Reviews (page 4 of 14)
No me gustó mucho. 🥲
No es mi tipo de música pero muy bueno, tres canciones me gustaron mucho. Tengo que buscar el momento donde puedo escucharlo
Legendary, innovative, influential, and most of all, a lot of fun. Today was my first listen in a few years and it still kicks. Obviously it’s dated and the quality drops off on side two, but the appeal and likability of these 3 remains strong. I still question many of the hip-hop in the 1001 but certainly not this one. Respect to Run, DMC & JMJ.
I saw someone say that if you give it less than four stars, then you shouldn’t be listening to hip-hop, luckily I found it only worth three.
Overall, really cool and fun sound. Love some classic hip hop.
As someone whose favourite genre has generally been hip-hop (maybe not at the moment, but generally), I’ve listened to a shockingly low amount of “old rap”. I’ve heard albums from artists like Pac, Big, Nas, Jay-Z etc but nothing that precedes 90s rap and the general east coast west coast beef. My lone exception is NWAs debut, which I enjoyed but come back to rarely. However, I was honestly kind of blown away by what I heard. The way they incorporated rock into the instrumentals (even covering Walk this Way by Aerosmith!), was awesome and really neat. You can easily see the influence here into other early records such as Strsight outta Compton, the hard hitting flows, drawn out pronunciations of words and even the flow of the album, I greatly enjoyed this being a 40 minute record, I think that’s the sweet spot for albums (with exceptions). My main criticism of this album is that it can feel a little formulaic at times, a lot of the songs have very similar flows and styles, which I enjoyed, but did grow tired of a couple songs by the time I got to them. This is an easy 7/10 for me, but since I can’t give a half star I need to round down. Thanks Run DMC!
OH NO i dont like aerosmith. i do not care for walk this way. i am not excited for this. yea i do not care for this
So good, classic rap that has all the good (great beats, cool rhymes) and none of the bad
t-t-t-t-ricky
First Platinum and multi-Platinum hip-hop record! Good album, obviously. V. '80's hip hop.
There’s only so much I can do. The singles are great and classic and there’s something to say for the ultra simple beats and sampling that was revolutionary, but by the end of the album it’s a bit one dimensional for me
While dripping with an inescapable 80s hip hop rap vibe, this album opens with, and carries five star energy through the turn. Sure, the second half lacks the luster of the first, but there’s no denying what these guys brought to the table at the time. And in the end, this still slaps hard.
There is a great streak of songs in the beginning, but it drops off fast after Walk This Way.
It's a pretty good, fun listen. A very listenable album. Has some big hits. I particularly enjoy the tracks with hard rock influences which isn't very common in rap nowadays. Party vibe. A lot of cool lyrics and a good mix of silly and important subject matter. Only criticism is that, while the backing tracks and lyrics change with each song, their flow and style of rapping stays the exact same which makes the tracks sound interchangeable. I guess that's just a sign of the time period where rap was still new and they didn't have a lot of diversity in style yet. Still good though.
Pretty good album. I am not sure if I would revisit it often simply because I don't reach for old boom bap as often as I should. However, I learned a lot about the group as a whole and their influence on and in hip hop. Their fusion of rap and rock reminded me of Don Toliver's recent 2 albums. I enjoy it. For some reason though, I started thinking of the Beastie Boys while listening and managed to listen to 2 of their albums after this one hehe. For my personal taste... unfortunately 4/10. However, for influence... 10/10.
As far as earlier hip hop goes, I was never a giant fan of Run DMC. They're foundational, sure, but I've never thought they were amazing. And this album exemplifies that. I liked listening to this album, but it's got aspects that take away from its enjoyment. The beats are a little too sparse. Some of the rhymes are a bit silly. This is a 3.5/5, and I guess we'll see at the end of the day if I'm rounding it up or down.
Funny when you remember what Hip-Hop used to be before it found itself...
The first 4 tracks are the highlight of the album.
I haven't yet given a bad rating to a project Rick Rubin has been involved in. This album is great, even though the hiphop feels dated, there are many timeless songs here that are fun to listen. The main holdback from giving this a 5 is that there are also a significant number of fillers.
It into Hip Hop, but if I was I’m sure this would make the cut- as the songs are upbeat
2.75. In retrospect, some of these songs are corny as hell. I was caught off guard the couple of times they dropped an F-bomb in a song. I guess I didn’t realize Run D.M.C. cursed in their songs?
Historically this was a landmark album for hip hop. But, 40 years on it is starting to feel pretty dated. All the beats and rhyming is pretty static throughout. There are a couple of good songs but listening straight through felt very repetitive.
Cool rock influence but there’s something about 80s rap I don’t particularly care for
Fun fun fun
Here are Run DMC, helping to bring hip-hop to the mainstream. Walk This Way was a huge track in the 80s and is the standout out track on the album. It's about the beat and the synergy of the rappers throughout. The album has a sense of humour and doesn't seem the need to marginalise or offended. It's not sending shivers down my spine - it sounds a bit thin and there's never going to much in the way of musicality, but it was a fun listen. Outside of the nostalgia of Walk This Way, the Peter Piper was clever and You Be Illin' made me smile. A low 3 stars.
Raising Hell is a classic for a reason. Un album pionero para el hip-hop, y muy interesante cuanto ha cambiado el sonido en tantos años. Las primeras cuatro canciones fueron un run super fuerte para empezar pero el resto del album kind of blended into itself 4/5
A classic.
Good album, fun listen. 6.1/10
I thought this was a bit corny. It’s strange to think this was somewhat controversial as it feels so tame now. Much preferred the less well known tracks, they definitely felt less jarring.
This really feels like the origins of pop rap, and I can't say I was a fan. Like the first — and probably best — attempt a label had at creating a mass market product from underground rap culture. I'm sure it changed the game but it's not really to my taste.
Dated, but still solid.
Я не фанат гурту. Є тут суперхіти. Той самий Peter Piper. Walk This Way ніколи не любив, хоч і розумію впливовість пісні і її історичну важливість. Взагалі, це цікавий феномен, як суперзірки жанру стали нерелевантними буквально за декілька років. Навіть взяти цей альбом і порівняти з Paid in Full від Ракіма та Еріка.Бі, який вийшов на рік пізніше. Рівень розриву в емсінгу просто колосальний. І якщо ті самі Бісті Бойз, які теж мають супер олдскульний флоу, змогли себе трохи перевинайти, в першу чергу через буття талановитими музикантами, то цей дует нічого не зміг запропонувати і назавжди залишився у 80х
Ніколи не був фанатом ран дмс. Звісно ж не можна не сказати про walk this way, як пісню яка стала пращуром всієї мазафаки. Ставлю альбому трієчку, бо біти і загалом продакшн нудноватий.
