Reviews (page 3 of 14)
Fun as fuck. Mentions both Martin Luther King and Humpty Dumpty (two legends taken before their time).
I'd only heard the singles so first time listening to the album. Good fun, would listen again
Brilliant. I love ‘Is It live’’ but it’s just very good from start to finish
Excellent, this - such a high concentration of hits, plus album material that I'd not previously heard. Enjoyed a lot and would revisit.
Lovely stuff, I could do without the misogyny of “Dumb Girl” but otherwise 4 very excellent stars. Let’s hope there are at least 3 more duplicates to come… Tom.
This album is so good it brought a washed-up 70's rock band back from the dead.
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.
I’ve listened to old school hip hop and Run DMC before but not familiar with entire albums front to back. I’ve come across a handful of old school hip hop albums on this list and always seem to enjoy them. This is great. I love that sound they kind of led the way in pioneering. Two of their best and most well known songs are on the front side here with It’s Tricky and Walk this Way. Really all great songs around them too. I liked a lot of the front half like Peter Piper and My Adidas. It’s a fun sound overall. Back half has Hit It Run and You Be Illin which are highlights. This is an easy 4. Love the sound. It’s never boring. Album doesn’t drag too. Really enjoyed it. With more time and familiarity, I’m sure it could be a 5.
Great album. Very fun
So much fun. Peter Piper was one of my favorite rap songs in high school
This was fantastic. Big fan.
I only can think in the dance scene of "White Chicks"
Very cool. I like the way they rap together, much like the Beatie Boys eho I know were in the same time period. Very punchy and energetic. Lotta good songs, but I think Peter Piper and Raising Hell are my favoritea 8.4/10
I can't help but like this. An early rap sound remains tuneful and sounds just as fresh as the day it was recorded.
I’ve mentioned before in my reviews that I’m usually not that into late-80s rap, as it can often feel like an awkward developmental period when the genre was still moving toward the more refined sound and stronger lyricism of the 90s. Run-D.M.C. ticks many of the boxes of 80s rap that I usually don’t like, but there’s something so unbelievably 80s about it that, paradoxically, I find endearing. It’s just a lot of fun to listen to.
nice
First time listening to a rock type album, loved it tbh
Not really my kind of music but I found some of the songs decent to have on in the background
Pretty good for early hip hop very catchy. Good shit on it
Killer old school hip hop. Never heard before but I loved it
It has the hits there is no doubt. But it does sound very 80s like. Still a classic!
Great old school hip hop from one of the pioneers.
It’s very influential to hip-hop music, but the flows here are basic, the rhymes are simplistic. It feels like an on the spot freestyle on every song. That being said it really doesn’t sound bad and I like the Aerosmith track and the title track
RATING: 8/10 HIGHLIGHT: It’s Tricky LOWLIGHT: Dum Dum
"muestren su talento chicas"
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.
Hip-hop, rap rock.
It had been so long since I be illin' I think I strained something.
This is the hip hop album that kicked down the door of mainstream music and culture. And with good reason.
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.
Lot of really iconic songs on this album, I enjoyed listening to it a lot but I also really enjoy hip hop so that might play into it. Also this album is super important for the genre of hip hop “walk this way” is the first time hip hop was put in the top five on a billboard top 100 list and proved rap could compete with rock and pop
THIS BEAT IS MY RECITAL. I THINK IT'S VERY VITAL. This was a really fun album and, from what I gather, very important for the hip hop movement back in the 80s. I liked it a lot
I feel like it's always harder to release a compilation that doesn't do well compared to a new album. With a compilation, the majority, if not all the time, it is full of songs previously well received by target audiences, so you can't really go wrong. It is always 'safer' in a sense, making a compilation over an album. This is evidence of that, and to be honest, I think it is also evidence of 'don't judge a book by its cover'... I hate to say it, but this is quite possibly one of the ugliest and at the same time one of the most mundane album covers I think I have ever seen. Just from that, I was expecting a boring time listening to it, but I was luckily very pleasantly surprised. I loved the entire thing from top to bottom. There were some clear stand-outs, but the ones that weren't as great as those were still really brilliant tracks in themselves. The first track, 'Peter Piper' really set the tone of the entire thing, making me feel instantly hooked and looking forward to the rest. Favourites: Peter Piper My Adidas You Be Illin' Walk This Way It's Tricky
3.5 stars
its too old for how yung of the music i listen to
I honestly feel like the only time I would want to listen to this as a record is driving around in a clapped out honda civic with the EQ fully bass boosted. It has some slappers but some of the tracks are really repetitive and not presenting anything of value (Dumb Girl for example). Might have been ahead of its time for being from the mid 80s, but it was only ahead of its time by a few years and leaves me feeling like it would have been a dime a dozen by the 90s. All that being said I have a hard time giving it less than a 3 because I would put a handful of the comparable albums of this era below it, and the 1 star spot is reserved for vanilla ice.
Yessir.
Solid enough. Quite repetitive by the end. But includes a banger.
