absolutely no question that this album has a great energy. Every song is delivered with fierce passion and gusto, like their lives are on the line. Every rhyme matters, every bar- and they demand you hear it. The songs this came through the most were "Peter Piper", (fab lyrics and that vocal interplay at the very start sets the tone perfectly), "It's Tricky", and "Hit it Run" (sounded like a Looney Tunes character beatboxing). The energy was infectious across all of these tracks and several more. The trouble was, when everything was pitched at the same energy level, I ended up longing for a bit more variety. Everything was at a similar pace and dynamic (mid-tempo, boom-bap drums) with impassioned, shouted vocals convincingly tying rap and rock together. Sampling was all fairly sparse (drums front and centre, occasional touches of electric guitar, scrubbing or horn samples). On first listen it ended up feeling repetitive and the dynamic feel established in the first four/five tracks started to peter out. More variety or better sequencing would have bumped this to an easy 4*- it's also a shame "Dumb Girl" put a misogynistic downer on things.

3.5 stars

compared against their contemporaries, run-dmc doesn't quite match up for me, but this is still better than any rap album today. really not a fan of their version of walk this way.

Enjoyed this a lot more than expected. ‘Perfection’ was particularly cool.

6/10, quality but not my thing

This one's a dilemma, because you can hear in every track the enormous influence it had on hip-hop, in the production, the flow, the lyrics, and the many samples and references to Run DMC found in the genre. On the other hand, it doesn't strike me as an amazingly enjoyable album on its own terms. The beats, melodies and turntable techniques sound really good on some tracks, but too sparse on others. The lyrics are often simplistic with a nursery rhyme flow (and actual allusions to nursery rhymes). I'm sticking to my guns and not rating things by how influential they were. 3* for this.

It's almost quaint compared to modern day hip-hop. "Walk This Way" and "It's Tricky" are great, but the rest of the don't do much. If the rest of the album was like those two, it would be a 4 or 5.

En términos generales está plano y soso, aunque de muy buenos pasajes.

Interesting to hear some older hip hop. But, for me, too outdated.

Classic. Wish I could give it 3.5 stars.

Drums and not much else

pretty good. some classic well known tracks no doubt. some GREAT MCing, run dmc were clearly ahead of their peers on that front.

OK, not a huge fan sounds very dated

Enjoyed it - more guitar work then I thought there would be

Fun stuff. Takes me back. Not something I'll listen to regularly, probably.

Great listen.. 1 main hit and the rest were proficient and kinda cool background vibe.. defo higher that 3 but not a 4 for me.. again i need out of 10!!

Beats are good, energy is there, just sounds really dated and the lyrics are not quite there for me

Nice and funky, enjoyed listening to this. Highlight is the opening track 'Peter Piper'. Sound of the time again like DJ Shadow though.

3/5

Some great bits but lots of cheesy 80s rap filler

Had heard most of these from their greatest hits CD. Starts strong, but the last 5 tracks are crud

“Raising Hell” by Run-DMC (1986) As a musical product, the work begs to be examined for its commercial strategies with Adidas and Aerosmith. Lyrics are marginally interesting but rather unaccomplished rhyme play expressing comic boastfulness. Variations on the theme “We’re so good at what we do”. The only serious lyric on the album is “Proud to Be Black”, but even it lacks depth. I do like the line in this song “I’ll say it in a rap because I do not sing.” Significant explanatory power here. This album seems to be a successful attempt to bring hip hop into the mainstream, mostly by jettisoning the seriousness, violence, and obscenity (mostly) that gave rap its honesty and artistic power. Call it hip pop. Meh. Nevertheless, it’s well executed and moderately entertaining for a listen or two. 3/5

influence de soul music de papi james brown evidente

cancion preferida walk this way

brings back high school memories from our hoodies that go their namesake from RUN DMC

Hip hop. Rap. Bastante bueno.

Je suis un grand fan de Hip Hop, mais le très old school m'attire moins à cause de leur flow. Il est saccadé et j'aime pas vraiment ça. Les beats sont bons et ils savaient comment faire des hits. J'ai pas le choix de donner quand même 3 bonnes étoiles parce que... It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time It's Tricky... it's Tricky (Tricky) Tricky (Tricky)

Classic record. Unless obsessed with golden era hip hop, not really worth listening to straight through, just hit the highlights.

Good beats, flow similar to will smith hip hop

It's funny how the tracks on this album I don't remember seem to have influenced the Beastie Boys. I totally wore this cassette out as a kid listening to certain songs.

Appreciate it for what it was at the time and what it did for its genre but found it very basic.

Een van de albums waardoor hip-hop is doorgebroken. Walk this way blijft gewoon een tijdloos nummer. Leuk om naar te luisteren. Bijzonder hoe hip-hop zo snel is veranderd van dit werk naar het huidige.

