Reviews (page 4 of 14)
Right at the origins of rap rock. Oh how twisted a thing this will become. But here it's still fun, bouncy and danceable. The first half of the album is the stronger one.
Ok… amazing. One of the best early hip hop albums. 4.4
Wasn’t sure about this when I first started playing it. I only got more into it as it went along. This slaps. Cheesy, funky, and fun. 8/10 Most Excellent
This album has some nice moments - they don’t take themselves too seriously, I mean they sing about their sneakers. And I love the interplay of their voices. Of course everyone knows their cover of “Walk This Way,” and I like this version better than the original. “You Be Illin’” also caught my attention with the guitar and bass happening in the background there. I guess I like the rock/rap crossover tunes best on here. Finally - you know, the Beastie Boys sound so much like these guys. And I now see that the Beasties opened for Run-D.M.C. when they were touring on this record, so that makes sense. That must have been great fun.
Like their previous album on the list, I like how they finish each other's sentences. And the illin song is fun
The way this album started, I thought it was headed straight for a 5. That run from the opener through “Walk This Way” is ridiculous. “Peter Piper,” “It’s Tricky,” “My Adidas,” “Walk This Way,” just banger after banger with barely any letup. It slows down some after that, and the back half doesn’t have quite the same energy for me. Still, the first half is strong enough to carry a lot of weight, and hearing how Run-D.M.C. blended rock guitars with rap makes it easy to understand why they were such a big deal. Not quite a 5 because the whole album doesn’t stay at that opening level, but the highs are really high. Definitely one I’d listen to again. Favorite song: “It’s Tricky”
Se me desarrolló el lóbulo frontal después de escuchar este disco
Excellent
I remember a few of these. This album was massive at the time, and the duet with Aerosmith certainly helped it get some attention in my friends circles. Unsurprisingly “Walk This away” and “It’s Tricky” are my favourite tracks here, but the album is pretty good throughout. It feels so timid compared to a lot of later hip-hop/rap albums, but needed to be to get that initial commercial success and breakthrough.
Definitely a sound from a particular moment in time - still sounds good though.
This was a fun listen
Love Run DMC. This album has a lot of great songs. Also it isn't very long which is nice. The albums starts out strong with 4 great songs in a row. The middle is not as exciting but the end comes in strong. 8/10
Classic old school hip hop. Beats are on point, really fun and memorable samples. Rapping surprisingly holds up. A couple tracks haven’t aged well and are skips, but you have some of the biggest songs of this era here
Solid running listen
Quite old sounding. Very sparse production, very oldschool flow. The opening 4 tracks are all classics, and while it does go downhill a bit from there, it's hard not to rate this album highly.
I obviously knew some of these songs but I had never listened to the whole album. I might give it a listen again on another day wandering through the neighborhood and see what vibes I get. Overall positive vibes here.
Overall Rating - 3.59/5 (7.18/10). Really a good album. Walk This Way is incredible.
Peter Piper ++ it's tricky ++ my Adidas + walk this way ++ raising hell + you be Iillin' +
'Old School' isn't old school enough. A dead style, but exciting fun at the time.
The primitive flows here may take a bit to get used to, but Jam Master Jay's beats are as fly as ever.
The quintessential old school hip-hop. I recognize it's importance to the rap game and hip-hop as a whole, but for me personally, this album doesn't really age that well for everyday listening. A magnificent piece of rap history that should probably just stay like that. History.
The positives on this: - It created a new hybrid genre of Rap/Rock. - The interplay between them was great. - It was highly influential in pushing rap towards albums rather than singles. - The scratching and DJ work is high level. - Walk this way and It’s tricky still stand up well now The negatives: - It created a new hybrid genre of Rap/Rock. - The misogyny
No plans to listen to the whole album again, but definitely not the last time I want to listen to Tricky
I do not like Aerosmith so I don't really like Walk this Way, the rest of side 1 is really good though. Side 2 lost me a little bit. 3.5/5
Run DMC: definitely here for influence over quality in my opinion, but that’s not to say it’s bad. Beats are crisp and vocal styles are stylish, but we’re kind of in the “proto-hip hop” era of lyricism where the lyrics lack a lot of nuance, commentary, etc. Glad the album exists for what it did for the industry, and overall a pretty fun listen. 6.5/10.
Classic quality hip hop.
Pretty cool
Personally, I go crazy every time I hear this version of "Walk This Way." Great rap/hip-hop album.