Not bad.
Illin'
I loved this album when it came out, but it got over shadowed pretty quickly by newer artists whose delivery was a little smoother and conversational, eg. Rakim. Still, it is an incredibly important record that those later artists stood on the shoulders of to make ‘better’ records afterward.
No es mi onda, pero está muy bueno. Por momentos me aburrí y por momentos me divertí.
Callie is apparently a huge fan of Run-DMC. Dancing to the beat and having a great time. Was a fun Saturday morning album to get going for the day. I have always enjoyed their music. But have never really sought out their music to listen to it.
Bonus points for the rock/rap songs, those were definitely the highlights. The fact that Run-D.M.C. got Aerosmith to feature on one of the songs is kinda mind blowing, the 2 styles meshed sooooo well. I like Run's style, but it kinda gets a bit stale after a while with the way they rap, not much variation in their delivery, but in bite sized pieces they are really fun to listen to. As an album though, not sure they amount to some of the other hip hop & rap albums on this list. 7.5/10
Like the oldschool beats but just not my type of music/hiphop. Would listen to it while cleaning but not over the headphones when im alone in my room
I think I prefer the rap of this era: mid-80s to early 90s. The rock flavor that they bring is great.
An iconic album both for Rap and wider music at large. From the Aerosmith collaboration bringing in rock fans to the fantastic beats and rhymes they were ahead of the game. A great and must hear album.
Hardcore nostalgia here
All time great
I’ve never actively listened to Run DMC but this was really fun. Shortly after the first track kicked in I can already spot where this has been sampled, which I love to do. I look forward to listening to more of their records and this is definitely a must listen for music historians!
This is a bit difficult. All 80s rap sounds dated and campy to some extent. The first 4 tracks are great up to Walk This Way (which is incredible, although I think that's more because of Joe Perry than Run-DMC). After that, it's dated 80s hip hop, a couple of tracks are ok, most are not. 3.5, and I'll round it up because of nostalgia.
Just a classic album. Really love that electro feel hip-hop from back in the days. And probably also the first hip-hop group (together with Beastie Boys) that combined hip-hop with rock. Well thanks to Rick Rubin I suppose. 4/5
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
God damn that DJ made my day. Jam Master Jay was so talented and laid the perfect sounds down for Run and DMC to do their thing. This album is so fun and infectious it's no wonder it was as huge and influential as it was. I'd heard most of it over the years but putting it all in one place really emphasizes it all. It's Tricky into My Adidas into Walk This Way is an insane run. Wonder if they weren't listening to some go-go out of DC when they put together the groove for Is It Live. I realized by the title track that they kinda invented nu metal too.
my ignorant ass did Not know where half the samples in work it came from. anyway i enjoyed this for what it was, but i tend to prefer 90s/00s hip hop. spoiled myself and looked at matt's review and yeah it's a little cheesy in 2026 but that can be a vibe,,, fav: it's tricky (sorry)
Tiene algunos clasicos que no sabia que eran de DMC, aun asi el rap sigue sin gustarme.
Peter Piper 3.6 It's Tricky 3.6 My Adidas 3.3 Walk This Way 3.7 Is It Live 3 Perfection 3.2 Hit It Run 3.1 Raising Hell 3.4 You Be Illin' 3 Dumb Girl 3.1 Son of Byford n/a Proud to Be Black 3.5 Score: 3.318181818
Jamais écouté avant. L'album qui a simultanément propulsé le hip-hop dans le paysage musical mainstream et ressuscité la carrière d'Aerosmith (était-ce bien nécessaire ?). On sent que le hip-hop en est encore à ses balbutiements : les flows varient très peu d'un morceau à l'autre, les textes oscillent entre la grosse farce (You Be Illin'), trash talk de MC (Rising Hell) et première ébauches revendicatives (Proud to Be Black), et le son des boîtes à rythme est franchement daté, mais cette écoute a été pour moi une très bonne découverte, et pas seulement comme une pièce de musée. Avec un faible pour les morceaux les plus directement rock : Walk This Way, qui arrive à rendre Aerosmith intéressant, et Raising Hell, quasiment un morceau de hard rock rappé, franchement très cool. Top : Raising Hell Flop : Dumb Girl
Heard many times; 3.5; This is a fun album, and also an important one that I think makes complete sense to have on this list. It feels pretty corny in parts, but that also is what makes it enjoyable to me. It manages to his really hard while being sparse, which I think is because of the vocals and punchy drum machine. My one complaint is that the album can sound repetitive. Favorite Track: It's Tricky
Starts strong. Gets a bit long. 4 stars
“Now Peter Piper picked peppers, but Run rocked rhymes. Humpty Dumpty fell down, that's his hard time. Jack B. Nimble was nimble and he was quick, but Jam Master cut faster…” -one of the Golden Age of Hip Hop’s standout gems!
Very old school even for my old ass. I loved the beats, but the lyricism left a lot to be desired. I couldn't even pay attention to the bars.
to neni vubec muj styl
B-side was a drag but that A-side, oh man. Some fine hiphop.