RUN-DMC me gusta, noto en este disco aún que son muy repetitivos en sus sampleos. El atino de walk this way sin duda fue un impulso tanto en su carrera como en la de un Aerosmith que ya se estaba apagando pero no hubiera sido posible ni la canción ni el disco sin la ayuda de Rick Rubin (Vamos a ver varios discos en esta lista en los que está involucrado).

Rap classique, quelques morceaux très célèbres sur le disque.

It was ok, not my thing

Never liked run dmc that much, anyway great album but not my style!

Old school rap/hip hop music that is still pretty decent. 3 stars.

Sounds like generic ‘90’s hip-hop without the bite. I understand it’s importance though as a precursor to what was to come. Just incredibly dated.

Curti! Nao conhecia quase nada do Run DMC, só de nome

It was about what I expected

Good one but I prefer some other DMC albums more

Some legit classics on here and loved their use of samples. Sounded repetitive at times though

This was fine. I preferred the other rap-rock album from before. Some good songs, most were meh.

Decent album. Just not a big fan of classic *boom-bap* hip-hop. Classics on this album will listen when they come on but not gonna rush to listen.

its cool

Not my thing; but can appreciate its massive influence.

Ehh I liked some of it

Maybe I listen to too much new music but the production of this album is so basic and it’s very crazy listening to this compared to even the most stripped down artist today

I particularly didn’t love it although it clearly has some world-class tracks. I found their collaboration with Aerosmith interesting. I’d say it was the song I liked the most, even more than It’s Tricky, which is still playing everywhere today thanks to TikTok. I thought it was important to know where this album came from. You can’t overlook the fact that it was released exactly 50 years ago. Insane

#8 - first album so far to be not my taste at all! not an unenjoyable listen (apart from Dumb Girl, which was horrible) and I appreciate Run-D.M.C's influence and legacy but will probably not be returning to this one hence a totally subjective 2/5

infelizmente não ha´ motivo para ouvir um album de hiphop dessa epoca

NOT A BIG FAN

Not really a fan, but walk this way is still a classic

Disco com alguns hits legais do grupo, mas como um todo, bem repetitivo. Tem sua importância pra consolidação do gênero obviamente, mas pra mim, pessoalmente falando, não é um clássico que continua sendo atual como o gangsta rap da Califórnia, por exemplo.

Better than expected. Almost three stars.

it’s tricky is nice

I respect how foundational this group is to the evolution of rap but I cannot deal with all these nursery rhyme ass lines. It feels like an endless string of “Humpty Dumpty had a great fall/But me and Run know how to BALL”

A couple ok songs but in general it just all sounds the same.

"George Washington Carver made the peanut great" I'm a fan of old-school rap, typically Boom Bap from the 90s, especially due to intelligent lyricism and captivating basslines. This album had neither. Rather, it has a recently-elevated-by-tiktok "It's Tricky." God I fucking hate Its Tricky. Although I did think the alternating rapper gimmick was interesting, it increasingly got overplayed as the album went on. The songs that lack any bass or guitar really drag, the rapping is grating and uninspiring. On a brighter note, "Walk this way" always slapped and continues to slap, making it the clear highlight of the album, and the song included in my playlist. "Raising hell" also has a nice guitar riff. (Guitar in general elevates these tracks from unlistenable to just bad). It's like if the beastie boys sucked and only used elementary school rhyme schemes and cut out any riff that sounds cool. 2/5

I can see how this really influenced hiphop culture in mainstream media - aerosmith with rap? crazy collab - rock influences in hiphop show up in other songs not really my style but I can understand the hype

Not my favorite

Obviously influential but listening to it with hindsight today exposes quite how basic the beats are. There are some decent hooks (‘it’s tricky’ in particular) but the majority of the content was a bit plodding and samey with some lyrics that still originate from the problematic bigotry that unfortunately pervades some rap. Also, Aerosmith are god awful and so ‘walk this way’ makes me deduct marks just by its inclusion on this album.

Walk This Way is the best track on the album, and that says something...

Not my thing, mom loves it though.

W Aerosmith cover

It's an album of dumb jokes - good for parties (though ironically you have to pick the trscks carefully for a kids party). It's not awful, has a place... but it's depressing to give it that much credit.

Everything unique or interesting about this is so repeated so much in this album that it immediately loses all novelty. Also felt strangely very sanitized? Why are there so many mentions of McDonald's and nursery rhymes?

very sad i didnt like this more. first track is pretty good at least!

This was a first for me, I didnt switch it off. It wasnt good I think it must be an age thing but I just dont get it, there seems to be no talent involved, if there is I dont know where its supposed to be. "beats" evidently which I assume were the rhyming couplets they chuntered, reminded me of school po-et-ry. Didnt really enjoy.