Solid as hell man. So close to giving this a 5 but by the end it starts to blend together just a little bit. Super important album in the history of hip-hop and one that still sounds damn good all these years later. Even if it's just slightly on the simpler side, it's a genius record and a great listen.
So much vibe and groove, all time Classic rap album. Of course it also has cons, after half of album it sounds repetetive but still its good. 7/10
Nice
Fine. A couple of iconic songs, but wouldn't listen again
This album sounds so innocent compared to the rap that I grew up listening to haha. It’s a classic for sure, but not something that I listen to often. You can’t deny the foundations of Hip Hop though, this one will always stand as the classic that it is.
Not for me, too noisy and repetitive hip hop/rap style and boring
a good one. i enjoyed it.
3,8/5 Batidas incríveis e faixas clássicas.
Rad!
Hip hop isn't my thing but this was one of the most enjoyable hip hop albums I've ever listened to
A couple of classics on here, very representative of early hip-hop.
Pas volontairement écouté de hip-hop depuis presque 10 ans. J'ai beaucoup aimé My addidas! Je comprend mieux les Yeastie girls et ma phase Eminem/Dr dre
I know someone with an SSX Tricky tattoo who might appreciate this one. Not the most melodic and usually a little goofy (the shameless plugs for Adidas and KFC were hilarious), I still love 80's rap. It's just super fun and the lyrics are fantastic.
I sort of knew I liked Run-D.M.C. but this album was a surprise to listem to. Had a great time.
raw mature classic, but clearly they were selling their souls for (to?) rock'n'roll. fav tracks: proud to be black, my adidas, titl trak, etc..... least fav: dumb girl
Good songs but not really my type of music
This was a fun listen. I can see how bands like the beastie boys were influenced by run dmc. The title track actually slaps hard, weird that it’s not as well known as tricky, or walk this way
1.75 - This album is 40 years old and it’s sounds it. It has a few good songs, but it’s mostly dated and cringy.
This was good and much better than their debut album I already listened to on the list. Walk This Way is obviously a classic tune - Run DMC were doing a rock and rap mashup decades before Linkin Park Think it's 4* not 5 because the second half is not quite as strong as the first
I think this Album makes me appreciate and enjoy 90's rap music. Until now I wasn't convinced but damn do those guys go hard
Old school one of my OG rap tapes 3.5 stars maybe closer to 4 for its impact, significance, and of course, the crossover with Aerosmith on walk this way
This was fine. Sounded too much like the Beastie Boys at times 2.5
You know its good when both Adidas and Joe Perry make cameos.
Rock and hop
The most popular track on this album outperforms the least popular by a factor of almost a million. This is an album with two popular tracks. All the tracks have a similar sound and I'm guessing that the sound paved the way for what came after. Important for them that care.
Un clásico del hip hop con varios temas atemporales, super disfrutable, creo que 1001albumsgenerator empieza a saber de que pie cojeo. Está claro que Run-DMC influenció a todo lo que vino después en el mundo del rap
Very dryly produced, kinda samey, okay I guess.
Really enjoyed it. I generally like my rap family friendly with low swears or racial epithets and not so much about Ice cubes dick. This delivers with a killer opening 4 tracks. It gets a little repetitive thereafter and could do with a little bit magic to funk it up a bit.
Old school! Some entertaining retro hip-hop. Better than a lot of the modern stuff. A one and done listen, but liked the two big numbers.
first half full of bangers
This really isn't my type of music but I can appreciate the art it represents. The only song I knew on the album was Walk This Way which still rocks today. I rated the album 2.54 on a scale of 5. Decent album
8.5 very good hip hop/rap vibes
Mega nice old school hip hop
I'm struggling with this one a little bit. On first listen I thought it was a little goofy. "We're Raising hell like a class when the school bell rings!" Ooh... The music is a little campy and listening to it now feels sort of like an SNL sketch. But then I think about all the groundwork this laid (hello, Paul's Boutique) and how I would have absolutely devoured it if I had encountered it at 12 or 13 years old. Am I rating it for the "listenability" in today's context, or for the historical significance? If something was groundbreaking but is now primarily valued for nostalgia how does that factor in? I'm going to have to sit with this for a bit. Three stars due to blatant corporate sponsorship.
very good
Pionnier, fondamental, influant Est-ce que j’ai aimé ? Les 4 premiers morceaux oui, le reste moins 3.5/5
Album parfois tres rock avec des feeturings hardrock, mixe avec du rap, platine scratch beaucoup et voix très énergisante. Rap hardcord des annees 80/90. Un des premiers groupes de rap a se populariser, jusqu’en 2002. Influence toute une génération surtout vestimentairement. My adidas vaudra un contrat de collaboration avec la marque. C'est le premier album de rap à avoir été certifié disque de platine aux États-Uni
Another album that I’m familiar with many songs but had never listened to the entire thing. I didn’t own this album but was made familiar with many of the songs via MTV. Worth a listen but won’t be in my heavy rotation. Interesting to notice how slow it feels compared to modern rap music (similar to comedies from the same era).
good
Hiphop, rock, canciones súper populares de las cuales ya no me recordaba el nombre. Sonidos súper curiosos, I like it a pesar de que no sería lo más frecuente que escucharía. Me hace sentir como una lacra caminar escuchando algunas de las canciones not gonna lie
not bad
Straight banger. Another album I had never listened to, but found some quality tracks. Also, it lead to a great Spotify playlist...
Ich seh es genau gegenteilig wie die meisten hier: Fand The Pharcyde spannender, auch wenn hier mMn zwei krasse Hits drauf sind und "Peter Piper" dazu auch noch mit einem extrem starken Beat auffällt. 3 Sterne reichen aber aus.
Positive Überraschung abseits der eh starken Hits. Das war auch auf Albumlänge catchy und kurzweilig. Nur ganz am Ende flacht es ab. Trotzdem reicht es noch für schwache 4 Sterne.
Ist natürlich ein Klassiker, aber ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass mir das doch noch so gut gefällt, zumal das Alter der Platte wirklich offensichtlich ist. Im Gegensatz zu Public Enemy sind die Beats hier wirklich ziemlich catchy produziert, sodass die Songs auch mit heutigen Hörgewohnheiten noch Spaß machen. Textlich ist hier natürlich nicht viel zu holen, aber das möchte ich einer Platte, die einfach nur Spaß machen will, nicht ankreiden. Selbst abseits der bekannten Hits habe ich hier einige Schmankerl gefunden.