El disco que abre la edad dorada del hip-hop y se nota por qué, tiene unas bases muy bien producidas y son pegadizas, la dinámica que tienen en el fraseo los dos integrantes es excelente y se complementan tremendamente, además de que este álbum tiene varios hits y uno de ellos es el "primer" tema de Rap Rock que es Walk This Way.
Skvelý album. Pre mňa jeden z najlepších rapových albumov. Ešte vtedy som rap mohol počúvať.
Hell, ya! Love me a little Run DMC!
RUN-DMC. Originals right here. Some of the first genuinely good hip hop, and also, it was the first super commercially successful group, with this album in fact having the first sellout song, “My Adidas.” Essentially this is less of a worthwhile album experience than an essential text of hip-hop. It reps capitalism, but it also laid some serious groundwork for the greatness of the genre to come. Even though songs like "It's Tricky" and "You Be Illin" (one of the funniest and genuinely best first verses of any song ever probably) are honestly awesome, you can see at least one or two serious problems with each song, and honestly, if you hear one song you’ve heard most of them. That being said it’s still pretty nice. 6.5/10
Good.
Não é a minha onda.
I only like a song, I don’t like this album
Just plain fun. The side A is damn near flawless, but "Dumb Girl" was less than sub par for me, so I think we sit at a solid 4 stars.
heard
Classic, I wish RAP had a little more of this these days. Walk this way is such a unusual but awesome crossover.
This is really the first breakthrough rap album. First platinum, first to top Billboard, first rock-rap collaboration, first multiplatinum rap album, first, first, first. Of course, it's not the best, the first of anything rarely is, but dayumn it is really, really good. Plus, "It's Tricky," "My Adidas," and "Walk This Way" is easily an all-time top 5 three-track run.
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
Another rap album. But in all honesty, I kind of enjoyed this one. I even liked some of it.
Liked it! Was surprised by the amount of songs I knew off it.
One of the most iconic rap albums of the 80s
If you were to introduce someone to Run DMC, this would be the album you’d need to use. I don’t want to say it was ‘peak’ but it was when they got the genre dialed-in before the addictions and breakdowns. Most of the Best Of comes off this album: My Adidias, Walk This Way (which was my first exposure, resurrected Aerosmith and I love that Run DMC didn’t even want to do it); It’s Tricky; and the title track. I mean, cow bell and rap! Rick Rubin was a genius. What I appreciated more this time was the deep cuts like Hit & Run, and Peter Piper, though I had heard them both before. However, I don’t remember Proud to be Black, which I wonder if that was a response to so many urban whiteboys attempting to appropriate rap (aka, Vanilla Ice; Beastie Boys; etc). For me, this is a musical and historical classic. I would love to get a younger generation’s perspective to see if it still holds up or I got too many concussions attempting to windmill to this album.
Random thoughts: * This was one of the first "albums" I owned. I was given a dubbed tape of this album by a cool babysitter. I was only 9 or 10 years old. * I remember my dad was going to freak out listening to this because they were 2 songs that had the F-word. Which is funny in retrospect since it is very vanilla to the rap music lyrics that were about to be entering my ears. * This album was revolutionary for its breakthrough to mainstream America. It was one of the first rap albums to truly break through. I remember seeing It's Tricky and Walk This Way all over MTV. * I randomly listened to this album a few weeks before it hit this list and I ended up on a special edition. The special edition has an ad for the concert tour which is an amazing time capsule. * There are so many great tracks on this album but I really like "Son of Byford" which is 28 seconds of perfection. It is also the same last verse on Hit It Run. * Peter Piper gets me hyped every time I hear it. All time classic with that bell background sample. * This is definitely in my all time albums discussion. Probably in my top 10.
I love the Beastie boys, and this rap album sounds like a watered down version of them. But 3 stars considering these guys did it first.
Would I listen again: probs no but I like tricky (I already knew it) This is how rap should sound like for the most part. Not necessarily my bag though
A tried and tested old skool formula which I will always like
The eighties have never sounded so fresh.
forgettable
they could've said "skibidi toilet" in this album and I wouldnt have thought it odd.
🐝
Eh
some tracks are cool
I went in fully expecting to love this album. I did, I enjoy the old school hiphop. But it has to he said, the beats got a little stale, a little monotomous. It was the age obviously and the very distinct Run DMC style.
3.4 4x
There have been thousands of words written about the greatness of this album, and I'm choosing only to add this tiny bit.
Fun and nostalgic. Not much more than that
Haha I guess these guys were the originators of "vamp"
No es mi estilo. Pero buen album
3/10
not my cup of tea but i discovered the artist of a very popular song 🤷🏽♀️
Fun to listen to, especially so at first but by the end their sound felt very familiar. Multiple famous tracks that I didn't know were theirs / on this album e.g. It's Tricky, Walk This Way, and Peter Piper
Solid album likely laid foundations for modern rap. Liked that they were bouncing off guitar and other samples and had more classic rock elements to some songs something rarely seen today.
initial impression - okaaayyyy 1 - i like the dings 2 - ohh this song 4 - HELLO? aerosmith?? lmao i love the mv’s battle/vs concept final - its not a bad album. i should listen to more hiphop lol favorite song - peter piper or walk this way
Should be required listening for anyone living in New York City.