The old school hiphop flows and delivery will always give me a good giggle, the delivery is certainly cringeworthy at times. Rap rock was in its infancy here, and was definately improved on in its later iterations. First half of the album SIGNIFICANTLY stronger than the second. 1) Walk This Way 2) Is It Live 3) Proud to Be Black Least Favourite: Dumb Girl

“Ah hip hop a dippity dop” ass album

Raising Hell Run-D.M.C. 1986 Genres: Hip Hop 1. Peter Piper (★★★⯨☆) - Contexto: Una exhibición de técnica y habilidad verbal donde Run y D.M.C. encadenan rimas ingeniosas, referencias a cuentos infantiles y constantes juegos de palabras para demostrar que están entre los mejores MCs de la época. 2. It's Tricky (★★★★★) - Contexto: Trata sobre lo complicado que puede ser el éxito, las giras y la fama, mezclando anécdotas humorísticas con un mensaje de perseverancia y confianza en sí mismos. -Fav 3. My Adidas (★★⯨☆☆) - Contexto: Un homenaje a las zapatillas Adidas como símbolo de identidad, orgullo y pertenencia a la cultura hip-hop. También reivindica el estilo callejero como parte de su identidad. 4. Walk This Way (★★★★★) - Contexto: Reinterpretación del clásico de Aerosmith que une el rap y el rock, narrando una historia de deseo adolescente mientras simboliza el encuentro entre dos géneros musicales. -Fav 5. Is It Live (★★★⯨☆) - Contexto: Responde a quienes dudaban de la autenticidad del grupo, afirmando que su talento y energía son reales tanto en el estudio como sobre el escenario. 6. Perfection (★★☆☆☆) - Contexto: Reflexiona sobre la búsqueda de la excelencia como artistas, defendiendo la disciplina, la confianza y el perfeccionamiento constante de sus habilidades. 7. Hit It Run (★★★☆☆) - Contexto: Un tema festivo centrado en la diversión, la intensidad de las actuaciones y el impacto que provoca el grupo cada vez que toma el micrófono. 8. Raising Hell (★★⯨☆☆) - Contexto: Presenta a Run-D.M.C. como una fuerza revolucionaria que llega para sacudir la escena musical con una actitud desafiante, poderosa y cercana al hard rock. 9. You Be Illin' (★★★☆☆) - Contexto: Canción humorística que ridiculiza situaciones absurdas y personas despistadas mediante ejemplos exagerados y mucho sentido del humor. 10. Dumb Girl (★★☆☆☆) - Contexto: Relata una relación sentimental frustrante marcada por la inmadurez, la falta de entendimiento y los conflictos de pareja. 11. Son Of Byford (★☆☆☆☆) - Contexto: Breve interludio cómico en forma de llamada telefónica que sirve como transición antes del cierre del álbum. 12. Proud To Be Black (★★☆☆☆) - Contexto: Una declaración de orgullo por la identidad afroamericana que reivindica la historia, los logros y la dignidad de la comunidad negra frente al racismo y los prejuicios. -TOTAL = ★★⯨☆☆ (2,92) -Para mí es un dos estrellas pese a que en promedio debería ser un 3 y que tiene dos canciones a las que más por repetición continuada que por gusto he estado expuesto.

ITS A BIT MUCH AFTER A WHILE

This definitely shows its age. I'm not sure I know enough about early days hiphop to be able to appreciate this one.

Hip hop isn’t my thing, and this album isn’t gonna change my mind. Sounds really dated, not offensive but just not for me

Very fun and dynamic! It is one of the major classics of hip hop. While the beats are not extraordinary, it has some anthemic moments and the lyricism is fun all along. 7/10 [KEEP]

I guess Tricky is ok

Yks biisi oli hyvä ja sekin coveri, ei jatkoon.

I'm not fan of hip hop, but this was above average.

Was never a fan of their hits. Indeed, I hated whenever the Aerosmith crossover appeared on Rage (and felt the same hearing it again now). And now the first time hearing them in full, I remain unmoved. There is no atmosphere here, it's sparse beats and metronomic delivery. They are clearly influential, they get my respect, but I remain a non-fan.

It was a lot of fun but not something I’d listen casually

This is a lot of what I don't care for about the Beastie Boys, and it doesn't work any better for me here. At least there are a couple of catchy songs. Favorite track: I feel like "Walk This Way" is the most notable.

Meh. Acho eles meio toscos, pastelão demais o som dos caras. Muito caricato, um completando a frase do outro, Tico e Teco. Entendo a influência do grupo e sua importância, mas acho intragável ouvi-los em 2026. 2/5

mid

I’m not really into rap or hip hop so not for me - but I feel I can’t give a proper rating because of this.

Not really my kind of music but I found some of the songs decent to have on in the background

Yeah sorry i see why this is popular and it flows well but nah this hardcore hiphop style is not my thing at all. Standouts are walk this way cover and raising hell.