Hatte ich mehr von erwartet. Klingt für mich wie das Album auf dem der eine Hit drauf ist. Ansonsten eher langweilig und zu einfach.
Ohje...
Obwohl es ein altes Hip Hop Album ist und diese mich in der Vergangenheit oft hier auf die Spieldauer langweilten, da die Beats nicht sehr abwechslungsreich waren, war es hier anders. Hier wurde für die Zeit viel ausprobiert und mir wurde auf Dauer tatsächlich auch nicht langweilig. Top
This album was blew my mind back in the day. Still lovin it
I thought it was cool seeing the fusion of rock and hip-hop. Something about this album felt very approachable, and relatable. Nothing too over the top. I also didn't know that tricky was on this album. A true classic.
Rap is not my thing
Verdaderos himnos del rap
I have tried multiple times to get into Run-D.M.C. and still haven't been successful, but you cannot deny their legacy.
Amazing, I had a lot of fun with this one. One hard skip (Dumb Girl) but overall fun. Certainly hear its age in the drum machine though.
Great old rap
not my fav
objetivamente bueno, el primer tema lo es todo
Super influential and an important record but it’s not super good to listen to as a standalone album.
This is not for me. So grating!!
Aerosmith collab, it’s tricky we’re hughlights. seemed not much substance in lyrics, maybe a rushed effort studio execs
I’m sure it’s good when someone is in the mood for this music, but I wasn’t and I basically never am
Whilst an undoubtedly influential and important album for hip-hop, aside from a handful of the hits, it simply no longer holds up by modern standards. Still worth a listen if you're interested in where rap albums first started really being noteworthy.
Incroyable album de rap de bout en bout. On a nos musiques préférées mais aucune mauvaise musique. Petit crush sur le featuring avec Aerosmith. Not : 5 À réécouter : Oui
Cool as! Always admired Run DMCs championing of all things adidas - growing up in 70s/80s Liverpool it was reassuring to see that this band shared our obsession with the adidas brand.
Enjoyed it more than I thought as an indie person. Some beautiful moments but feels somewhat one note + could do without the misogyny .
classic!
Good old school hip-hop, they don’t do it like this anymore. Lyrically strong (that’s if you can understand what they’re saying, cause it’s trrrickey), musically quite boring
One day at work I discovered a video of trichomoniasis under a microscope vibrating to the song Tricky on YouTube. Unfortunately the video no longer exists but in my head. It made me start to really appreciate the song. Anyway, this style hip hop is interesting because it's like straight percussion.
Classic. Penalty point deduction for reviving Aerosmith's career.
Neutral good album. It’s Tricky, Walk This Way. Didn’t know these were by them.
I’d rather be strapped to a table in a room and played Rashied Ali drum solos all day than listen to this again. How can this list turn up Pearl Jam’s Ten yesterday and this today?! Saving Grace is Walk This Way but mainly because it’s got Aerosmith on it. 2
Almost certainly influential at the time but averages out at the lower end for Hip Hop these days
I listened to this album and initially thought it was good, but by around the fourth track, I started to get bored. Early hip-hop, as music, still lacks complexity and is not very interesting.
Whilst the beats and catchiness of the tunes are undeniable, an overbearing presence of misogyny haunts the album throughout. Instead of becoming timeless, the songs sound firmly anchored in darker, less human times.
A classic and pivotal album from some of the originators. What a four track run Peter Piper, It's Tricky, My Adidas and Walk This Way is! Styles change over time, and this album is simpler than some, even from the same period, but there wouldn’t be the commercial success of rap without this album. 5⭐️
This album is fun & iconic. Not gonna play it often, but will always enjoy it when I do!
Very fun beats , reminds me of dance mixed with rocking roll, old school hip hop what a treat
Commence très fort mais finit en expérimental assez désagréable.
Me gustó mas la segunda mitad que casualmente es la menos popular, Raising Hell la mejor del disco para mi. No es mi tipo de música pero esta bien, me gustó a secas, pero no es un disco que volvería a escuchar mas que algunas canciones sueltas.
Se nota lo innovador. Envejeció bien. Gira sobre el mismo concepto todo el disco
This album would be a classic for the first four tracks alone! Not much I can say really. A stone cold classic that should be in everyone's collection.
3.5 stars Listening to this makes it so clear where Beastie Boys got their whole thing from. Run DMC is less obnoxious and are more authentic, so it’s a better listening experience. I’ll admit that I’m not a big fan of the “Walk This Way” song, so this album being up there for me with that being the most well known song from it means it’s pretty good. It’s short and no skits or interludes, so it’s fun and easy to listen to.
too white millennial man for me
the song "It's Tricky" is iconic but "Raising Hell' is WAY better
The instrumentals are very nice, title track is very nice
Definitely an Iconic record for the rise of hip-hop and laying its foundation as a genre to withstand. Of its time, but it is a necessary classic to show what the genre had to offer. TRACK FAVS: Peter Piper It's Tricky My Adidas Walk This Way Is it Live Raising Hell You Be Illin Son of Byford Proud to be Black
Echt puur hiphop
Lastig om dit album een goede rating te geven. Het staat vol met hip-hop clichés. Maar als jij de eerste bent die het op zo’n grote schaal naar de wereld brengt is het dan nog een cliche? Tegenwoordig is hip-hop heel erg geëvalueerd en blijft het steeds beter worden. Dit is nog hip-hop in de kindersneakers. De culturele impact van dit album is heel erg groot geweest. De reden dat over de hele wereld sneakers worden gedragen komt mede ook door dit album. Ze hebben de hip-hop beweging wereldwijd gemaakt. Ook zijn ze de uitvinders van gare hip-hop fusion tussen pop/rock en hip-hop met walk this way. Hoe blondie het had gedaan was wel vetter en eerder. Maar de run dmc/ aerosmith combinatie heeft daarna de wereld overgenomen zodat je later de ali-b, marco Barsato combi’s kreeg. Er was betere hip-hop voor en na run dmc, maar voor het verspreiden van een heel hip-hop album voor het wereld publiek verdienen ze voor mij wel wat sterretjes.