The foundations of hip hop. Some absolute classics on here, from the goofy 'You be Illin' to the high energy 'It's Tricky' to the rap rock fusion of 'Walk This Way'. It's wall to wall hits. Yes it's aged and feels quaint and some of the lyricism is a bit nursery rhyme-y by today's standards but it's just such a fun album.
#406 The opening 4 songs are about as good as one could hope for, and they typify an old school hiphop album. Of course, this was pioneering in the sense of rock rap, and even though it sounds very of its time, it somehow still feels fresh. Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ✅ Listen before you die? ✅ Fave track(s): It’s Tricky; Walk This Way Rating: 8/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
super classic, full of great lines
Really good heavy vibes
kinda forgot I have this album on CD, so it was a nice surprise that this came up. I now realise that when it comes to rap and hip hop, my preference is east coast rap which features beastie boys, run dmc, public enemy and grandmaster flash. It is west coast rap where the lyrical content is more about gangs, drugs and sex, whereas east coast either goes into more sociopolitical issues in a more nuanced style or keeps certain serious subjects in a more subtle light, sometimes with a more jolly and friendlier sound. Rap music isn't my favourite genre so my opinions may be flawed and biased, so I should really try listening to other rap albums in order to form a much more accurate and objective opinion.
I like it
Every time Run show up on this list I initially get whiplash with how primitive the songs are. Then 3 or so in, they just click. A 4 might be a tad strong but a 3 feels disingenuous. I cannot believe Fergalicious is NOT sampling/interpolating You Be Illin' they sound so similar - im on to you Will.I.Am Favorite Song: Peter Piper, Raising Hell
Minus 4 stars for the unbearable Aerosmith feature, but somehow it‘s still 4/5
Love them
You know this should annoy the hell out of you. Every song has the same rhythm. It's dated as hell. It's some dudes shouting about nonsense. It's really catchy and the first 4 songs are all classic. I can't help but bop along. It's a good album.
Interesting album.
7.75/10 - Great opening half, few good songs on the back. Overall a fun album. No one will say it’s one of the best hip hop albums of all time, but it’s entertaining and worth having in the arsenal.
Drum machine, DJ, some MCs, and Adidas. Brought hip-hop to the suburbs. 1986 remains undefeated.
Great singles, could have been a 5 but a poor side 2. Still, given the legacy of it, Im gonna bump it to a 4. I really enjoyed the first 4 songs.
노래가 꽤 신나고 좋았다. 나중에는 살짝 정신 없는 느낌이긴 했지만 그래도 힙합의 분위기기 좋았다. The song is quite upbeat. It creates an atmosphere of continuous cheering and lifts the mood.
So good. This is what I’m talking about. This is groundbreaking stuff. Just read the wiki on this one. First hip hop album to do X, Y, and Z. “Heralded the golden age of hip hop.” Pretty much all you need to know. This is when hip hop kicked the door in. You can hear so much of what was to follow in this. It’s Tricky is a generational banger. The whole thing is just fun and pure. Need more like this on this list. 4.5+
Would I listen to this all the time? No. But the best songs on here (Tricky and Walk this Way) I will never get tired of. For 90s hip hop, I don't know that it gets better than this.
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a hoot and a holler i had a real good time
Forget the Biggie/Pac mystery, who killed Jam Master Jay is the craziest hip-hop cold case.
Bueno y divertido. Me gustó encontrarme con sorpresas como It´s tricky, y con el tremendo cover de Walk This Way junto a los Aerosmith. Buen disco.