Barne-TV

‘Twas fun but not my vibe

I liked some of the songs but it just felt like they were trying to tell me something in a very loud and very aggressive way.

its too old for how yung of the music i listen to

No es mi onda, pero está muy bueno. Por momentos me aburrí y por momentos me divertí.

Hip hop from this era really does not age well imo. I get the style was groundbreaking, but from the perspective of someone born almost 10 years after its release, it comes off as cheesy and tacky. Like I would hear it in a nickelodeon special one night after school. And I feel bad, it’s not their fault it was co opted that way. But that’s what happens man. Fav Track: Hit it Run

Good.

Heard songs from it before. It's Tricky is such a banger, I adore it. In general I like this style of 80s rap but it also gets tiring after a while? Fun though 2/5

forgettable

Eh

3/10

Maso

Wow, this was boring and repetative!

Done

The Good: We get to cause some trouble! The Bad: Only if we walk their way… The Ugly: My adidas… which I’ve owned for over. decade, are all run down… Tricky… classic My adidas… more classic Walk this way… the start of a (re)-birth. Good for you RunDMC, impressive how you managed to get hip-hop to be moved out of the ghetto and into the burbs… or should we thank Rubin? Regardless, this is indeed a historic album… that gets stale real fast… Teenage me tried to start a hip-hop act with a buddy… we sucked at it,. I think my artistic name was triple D and his was doube E or something stupid like that… kids… go figure. Anyway, I listened to the album… now I can die, right? Also, let’s pretend for a minute that a Vanilla Ice would have created a song called “proud to be white”… just saying… 2*

At first I liked the simple production, great structure to the music. But then Aerosmith showed up and ruined everything. I remember when I was a preteen and sought out walk this way. I regret that.

Definitely influential to hip hop, but just sounds corny by today's standards

I like some of their lyricism, but mostly this album was kinda annoying to listen to

I hear lots of drum beats and little music. The rapping is monotonous and bordering in misogynistic. It gets an extra star for the attempt at blending genres, and in that it is still successful at times. But yeah, not for me

Couple of good songs, and a bunch of other songs that sound like worse versions of the good songs.

we're they right about rap being crap?

Det er bare ikke en lyd for mig. Der er fede beats ind imellem, men jeg har alligevel mest en følelse af "man skulle nok have været der" når jeg lytter til det.

Man får et smil på læben af de dejligt nostalgiske beats, men liiiiiiiiige til det Garage Band'ske. Langt fra det bedste Run-D.M.C. album. Lyrics og levering minder mig lidt for meget om noget Kevin fra "The King of Queens" eller Barney fra "How I Met Your Mother" kunne have leveret. "You Be Illin'" er sgu en dejlig latterlig klasker hahaha. Bliver ikke sidste gang den kommer på i mit liv ;P Sammenlignet med andre store rap-album, kan dette ikke få mere end 2 stjerner, desværre. Stadig mil bedre end Beastie Boys.

den her type hiphop holder ikke rigtig længere for mig det er egentlig nogle ret fede produktioner, men lyrikken er lige lidt for cheesy 2.6

It's Tricky Tricky. Udover de to bangers It's Tricky og Walk This Way, bliver det mest af alt bare uorganiseret larm som man ikke kan holde ud at høre på.

I've always struggled to get into the older era's of rap :( That's no shade to the quality; i can hear how influential this album has been Fav Songs: Peter Piper, Its Tricky, Raising Hell 6/10 Saved a Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? ------ ❌ Will Listen Again? --- ❌

I'm not a huge fan of either classic hip hop or '80s rock so perhaps not the group for me. Highlights: "It's Tricky", "Is It Live"

cool beats aint it for me

Apart fromWalk this way I sid not enjoy this album but then I am not a fan of hip hop. It becomes monotonous at times.

fine i guess, but dated as hell and kinda boring to me.

No puedo creer que conocia la mayoria de las canciones pero no el nombre del álbum o siquiera a los cantantes del mismo. Me parece avanzadísimo para el año en que salió, tiene sonidos únicos. No escucharía dichas canciones todos los días pero si considero que, al menos una vez en la vida, hay que oír el presente álbum. Debe haber engendrado una gran ola de nuevos sonidos y muchos/as cantantes deben haber experimentado gracias a este grupo musical.

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I remember seeing the video with Aerosmith on MTV back when they actually played music videos, it sounded far more interesting to me then. So many great things came from these guys being on the scene, it's just not great for me anymore.

I’m sure this blew some minds when it came out, but I just didn’t grow up with this sound. It’s ok, but it has that typical (kind of corny) old school rap sound that I just don’t dig.

Historic (and I still love the few songs I grew up with), but not my favourite.