Ja, tis niet om aan te horen. Cringe, beetje alsof je je oom en tante een rap act tijdens een bruiloft opvoeren. Desalniettemin is dit natuurlijk wel een van de belangrijkste momenten in de muziekwereld met de opkomt van rap. Dit alles heeft natuurlijk geleid tot de hiphop muziek en vooral de cultuur die we vandaag kennen. Het heeft zich ontzettend snel door ontwikkeld en is nog steeds bezig. Album wat je geluisterd moet hebben. Maar zeker niet tijdloos. Als het nu uit zou komen zou ik het een één geven, in die tijd zou ik het niet begrijpen en een twee geven. Qua impact krijgt het een 5. Zou niet weten hoe je dit moet beoordelen. Dan maar de hoeveelheid plezier ik er nu naar geluisterd heb. Respectvolle 2, bestaat dat?
Hip-hop in de kinderschoenen. Wat je hier duidelijk uit kan horen is dat er veel potentie zit in deze muziek-stijl, en dat is gebleken. We weten onderhand allemaal wel hoe hiphop is ontstaan, het gebruik maken van breakbeats en het sampelen van bestaande nummers, heel erg innovatief en creatief voor die tijd. Daarvoor heb ik alle waardering en zijn ze met recht grondleggers van het genre. Desondanks vind ik de muziek van dit album zo on-ontwikkeld waardoor ik het toch moeilijk vind om te beoordelen. De raps klinken erg kinderlijk, alsof ze een rapworkshop geven aan basisschoolkinderen, daarnaast rappen ze vaak alleen over een breakbeat zonder enige instrumentals, beetje pasta zonder saus idee.
Yeah!!!!!
Great album. I appreciate how much influence it had on the Beastie Boys. On the flipside, I have a strange relationship with rap rock (see: ICP). Also Walk this Way is far better here, fuck Aerosmith.
This feels more like an important time in music history than an album Id choose to listen to. Its raw and rhythm driven with its drum machines and bold chant like vocals. Not my thing but its influence is unmistakable on modern hip hop
Classic. Absolute banging introduction to an album and the hits keep on coming. I'm constantly in awe of the early influence and DNA of Rick Rubin in both hip hop and metal. The guy has left an indelible mark on the face of music.
This was a great hip hop album in the sea of so much 70s rock I have listened to in this project. You can't really deny how big this album was for hip hop in culture, Walk This Way made it mainstream like never before. And blended rock and rap. Fun, old school, classic hip hop. I love the singles, but Raising Hell was a surprise on the back half.
Good album with both hits and other good listens.
walk this way, das scratching schon groß aber als album? c
Verrry refreshing album. Nice to have an album that’s not folk or whatever the fuck those other albums were.
This is what I needed. I love this album. After a run of 70s folk singers, this album is a welcome relief. Great energy, infectious grooves, so full of memories.
Said a hip-hop, the hippie to the hippie The hip, hip-a-hop
BANGER after BANGER after BANGER Is It Live had me unconsciously dancing on the U2
3.5
This is early hip-hop, before Rakim invented flow, and before they really used samples. I really liked the rock influence and how they used that for music. Definitely a fun listen.
Turned it on and thought this sounds just like the Beastie Boys but gentler. So then my mind thought who came first...helping me decide how to understand the context of musical importance. I found out DMC mentored and was good friends with the Beastie Boys (who started out as a punk band, so the harder makes sense). So back to this album....they revived Aerosmith, introducing them to a new generation, do some sick back and forth rapping, created a musical style that was copied (sincerest form of flattery), and basically created one of the largest record labels. It does get a little samesy over and over, but no doubt this album changed music. I also like that they do it all without constantly cussing, degrading women, or only focusing on how amazing they are.
ohhh this old skool rap. Walk This Way was a big hit and I've heard it so many times that it's kind of a novelty at this point but an interesting fusion. Listening to this album again after decades... I think the title track song Raising Hell is interesting when it comes to rock-rap fusion. "I'll cut the head off the devil and throw it at you." Jesus Christ! OKAY! Sounds like a party. I think that song also has a bit of a Beastie Boys feel to it which isn't surprising (but Beastie Boys fuse rock and rap in a way that I like better than how RunDMC does it). I think Run DMC started Def Jam and brought Beasties in? I'd have to look that up but I know they worked together. You Be Ill'n, Dumb Girl, My Adidas are all songs that kind of get on my nerves. skip. skip. skip. Peter Piper and Tricky are the best songs on here. It's Tricky is one of my favorite rap songs of all time. Those songs are Run DMC doing what they do best. The rest is just kind of okay.
This is a fun album (aside from Dumb Girl, c'mon boys - do better). Their version of Walk This Way is a classic, and what's not to love about It's Tricky. Overall, it's a little samesy, and it's not something I'd have in my regular listening rotation, but it's solid hippity-hop!
These guys really knew how to market themselves with rockstars on their tracks and Penn and Teller in their music videos. I guess it's a bit cynical to say "how can we make rap more accessible to white people - I know! Let's team up with a rock producer and add guitars", but it works for me. These songs are boppers, classic old school hip-hop.
to rock around its right on time its trickyyyyyy-only song that I really like on this album
It wasn't bad I just would listen tk jt right at this moment in time
the songs are very similar and to me it like they follow a beatboxing rhythm which i dont look for in my hip hop songs. i would like a bit more diveristy or musicality but its still pretty peak
65
Dmc bjöd på fartfyllt album med old school rap beats och sköna bastakter It tricky rivstartade igång albumet som sedan för mig var något mer tråkigt Gillade främst It Is Live, men även Perfection och som sagt It's Tricky
Always fun to find the origin of a popular sample (which isn't even the true origin, just the song that used it first). I know Run DMC was incepted first, but I'm familiar with the trade off style of rapping by the Beastie Boys. Similar era of "rap-rock". As an LA girl though, I gotta represent the westside. While it is fun, I find this style of rap a little too goofy for my tastes. Didn't feel the need to save any songs, cuz I'm a sucka mc.
It's a fresh and fun listen, and I enjoyed it! Gets a bit samey through the course of the album, but is still good.
Go to hell🫃🏿
Klasika jedna lagana, da nije bilo ovog, chocolate starfish and the hot dog flavored water ne bi postojao...... Ocena za ovaj album 3,75/5
mehh
it's fun learning about the past. 3.5/5
Good, this is a hard-hitting hip-hop album that is accessible and melodic. That’s quite a feat.
Very fun! It was a good way to start a not so great Monday.
Nota big fan but I appreciate their effort and good music played/done well is good music.