Better than their main musical "rivals", the Beastie Boys. Quite repetitive, but the actual content being repeated strikes joy into the hearts of many. Myself included. The percussion is overall pretty strong, not quite straying into fully electronic territory like some of Run-D.M.C.'s hip-hop contemporaries. Solid flow throughout the album, too: the transition from My Adidas to Walk This Way is excellent. This can lead to a bit of tempo/mood repetition in consecutive tracks, bringing down the album experience somewhat, but individually every song is pretty dang strong. Plus, it's refreshing to experience some hip-hop that doesn't boast extremely prejudicial, misogynistic, violence-condoning lyrics. (Public Enemy, I'm looking at you. Some of the absolutely weakest noise to come out of 80s/90s recording.) I guess what I'm saying is, Run-D.M.C., you were influential, yet I almost wish you were even more so. Peter Piper is a really solid opener. Not much else to say. Good, strong rapping, an extremely good choice of looped percussion, and a beat to which one cannot avoid bobbing one's head. Then we get It's Tricky, which is a pretty huge song. Super catchy chorus that you'll recognise from the song itself and also from the countless covers and spin-offs created over the years. My Adidas stands out for its strong percussion, but it instantly gets overshadowed by the Aerosmith contribution, Walk This Way. Great guitar riff – made particularly great by the guitar being so unexpected for a hip-hop(-adjacent) record. A guitar solo, smooth transition from the previous track... and you're walking around with this on an mp3 player feeling like the king of the world. (Don't try to deny it.) Is It Live is unremarkable but solid. Slight improvement with Perfection, featuring quick-shot switching between several vocalists. Hit It Run does a similar thing, but with an emphasis on panting and blowing raspberries. Interesting choice. One of the weaker songs. Another guitar contribution in Raising Hell. Not as iconic as in Walk This Way, but just as strong: I have to shout out the ultra-clean solos and fills sprinkled throughout. I kind of appreciate the guitars being a little spread out – although it tempers the quality of individual songs, it helps with the rise and fall of tension/groove throughout the record. You Be Illin' is pretty stupid. Obviously people return to the song for its piano and sax riffs, rather than the lyrics ("For dinner you ate it, there is none left / It was salty, with butter and it was def / You proceeded to eat it cos you was in the mood / But holmes you did not read it was a can of dog food!"). Dumb Girl isn't much better ("Dumb / Dumb / Dumb / Dumb / Dumb / Dumb / Dumb / ad nauseam") – and the musicianship is worse, so it's probably the only real miss on the album. 4/5 Key tracks: It's Tricky, Walk This Way,
3.8/5 Favorite Songs: Peter Piper It's Tricky Walk This Way Is It Live Raising Hell You Be Illin'
Classic rap will always be special to me. This was my introduction to Run DMC way back when because of Walk This Way. That one might be the least favorite on the record. My Adidas forever.
Like most gentlemen of my vintage and location, Walk This Way was my first real exposure to hip-hop and a track that never gets old for me. I definitely knew of other tracks prior to this, but Run DMC became the first hip-hop act I could name and recognise. Aside from that track, there’s plenty of other good stuff, albeit a bit samey in the choice of beats, but the snap and tightness of their rhymes as they bounce off of each other is pretty iconic.
I’m not the demographic one would expect to appreciate Run-DMC. Or maybe I am. No one expected the seismic shift in popular music when Run-DMC invited Aerosmith to play the music for the rap group’s cover of Walk This Way. It was like mixing your chocolate with my peanut butter. It introduced millions of middle class white kids to the amazing world of rap and hip hop. The rest is history. This album is really front loaded with all the big hits at the beginning. A decent amount of filler only slightly taints the album. Totally belongs on this project and is essential listening. Surprisingly little profanity, although there is considerable misogyny spread throughout and Walk This Way is fraught with lewd references. 3.5 stars
Like sure, it's repetitive, quite cheesy, and parts of it have not aged well, but it sure is fun!
Fun time.
raczkujący sampling, mocne rockowe wstawki, trochę tricky (hehe) do oceny po tym jak hip-hop poszedł mocno dalej
Have I listened to this album before No How familiar am I with this album I know the big hits How do I feel about this artist? I like RUN-DMC, this is my second album from them Pre-Listen Thoughts: I predict 4 sars. I really enjoyed their self-titled album. This one has more songs I know. Favorite track(s): Tricky, Raising Hell, Walk This Way Post-Listen Thoughts: This was close to being a five but there were some songs I was just not into. Overall I liked it though, I seem to like the style of rap where they just yell back-and-forth at each other.
Absolute classic Rap/Rock album. I love RUN DMC. They were the absolute pinnacle of cool with an amazing ability to restart Aerosmiths career. This album feels like everything that I loved about 80s rap. It is loud, punchy and fun. Massive hits on this album are "It's Tricky" and "Walk this way". (4.250)
Their instrumentals do smthng to my brain i loveit so much. Probably the first hiphop themed album i loves. The dmc name is cracking me up for personal reasons XD
Fun album. Sounds a bit dated but still good.
My second Run-D.M.C. album (and fourth hip hop album) within a week. I gave Run-D.M.C.'s first album credit for being so influential and so good at what it is. This one gets even bigger wraps from critics and industry figures, lots of superlatives, but it doesn't appeal to me so much. The rap delivery is expert level, uncompromising, but the tone and content don't appeal. I would rather listen to Native Tongues type of work. Walk This Way is something of an exception because it's not just a blend but works the contrasts - phenomenal that it's so much better as a rock song than Aerosmith's original. In summary I don't like this much, wouldn't replay it, but I have to recognise it's Good at being what it is, 7/10.