Favorites were: My Adidas, Walk this way, You be Illin’. Didn’t like it as much as I remember, but I think this is still a really important album.

no es mi linea, pero traen buen ritmo

Reminds me of children’s book.

Producer Rick Rubin seems to be on a mission to make hard rock hip-hop a category with Run-D.M.C but maybe he shouldn't have bothered.

So dated even 5 years later. Landmark release with classics but that 80's mic style and the singular heavy beats is of a time and place I don't want to visit.

Life's too short. 1.5

i feel like the Run DMC guys would appreciate, conceptually, keeping it real. and so: man, i fucking Hate the two big songs from this record. Tricky is the most annoying song in the world and anything involving Aerosmith sucks shit automatically. so, we're left with a bunch of Run DMC deep cuts, which are kind of okay. cool production, tolerable rhymes. maybe there's gold hidden after the first chorus of Dumb Girl but i heard it start up and just decided that track wasn't for me. highly influential and important but wow has this aged poorly!

Funny when you remember what Hip-Hop used to be before it found itself...

Historically this was a landmark album for hip hop. But, 40 years on it is starting to feel pretty dated. All the beats and rhyming is pretty static throughout. There are a couple of good songs but listening straight through felt very repetitive.

I thought this was a bit corny. It’s strange to think this was somewhat controversial as it feels so tame now. Much preferred the less well known tracks, they definitely felt less jarring.

This really feels like the origins of pop rap, and I can't say I was a fan. Like the first — and probably best — attempt a label had at creating a mass market product from underground rap culture. I'm sure it changed the game but it's not really to my taste.

Я не фанат гурту. Є тут суперхіти. Той самий Peter Piper. Walk This Way ніколи не любив, хоч і розумію впливовість пісні і її історичну важливість. Взагалі, це цікавий феномен, як суперзірки жанру стали нерелевантними буквально за декілька років. Навіть взяти цей альбом і порівняти з Paid in Full від Ракіма та Еріка.Бі, який вийшов на рік пізніше. Рівень розриву в емсінгу просто колосальний. І якщо ті самі Бісті Бойз, які теж мають супер олдскульний флоу, змогли себе трохи перевинайти, в першу чергу через буття талановитими музикантами, то цей дует нічого не зміг запропонувати і назавжди залишився у 80х

1.75 - This album is 40 years old and it’s sounds it. It has a few good songs, but it’s mostly dated and cringy.

This was fine. Sounded too much like the Beastie Boys at times 2.5

The most popular track on this album outperforms the least popular by a factor of almost a million. This is an album with two popular tracks. All the tracks have a similar sound and I'm guessing that the sound paved the way for what came after. Important for them that care.

Very dryly produced, kinda samey, okay I guess.

Rap is not my thing

Super influential and an important record but it’s not super good to listen to as a standalone album.

Aerosmith collab, it’s tricky we’re hughlights. seemed not much substance in lyrics, maybe a rushed effort studio execs

I’m sure it’s good when someone is in the mood for this music, but I wasn’t and I basically never am

Classic. Penalty point deduction for reviving Aerosmith's career.

I’d rather be strapped to a table in a room and played Rashied Ali drum solos all day than listen to this again. How can this list turn up Pearl Jam’s Ten yesterday and this today?! Saving Grace is Walk This Way but mainly because it’s got Aerosmith on it. 2

Almost certainly influential at the time but averages out at the lower end for Hip Hop these days

I listened to this album and initially thought it was good, but by around the fourth track, I started to get bored. Early hip-hop, as music, still lacks complexity and is not very interesting.

Whilst the beats and catchiness of the tunes are undeniable, an overbearing presence of misogyny haunts the album throughout. Instead of becoming timeless, the songs sound firmly anchored in darker, less human times.

Echt puur hiphop

Ja, tis niet om aan te horen. Cringe, beetje alsof je je oom en tante een rap act tijdens een bruiloft opvoeren. Desalniettemin is dit natuurlijk wel een van de belangrijkste momenten in de muziekwereld met de opkomt van rap. Dit alles heeft natuurlijk geleid tot de hiphop muziek en vooral de cultuur die we vandaag kennen. Het heeft zich ontzettend snel door ontwikkeld en is nog steeds bezig. Album wat je geluisterd moet hebben. Maar zeker niet tijdloos. Als het nu uit zou komen zou ik het een één geven, in die tijd zou ik het niet begrijpen en een twee geven. Qua impact krijgt het een 5. Zou niet weten hoe je dit moet beoordelen. Dan maar de hoeveelheid plezier ik er nu naar geluisterd heb. Respectvolle 2, bestaat dat?

to rock around its right on time its trickyyyyyy-only song that I really like on this album

It wasn't bad I just would listen tk jt right at this moment in time

65

Influential but shit. Like I read somewhere here it sounds like a Donkey Kong rap soundtrack.

