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Bob. James.
обычный хип хоп с кринжовенькой песенкой
classics left and right
Monotonous
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
Pretty much the first hip hop I remember from my youth. Nostalgic and still punchy. I enjoyed the trip back.
Despite showing its age a bit, really solid hip hop
Great album brought back memories. Love the last song proud to be black.
#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
Enjoyed
What a difference two years makes. I found their debut impressive but held back by its dated production. Now in 1986, they've incorporated more samples and rock instrumentation, beyond the obvious Aerosmith collab that became a contender for the best song both acts ever made. This album just takes the Run-D.M.C. formula and elevates it on every possible metric. The vocals sound punchier, the tracks repeatedly have catchy hooks that underpin them and resulted in multiple huge hits that strengthened hip-hop's influence in the mainstream. With the big hitters out of the way, it tails off a little in the second half but never becomes less than great.
I gave the first Run-DMC album on this list a "4," even though it sounded a little bit dated. Having come out over 40 years ago, that is to be expected of course. I liked Raising Hell as much as I liked their debut album, though this one seemed to have more songs that I would consider to be top-end in their catalog. I knew "It's Tricky" and "Walk This Way" of course. I've never totally enjoyed Run-DMC's version of the song for some reason. It's fine but doesn't feel like a song I would have worn out my tape deck playing over and over. This one is a must-listen, probably even over their debut album, as this had the massive hit "It's Tricky" and the crossover song "Walk This Way." It had a huge impact on mid-80's music. Many of these songs incorporated rock aspects to their sound and the drums on a few tracks (even if a drum machine) sound like they could have been taken from an 80's hard rock song. A lot of what I hear on Raising Hell is similar to the Beastie Boys on License to Ill. It must have been the New York sound at the time. My favorite tracks: Peter Piper It's Tricky My Adidas Walk This Way Raising Hell You Be Illin'
I can see why this was revolutionary for its time, definitely has the Rick Rubin touch. Some songs felt repetitive but I’m not mad at it.
I’m sorry this album is just horrible I feel like I listened to a 5 year old singing the entire time
Good old school rap. Sometimes the rap mainly Just to a beat is better than the complex rhythms and samples tried today. Not always though
My favorite hip hop group.
True, the flow that they're exhibiting here is dated. You'd find the same kind of rap flows in teachers doing a rap in front of their students to seem relatable. But it's just fun to listen to, and the guitars jamming are -excellent-.
Right at the origins of rap rock. Oh how twisted a thing this will become. But here it's still fun, bouncy and danceable. The first half of the album is the stronger one.
That was pretty fun. I liked the walk this way rendition. and it's tricky is a classic.
Ok… amazing. One of the best early hip hop albums. 4.4
Wasn’t sure about this when I first started playing it. I only got more into it as it went along. This slaps. Cheesy, funky, and fun. 8/10 Most Excellent
infelizmente não ha´ motivo para ouvir um album de hiphop dessa epoca
This album has some nice moments - they don’t take themselves too seriously, I mean they sing about their sneakers. And I love the interplay of their voices. Of course everyone knows their cover of “Walk This Way,” and I like this version better than the original. “You Be Illin’” also caught my attention with the guitar and bass happening in the background there. I guess I like the rock/rap crossover tunes best on here. Finally - you know, the Beastie Boys sound so much like these guys. And I now see that the Beasties opened for Run-D.M.C. when they were touring on this record, so that makes sense. That must have been great fun.
the 2 years between this and 'it takes a nation of millions' sounds like a century. This sounds like history, the last run of the old style before gangsta rap subsumed it. The beat is so slow and the 80's production is so dated it sounds terrible to modern ears. But the rapping holds up and they are a foundation stone in rap. This sounds like Lonnie Donergan compared to modern raps Radiohead
NOT A BIG FAN
Like their previous album on the list, I like how they finish each other's sentences. And the illin song is fun
The way this album started, I thought it was headed straight for a 5. That run from the opener through “Walk This Way” is ridiculous. “Peter Piper,” “It’s Tricky,” “My Adidas,” “Walk This Way,” just banger after banger with barely any letup. It slows down some after that, and the back half doesn’t have quite the same energy for me. Still, the first half is strong enough to carry a lot of weight, and hearing how Run-D.M.C. blended rock guitars with rap makes it easy to understand why they were such a big deal. Not quite a 5 because the whole album doesn’t stay at that opening level, but the highs are really high. Definitely one I’d listen to again. Favorite song: “It’s Tricky”
Se me desarrolló el lóbulo frontal después de escuchar este disco
I get why it's influential but it's just not my cup of tea.
Gotta be in the top 10 of albums that deserve to be on this list
Not really a fan, but walk this way is still a classic
Excellent
I thought I’d like this more than I did, but still pretty iconic!
Some great songs
I remember a few of these. This album was massive at the time, and the duet with Aerosmith certainly helped it get some attention in my friends circles. Unsurprisingly “Walk This away” and “It’s Tricky” are my favourite tracks here, but the album is pretty good throughout. It feels so timid compared to a lot of later hip-hop/rap albums, but needed to be to get that initial commercial success and breakthrough.
Definitely a sound from a particular moment in time - still sounds good though.
This was a fun listen
Ts feel more lukewarm than hellish
Love Run DMC. This album has a lot of great songs. Also it isn't very long which is nice. The albums starts out strong with 4 great songs in a row. The middle is not as exciting but the end comes in strong. 8/10
Crazy that a record can get so far almost solely on boom-bap – the shouts accentuate it, but (as follows) only as an accent; the lyrics are honestly pretty dumb. But the drums, the drums are undeniable.
love classic hip hop this is so good minimal beats and production with some nice rapping highly recommend
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.
Classic old school hip hop. Beats are on point, really fun and memorable samples. Rapping surprisingly holds up. A couple tracks haven’t aged well and are skips, but you have some of the biggest songs of this era here
holds up.
Solid running listen
3.5/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/run-d_m_c/raising-hell/ First four songs + title track are great, but the rest is a bit hit or miss. Still, influential classic, of course.
Quite old sounding. Very sparse production, very oldschool flow. The opening 4 tracks are all classics, and while it does go downhill a bit from there, it's hard not to rate this album highly.
Cool sometimes but just ok and stale most of the time. Still enjoyable overall 6/10
The better Run-D.M.C record. But still somewhat dated.
I obviously knew some of these songs but I had never listened to the whole album. I might give it a listen again on another day wandering through the neighborhood and see what vibes I get. Overall positive vibes here.
it’s tricky is nice
It’s hard to find things wrong with this group. They changed the face of modern music.