Stand-out tracks: Peter Piper, It's Tricky, Walk This Way, Perfection, Raising Hell, You Be Illin' Proud To Be Black I'm normally not a big fan of hip-hop/rap, but I was surprised by how much of this album I found enjoyable. The beats are catchy and the lyrics are pretty wild, but fun. Some of the beat boxing stuff, on"Hit It Run" especially, was quite annoying, but most of the tracks were fine if some not a bit repetitive. Overall an enjoyable listen.
Highlights: Peter Piper, It's Tricky, My Adidas, Walk This Way, Is It Live, Perfection, Raising Hell A very dope upbeat 80s hip hop record. Love listening to it from time to time, so I was very happy to see it on this list. It has a similar energy to License to Ill which I also loved listening to back when Raising Hell was often in rotation during covid. The similarity is the fusion of rock and hip hop, and it doesn't just appear on the unexpected collab woth Aerosmith. The rock is present throughout the whole record! It's amazing how cool they sound just from the beats and their rap skills - all that with minimal cussing. Heck, on Is It Live they didn't even dare say "ass" so he said "behind" - ain't that some restraint. The first half was leagues above the second. Again, I love listening to both the record as a whole, but also the tracks on their own.
I get why my dad, a self claimed rap fan but just a huge dmc fan, doesn’t understand Kendrick. Just such a different sense of rapping, production, energy, whatever. I found the beats of this album real stale real fast. I’m sure the Aerosmith cover hit hard when it came out but it’s indistinguishable from a 2006 YouTube mashup now. I hope adidas paid them a huge bag. I like the hip hop rip rap rapping of this for what it’s worth, I just need less drum machine loop that never changes.
good album
Bell’ascolto, old school hip hop americano, good vibes, molte mine super conosciute che non avevo idea fossero di questo album
классный, но не совсем мое
Oh this is hard because hits are slapping and the rest is ok. Could just as well be four stars but. 6/10
Not as good as their self titled album, but production is still great
Classic rap album by one of the greats! Good songs few clunkers lol
Influential but shit. Like I read somewhere here it sounds like a Donkey Kong rap soundtrack.
7 - GOOD
The first four tracks are pinnacle level achievement. Some of the most critical early rap in history. That said, it can't help from fading a little after that. It's a 5 for importance, but I drop it to a 4 just for how often I'd see myself wanting to listen to the whole thing as opposed to just the openers.
fire
old hiphop me likey
disco de it's tricky, pero tampoco muy allá
An artifact more than an album, this is another hip hop record from this era that is hugely influential and culturally significant, but really hard to listen to 40 years later as the genre has progressed so far beyond it and this is left feeling really one-note, dated, repetitive and ultimately pretty boring. Also, is this ultimately responsible for Nu-Metal, Kid Rock, and all of the other rap-rock hybrid monstrosities?
I feel like the album first half was 5 stars then it got a little slower and little less interesting
groovy
The first four tracks were okay. Every thing else was subpar.
Yes !!!!!
I never really loved Run DMC. I respect them. I think they’re cool. But I don’t think I’d ever decide to listen to one of their albums on my own.
I say this as a white guy from rural Maine who grew up listening to CCM, but I always thought the music of Run–D.M.C. sounded like the “DK Rap” remix from SSB Melee. After finally listening to Raising Hell, I don’t think I was actually that far off base – if a mashup of that song and “It’s Tricky” doesn’t exist, it’s probably because the concept was too obvious. Raising Hell isn’t a bad album by any means. It’s certainly a product of it’s time and the lyrics generally aren’t anything to write home about (there are fast food references on no fewer than three tracks), but most of the songs are clean, fun and easy to dance to – I can completely understand why this was the first hip-hop album to go platinum. Simultaneously, a few tracks were hard to get through (I won’t be intentionally revisiting “Perfection,” “Hit It Run” or “Dumb Girl”) and the beats were pretty homogeneous. Some of the tracks also just felt overly long – I could have sworn “Walk This Way” was seven or eight minutes long when it ended, so I was shocked to find out that it barely cracked five minutes. At the end of the day, I had a decent experience listening to Raising Hell and I appreciate how it set the stage for groups like the Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine and even Linkin Park, but it’s not something I can see myself ever giving a front-to-back spin again. I’m still looking forward to checking out the trio’s self-titled LP, seeing as that’s the one “It’s Like That” is on! Highlights: It’s Tricky, Walk This Way, Raising Hell, You Be Illin’, Proud to Be Black
Good to hear more songs on this album
Excellent.
I never thought that I'd listen to something that I could only describe as Funk Rap, but this is it. It's certainly an interesting genre; as a rap fan, I can't say I didn't enjoy it, but I also can't say I did, either. It's got a good rhythm, yet also a very annoying background sound. Very weird.
I’ve got nothing against this album or this music, but it just felt a bit too unserious for me to rate it higher. It was also interesting to learn that this was produced by Rick Rubin, because I mainly associate him with his Johnny Cash collaborations and other more sparse music. Favorite Track: Walk This Way
Helt ok album. Aerosmith lyfter det.
Har försökt. Lyssnade två gånger. Det borde underlätta att lyssna lm man är full eller hög. Bäst låtar: ”walk this way” och ”Illin”
I feel like I can’t really hate on this, but it just hasn’t aged well (2.5)
3.5
Just lame
I want to like this more, but something about the rap-rock combination just turns me off; I think maybe the guitar takes focus away from the percussion or something. I liked their debut album much better because of the raw and heavy beats. Still, the rapping and delivery are awesome and it’s a generally fun album.
I was disappointed with this. I was expecting catchy beats and rhythms, but what I heard was outdated, cheesy and dare I say, a bit boring. Forgettable.
I wasn’t sold on each track but there were a few that really stood out to me
Well I’m a peanut bar and I’m here to say, your cheques will arrive on another day
Considering the differences in recording quality, it's not surprising that the hits are the hits and the rest are not. Some of the mixes are just bad and hard to listen to. How they managed to nail it in some places and whiff it elsewhere is beyond me. Lyrically, however, the hits are no greater than the others. Run-DMC is all about the boast, and that's what Hip Hop was about in the 80s. It does eventually lose potency. It's an important album for the sake of music history but not one that holds up as a classic to keep in rotation.
Pretty cool. At this stage, rap/hip hop still sounds nice to me. Not all about "bitches and guns".
Pretty good album I really enjoyed it
Excellent 3 track run with Tricky, My Adidas, and Walk this Way. You be Illin and Peter Piper are also gems on this album. The Rick Ruben touch shines through, with more intricate beats and the group comes through with more intricate rhyme schemes as compared to their first album. There are some filler tracks in the middle of the album which bumps this down to 4 stars, but overall it is a great early hip hop album
Had low expectations but liked it was more than I thought I would. Walk This Way is a banger and It’s Tricky is pretty catchy. Not really my wheelhouse but a long way from the worst album I’ve had so far and would be happy to play it again.