An artifact more than an album, this is another hip hop record from this era that is hugely influential and culturally significant, but really hard to listen to 40 years later as the genre has progressed so far beyond it and this is left feeling really one-note, dated, repetitive and ultimately pretty boring. Also, is this ultimately responsible for Nu-Metal, Kid Rock, and all of the other rap-rock hybrid monstrosities?

I feel like I can’t really hate on this, but it just hasn’t aged well (2.5)

I was disappointed with this. I was expecting catchy beats and rhythms, but what I heard was outdated, cheesy and dare I say, a bit boring. Forgettable.

Considering the differences in recording quality, it's not surprising that the hits are the hits and the rest are not. Some of the mixes are just bad and hard to listen to. How they managed to nail it in some places and whiff it elsewhere is beyond me. Lyrically, however, the hits are no greater than the others. Run-DMC is all about the boast, and that's what Hip Hop was about in the 80s. It does eventually lose potency. It's an important album for the sake of music history but not one that holds up as a classic to keep in rotation.

did non like it

This record is definitely better than the previous record from them. This is when they got more rock. Incorporating rock and roll with hip hop. It works well. The classic Walk This Way with Aerosmith is on here. I think I can go out on a limb and say that that particular song is pretty important for music. This record still suffers from poor vocal delivery that mirrors the previous record. Hip hop and rap fanatics will tell me how I don’t understand the importance of it but I will just tell them that I don’t like it. We will agree to disagree and I will continue to try and find some sort of hip hop or rap artist that I like.

Definitely the oldest rap I’ve listened to and though the beats weren’t really my style it was very cool to hear was the first iterations and ideas of hip hop were. Pretty generic beats and wish there was more instrumental variety. The majority of the songs mostly melded together and none stood out to me specifically. Keeps it simple but it’s almost too digestible and just a bit forgettable.

Eh. Run DMC made rap mainstream, which was a good thing overall, but a lot of this album felt like padding. There are some great songs like It's Tricky and Walk This Way, but also cringe like My Adidas and Dumb Girl. I laughed at You Be Illin' rather than with it, and Hit It Run had some annoying beatboxing. Overall I wasn't impressed outside of the first third of the album, which is a shame since I wanted to like this.

2/5. So much of this music was novel back in the day; not in the slightest now. There's some decent songs here and there but not enough to make me return. It is kinda incredible how badly this is balanced outta the box. It's really unpleasant to listen to. This comes from someone who has a poor ear for that stuff, so when *I* notice poor mixing, it tends to be particularly egregious. Run DMC shines best with its vocal delivery. They have fun with aggressive punctuations, usually delivered with a loudly belted duet. They do it a lot. Some grooves and instrumental backing can be great, but other songs can be outright misery-inducing. Some of the guitar sounds downright amateurish, like they let a 12yo record a couple licks. My final note for this album is that a man can only take so many record scratches in one lifetime.

Leuk maar niet helemaal mijn ding voor een heel album, erg repetitief

Never really listened to them, so it was nice to switch it up and actually listen to them. Not my style. Sounds kinda beastie boys to me.

I completely understand that this is a very important album for hip hop, and it was probably very cool at the time. However as today’s standards go it’s a bit crap. 80s hip hop generally is the worst decade of the genre. The lyrics aren’t great. That being said, there’s some monumental tracks here. ‘My adidas’, the first artists to get attributed to a brand I believe. ‘Walk This Way’, an amazing crossover, with the rock giants Aerosmith. ‘It’s Tricky’ being a sing a long classic everyone will still sing today. Favourite tracks are: ‘It’s Tricky’, ‘Walk this Way’, ‘My Adidas’, ‘Raising Hell’.

14 albums to go. Please be good ones... The big songs on here are all time classic, but somehow, on an album under 40 mins, there's still filler.

It sounds like a time capsule. I like a lot of the songs, but it didn’t rock my world like it did all my friends when it came out

Meh. I don't live hip hop from this era. The 2 hits were good, but otherwise I didn't love it.

lowkey I can’t get into this

Some songs are fun to hear occasionally

kinda mid

not really into rap at all so didn't get much out of this not bad just not my thing

I'm sorry but I do not ! get on with this. I don't really know why I think I just find it. Jarring. Grating. I don't know! I'm sorry Run-D.M.C. I'm sure you're lovely, it's not you it's me When I was like, 8 or 9 I realised that I didn't like Walk This Way. I think it was when I was watching Racing Stripes at a friend's house, which very much dates this story. I haven't thought about Racing Stripes since then, and I'm not mad about it. I was REALLY upset when Girls Aloud and the Sugababes covered Walk This Way for Comic Relief. I really feel like I should add Walk This Way to my playlist, but I can't bring myself to do it. Song added to playlist: - It's Tricky