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”
Again: love the mid-school representation in this book, but the fact that the album with fucking "Walk This Way" made this list when Paid in Full didn't blows my mind. Mostly solid. I still think "Walk This Way" veers pretty close to being obnoxious. "Dumb Girl" is hilarious for all the wrong reasons.
Not the worst manifestation of the hip-hop genre, also now the best, Raising Hell is an overall okay work with occasional highlights. The latter include Hit It Run, where beatboxing does not sound particularly pleasant but the composition is generally more relatable than the first few tracks; title track Raising Hell, which, unlike the Aerosmith collaboration, does make a good use of instrumentals including the guitar and reminds me of Hollywood Undead even; You Be Illin' and Proud to Be Black. Most of the times this includes "just rapping" with minimalistic beats which rarely captures my interest, but I'd say these guys did deliever quite a fine result with this record, although I doubt that record is bright enough for the list of the greatest albums.
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
Overall Rating - 3.59/5 (7.18/10). Really a good album. Walk This Way is incredible.
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
I mean, at this point in hip-hop history, we were one year away from groundbreaking groups like Eric B & Rakim, NWA, and Public Enemy, groups that pushed the sounds of hip-hop to a whole new level. So my tolerance for these clunky and dry beats at this point isn't super high. But still, I'll consider this more of a cutoff point for this more dated style than anything else, especially for a group as influential and important to the core of hip-hop as Run-D.M.C. Though, funnily enough, I enjoyed their self-titled debut much more than this one. Admittedly, the rapping here was much better, especially on 'Peter Piper', 'You Be Illin', and the title track. And for as much as I dislike the original song, the 'Walk This Way' version of the Aerosmith song on this album is essential golden-age hip-hop listening. "Proud to Be Black' was also a pretty great closer, and maybe the most impactful thing here lyrically, especially after the awful 'Dumb Girl'. Maybe my biggest gripe here, though, is the pretty dry production that doesn't do enough. The record could've benefitted from some more interesting sampling, and fewer antiquated drum-machine breaks. But the band even shouts this out on one of the songs as purposeful, so who am I to complain? Ultimately it's a record of its time, and I can't hate it for that, especially when we're talking about Run-D.M.C
Peter Piper ++ it's tricky ++ my Adidas + walk this way ++ raising hell + you be Iillin' +
Classic. Not necessarily something I listened to back in the days.
Que creatividad. Excelentes rolas. Puro party :D
I’m not a hip-hop guy, but this album is a classic. Their collab with Aerosmith brought hip-hop to a whole lot of people that would never have heard it. Most of the lyrics/rhymes are pretty funny, and while it’s not an album that I would purchase, I appreciate it.
Foundational album of hip hop culture. The greatest 1-2 punch out of the gate from the early rap albums. This is essential for any fan of modern hip hop to see where rap first became mainstream. Cannot praise this album enough.
Some classic hip hop bangers. I did appreciate the rock cross over and feel of the album.
Not a hip hop kinda girl
I mean, come on. It's perfect.
'Old School' isn't old school enough. A dead style, but exciting fun at the time.
The primitive flows here may take a bit to get used to, but Jam Master Jay's beats are as fly as ever.
Good
I’m glad they suggested a hip-hop album this early - what a listen. The first five songs knocked me on my ass. I never knew It’s Trippy sampled My Sharona (power pop follows me everywhere). My Adidas into Walk This Way transition is iconic. The drumming on Perfection is how I aspire to play
Important to what we have today
The quintessential old school hip-hop. I recognize it's importance to the rap game and hip-hop as a whole, but for me personally, this album doesn't really age that well for everyday listening. A magnificent piece of rap history that should probably just stay like that. History.
Such a great set of tracks to open with. Whilst the beats fall a bit flat compared to modern hip hop, they are a perfect vehicle for Run and DMC's witty rhymes. So many memorable quips that it's hard to pinpoint just a few. Lyrically alone, this was a trailblazer and still entertains very well to this day.
Not my favorite
Två jättehits med Its Tricky och Walk This Way. Resten är rap och trumbeats.
The positives on this: - It created a new hybrid genre of Rap/Rock. - The interplay between them was great. - It was highly influential in pushing rap towards albums rather than singles. - The scratching and DJ work is high level. - Walk this way and It’s tricky still stand up well now The negatives: - It created a new hybrid genre of Rap/Rock. - The misogyny
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.
Only managed a couple of songs. Hated every second of them
3/5. The album largely credited with bringing rap music to the mainstream with massive hits like “Tricky” or “Walk This Way” which features the rock band Aerosmith and is an interpolation of their song of the same name. Its influence on the spread of rap music and the aesthetics that the genre would use going forward are undeniable, however my feelings on this album are the same as with their self titled debut. You can tell it was a revolution at its time, but a lot of what came after runs entire marathons around Run DMC in terms of rapping ability, production, variety, flow, etc. And due to that fact going back to a Run DMC album it always feels very basic and plain. Which is not the albums fault, it’s more so the fault of time and how rap music would rapidly evolve over the coming decades. Even if revisiting Run DMC doesn’t lead to my favorite listening experiences, they still are a foundational group who laid a lot of groundwork for rap music and helped bring it to a mainstream audience, and that much can never be taken from them, so Raising Hell is absolutely an important album that’s worth hearing at least once.
7.9/10 Transcended the ruling system I use, timeless
Critiquing 80s hip-hop as a fan of the genre is really fucking hard. If you take this album at face value, it's kinda ass. The beats and the flows get boring and old very quickly. The lyrical content just does not hold up against the test of time. But you'd only tell half of the story if you don't acknowledge that some of the rap tropes that we find cringey and cliche in 2026 were brand new when they were adding them to this album. You don't get Tribe or Black Sheep or Naughty by Nature or any of your 90s faves without Run beatboxing poorly on the track in 1986. This album in itself is so sample-able. There's definitely magic on this album. It's like hieroglyphics on the inside of the pyramid wall of hip hop history. Highlights: Walk This Way, Perfection
No plans to listen to the whole album again, but definitely not the last time I want to listen to Tricky
Actual Rating: 2.5/5
Not my favorite early hip hop, but ok. 3.5 stars
The historic significance here is big. But it sounds like a mid/late 80s rap record. These don’t always age well but it was still fun to listen to. Giving it a 3. Glad I listened, appreciate why it’s here but wouldn’t ever listen to it again on my own.