Maso
great album with amazing beats. My favorite song of the album is”walk this way” with Aerosmith.
w very old school hip hop sometimes the lyrics were kinda corny but def fun listen
Ofc one of the first hip hop album is good, the sample, the rhyme and the Mc
Wow, this was boring and repetative!
This album was undeniably influential for crossing over hiphop and rockyroll fans but, 40 years later, it’s not a great listen. The opening run from “Peter Piper” through “Walk This Way” is pretty legendary, and I liked “Raising Hell” on side 2, but otherwise didn’t really get into the rest of the album. I’m receptive to arguments that Rick Rubin is actually the MVP of this record.
It's not for me but at least it has some jams. It does really sound like what parody hip hop was represented when I was a kid. I guess that speaks to it's wider influence? I would never start this on my own, but I was also not hating it as it played. I guess that makes it a 3.
Hip hop. Mi mero mole, hay una canción del álbum que se hizo famosa por tiktok, gran álbum, lo volvería a escuchar
A great hip-hop album!
Iconic!
Done
Raw, boisterous, cocky. Infectious sound and rhythm
I went expecting great things, and left very satisfied. You got classics like It's Tricky and Walk This Way, deeper cuts like Is It Live and Hit It Run, all making up some exquisite classic Rock-Rap. One thing I love that this album does are the swapping lines where the MC's bounce the sentence back and forth creating an original effect to enhance the genre. The sonics on this album are also criminally underrated. Prominent in the drums, the sound the record achieves is great. The transition from Adidas to WTW is also one of the slickest things I've ever heard. There are definitely points in the album where the tracks run longer than they need to and tend to be a little empty at times, but it's still an absolute classic that I have no problem throwing on.
Classic
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*
Beastie boys of colour
all you non-5'ers be illin'
Never listened something like this before. Some good hits. solid 7
Classic! Great album, raw-sounding and good fun.
It's tricky: a song that I have only listened thanks to TikTok and never looked that up until I arrived to this. Walk this way, a song that I first listened to in just dance
Better than Coldplay
For the OG uncs. Cheesy now, but respect the historical significance.
Muy bueno!
Walk this way Its tricky my sharona
Fun but not really my thing
A classic album for hip hop and absolutely understand its place on this list after listening. Rating: 8/10 Favorite Song(s): Is it live, walk this way
Banger old school beats Wilde scratches Finds witzig wie die beim rappen iwie so klingen als ob die was erzählen. Keine Ahnung worüber die rappen aber Klingt so als ob sie ihren bros was von tag erzählen Schon flowy vom rap und beats und immer mal coole beatstops/Highlights Iwie mehr good vibes als manche modern rap things Favs: raising hell, peter piper
Some good stuff on this album, but it does sound flat. Great as a foundational text for hip hop, but not sure I'll listen to it again. 3 Heard before? Some Owned: No: 70/283 (24%) Will I get: No
not my cup of tea
Kult!!!
Good stuff! Not a good sustained listen for me.
80s and 90s rap sounds really similar to itself tbh
Классика, даже дедушка современного хип хопа. Но из запоминающихся треков 3-4
So emblematic of early rap and hip hop. Also has some true classics that are still played in public settings today.
Hadn’t ever listened to Run-D.M.C. before. Loved it.
No. 180 80s hip hop is just so cool and so much more fun that where the genre went. I loved this.
The vocal intercourse between members is like listening to a Wimbledon tennis match, batting lyrics back and forth with such gusto and precision that you could almost believe it was a one-man-band. The production on this record is air-tight, so crisp and so fresh.
Cool example of hip hop history. Fun style. Tricky is great.
I can’t enjoy music that doesn’t have melodies 😭
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.
Raising Hell es un pilar histórico y una obra de arte atemporal que ha envejecido bien, conservando la frescura y el impacto con el que transformó la cultura pop global. El álbum es una mezcla maestra de texturas donde la creatividad no tiene límites; los ritmos secos y las guitarras de rock demuestran una capacidad única para mezclar todo lo que se les pone enfrente. Al escuchar tracks emblemáticos como "Walk This Way" o "It's Tricky", es inevitable evocar la estética de la época: los bailes, el breakdance y las ropas que rompieron esquemas en el asfalto urbano. El alma del disco descansa en la dinámica de sus MCs; nos encontramos ante voces que se complementan y entretejen con una fuerza y autoridad superior, intercambiando rimas con una velocidad y precisión adictivas. Lejos de ser una producción artificial, las canciones reflejan la crudeza de las calles de la gran ciudad, entregando un manifiesto conmovedor, crudo y real. Un trabajo súper enérgico e imprescindible, ideal para inyectar potencia al ejercicio diario o para encender la energía en la carretera.