Der Zahn der Zeit hält auch vor diesem Album nicht halt

It should go without saying that Hip Hop has come a long way since the 80s. The genre has evolved to become arguably the most widespread and diverse scene, with its influence reaching almost all popular music today. I can try and put myself in the perspective of somebody in 1986 listening to Raising Hell for the first time, and I think it would definitely be a slightly more innovative listen than in modern times. Run-D.M.C. was certainly a large pioneer in the early popularization of Hip Hop, and they definitely laid the groundwork for the Boom Bap, but I have to put influence aside and go off of my enjoyment, which was unfortunately lacking. It's Tricky is a great single and definitely the highlight of the record, but apart from that the album has not aged gracefully. Lyrics are corny, often times bordering on cringe-worthy (looking at you Dumb Girl). The beats are pretty good, especially for the time, but definitely emit that 80s cheesiness that some love and some can't stand. I'm personally more a The Breakfast Club cheese enjoyer, and this album is giving more of a Ghostbusters vibe if you catch my drift. I could forgive the aforementioned cheese if they leaned into it a little more (thinking NO HANDS), but with a title like "Raising Hell" it's clear the impression they are going for even if in a more playful manner. I recognize how influential Run-D.M.C. and Raising Hell were, and give them all due credit in that department. I think for me personally though, Hip Hop needed a little bit more time to cook before rappers could start making truly great albums.

Mal vieilli

This feels like a 3 and I guess because of historical importance they will get a 3. I don't know when I would re-visit this though. Nah it'll be a 2. But it's a 2.7

not necessarily bad it's just not my style of music at ALL

UPDATE: I didn't do this right at allllll. Turns out I mistakenly listened to their 5 greatest hits and not the Raising Hell album. With that, my review & comments don't apply to this album. // I've heard of DMC but not Run; didn't know they were a duo. The Christmas song was unexpected and wholesome! I also liked their collab with Aerosmith. OMG 'It's Tricky' from White Chicks is by them?!!! Iconic Wasn't the biggest fan of 'It's Like That'

Niet helemaal mijn stijl.

There was a time that you couldn't go anywhere without hearing "It's Tricky", "You Be Illin'", or "Walk This Way". Fine....okay. I understand why it was so, but even today I don't get why it was so. On another note, the collaboration with Aerosmith (one of my favorite bands) on "Walk This Way", basically ressurected Aerosmith's career. I was excited about that until I realized that subsequent music by Aerosmith was going to mostly be a bunch of Top 40 crap.

After you get past the first 4 songs, which were all their recognizable singles, this fell off.

A formative influence on the genre and it contains the first crossover with walk this way. Can live without it though……

There was definitely a song which I’ve heard before. I didn’t listen to the album fully tho (hopefully I finish that today) Personally I think I haven’t listened to it enough to LIKE like it so maybe my rating will change after I fully listen to it and understand it

Two classics. The rest confuses me.

2.5

Meh. I remember the Aerosmith collab from when it was released, but the rest, I've forgotten.

Leuk maar wel erg gedateerd. Hits als 'Peter Piper' en 'It's Tricky' staan op dit album.

Ci sta, però troppo rap

Ouai

Not my thing but a good album

Few good tracks here but not enough for a full record. Rest of it is dreadful filler.

It's tricky was a high- hit it run and raising hell brought it down for me. Honestly it dragged a bit, even though I liked a few songs don't think I'll need to relisten to this as an album. First one I really felt I was waiting to be done with at multiple songs.

Not a rap guy

Walk This Way is an undeniably good and groundbreaking song, but other than that, there isn't much reason to revisit this album. A lot of the beats and production sound very dated, and almost comedy-esque, and there are far superior 80s hip hop albums to revisit - the fact that this is a compilation album is very telling

Sounds a little dated but I can sense that at the time this was a ground breaking cross over, it’s listenable but it ain’t public enemy.

Classic, obvs. Not really sure how I feel about the actual sound - kind of caricature-y, although I'm not entirely sure of what. Glad I heard it regardless

I've never really liked that 80s/90s east coast NYC rap style where the whole group yells the last two words of EACH LINE. To me it's always sounded PRETTY LAME. Rap has gotten better and more interesting SINCE THIS. The OGs were inventive, but they really did only have ONE FLOW.

There’s something about old school hip hop that just sounds gimmicky to me

This was unironically really bad

It started and it went downhill

nah

Not bad, but the rapping style is too old for me. Few melodic instrumentals and quite repetitive. Respect because it's from the beginnings, but I would not listen to it again.

too many 80s rap albums

Was alright. Fun. Probably won’t listen again

Not my style

Not my genre.