I do not like Aerosmith so I don't really like Walk this Way, the rest of side 1 is really good though. Side 2 lost me a little bit. 3.5/5
I'm giving this 3 stars, which is considerably high for my hip-hop reviews, purely out of the familiarity factor. I had heard and was quite familiar with a couple of these tracks. That's the saving grace that protected it from a 2.
estuve mehh pero el inicio me gustó bastante, por eso 3
RUN-DMC is lit
Run DMC: definitely here for influence over quality in my opinion, but that’s not to say it’s bad. Beats are crisp and vocal styles are stylish, but we’re kind of in the “proto-hip hop” era of lyricism where the lyrics lack a lot of nuance, commentary, etc. Glad the album exists for what it did for the industry, and overall a pretty fun listen. 6.5/10.
Pretty good. Is the video for Walk This Way one of the tentpoles of my pop culture awareness as a child?
Classic quality hip hop.
Literally whatever honestly this was a trial to get through.
Seminal rap group/album. If I am truthful, this probably rates a four for me enjoyability-wise, but I think it deserves a bonus star for its influence and importance.
Pretty cool
It was not my cup of tea. Very repetitive
I kept thinking of Punk rock - throwing simple instruments together and singing about what you know. By modern standards the djing, drum machines and mixdown are amateurish at best, but it kind of adds to the charm. The raps are more like football chants than intricate wordplay - over the course of an album it wears a little thin, but the party vibes are undeniable. Ironically if it was 3-4 songs shorter i'd be sure it's a 4, but just a strong 3.
Personally, I go crazy every time I hear this version of "Walk This Way." Great rap/hip-hop album.
The foundations of hip hop. Some absolute classics on here, from the goofy 'You be Illin' to the high energy 'It's Tricky' to the rap rock fusion of 'Walk This Way'. It's wall to wall hits. Yes it's aged and feels quaint and some of the lyricism is a bit nursery rhyme-y by today's standards but it's just such a fun album.
I use to think I just wasn't that big of a Hip Hop fan, but now I am realizing with this and Public Enemy that I just prefer 80's Hip Hop. Fun album lots of energy and a great blending of genres. Favorite Track - It's Tricky Least Favorite Track - Dumb Girl ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Starts off hard as hell ad continues in that vein for a number of tunes. Walk This Way is the best thing Aerosmith ever did, but this album version goes on forever with guitar noodling. Bit of a semi-lull in the middle, but goes out with an absolute bang. Great to listen to the first time in ages and be constantly ticking off the bits that have been sampled and copied elsewhere plus the enormous influence on all hip-hop that follows. God damn that DJ made my day.
It's good and all, and it obviously should be on here for its influence on hip-hop, but I also don't really love it. I'm just not the biggest fan of this brand of early, rap-rock influenced hip-hop, and that's basically what this is. 'Tricky' and 'Walk This Way' are great though.
#406 The opening 4 songs are about as good as one could hope for, and they typify an old school hiphop album. Of course, this was pioneering in the sense of rock rap, and even though it sounds very of its time, it somehow still feels fresh. Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ✅ Listen before you die? ✅ Fave track(s): It’s Tricky; Walk This Way Rating: 8/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ta bueno. Ese hip hop de antes. Acá mezclan cositas de rock. No solo en Walk This Way. En el resto de los temas también. 7/10
super classic, full of great lines
Estuvo bien, la segunda canción me encantó porque es parte del OST de Y dónde están las rubias, pero no es algo que escucharía seguido.
Really good heavy vibes
This is a fun album, it's very important to hip hop history. I just kinda think it hasn't aged that well. It's fine, the songs are fun, but they're just so simple and the rhyming is so simple it just feels pretty unimpressive in 2026. Hip hop in one of its most pure forms but feels like it landed in a middle area in the hip hop history lexicon where it's more nuanced than the early greats but nowhere near as complex or interesting as modern or golden era classics....and I just don't feel like I'll be compelled to listen to this again. Probably a 4 in a vacuum but I'm gonna go with 3
It was actually better than I expected tbh but why did they just start rambling on about big macs and fried chicken i don't think I can give a 4 but feel like I can't give it a 3 so it gets a 3.5
Walk This Way is the best track on the album, and that says something...
Not my thing, mom loves it though.
not my cup of tea!
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.
Nope. Still don’t get rap. I need a tune!
Loved this!
kinda forgot I have this album on CD, so it was a nice surprise that this came up. I now realise that when it comes to rap and hip hop, my preference is east coast rap which features beastie boys, run dmc, public enemy and grandmaster flash. It is west coast rap where the lyrical content is more about gangs, drugs and sex, whereas east coast either goes into more sociopolitical issues in a more nuanced style or keeps certain serious subjects in a more subtle light, sometimes with a more jolly and friendlier sound. Rap music isn't my favourite genre so my opinions may be flawed and biased, so I should really try listening to other rap albums in order to form a much more accurate and objective opinion.
I like it
Every time Run show up on this list I initially get whiplash with how primitive the songs are. Then 3 or so in, they just click. A 4 might be a tad strong but a 3 feels disingenuous. I cannot believe Fergalicious is NOT sampling/interpolating You Be Illin' they sound so similar - im on to you Will.I.Am Favorite Song: Peter Piper, Raising Hell
Zzzz
Minus 4 stars for the unbearable Aerosmith feature, but somehow it‘s still 4/5
Maybe lacking the raw and unpolished nature of their debut, but still full of bangers. Probably their most diverse and polished album, transitioning from their earlier drum machine based days into the sample era and fully embracing the rock crossover.
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?
Love them
very sad i didnt like this more. first track is pretty good at least!
Groundbreaking in its time, but rather primitive sounding today. Definite skills on display here, but there's better out there.
Such fun
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.
You know this should annoy the hell out of you. Every song has the same rhythm. It's dated as hell. It's some dudes shouting about nonsense. It's really catchy and the first 4 songs are all classic. I can't help but bop along. It's a good album.
Not my thing but actually OK
ooooh I get it now. this beat is my recital
Interesting album.
It's fun for what it is, but feels more dated than a lot of other hip hop from this era.
Some great tracks. Their rap style became dated in like a week, but it's still very solid.
When I was old enough to start buying my own tapes I went with my birthday money and bought two cassettes. Licensed to Ill and Raising Hell. I had known about Run DMC because they were one of the biggest rap groups of the time. There was also the Krush Groove movie which was kind of a biopic of Russell Simmons so I was excited to hear the album. The album was huge. Walk this Way was huge. It was also important because it got rap music played on MTV. The music isn’t the most groundbreaking and to think that they were looked at as a hardcore group at the time. Some of the beats are amazing on the album but most are just pushing the 808 to its fullest. They are the artists that made albums important in hip hop. They also pushed videos forward especially with the it’s Tricky video. So this is a great album in the moment of hip hop. It’s a better first half than second. There rhymes are fairly basic and ultramagnetic mcs would later diss them for their basic rhymes. In a few years, Run DMC would be chasing others because they didn’t know how to adjust their style as times were evolving and the music evolved so quickly especially in those early years but in those five years Run DMC were the Kings of Rock and Raising Hell was their classic album.