This album is really fun. I couldn't help but smile while listening. However, as the album goes on, the songs start to feel really repetitive.
I can see how it deserves a place on the list ebcause of it's impact, but overall it's not a great album, if you took the singles out I'm not sure I'd be able to tell one song from another, the beats are all so similar and you know every line is going to have emphasis on the 1 and then group vocals on the 4
Peter Piper gave me some hope but I just couldn’t truly love this album. The way that they sing and randomly pick up the other’s lines is kind of cool but after like 11 tracks of that it gets old really quick. There was potential here but there needed to be more variation in style. The Walk This Way remix and Raising Hell are a sign that they could’ve done that but just… didn’t. Oh well.
Feels like run dmc is the missing link between the origins of and the expansion of rap sub genres in the 90s. Also feels like jam master jay is less impressive now.
The founding fathers of my art form. What caught me off guard are the guitar samples and used in the songs. The drums plus guitar combo is too clean. Since the voice is amazing but sounds super old-school it made me smile, but sometimes the lyrics kept me from feeling it really much.
The first 2 tracks peter piper and its tricky are so vital and such good fun. The rest then unfortunately is a bit samey. As a landmark this is one to have but it could have been shortened by a song or 3
This one is dope. I remember it was the first hardcore hip hop album ever that influenced Wu Tang and Biggie, and it was also produced by Rick Rubin yo. So aside of a great sound and flow, it is also very influential.
First time hearing it all the way through. Without a doubt, it’s a hugely important album for early hip hop. Crazy it’s 40 years old. It does have some simple rhyme schemes and maybe parts of the production hasn’t aged that well, but that’s part of the fun in some ways. It’s a neat listen. 3.5/5.0
I owned this album for years and rarely listened to the back half on account of all the hits being front-loaded. Looking back I can see why that was - there's a tough little mid-album lull, and the hits are all hits for a reason ("It's Tricky" in particular is a propulsive classic). But the whole package is worthy, especially once your ear (if it's like mine) gets onto the spare, patient wavelength of Jam Master Jay's minimalist beats and Rick Rubin's patient production. Justly regarded as a landmark for the genre; "Walk This Way" gets all the love but for my money the title track is an equally good fusion of genres.
Definitely influential to hip hop, but just sounds corny by today's standards
I like this album pretty well, it's just not my typical music taste. It's very cool for what it is though!
I know it was revolutionary, but too slow and samples could be better.
I like some of their lyricism, but mostly this album was kinda annoying to listen to
Dope album can’t go wrong with DMC. Maybe the epitome of an album that was ahead of its time. Favorite track: Peter Piper
pretty chill
Yes
Decent Album - Good hits 7/10
THIS album changed my life! I mean, it was so influential on me in my younger days. I know most of the lyrics to most of the songs. Love this album.
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
me sorprendió bastante. tiene toda la onda del mundo imposible escucharlo sin bailar. lo escucharé cuando necesite un boost de energía
didn’t expect to like it, but apparently i did. would recommend it to my friends. hype
1980s rap is still not my thing but some of the songs are undeniable
Great record. It's a couple of classics that still hold up well today. Favourite Track(s): It's Tricky, Walk This Way Least Favourite Track(s): Perfection
Es el primer disco de este género que me gustó en serio. Increíble lo que es tik tok que había un tema que ya lo conocía, además de Walk This Way, que me volví loco cuando arrancó a sonar.
1. peter piper 2. my adidas 3. tricky hm: you be illin', raising hell, proud to be black
Kind of hard to rate this one. I still enjoy the hits, but these old 80’s raps, though foundationally important, can come off a bit corny. 3.5⭐️ rounding up
Get's a little "rip rap rippidy-doo" at points, but a ton of bangers on here. 'Peter Piper', 'It's Tricky', 'My Adidas', 'Walk This Way" is a fucking murderer's row to start this album....loses some steam, natch.... but still holds up! 4.5
Energetic and fun for the most part. Can't help but feel this was repetitive at times.
Amazing old school Rap defining genre album
Couple of iconic songs on this one, but otherwise a bit too samey.
Couple of good songs, and a bunch of other songs that sound like worse versions of the good songs.
"He's the Big Bad Wolf in your neighborhood/Not bad meaning bad but bad meaning good" Still wildly influential. Still infinitely listenable. Always down to raise some hell with these three!
Very groovy, laidback and repetitive, as of april 21st its my new favorite rap album!
Kinda mid to be frank, some good songs but overall not great
This is kinda a vibe. Very simple. Oh My god. It's Tricky.. That's crazy. It's understated and really letting the lyrics and delivery sort've speak for themselves. It is tricky. Yeah I can see why this really popularized Hip Hop. It's quite good. Bro I have Adidas. My Adidas. I really like this. I really like the way they keep switching it's really interesting to listen to. I've never really hear anything like this. Favourite: Walk This Way Least favourite: Hit It Run
4/20 Who knew mixing rock with hip-hop would actually sound pretty decent? Heard "Walk This Way" before but not the rest of the album. It's definitely tolerable compared to other rap albums
we're they right about rap being crap?
hiphop
Are The Beastie Boys thieves????