My introduction to my favorite style of music is "King of Rock" on a 7 inch at my granddad's bar in Dekalb County, Georgia in 1985. So that remains my favorite Run DMC album even though this one is arguably better. I can't get to a 5.
More like run like hell, away from this noise.
Old skool!
Really liked it, I particularly enjoyed the song that feats Aerosmith. The whole album has a certain upbeat energy that won't let me sit still.
did non like it
One of the greatest. First four tracks are back to back bangers. RIP Jam Master Jay.
IT’S FACKING GREAT
Solid old stool hip to the hop so you don't stop 🙃
"We make a mean team my Adidas and me" - incredible line Sampling Aerosmith was cool! Not sure if I'm just not good at listening to hip hop, or if this is an accurate critique, but every song is kinda sounding the same, I'm feeling some ear fatigue. I'm honestly not sure if I'm listening to this/appreciating it correctly? They've referenced their own name so many times and I'm not loving that. The guitars on the title track are fun. "If you are cold I'll bring the heat, like I brought the world my funky beat" After finishing the whole album: I'm glad I listened to this one, but I don't think I'll be revisiting. Favorite tracks: It's Tricky, Walk this Way, Raising Hell, My Adidas. I think the overall sound is just too similar track to track for me. Not sure if that's a typical hip hop thing, or a typical Run DMC thing, or if it's just this album.
The first 5 tracks are amazing and I can't believe they are all on the same album!
WHAT WHAT RUN DMC
Finally some hip hop and I lucked out with an all time classic! There’s a reason Run DMC are in the Pantheon of rap and hip hop. This is groundbreaking music combined with the expert production and blend of rock that comes with Rick Rubin collab credits! This thing is non-stop action and energy, deserving of all of its flowers! A true classic. Take a moment and appreciate the greatest Adidas advertisement in history! Also, this is the record with Walk This Way.
Not quite my style but I can appreciate what they did for hip hop!
I had fun listening to this album. Such a good 80s throwback and while I think their rhythm sometimes sounds the same (that’s rap I guess), I enjoyed focusing on the lyrics. Another album I feel cool for having listened too.
this way okay, not my thing
It's good I own it. I haven't listened to it in decades and it does sound decades old. I enjoyed the listen but wouldn't want to revisit soon
*The first half of this album is an all time hip hop record *It slows a bit on the B side but still an influential album
The Beastie Boyz obviously took a ton a ton of inspiration from RUN DMC Even Kid Koala when he made his full life puppet film concert (sounds weird, but one of the best things I ever watched.) had a little tribute to the too.
I'm surprising myself by liking this. This was a super fun album and I would definitely add several of these songs to my playlist if they wouldn't have to exist on the same playlist as death metal. That would be jarring I think. 4.7/5 :D
I much prefer the stuff without guitars here. Those tracks do feel aimed at developing a new audience, rather than keeping with the big beats and the smooth flow. It gets a bit bitty towards the end, but this is a mostly an amazing album, and worth 5 stars for the first three tracks alone. Excellent and trailblazing.
An assault on your senses from start to finish. The beats are so fresh; the delivery matches the dictation of the drums. The first four tracks are perhaps the best opening four tracks on any album. No shit. Like all great artists, Run D.M.C managed to develop cartoon characters of themselves, whilst still sounding relevant. A nod and a wink, but all the while knowing that they have the balls to back it up. Outstanding.
8/10 31/01/25
Favorite Tracks: Walk This Way | You Be Illin' | Proud to be Black
questo bello intrattenente, e 2-3 canzoni già le conoscevo quindi lo considero hit
Very 80s rap sound. Fun though. Made history with rap/rock fusion so a solid 4 for me.
It's tricky is that girl
WELL NOW Old school rap is kind of CORNY AS HECK But that don't mean it don't DESERVE RESPECT The 808 is POPPIN' and the rhymes are KICKIN' And in your head these songs will be STICKIN' This album rules and that's NO JIVE So clap your hands and slap a FIVE
Classic
The percussion on this album is amazing. Walk This Way was a pathway for metal-heads like myself and it’s not the only great guitar lick here, see the title track, Raising Hell. Hit It Run has some great early beat-boxing. It’s just an all around great album.
A classic. Before my time.
I’ve grown less fond of rap/hip-hop as I’ve aged. There’s few genres that I can’t play in the house out loud, but this is one. Mainly because I can’t have misogynistic shite being played in a house where my wife and daughter live. This I can play, but I ultimately lose interest after about the fifth/sixth track as it’s quite similar. Clean, but quite samey.
Obviously an incredibly important milestone in the genesis of the genre. Never listened to this one before, though my dad was a big Run D.M.C. fan back in the day and so I heard a lot of King of Rock growing up. Favorites from this album were Walk This Way, and Raising Hell. Also added Proud to Be Black to my 1001 Albums playlist, 50% because it's really good and 50% because I'm a sucker for a George Washington Carver reference. 8/10, 4 stars.
Good just not an absolute belter from my perspective.
mislio sam da ce da me smara, jer je stari rep ono slican flow slican beat uvek, ali me je iznenadilo koriscenje rock gitara, rick rubin je produceovao vrv je zato toliko do jaja, legendaran album, odlicni su
I didn’t like or understand this music when it came out. In retrospect, I know I was just clueless and unwilling to accept a thing new. Now I see and appreciate that this wonderful music.
Previously rated: #404 - Run-D.M.C. (3/5) *************************** Album #1,026 And here I thought this one wasn't going to make the list since they already had one here. This one is a 4 for content and +1 for nostalgia. I think I had most of this album copied onto tape. 2 or 3 songs weren't familiar, but all the rest was very, very familiar. Even after all these years, I could rap along to a lot of this. I love the mix of rock and rap, and the legendary hi-hats. Beats are catchy, lyrics are braggadocios and sometimes corny (ex: "Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good.") I could be mistaken, but I think they lifted some things they did from The Fat Boys. Lots of great stuff here starting with Peter Piper, It's Tricky, Walk This Way (with Aerosmith), and only a couple of duds like Perfection.
Good album with some classics
Classic. I really enjoyed this album, obviously knew the big tracks like walk this way and it's tricky. You can tell how it set up the genre and remains influential.