I liked this one better than their self titled. A bit more varied, a bit more interesting
I actually weirdly loved this
7.75/10 - Great opening half, few good songs on the back. Overall a fun album. No one will say it’s one of the best hip hop albums of all time, but it’s entertaining and worth having in the arsenal.
I like this D.M.C. album more than their debut. They lay the groundwork for a lot of hip-hop, but I don't think a lot of their stuff has aged super well. The collab with Aerosmith is really bad (I hate Aerosmith). 6/10
Pretty fun from start to end. Front-loaded with big hits so there’s an inevitable dip in the middle but it doesn’t outstay its welcome. Maybe doesn’t have the fire of Public Enemy at their most furious or the smarts of De La Soul/ATCQ at their most inventive but it’s easily as important a chapter in hip hop.
Drum machine, DJ, some MCs, and Adidas. Brought hip-hop to the suburbs. 1986 remains undefeated.
Great singles, could have been a 5 but a poor side 2. Still, given the legacy of it, Im gonna bump it to a 4. I really enjoyed the first 4 songs.
노래가 꽤 신나고 좋았다. 나중에는 살짝 정신 없는 느낌이긴 했지만 그래도 힙합의 분위기기 좋았다. The song is quite upbeat. It creates an atmosphere of continuous cheering and lifts the mood.
So good. This is what I’m talking about. This is groundbreaking stuff. Just read the wiki on this one. First hip hop album to do X, Y, and Z. “Heralded the golden age of hip hop.” Pretty much all you need to know. This is when hip hop kicked the door in. You can hear so much of what was to follow in this. It’s Tricky is a generational banger. The whole thing is just fun and pure. Need more like this on this list. 4.5+
yeah they did!
Love this album, although never a huge fan of the Aerosmith collab. But It's Tricky, You Be Illin, & the rest rock. Love the whole thing.
Meh, je savais à quoi m'attendre mais ça a mal vieilli, + que leur 1er album, les riffs de guitare font un peu trop et devraient laisser plus de place à la voix
Die Beats sind stumpf, die Reime wirken hölzern, und der Groove zieht sich wie Kaugummi auf heißem Asphalt. Statt Energie gibt’s endlose Wiederholungen, statt Innovation ein zähes Durchhalten alter Formeln. Ein Album, das eher ermüdet als begeistert. Jedes Morresey Album muss 4Sterne mehr bekommen als dieser Ohrenschmerz.
Would I listen to this all the time? No. But the best songs on here (Tricky and Walk this Way) I will never get tired of. For 90s hip hop, I don't know that it gets better than this.
Listened
It does sound like a lot of the rap album for around this time. So it's catchy and fun. Favorite Songs: It's Tricky ; Walk this Way
what the fuck is this album dawg..
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
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The samples are absolutely perfect. 'Walk This Way' was a crossover that has driven decades of rock/rap and rap-rock music (some regrettable but that's not Run-DMC's fault). The flows are also excellent. Clever and infectious, featuring the classic MY-AH-deedas style emphasis at verse starts and the call-and-response format that calls back to gospel and spiritual music, this is essential listening. Take notes, young guns: you've got a lot to measure up to from 1986, still. 5/5
so much fun and such a good break from the same old rock albums
This kind of music is so fucking annoying to me, but also I get how it was fresh, I see how it’s fun, and I can hear how it’s not objectively bad. All things considered I guess it’s a 3.
A cornerstone hip-hop album. Not an album I would seek, but it was worthwhile to listen to the album where "It's Tricky" comes from.
It’s good! On a different day I might even think it’s great. But it just starts to sound really samey about halfway through. There’s no denying that it’s an enjoyable sameness, but still, stale is stale.
a hoot and a holler i had a real good time
The Rock n Roll/Rap hybrid songs have always seemed like a relic of some bygone era to me, but I can’t think of any other examples that aren’t on this album. Not sure there’s a huge market for it. 3.5
Forget the Biggie/Pac mystery, who killed Jam Master Jay is the craziest hip-hop cold case.
I’m out of order in my classic rap album listening so I wasn’t aware of the deep connection with the Beastie Boys. This and License to Ill released months apart and the latter took heavy inspiration. Big fan of LTI so this one worked for me too
All-timer of a 3 song run here with It’s Tricky —> My Adidas —> Walk This Way (with this version being maybe the only Aerosmith song I like? Also it has the best music video of all time. Also also kinda wild that a throwaway Mel Brooks joke from 1974 resulted in the only good rap rock collab). Rest is fun but meh
“Ah hip hop a dippity dop” ass album
Kuulsin mitmeid tuttavaid meloodiaid ja laule, album elab kindlasti muusikas edasi. Ühe laulu häälitsused meenutasid seda ühte Korni laulu, te teate küll millist ma mõtlen. Oleks põnev teada kas seal on seos, aga ilmselt pole. "You be Illin'" pani mõtlema Illyle mille silte Triestes nii palju näinud olen. "Walk this way" koos Aerosmithiga oli ikka kõige toredam laul albumis. Stiililt oli album lõbus ja kuigi selle mängulisus oli kohati veidi naljakas sellisel kohmakal viisil, oli selles ka meeldivat, mida oskan võrrelda vaid osade Nickelbavk lauludega, tean pole jube täpne võrdlus aga parim mis ma praegu leida suudan.
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.
Bueno y divertido. Me gustó encontrarme con sorpresas como It´s tricky, y con el tremendo cover de Walk This Way junto a los Aerosmith. Buen disco.