Gillar ju inte hiphop men fattar varför detta är en klassiker. Fantastiska samplingar, påhittigt och med flow. En fyra
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.
Run-D.M.C. har utvivlsomt haft enorm stor indflydelse på hip-hop og albummet her har helt sikkert været banebrydende for sin tid, men OMG hvor er det dog ulideligt uinteressant.
* 67 Høj klasse - det bliver dog lidt for meget MC Hippi-de-Hop på det beat, der!
Splittelsen er enormt. Beats: 4 Bars: 0,5 Det er totalt old school og forudsigeligt hele vejen igennem, men der er også nogle alvorlige bangers. Sætter jeg det nogensinde på igen? Helt sikkert ikke. Forstår jeg hvorfor der er på listen? I den grad.
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
Det er godt nok en rutsjebanetur i kvalitet. Jeg kunne godt have undværet ca halvdelen af albummet - men resten er virkelig fedt.
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.
var nok lige en snert for sent til gamet til nogensinde at sætte ordentligt pris på 80'er rap'en, men hvis jeg lige stiller uret og mindset'et en 40 år tilbage, kan jeg godt sætte pris på en stor del af det her album. Må op på tre stjerner pga af albummets betydning for rap musikken generelt.
I like the beats, i like the tunes, i like some of the attitude. Some of the songs are utterly juvenile and degrading to women. If they could have just been a bit more grown up this could have been awesome.
This is fun, and undoubtedly an important hip hop album. Bit silly though, innit?
There are a lot of good songs on this album. It made my Sunday listening to this while I played Zelda on the 64
Omg that was funn .it's trickyyyyy
Yet another relic of my youth. Excellent.
This was the album that pretty much brought Run-DMC into the public eye, but what a genre breaking album. Solid must listen to.
Some absolute classics that brought me back to my youth. There was a big revival of some of these songs in the late 90s, and it was great to go through them again
J’ai trop aimé C’est plus rythmé qu’à tribe called quest, 4 étoiles C’est un album parfait pour s’épiler l’intégralité du corps
Pionero
Hell yea dude, infectious shit. Also didn't this make Rick Rubin as a producer?
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? --- ❌
At one point RUN DMC were the biggest group in hip hop. It definitely sounds dated now but I'll give it a 3/5 for the nostalgia. The debut album and King of Rock are both better albums than this one though.
How is this hiphop and rock at the same time? Stand-outs - It's Tricky - Walk This Way
A foundational 80s rap album filled with catchy hits that are true classics. Tricky, My Adidas, Walk This Way… I can still remember the SNL performance with Aerosmith! I’d give this a 5, but it has aged a bit. The beats feel a bit rudimentary listening with a modern ear. And after the blistering start to the record, it peters out just a little. But it’s still awesome and important.
Some outdated beats, but c'mon this has "It's Tricky" and "Walk This Way". Those alone make this a classic.
first 4 songs are absolute classics. Ive heard of run but never listed and so far it sounds like better beastie boys super funky too Definitely slowed down and got a tiny bit repetitive near the end but its for sure a classic and it will get a 4
3/5
HipHop heritage
Enjoyed the Album with some of their Classics. Overall not the biggest fan of Rock and Rap together.
mooy bueno che
Muy bueno
This album feels like a relic of a very specific era... Not really for me.
Does it sound a little dated? Of course…but did it break wide open hip hop and rock…bring it to white mass public plus hit perfect the backbone of breakbeats. Absolutely- still fun even if a bit dated. It also doesn’t take itself to seriously.
One of the groups that unlocked hip-hop. The songs are infectious and fun.
Fun album but sounds a bit samey
Better than I expected, but not as polished and easy to listen to as I want and hope out of rap and hip/hop. Surprisingly commercial?
Classic! It's a hell of a 4 track start of the album. The rest unfortunately runs pretty meh. Still, I definitely blasted this as I drove around town.
i don’t like it, it’s not bad but just not my type of music, sorry :/
didn’t even know i needed to know this, but i did, 10/10
it’s tricky!
- they seem like fungis - I don’t like the sound effects in Hit it Run :(
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
Peter Piper - 4/5 It's Tricky - 5/5 My Adidas - 3.5/5 Walk This Way (feat. Aerosmith) - 4/5 Is It Live - 3.5/5 Perfection - 3/5 Hit It Run - 4/5 Raising Hell - 3.5/5 You Be Illin' - 4/5 Dumb Girl - 3/5 Son Of Byford - 2.5/5 Proud to Be Black - 4/5
For my personal taste this gets a 3. It's Tricky, Raising Hell, Peter Piper, Walk This Way, are classics, and there are more great tracks on this album so why only a 3. So why does this get a 3? Well first off Dumb Girl is misogynistic garbage. Second off the problem with Run DMC is their main lyrical subject is how awesome they are. It gets old, very quickly. This is a classic record, it's part of rap's golden age and Run DMC's lyrical acrobatics are on full display, great album, still a 3.