I understand the importance of this album in hip-hop’s history, but it still feels a bit repetitive and dated. Enjoyed most songs, but they melded into a very repetitive sound in the back half. Should definitely give it a listen if you are a hip-hop fan to understand its emergence, but it’s not an everyday listen for me.
This record is definitely better than the previous record from them. This is when they got more rock. Incorporating rock and roll with hip hop. It works well. The classic Walk This Way with Aerosmith is on here. I think I can go out on a limb and say that that particular song is pretty important for music. This record still suffers from poor vocal delivery that mirrors the previous record. Hip hop and rap fanatics will tell me how I don’t understand the importance of it but I will just tell them that I don’t like it. We will agree to disagree and I will continue to try and find some sort of hip hop or rap artist that I like.
Kind of funny. But a classic with some classic tracks.
Review - God damn this is still such a good album. You can see it prefiguring later hip-hop which was more sample based but it's still got a lot of turntablism and a lot of sections with nothing but programmed drums. Jam Master Jay was just ahead of his time. And Run and DMC were moving past the early hip hop sound that seems too hokey to a modern listener. Not to mention predating rap metal by a solid decade with songs like Raising Hell and Walk This Way. Still a very good listen today Rating - 8.5/10 Need to hear? - YES
A lot people say this type of rap is corny compared to now, but I wish rap was as fun as this again cuz why the fuck not
First # 1 rap, first big hip rock collab It's tricky My adidas Walk this way
Lots of bangers on here. 3.5
Not usually my genre but I did enjoy some tracks on this, can tell it with the release year it was a game changer for hip-hop and influenced so many.
Stellar album from start to finish! Love love love. No notes. Run-D.M.C. is so good.
I liked a few songs
The drum machine was doing some crazy heavy lifting, the sac player deserves a raise. Great to hear the source of many great samples.
Definitely the oldest rap I’ve listened to and though the beats weren’t really my style it was very cool to hear was the first iterations and ideas of hip hop were. Pretty generic beats and wish there was more instrumental variety. The majority of the songs mostly melded together and none stood out to me specifically. Keeps it simple but it’s almost too digestible and just a bit forgettable.
fun album. some great samples. some very silly rhymes.
It is obvious when listening how this album influenced future music. It's Tricky and Walk This Way are fun and cool and it's almost hard to comprehend the latter because mashups became such a thing that the novelty is completely gone. But Walk This Way is the reason for all of that. The back half features a lot of overlong songs with sparse instrumentation and the vocals don't really have a lot of variety to them so it got to be a little tedious.
A very fun, engaging, amazingly produced album from Run DMC, with some of my favourite hip hop beats to come out of the 80s, easily one of the best albums in their catalog too. I’m not exactly in love with every single track here, especially dumb girl, but the album maintains its energy for the majority of its pretty short run time.
Obviously we don’t get a lot of modern hip hop without these guys but it’s so tough to take some of these bars seriously. The title track and all the singles are fun. Some misogyny but nothing like some other old school. Light 4.
Maybe not great, but at least fun. The collaboration with Aerosmith was truly innovative. That and a couple of other songs opened the door for rap/metal and bands ranging from the Beastie Boys to Limp Bizkit.
Extremely important album, but grew tiresome. The flows are all the same and it just sounds corny compared to modern rap, but the first 4 tracks back to back is a very impressive a side. I’d also never heard the title track before and thought it was awesome. Low 5 for importance.
I’ve done It's Tricky on karaoke, so I can confirm that not everyone can rock a rhyme that's right on time. Run DMC make it sound easy though on this album - and so much fun.
Dos canciones icónicas. El resto?
"It's Tricky" is one of the worst songs ever recorded. Yeah, I said it. The other well-known song is just a bad collab of the Aerosmith song (Walk This Way). Regardless of their influence, the music doesn't stand up & is very antiquated.
fun flash back. the album that made rap mainstream
I don't really like 80s hip-hop, but if I'm gonna listen to it it'll be Run-DMC
Eh. Run DMC made rap mainstream, which was a good thing overall, but a lot of this album felt like padding. There are some great songs like It's Tricky and Walk This Way, but also cringe like My Adidas and Dumb Girl. I laughed at You Be Illin' rather than with it, and Hit It Run had some annoying beatboxing. Overall I wasn't impressed outside of the first third of the album, which is a shame since I wanted to like this.
Rock rap birthday party
What the fuck is the track Dumb Girl. I liked the first half of this album then got a bit tired towards the end.
3.5/5⭐️
An album of high highs and low lows. Peter Piper, It’s Tricky, and Walk This Way are brilliant, but some of the tracks at the back end of the album are filler at best and plain bad at worst (Dumb Girl)… Evens out at a solid 3, wasn’t consistent enough to give a 4.
Buen disco. Entretenido, letras cagadas. Me gusto, me la pase muy bien escuchándolo. No había escuchado todas las canciones de Raising Hell y me sorprendió, no es un disco de dos o tres canciones buenas y lo demás es relleno.
Some tunes in there but overall just ok nothing to sCREAM about.
Unsurprisingly not for me. Beats are ok. Guys spend too much time singing about themselves and how great they are. They overestimate themselves.
Enjoyed it, some naughty old school hip hop beats
Had fun.
3:5
It's an iconic sound for sure. Sharp edged, bright, bombastic, and loud as hell. This starts like a greatest-hits record; all tracks instantly recognisable. It's still excellent, just not something I'd usually want to tackle in one sitting.
love
Tricky
old school hiphop
This album is so good. So close to 5/5, but many of the tracks have such a similar flow that they often blend together. I cant believe this made it onto a list as British (derogatory) as this one 4.5/5
Street corner thunder that kicked hip hop through the front door. Rating: 4.7/5 Short Review: This album is loud, lean, and fearless. Rock guitars, boom bap beats, and pure attitude colliding into something that changed pop culture forever. Favorite Track: It’s Tricky. Instant energy, zero patience, still hits.
Classic old school hip hop. Some classic tracks on this album.
2/5. So much of this music was novel back in the day; not in the slightest now. There's some decent songs here and there but not enough to make me return. It is kinda incredible how badly this is balanced outta the box. It's really unpleasant to listen to. This comes from someone who has a poor ear for that stuff, so when *I* notice poor mixing, it tends to be particularly egregious. Run DMC shines best with its vocal delivery. They have fun with aggressive punctuations, usually delivered with a loudly belted duet. They do it a lot. Some grooves and instrumental backing can be great, but other songs can be outright misery-inducing. Some of the guitar sounds downright amateurish, like they let a 12yo record a couple licks. My final note for this album is that a man can only take so many record scratches in one lifetime.