Better than their main musical "rivals", the Beastie Boys. Quite repetitive, but the actual content being repeated strikes joy into the hearts of many. Myself included. The percussion is overall pretty strong, not quite straying into fully electronic territory like some of Run-D.M.C.'s hip-hop contemporaries. Solid flow throughout the album, too: the transition from My Adidas to Walk This Way is excellent. This can lead to a bit of tempo/mood repetition in consecutive tracks, bringing down the album experience somewhat, but individually every song is pretty dang strong. Plus, it's refreshing to experience some hip-hop that doesn't boast extremely prejudicial, misogynistic, violence-condoning lyrics. (Public Enemy, I'm looking at you. Some of the absolutely weakest noise to come out of 80s/90s recording.) I guess what I'm saying is, Run-D.M.C., you were influential, yet I almost wish you were even more so. Peter Piper is a really solid opener. Not much else to say. Good, strong rapping, an extremely good choice of looped percussion, and a beat to which one cannot avoid bobbing one's head. Then we get It's Tricky, which is a pretty huge song. Super catchy chorus that you'll recognise from the song itself and also from the countless covers and spin-offs created over the years. My Adidas stands out for its strong percussion, but it instantly gets overshadowed by the Aerosmith contribution, Walk This Way. Great guitar riff – made particularly great by the guitar being so unexpected for a hip-hop(-adjacent) record. A guitar solo, smooth transition from the previous track... and you're walking around with this on an mp3 player feeling like the king of the world. (Don't try to deny it.) Is It Live is unremarkable but solid. Slight improvement with Perfection, featuring quick-shot switching between several vocalists. Hit It Run does a similar thing, but with an emphasis on panting and blowing raspberries. Interesting choice. One of the weaker songs. Another guitar contribution in Raising Hell. Not as iconic as in Walk This Way, but just as strong: I have to shout out the ultra-clean solos and fills sprinkled throughout. I kind of appreciate the guitars being a little spread out – although it tempers the quality of individual songs, it helps with the rise and fall of tension/groove throughout the record. You Be Illin' is pretty stupid. Obviously people return to the song for its piano and sax riffs, rather than the lyrics ("For dinner you ate it, there is none left / It was salty, with butter and it was def / You proceeded to eat it cos you was in the mood / But holmes you did not read it was a can of dog food!"). Dumb Girl isn't much better ("Dumb / Dumb / Dumb / Dumb / Dumb / Dumb / Dumb / ad nauseam") – and the musicianship is worse, so it's probably the only real miss on the album. 4/5 Key tracks: It's Tricky, Walk This Way,
3.8/5 Favorite Songs: Peter Piper It's Tricky Walk This Way Is It Live Raising Hell You Be Illin'
Pretty good for what it is. I respect it for it's influence but nowadays it is a bit simple and dated. Nothing particular to dislike about it hough, it's pretty catchy so that kept me engaged 3.5 Highlights: Walk This Way
Historical
my type
Classic rap will always be special to me. This was my introduction to Run DMC way back when because of Walk This Way. That one might be the least favorite on the record. My Adidas forever.
Couple of good songs the rest are just ok
Like most gentlemen of my vintage and location, Walk This Way was my first real exposure to hip-hop and a track that never gets old for me. I definitely knew of other tracks prior to this, but Run DMC became the first hip-hop act I could name and recognise. Aside from that track, there’s plenty of other good stuff, albeit a bit samey in the choice of beats, but the snap and tightness of their rhymes as they bounce off of each other is pretty iconic.
I’m not the demographic one would expect to appreciate Run-DMC. Or maybe I am. No one expected the seismic shift in popular music when Run-DMC invited Aerosmith to play the music for the rap group’s cover of Walk This Way. It was like mixing your chocolate with my peanut butter. It introduced millions of middle class white kids to the amazing world of rap and hip hop. The rest is history. This album is really front loaded with all the big hits at the beginning. A decent amount of filler only slightly taints the album. Totally belongs on this project and is essential listening. Surprisingly little profanity, although there is considerable misogyny spread throughout and Walk This Way is fraught with lewd references. 3.5 stars
Some classics on here for sure, still not strong enough overall to merit a high score
Divertidas las primeras
Full of classics, but the title track is the real star. Goes way harder than it has any business doing.
gostei muito dessa mistura de rap com rock do RUN DMC. varias musicas eu ja tinha ouvido e nao fazia ideia q era deles, muito legal. tirando isso, muitas musicas tem aquela pegada de rap antigo meio gimmicky e umas letras meio bestas/brincalhonas. de qualquer forma, com certeza um certified classic, gostei. nota 6,0
I was expecting a little more considering Run-D.M.C's influence and importance within early hip hop. This didn't really capture me as I think it should've outside the popular singles. 6/10
its a pretty run of the mill hip hop, it doesnt particularly pop in the same way the others do but its still ok
Like sure, it's repetitive, quite cheesy, and parts of it have not aged well, but it sure is fun!
I don’t know how well all this has aged… I mean “Dumb Girl” obviously has aged like a milk and just straight-up curdled but even some of the rest of it feels a bit stale. You can just tell it’s relatively early for the genre, and speaking as someone born on this side of YK who has no real teenage nostalgia wrapped up in it it just doesn’t stir a lot in me as an album. That said, individual tracks are of course undeniable (It’s Tricky, You Be Illin’) and I do always feel some obligation to respect the pioneering voices in ANY genre… we’ll call it a solid 3/5
Still not quite my style, but there are some decent tracks now and then. Three stars...
Fun time.
ITS A BIT MUCH AFTER A WHILE
Nie buja mnie jakoś flow Darryla, sorki
raczkujący sampling, mocne rockowe wstawki, trochę tricky (hehe) do oceny po tym jak hip-hop poszedł mocno dalej
Have I listened to this album before No How familiar am I with this album I know the big hits How do I feel about this artist? I like RUN-DMC, this is my second album from them Pre-Listen Thoughts: I predict 4 sars. I really enjoyed their self-titled album. This one has more songs I know. Favorite track(s): Tricky, Raising Hell, Walk This Way Post-Listen Thoughts: This was close to being a five but there were some songs I was just not into. Overall I liked it though, I seem to like the style of rap where they just yell back-and-forth at each other.
Absolute classic Rap/Rock album. I love RUN DMC. They were the absolute pinnacle of cool with an amazing ability to restart Aerosmiths career. This album feels like everything that I loved about 80s rap. It is loud, punchy and fun. Massive hits on this album are "It's Tricky" and "Walk this way". (4.250)
Their instrumentals do smthng to my brain i loveit so much. Probably the first hiphop themed album i loves. The dmc name is cracking me up for personal reasons XD
Fun album. Sounds a bit dated but still good.
Not actively bad Although I wouldn't listen to this on my own time, I wouldn't be dismayed if it came on the radio
This definitely shows its age. I'm not sure I know enough about early days hiphop to be able to appreciate this one.
My second Run-D.M.C. album (and fourth hip hop album) within a week. I gave Run-D.M.C.'s first album credit for being so influential and so good at what it is. This one gets even bigger wraps from critics and industry figures, lots of superlatives, but it doesn't appeal to me so much. The rap delivery is expert level, uncompromising, but the tone and content don't appeal. I would rather listen to Native Tongues type of work. Walk This Way is something of an exception because it's not just a blend but works the contrasts - phenomenal that it's so much better as a rock song than Aerosmith's original. In summary I don't like this much, wouldn't replay it, but I have to recognise it's Good at being what it is, 7/10.