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.
The best song on the album (“Walk This Way” naturally) isn’t at all representative of the work, I suppose. The album’s still strong, though, if now a bit dated.
Classic 80’s rap with some rock. That was apparently unheard of for the time.
fine i guess, but dated as hell and kinda boring to me.
I was expecting for this to lag and sound as same-y as The Beastie Boys, but it actually held me until the end--although the Dumb Girl song is yikes. Great MC work here in the old school style and nice storytelling and humor. Kind of hitting a 3.5 for me, but bumping as I'd spin again for sure.
Konačno jedan hip-hop album koji nema isti problem kao svi drugi tj. na ovom barem ima nekih melodija koje mogu upamtiti i ima nekog smisla općenito. Opet mi nije pregenijalan ali svakako dosta bolji od prosjeka. Prvi i zadnji put da hvalim nešto što sadrži aerosmith.
I’ve heard a couple of these before! Had no idea who these people were but it was cool listening to something I knew when I kinda expected I wouldn’t like this album.
I liked it more than I thought I would. Can’t remember ever listening to Run Dmc. Didn’t like I’m black and some language in the songs
Throwback, great album to start with bc I usually wouldn’t choose it
"It's Tricky" and "Walk This Way" are certified bangers, but listening to the entire album was kind of exhausting.
bitch bye
loved it, I don't normally listen to hip-hop but I didn't mind it
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.
Overall great, recognized a couple songs so felt nostalgic
Great Album
1 stern
kings from queens; from queens come kings. we're raising hell like a class when the lunch bell rings.
> the Beatles
Best Songs: You be illin’ It’s tricky
HIP HOP: LA DEFINICIÓN
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.
This album is amazing, the tracks in this album are an absolute legend 10/10
aaa shit a mi juego me llamaron con este disco. Escencia pura noventera (aunque el disco es del '85) los samples de campanas y bombos claves de la época. El audio de las voces medias comprimidas como si sonaran por atrás o comprimidas, por momentos pareciera que están grabados sin antipop, es increíble registro histórico. Conozco run DMC pero nunca había escuchado un disco completo y posiblemente no reconozca ningún tema salvo Its tricky que es un clasicazo. Impactado realmente con el tema que tiene feat con Aerosmith, desconocia totalmente que existía esa colaboración y me parece increíble como quedan las guitarras y gritos con los samples y scratches jaja Las baterías de Perfection, que puto groove mas duro, realmente bueno. Im a funky fresh!! i wont to fail i wont to flop grand tema, con gran cierre de baterías Divertido también ese mini skit Son Of Blyford con beatbox Si bien es de mi agrado y el genero me gusta, creo que no es tan para mi por eso le puntuo 3 stars
Down with the kingz
iconic album from my favorite era of hip hop
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.
not my taste but that was pretty good
It's a classic and its influence can't be overstated. It is a product of its time and that's the only reason it's a 4/5 for me. Rap had evolved so much after this, but it would never have evolved had it not been for this album.
To suburbanites of a certain age, you throw Peter Piper on and the place will explode. (By the way, speaking of Peter Piper, you will appreciate Jam Master Jay even more after you follow this with Bob James's Take Me To The Mardis Gras. Go do that right now, with De La Soul's Buddy for dessert and then report back.) This was an absolutely massive album in my high school. Everyone loved it, not just the jr b-boys but also the geeks, preps, etc. At the battle of the bands, we put together an all-star lineup of punks, goths, grits and hair metals to perform You Be Illin and it killed, if I may say so. There are days when I'm walking down the street and I'll just think to myself "I was born son of Byford, brother of Al Bannah's my mama and Run's my pal It's McDaniels, not McDonald's These rhymes are Darryl's, those burgers are Ronald's"
What an impressive album, and not just because it immediately followed Ice Cube's "The Predator". While I hadn't actually heard about half of this album before, the entire album hits hard and relentlessly--it's easy to see why this is the definitive old-school-hip-hop album. A few tracks sound somewhat dated (like "Perfection" or "Hit it run"), but whenever they inject the guitars and samples it's remarkable how *un*-dated a lot of the album sounds. And of course the mind-blowing "Walk this way" (with a great video) catapulted them into the stratosphere; I can still remember hearing that song on a high school bus and wondering who that was. I also really liked the (new to me) tracks "Peter piper" and James-Brown-homage "Proud to be black".
ooh, I remember when this came out--so fresh, I got the vinyl and wore it out. A classic and it's incredible how much the collab with Aerosmith revived Aerosmith's career. They owe Run-DMC a lot!
Knew a couple songs, pretty solid album fav- It's tricky
Historic (and I still love the few songs I grew up with), but not my favourite.