While I wouldn’t consider myself a “fan” of Run-D.M.C., I’m well aware of them and how they paved the way for hip hop music. I was pleasantly surprised upon the opening of this album to fall into a fun and somewhat familiar array of songs from them.
Look, I'm biased because of SSX Tricky, but this album slaps
Ah, the good old days before mumbly-auto-tune-slop hop - not that I'm qualified to judge those qualities. Still this record was a lot more fun than I expected, being so proto-lo-fi-retro hop. Sure, plenty of vinyl scratching, 808 beats, beatboxing and juvenile social commentary (very Beastie Boys adjacent), but there was also a surprising amount of hard rock guitar and drums, thanks in part to Aerosmith. Me, ignoramus, I didn't know anything about Aerosmith before the rock-rap rendition of 'Walk This Way.' Who knew that style would one day lead to the legend of Kid Rock.
Super catchy, great fun, especially the first four songs in sequence gave off such a vibrant energy.
Ah yes, the fun-vibes kind of hip-hop/rap. Very fun to listen to, and some absolute bangers like It's Tricky, Walk This Way and Hit It Run. Even though I'm a huge fan of hip-hop, this feels kind of dated and repetitive. I think it has enough for a 4 though.
Leuk maar niet helemaal mijn ding voor een heel album, erg repetitief
I'm personally not the biggest fan of rap however this album was a really fun listen and I enjoyed almost all the songs on here
own
Aufgenommen 1985–1986 im Chung King Studio, New York City. Die Gruppe aus den USA besteht aus Joseph „Run“ Simmons, Darryl „DMC“ McDaniels und Jason „Jam Master Jay“ Mizell. Das Album mischt Hip Hop mit Rap Rock-Elementen und minimalistischen Beats. Bekannte Songs sind „Walk This Way“ (mit Aerosmith), „My Adidas“, „It’s Tricky“ und „You Be Illin’“. Die Produktion von Russell Simmons und Rick Rubin ist prägnant, der Klang roh und rhythmisch, typisch für den East-Coast-Rap der Mitte der 1980er. Das Album etablierte Run-DMC als zentrale Figur im Mainstream-Hip-Hop. Bewertung: Einflussreich und stilprägend, bleibt trotz seines Alters hörenswert.
Some bangers on here - I am generally not into hiphop, but this early stuff is the better choice for me. These guys are just friggin cool.
Fun! A bit repetitive.
This album will never not make me smile. It was given to me yesterday. It was a really rough day, and this album made it better. Remember when it was released? I was 13 years old. We loved it then, and I still love it now.
6/10… hip hop / rap / *1986
The flow is the same every song, but it sounds good I like the instrumentals too It’s cool that they made a song with Aerosmith I liked that’s song, some of the songs are pretty experimental dude
Tough time with this one: I can appreciate how important this album was at the time it was released, and I know the singles. But because the singles (Walk this Way, My Adidas, It's Tricky) have been prominent for so long, the novelty value is no longer there. So I can appreciate the album - its significance, the production, the overall sound - but I didn't love it. I wonder how it might land for someone with no prior knowledge of RUN-DMC or their hits.
Felt like I was either at a really good wedding or a really fun club.
Quoting the movie 'Parasite': "RESPECT!" Do I want to return to these songs? Not really. Do I recognize their breakthroughs and pioneering influence. Absolutely.
I really like this album. Super fun, and caught me off guard with how good Proud to be Black was. I’ll be listening to this again.
Had a lot of fun with this! -Peter Piper: dang this cowbell sounds so familiar - then I realize it's in Missy Elliot's "Work It", another classic -It's Tricky: you can't go wrong with a simple playground like rhyme/beat combo like this, that's why "Mickey" (or even the sampled "My Sharona") and today's Kpop "APT" are so catchy and popular. I watched the music video and felt so much exhiliration from 1) seeing younger Penn and Teller! 2) when Run-DMC uses their voices as percussion, like when DMC jumps up going "uh huh uh huh uh huh" while also jumping up and down in the driver's seat 3) the growly bass from the sampled "My Sharona" really works with the yelling rap -Dumb Girl: dang, was my mom a secret Run-DMC fan? Because I swear she has said all of these lyrics to me while growing up -Son of Byford: wow, the beatboxing sounds super raw and you can hear the saliva coming out. This is a great transition to Proud to be Black, another banger, where they use their voices and growls to go well with the scratching
I left this listening experience similar to leaving the Barbie movie - the whole thing was fine but the novelty ran off about 10 minutes in
Very funny to have this a day after Alex hit Beastie Boys for being knockoff run-DMC Listening Notes: -It's tricky and beastie boys reminds me of when my brother used to play these snowboarding video games while listening to his music (beastie boys, red hot chili peppers)--the game was named after It's Tricky -I'm reminded of the only podcast I ever listened to with Rick Rubin, who explained that this cover of Walk This Way was his attempt to explain to Rock and Rap fans than the two genres aren't that different. I remember thinking that was cool. Now in this program, we've seen Rock doing rap (mostly Nu metal) which is usually awful, but rap doing rock works a lot better. Huh. -Fair chunk of misogyny on Is it Live (and probably elsewhere when I wasn't paying attention to lyrics). -Title track goes hard. -Dumb Girl. I mean, the misogyny is a bit much Review: I'm in a pickle because I said beastie boys was a four, but this is definitely better than them, but worse than a five. Realistically, this is like a 3.5 and Paul's boutique was 3, but I'll round up for the sake of consistency.
This starts off strong with hits. But, by the end of it, some of the sheen of it started to wear off. I really wonder if this needed a full 40-minute run, or if a shorter, 20-minute EP would have better served it.
I always struggle with classic rap since my entry into the genre came through rappers like Kanye, Kendrick, Jay-Z, Nicki, etc. Often times I find early rap a bit too on-the-nose, but I feel that's entirely due to the lens I'm applying. This album was really good, but lyrically I felt it was a bit anemic. There are certain songs that are genuinely entertaining (You Be Illin'), other songs where the beats are so interesting and exciting (Walk This Way). At other points I felt like there was bluster without much depth or even something interesting to take from it. So I'm back and forth, maybe gaslighting myself a little bit about my own feelings.
This is not my style of rap, still had some solid songs on here.
this album was long as hell too but it was good at least
I love classic hip hop - rapping over an electric guitar beat will always immediately win me over no matter what is happening. Consider this a 4.5