Gf loves this, not me so much
classic, wel iets te oldschool voor mij. maar walk this way was wel groundbreaking
Produksjonen har gjort et ordentlig sprang, men låtskriving not so much. På mange måter føles det mindre presserende enn debuten. Det er noen ordentlige bops her, It's Tricky (åpenbart), men også Peter Piper og Raising Hell. Likevel, ingenting som er i nærheten av å vippe Rock Box av tronen. Albumet er også til tider direkte dårligere enn debuten. Hva faen var Dumb Girl? Endte opp med å skippe halvveis gjennom. Dårligste beaten noensinne eller? Helthelig tror jeg at jeg foretrekket debuten.
«Walk This Way» med Run DMC og Aerosmith må være den musikkvideoen jeg har sett flest ganger frivillig. For det første syns jeg videoen var oppriktig bra. Det er noe tegnefilmaktig over det å ha øvingslokale vegg i vegg og ufrivillig ende opp i duett. Også var jo alle så kult kledd, selv om jeg er både lettet og trist over å ikke ha gått for Run DMC-stilen på ungdomsskolen. Den fusjonen mellom rap og rock fascinerte meg. For meg som vokste opp i en rock household så var det spennende å se hvor rocken kunne gå utover AC/DC. Det var kanskje derfor jeg lastet ned Limp Bizkit sin «Rollin’» på brenne-CD også, men annet enn det klarte jeg å dodge numetal. Det var også med «Walk This Way» at fascinasjonen for samples startet. Så etter å ha hatt en liten periode med Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, NWA og flere så endte jeg med å finne Beck, som passet meg helt perfekt. Jeg har nesten dårlig samvittighet for at jeg ikke har hørt mer på Run DMC fordi det løsna så mye for meg den gangen, og jeg alltid blir i godt humør når jeg hører låtene deres. Så glad at jeg til og med sang «It’s Tricky» på Singstar på fritidsklubben på ungdomsskolen (edru). Raising Hell er egentlig en ganske intens plate. Alle låtene går ganske kjapt og trommene er hardtslående, og selv hihaten kan bli litt voldsom til tider. Jeg syns flow og groove fra hiphop blander seg godt med hardtslående rockeelementer, og veien er kort til Public Enemy og egentlig Rage Against the Machine også. Sånne plater som dette blir alltid litt vanskelig å dømme fordi man hører hva de har inspirert. Så jeg tar det ned på albumformatet: Mange gode låter, noen fillers som høres litt like ut. Noe jeg tenker er gjeldende for ganske mange av de tidlige hiphop-platene. Bra beats, men diskanten på hihaten er plagsom uti albumet. Samples glir så sømløst at man egentlig ikke tenker over det alltid. Hvor gammel var du da du innså at «It’s Tricky» bygger på en sample av The Knacks’ «My Sharona»?
It's Tricky is a real good song, and so it Walk This Way. I absolutely love the mix of rap and rock on this album. It makes the sound so much better.
Another great album. I believe the first crossover of rap and rock which is amazing
Love it! This was the third album in a row that I got into from Run DMC back in the high school era. Their debut was groundbreaking, then the great "King Of Rock", but this is their signature album and absolutely loaded with hits and influential tracks. "Peter Piper", "It's Tricky", "My Adidas", the iconic remake of "Walk This Way" & "You Be Illin'" - that's a greatest hits lineup! A few of the other tracks are filler but for an old skool rap album this one is stocked with classics. Got the hits, super influential band, still gets airplay, huge impact at the time... this one checks all the boxes and deserves a spot on the Top 1001 without a doubt.
I like this, ik it's way before but reminds me a bit of lonely island lol... I like how they rap and the beats, don't mind the lyrics
Enjoyable if a bit stripped back. Has some good moments.
In eerste instantie 5 sterren, maar na een 2e listen toch minder het wauw-effect
Classic album, soms beetje repetitieve sounds maar heel veel bangers
Blijft altijd mooi om te horen hoe ver hiphop is ontwikkeld over de decennia heen. Daarmee bedoel ik: old school hiphop klinkt oud. En dan komt dit zelfs uit '86! Dat is het jaar van The Queen is Dead en Reign in Blood (check even de AOTY page van 1986, echt een bizar jaar voor muziek). Afijn, Raising Hell dan: een aantal hele harde samples en een paar hooks die door de geluidbarriere gaan (ITS TRICKY). Wel soms heel erg cheesy en dus echt een tikkeltje outdated. Echt leuk om een keer volledig te luisteren.
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
Ok! Liked this album, It's Tricky! 4 stars
Can be a tad bit corny at times but it's fun as hell. I love you too percussion.
Sicher wegweisendes Hip-Hop-Frühwerk mit einer handvoll guter Songs. Ich bevorzuge allerdings den modernen Hip Hop, der ist irgendwie abwechslungsreicher.
Hatte richtig Spaß damit. Und in Zeiten, in denen sowas wie Joe Valence & Brae durch die Decke gehen, auch immer noch relevant.
A lot of fun
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]
80's-defining rap. The godfathers.
Solid all the way through, the bigger songs are absolutes tunes (Raising Hell in particular)
It didnt aged the best but it got some catchy songs and beats. Sometime its just annoying(A "walk this way" cover by a 80's hip hop artist was never going to be good). Theyr not great rapper in my oppinion, just kinda fun. Only kinda.
Takes me back, a great example of how much FUN rap used to be back then.
The first four songs...harder to have a better start to an album. Also a nice memory of "Walk This Way" and a time when we all thought Aerosmith was a caricature (even those that knew they were a real band). The first huge rap album, the cross over appeal, the kick-assedness of this album an easy 5 star rating.
I guess Tricky is ok
Gostei bastante da Tricky uhahuauha, me lembra muito os anos 2000. Mais uma banda que me lembra Tony Hawk e dá um sentimento bom. Vou dar 4* por que me divertiu muito mais que a maioria dos álbuns dessa lista, mesmo sabendo que não ouvirei outras vezes.
ba sincer nu am reprosuri. Fiecare melodie e originala cu energie buna, interesanta muzicalitate. Versurile sunt bune. E pur si simplu muzica buna. chiar f bun imi place melodia cu aerosmith
muito bom esse aqui, me senti em todo mundo odeia o Chris ouvindo
You can't go wrong with Run-DMC. Yall should already know them. This albums got Tricky and Walk this Way on it, so they're both going on the playlist. The rest is also super fun. That's a win in my book.
Solid. Tricky is epic. I'm not a fan of rap, but this kind of rap rock has its appeal. Their collaboration with Aerosmith on Walk This Way is also epic.
Remembered from back in the day… did the Fresh Prince borrow from them or was it the other way around?