Jag gillar Run-DMC även om det här saknar en hel del finess. Det blir lite väl styltigt men det är en hel del av charmen. Run-DMC blir lite som hiphopens svar på Status Quo, ett primitivt sväng som man blir på bra humör utav.
Det här känns som urtypen av hip-hop från 80-talet. Hårt rakt trumkomp, mycket scratch och kaxig rap. Det är ganska kul. Ibland svänger det, ibland blir det lite mycket av stelbent komp och samplade gitarriff. Öppningslåten Peter Piper blir obesegrad som bästa spåret.
Har schizofrena känslor för detta album. Inledande Peter Piper är hur bra som helst. Triangel/klockspelsbeatet är underbart groovy. Finns flera andra sköna old school beats, som Is it live och avslutande Proud to be black. Men och det är verkligen ett MEN, så ska de slänga in pisstråkiga rockriff och inte nog med det till och med Steven ”jag har klämt foten i dörren” Tylers skränsång. Skippa rocksamplingarna som dyker upp här och var å vi hade haft ett riktigt fint album. Nu blir det en trea men det är med minsta marginal.
Det är som bäst när det är minimalistiskt. Funkiga trummor. Effektiv rap. En stark öppning med de inledande tre spåren. Mindre roligt med Aerosmith.
Rap bleibt für mich nicht hörbar! Ich kann dieses Gestammel nicht ertragen.
seminal
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.
I’ve heard a lot of this bc my dad only listens to music from the 80s Favorites My adidas Hit it run
no es mi linea, pero traen buen ritmo
Complete 180 from the previous albums I was given to rate. I really do love old school hip-hop. Its so funky and I have completely been sleepin on it. Rating: 4.5/5 Favourite song(s): It’s Tricky, Walk This Way (ft. Aerosmith)
Great album I purchased when I was 13. I relistened and liked it but mostly the songs that were not as popular. I appreciate rev’s voice, just incredible.
Reminds me of children’s book.
Wow, what an opening four tracks - all killer no filler as the kids would say - with Peter Piper, It's Tricky, My Adidas, and Walk this Way. Album can't help but drag a bit after that and mid 80's hip hop, while ahead of it's time then, does sound a little bit dated. Still worth 4 out of 5 stars for that start.
Definitely heard the hits many times. Remember recording You Be Illin' off the radio and memorizing. First time listening to the entire album.
Never listened. Expectations: Mid - Verdict: Good - This is pretty punchy right from the start. I can see why Walk This Way was the big hit, it has a lot more heft to it than most other tracks here. The title track is absolutely fantastic, I think they seem to be at their best when the beat has a rock/guitar element. Overall this was a brilliant listen, a great snapshot of hip-hop in the mid-80s.
So good
Really creative sampling here with all of the 70s rock tracks used, and just off this album I can see why 808 beats are a backbone of hip-hop for a reason. 8.5/10.
The flow and samples are great here but the lyrics are really lacking even compared to the other rap albums on this list. Can't see myself listening to most of these tracks again. Favourite track: Walk This Way
8.5/10 I enjoyed all the songs but the singles, especially It's Tricky and Walk This Way, are on another level.
Love that old school vibe, Hell yeaaah
Snazzy beats
I wish i was alive back then man
Im not normally a fan of hiphop but this was alright
Cool mais assez vite lassant
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.
Understand these guys are pioneers of rap and beats, but not a lot of variation on this album.
Total oldhead unk jams. Not my favorite, but I acknowledge the fact that it's a classic.
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
"Peter Parker" has that classic percussion loop sample with the xylophone. The "there it is" line has been sampled many times. "It's Tricky" is a stone-cold jam. "My Adidas" forces you to remember that Adidas used to be the predominant street-wear brand before Nike. Break out the shelltoes. We all know the "Walk This Way" crossover. Worryingly, maybe one of the most important crossover records ever. Middle tracks lull a bit. Title track raises the energy. It is a another rock-tinged piece. "You Be Illin'" is a funky joint compared to the other tracks.
Actually kinda tuff, just not my type of music. Still appreciate it, tho
Tidlig hardcore hip hop; en sjanger med navn mid-school hip hop. Markante beats fra trommemaskin, og tidvis rap rock-vibber. Har blant annet låta It's Tricky, som vanskelig kan beskrives som noe annet enn en klassiker. Top 3: Walk This Way, Hit It Run, Peter Piper
I guess this was cool? I have no ability to rate rap / hiphop since it’s not a genre I regularly listen to. But these guys were cooler (on a base level) than some of the other try-hards I’ve heard on this list (looking at you Kanye: Not. Cool.) So I guess I’ll dive right down the middle with my rating.
Cool album. Seems like the source of all those rap parody
si bien tiene temazos, qué dificil que es escuchar un disco entero. muy repetitivo y ya empieza a molestar
Iloista rappi-junttausta, Aerosmith!
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!
Very fun, those first four songs are an incredible stretch. Got a bit samey as the album went on.