Ja ik ga een beetje in de herhaling vallen bij deze early hiphop albums. Kortweg: het is historisch significant, vet om af en toe eens aan te zetten maar simpelweg niet mijn ding. 5,5/10

The hits are classic but overall only okay. Overall 2.5/5

Walk this way is a banger, but the rest is disappointing tat.

This album made me realize why people reacted positively to gangsta rap. The lyrics here are corny ( hat, cat, bag, etc.) and the beats aren't good enough to cover for that.

It improved in the second half.

Dosta lejm, ništa vrijedno spomena. 2/5, 3/10

Listened

Tellement oubliable que j'ai totalement oublié. 2/5

Sin saber inglés, no interesan. Curiosa colaboración con Aerosmith

Rock and hip-hop might have seemed like an unlikely combo back in 1986, but in retrospect who better for a group of misogynistic rappers to team up with than some misogynistic rock dinosaurs to sing about taking advantage of school girls at a high school dance. The rest of the album isn’t much better, including a whole song about their favourite brand of trainers.

It’s no Bad Credit

Some songs aren't bad, but overall I don't particularly like it

Uha den med its tricky. Men ellers tror jeg ikke jeg kender nogen af de her sange

Can recognize how influential and important this album was, but it's still just corny to me. I appreciate the ability to make an Aerosmith song better than it was. But this album/era is just not for me.

I’m sure it was revolutionary at the time but not the kind of hip hop or even old school hip hop I feel like listening to now. Some fun drum fills but lyrics were shouty.

I actually found this really boring :(

More influential than good

I liked it but none of the songs would be something I would listen to regularly so none of them will be added to my new playlist. The only song I knew before listening to the whole album was "It's Tricky". Great instrumental though (especially in "Walk this Way", the guitar was epic) and vibey!

A lesson in hip hop history but not for me

These guys sound like they're having fun. Not much else going on, though. This would be a 1 if it were released today, but gotta have some respect for when it was released. A 2.

Silly. The thing where they trade words back and forth and between different sides of the stereo mix is really distracting and corny. They yell all their lyrics at the exact same tone almost every time. The guitar bits are cool I guess. "You be illin'" is hilarious though, and I'd listen to Rock This Way and It's Tricky again.

I respect Run DMC but not a fan of their rap. I was into more other ones.

Can't say I liked it, but then again I was not expecting much from a rap / hiphop album, so... 4/10

I didn't like this one much, but only because the simplicity (to a fault) of this kinda hip hop really ages this album a lot, and make it a lot more awkward to listen to compared to stuff not even a few years later. It's fine but feels more historically important to me than something really enjoyable

provavelmente o primeiro grande álbum comercial de rap da indústria, batidas boas com rimas espertas, um fundo de crítica social e até uma colaboração com o Aerosmith, o resultado é um álbum bom e percursor do que viria pela frente.

Standout Songs: Walk This Way Raising Hell

Off the cuff remark: was misogyny ever cool? If you can ignore that there are moments of entertainment Standout track: Tricky and the genre bending Walk This Way Revisit: unlikely

• Walk This Way is fun. The rest haven’t aged as well . . .

This album isn’t really my cup of tea, but I can’t deny it has its moments. Compared to some of the real duds on this list, it wouldn’t be fair to give it a 1 out of 5. It’s not for me, but I can see why others might enjoy it!

Struggled to get into this

I know this first gen hip hop is important in the development of the genre and all, but DAMN is it corny. One extra star because some of the cheesy beats are fun.

Eh yeah. I suppose.

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Run - D.M.C.: Raising Hell: Not really my thing. A couple of the songs are pretty cool, and they have very interesting percussion and sample usage, I just really don't care for the rapping and such. A lot of the songs were just pretty boring to me, and I HATE walk this way. Dumb Girl in particular is a fucking stupid song. But on the other hand stuff like its tricky is pretty cool. Can't say its awful, not for me. 4/10

cover - 7.5/10 peter piper - 6.5/10 super catchy its tricky - 7/10 we need this kind of rap to make a comeback my adidas - 6/10 love how it fades into next track walk this way - 9/10 insane intro is it live - 7.5/10 perfection - 5.5/10 hit it run - 6.75/10 raising hell - 8/10 you be illin - 7.5/10 dumb girl - 6.5/10 son of byford - 8/10 proud to be black - 8/10 overall - 6/10

couple of good tunes I remember from back in the day, but not my thing

had to listen as a road trip soundtrack... wrong vibe 4 me

It’s interesting to see how far rap has come since this was released. It was also interesting how the beat made it so easy to hear the lyrics. It’s a shame that the lyrics themselves weren’t, though.

I can appreciate the influence but it's not for me, sorry Fav song: My Adidas

Ranged from kind of a fun listen to intolerable.

Lived through it once. Didn’t need to relive it. Probably a very influential album to the early days of rap, but not a fan or the alternating lyrical exchange. Found it disruptive. I can see why it doesn’t still happen.