должно быть это легендарная вещь нужно понимать кто эти ребята и насколько они популяризировали хип-хоп или насколько их инструменталы продвинули жанр но я не понимаю, я просто не в контексте это просто позитивный реп, где чуваки по очереди читают есть хиты вряд ли переслушаю
Super fun! Tricky makes me very happy. Definitely some weaker tracks on here (looking at you, Dumb), but it’s easy to see why this was a breakout hit for rap.
ok oikeest ehk 1,5 tähtee joo hiphop ei oo mun genre, mut iha groovy biisei jotkut mut vähä repetitiivistä??
Oh thank God. This is exactly what the Beastie Boys wanted to sound like and never could because their voices are like those of tiny whiny dogs. Run DMC sound like actual human dudes. And it's great. The stripped-down production is maybe a little too stripped down at times. More than one song is just them rapping over a beat, with no bass, sample, sound effects, nothing. And with the simplicity of their flow, that can make a pretty boring listen for modern ears. Overall I liked it, thought it definitely has some weaknesses. THREE STARS
Decent but not really my thing. And very dated
I can appreciate the significance of this album in hip-hop history, but I was sort of underwhelmed. It was a little goofier than I thought it would be. It's Tricky, Raising Hell, You Be Illin', and Proud to Be Black were all great, but the other songs just didn't really do anything for me. I guess I was sort of expecting a Public Enemy kind of anger in there that just isn't a part of their style. I suppose that kind of album wouldn't be the one to bring hip-hop to a mainstream much wider audience, but this one sure did.
De liker rock ja
I bought this when it came out. It might not hold a candle to later Hip Hop in terms of dynamics and production, but it still holds up. It’s fun, it flows well and there are some bangers on here. Obviously, Walk This Way and It’s Tricky were massive but the title track and My Adidas should get more love. A solid classic.
I’m a sucker for this old school hip hop
The song ft Aerosmith is wild lololol You Be Illin' so gas.
While I'm generally not a fan of rap, there is some that I do like and listen to from time to time. Old school rap like this album is an example. It can definitely be cheesy and sounds a bit out of date because it isn't overproduced like a lot of the stuff today is, but it's just fun to listen to. This album brought rap/hip hop to the mainstream. It's the first multi-platinum hip hop album and "Walk This Way" was the first song by a hip hop artist to reach the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100. Run-D.M.C. and this album laid the groundwork for so many other rap/hip hop artists after them, that it deserves a listen by everyone even if you aren't into that kind of music. Fun album to listen to today!
So much fun! I knew of Run DMC but not what their style was like. Very enjoyable to listen all the way through, even if the style got a teensy bit repetitive. Feels like a shame giving it only a 4, but feels right. The first 4 tracks of this album are an incredible listen.
Run DMC did not necessarily kick my ass like I had hoped. BUT I was pleasantly surprised! From the very first words of the record, I realized that there were pieces of Raising Hell I've heard since my childhood. Even though it's pretty minimal and there is next to no variation in the flows, it's clear how important this became to the history of hip-hop. I like it!
Some high highs (It's Tricky) and some low lows (Dumb Girl)
Not generally what I would reach for but still entertaining music.
It's 2026. You've ordered an Uber. The driver is white has blue hair and pronouns and is listening to Proud to Be Black by Run-D.M.C. What do you do?
I listened to this album as I drove on my lunch break to fill my tires and get Chipotle. The opening four-track run of Raising Hell might be one of the must unfair starts to an album on this list, with four incredibly strong, all-timer hits back-to-back-to-back-to-back. The rest of the album keeps up the momentum too, through a combination of an all-time untouchable flow from Run and DMC, plus incredible loop and sample-based production from Jay. The approach is simple, effective, and to the point, and it has created some of the most iconic and enduring rap songs (or songs in general) of all-time. The constant dance between Jay, DMC, and Run, swapping back and forth seamlessly between lines and beat flourishes, is addicting to listen to, and the integration of rock attitudes with hip-hop set the stage for an entire subgenre that continues to this day. I hadn't even realized before listening to this album that Walk This Way is not an Aerosmith song, and is in fact an early example of the now tried-and-true rap hit formula where a prominent popular act sings the hook in between rap verses. A rare of example of an early, trendsetting album which still rocks just as hard today as it did when it first came out, Raising Hell is perfection. Highlights: Peter Piper, It's Tricky, My Adidas, Walk This Way, Is It Live, Perfection, Raising Hell, You Be Illin', Son Of Byford, Proud to Be Black
Gold solid old school rap. And the one with Aerosmith is fun.
Saved Aerosmith's career. First use of the phrase "bust a move" in Is It Live (wiktionary.com inaccurately credits Beastie Boys later in 1986, so go ahead and update that)? Chuck D considers Raising Hell to be the greatest hip-hop album of all-time, and the reason he chose to sign with Def Jam Records.
Foundational
Repetitive, but Tricky is great
No onhan tässä sitä jotain, mutta jotain silti uupuu. Ehkä se Beastie Boys lähtee paremmin
Yks biisi oli hyvä ja sekin coveri, ei jatkoon.
Ollaan taas homman alkulähteillä ja kylhän tää on viihdyttävää.
Ihan kovaa kyntöä. Tässähän oli useampikin tuttu biisi vaikka nimet eivät mitään sanoneetkaan, tietysti Walk this way tutuimpana.
Hmm, maybe Rick Rubin had some influence on this release and Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill?
Not an album but a compilation. I don't think it should count. Good songs, Run DMC!!!
🔥
One of the most sampled and interpolated albums of all time. After the 4-track run in the beginning, the quality becomes inconsistent. Favorites: It's Tricky, Peter Piper, You Be Illin', Proud to Be Black
I'm not fan of hip hop, but this was above average.
It’s fun to listen to, but quite samey. Not crap like modern rap sounds to me.
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
I find 80s style rap to be quite boring. Can’t deny the influence though. God is love, Rev Run.
This was fun. No bad songs, even though they weren't all great.
I hear ground being broken again. Ruck Rubin doing his thing and Run & DMC forging a new path for millions to follow. I think this is a really strong early rap album if even a little repetitive. Even 7.
fucking legendary
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.
Has some classic 80s hiphop hits, groovy Enjoyable listen, would play again
The early days of hiphop, with only one cadence ba dada dada dah dah dada dada dah DAH It gets old pretty quick. I forgot how bad the sampling was on the Aerosmith collab, and the quality of the sample is terrible too - 12 bit sampler I am guessing? Still the best track on the album by a long way.
Meh, lots of classics. I’m glad I took the time to listen but I wasn’t a huge fan of some of the rhymes, they seemed a bit … on the nose? Idk. It was okay.
In the same year that he produced Licensed To Ill and Reign in Blood, Rick Rubin produced Raising Hell. I think it is fair to say that Rubin does not care to dance. All of those records have a harsh, sharp drum sound. The stark bum-tish that marks most of Raising Hell is particularly aggressive. There are a few breakbeats and rolls, but the dominant feeling is of a drum machine left to run down its batteries. Similarly, the rhythm of the flow is unsophisticated: soft and strong stresses, basic couplets. This is something of a relief, however, as the more complicated form that would come in the following decades would produce raps and rappers who are competitive in their incomprehensibility. While Run DMC rarely raise themselves above the style of rapping we were introduced to in primary school, where you state your name and your game. But, at least, you are able to hear when they say something truly startling and entertaining: "I cut off the Devil's head and throw it at you." Worthy of Tom Araya. I imagine. I can't make out the words on Reign in Blood either. Another thing Rubin doesn't care about. 1.5 This stank. Granted I am a confirmed tyrant to this genre but honestly - this lot can’t *even* rap. Fiona is grateful to them for defibrillating Aerosmith’s career though. 1/5
All the other hip hop albums I’ve been giving 2’s owe that to these guys.
Tuff beats, tuff rap, tuff vibes
9.5/10 this was a really mesmerizing album with great and unique sounds, would definitely listen to many of the songs in this one, also rap and stuff is so peak. Guess it's not a 10 out of 10 cuz I didn't feel as connected to some parts of a few songs, which is normal, however I felt some sections were kinda plain. Made me moooooooove
This album is such a fun time. It doesn't outstay it's welcome and has a bunch of bangers on here. Only slight issue is that the tracks and flows feel a bit similar at times. Favourites: Peter Piper It's Tricky Walk This Way Raising Hell
Creative. Not my style
Really fun hip-hop project with really consistent production and flows.
Pretty good
Might as well copy and paste my notes for the previous Run-D.M.C. album I had. Pretty fun and retro sounding, but wouldn't choose to put this album on. Walk This Way is an absolute banger though!
Excited for this one. Everything I listen to wouldn’t exist without this album/run doc. I know the hits, but nothing beyond that. Really good beat on Peter piper, and they do two man raps well. Def it’ll early rap. Tricky is an all time classic rap song. Great production, dated rhymes but the flow is good. Love a rap song that incorporates a guitar. Better rhymes, worse production on my adidas. This song is really fun. Followed by another classic in walk this way. All time guitar hero boss battle using this song. This version is so much better than Aerosmith only. Just an awesome guitar solo too. Really cool production on is it live. Love the samples. Good rhymes too, this is a good all around song. Perfection is VERY early hip hop. It’s slow and it’s simple. Not terrible, but not great either. Hate the beat boxing on hit it run. Rest of the production is cool. It’s good raps too o just hate the beat boxing. Another great use of guitar on raising hell. This song is awesome. Awesome piano/production as a whole on illin. Jane master j certainly lives up to the hype. Dumb girl is very dated. It’s not horrible but it is the worst so far. I actually like the beat boxing son of byford. It helps that it was short. Good raps too. Proud to be black is really really good story telling. 80s beat for sure but it works, especially the drums. To put it simply, this was a great album. It’s got classics and songs that I’d never heard before that were just as awesome. Just one skip, the rest really fun songs. Will be listening again. 4.4/5 stars.
I have heard these songs many times before but I didn’t know they come from this album. 7/10
Didn't think I was particularly into this kind of music, but this is a no-skip album and it really shows why it marked a generation. The silly sound effects and the naivety of a lot of the lyrics defined the 80s. I found the beatboxing in 'Hit it Run' particularly entertaining.
Early hip hop with rock beats. I'm a bit torn on this because I love the energy of the group vocals/rapping and the idea of the rock backing tracks but the drum machine sounds so bad. I loved It's Tricky as a kid but listening again it doesn't quite hold up. Similar with Walk This Way, which I sounds really anaemic with the drum machine and no bass even though it's an iconic track. Raising Hell and You Be Illin' are great though and the album was overall a lot of fun.
Que experiência incrivél, as batidas são icônicas. As últimas faixas são menos empolgante, mas definitivamente um clássico
My 4th rap album in the past week, and the 3rd one that's apparently the best rap album of all time. I get that it's good, but if you keep saying that every album's the best then it kinda loses its meaning.
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
Iconic to say the least, one of those you look back to as a pivotal point in music history. I remember listening the Walk this Way growing up and not knowing the Aerosmith version existed. The meat and potatoes of each song feels similar but the chorus is the full banana split, chocolate cherries the works. Unforgettable.
Rap is a genre that I absolutely appreciate, and on occasion like a lot,, but I need to be in a certain mood to go out of my way to listen to it. That being said, this is a pretty badass record with some bangers that I would love to shuffle on a hip-hop-oriented playlist. Will I listen through the album all the way through again? Like...definitely a couple more times at least, perhaps, maybe.....
Fun oldschool that i wouldn't have found myself +1
mid
A classic, hip-hop at its best ;-)
Walk this Way
Listening to Run-D.M.C.’s *Raising Hell* today really highlights just how much rap has evolved, resulting in a mixed bag where the old-school flow feels incredibly dated with forced rhymes. The album definitely shows its age through skippable filler like "Son of Byford," a terrible beat on "Perfection," and the casual misogyny of "Dumb Girl"—even if that track serves as a familiar, cool showcase of early sampler tech. However, the high points are undeniable: "Walk This Way" is an absolute classic, "Proud to be Black" brings great messaging, and the loud-as-hell kick and snare on "It's Tricky" still slaps alongside the chill vibe of "You Be Illin'." While "My Adidas" feels like an early, blatant attempt at commercializing hip-hop, the album's precision and foundational grooves are so distinct that you can still hear its DNA in modern music, like Missy Elliott sampling the classic "Peter Piper." It’s an essential piece of music history, but because the lyricism feels so elementary by today's standards, it lands at a solid **3/5**.
muy buen álbum con grandes hits, mi canción favorita del álbum es Is It Love. 7/10
Really enjoy old school hip hop. The rhymes sometimes sound a bit silly but it never stops being fun. The beats and creativity feels fresh. Lost a little momentum near the end but it's a short enough album not to be an issue. 4
I knew "Walk this Way" from back in the day - the video is pretty awesome too. "It's Tricky" is also very catchy. The rest of the album is fine. They are pioneers but their style of rap now feels dated to me.
Dated? Sure. Essential? Yes.
So many classics. Even if the flow is dated, this is too groundbreaking to rate lower.