classic, wel iets te oldschool voor mij. maar walk this way was wel groundbreaking
«Walk This Way» med Run DMC og Aerosmith må være den musikkvideoen jeg har sett flest ganger frivillig. For det første syns jeg videoen var oppriktig bra. Det er noe tegnefilmaktig over det å ha øvingslokale vegg i vegg og ufrivillig ende opp i duett. Også var jo alle så kult kledd, selv om jeg er både lettet og trist over å ikke ha gått for Run DMC-stilen på ungdomsskolen. Den fusjonen mellom rap og rock fascinerte meg. For meg som vokste opp i en rock household så var det spennende å se hvor rocken kunne gå utover AC/DC. Det var kanskje derfor jeg lastet ned Limp Bizkit sin «Rollin’» på brenne-CD også, men annet enn det klarte jeg å dodge numetal. Det var også med «Walk This Way» at fascinasjonen for samples startet. Så etter å ha hatt en liten periode med Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, NWA og flere så endte jeg med å finne Beck, som passet meg helt perfekt. Jeg har nesten dårlig samvittighet for at jeg ikke har hørt mer på Run DMC fordi det løsna så mye for meg den gangen, og jeg alltid blir i godt humør når jeg hører låtene deres. Så glad at jeg til og med sang «It’s Tricky» på Singstar på fritidsklubben på ungdomsskolen (edru). Raising Hell er egentlig en ganske intens plate. Alle låtene går ganske kjapt og trommene er hardtslående, og selv hihaten kan bli litt voldsom til tider. Jeg syns flow og groove fra hiphop blander seg godt med hardtslående rockeelementer, og veien er kort til Public Enemy og egentlig Rage Against the Machine også. Sånne plater som dette blir alltid litt vanskelig å dømme fordi man hører hva de har inspirert. Så jeg tar det ned på albumformatet: Mange gode låter, noen fillers som høres litt like ut. Noe jeg tenker er gjeldende for ganske mange av de tidlige hiphop-platene. Bra beats, men diskanten på hihaten er plagsom uti albumet. Samples glir så sømløst at man egentlig ikke tenker over det alltid. Hvor gammel var du da du innså at «It’s Tricky» bygger på en sample av The Knacks’ «My Sharona»?
It's Tricky is a real good song, and so it Walk This Way. I absolutely love the mix of rap and rock on this album. It makes the sound so much better.
Another great album. I believe the first crossover of rap and rock which is amazing
Love it! This was the third album in a row that I got into from Run DMC back in the high school era. Their debut was groundbreaking, then the great "King Of Rock", but this is their signature album and absolutely loaded with hits and influential tracks. "Peter Piper", "It's Tricky", "My Adidas", the iconic remake of "Walk This Way" & "You Be Illin'" - that's a greatest hits lineup! A few of the other tracks are filler but for an old skool rap album this one is stocked with classics. Got the hits, super influential band, still gets airplay, huge impact at the time... this one checks all the boxes and deserves a spot on the Top 1001 without a doubt.
In eerste instantie 5 sterren, maar na een 2e listen toch minder het wauw-effect
Classic album, soms beetje repetitieve sounds maar heel veel bangers
Blijft altijd mooi om te horen hoe ver hiphop is ontwikkeld over de decennia heen. Daarmee bedoel ik: old school hiphop klinkt oud. En dan komt dit zelfs uit '86! Dat is het jaar van The Queen is Dead en Reign in Blood (check even de AOTY page van 1986, echt een bizar jaar voor muziek). Afijn, Raising Hell dan: een aantal hele harde samples en een paar hooks die door de geluidbarriere gaan (ITS TRICKY). Wel soms heel erg cheesy en dus echt een tikkeltje outdated. Echt leuk om een keer volledig te luisteren.
Ok! Liked this album, It's Tricky! 4 stars
Can be a tad bit corny at times but it's fun as hell. I love you too percussion.
Hatte richtig Spaß damit. Und in Zeiten, in denen sowas wie Joe Valence & Brae durch die Decke gehen, auch immer noch relevant.
A lot of fun
Gostei bastante da Tricky uhahuauha, me lembra muito os anos 2000. Mais uma banda que me lembra Tony Hawk e dá um sentimento bom. Vou dar 4* por que me divertiu muito mais que a maioria dos álbuns dessa lista, mesmo sabendo que não ouvirei outras vezes.
muito bom esse aqui, me senti em todo mundo odeia o Chris ouvindo
I can appreciate the significance of this album in hip-hop history, but I was sort of underwhelmed. It was a little goofier than I thought it would be. It's Tricky, Raising Hell, You Be Illin', and Proud to Be Black were all great, but the other songs just didn't really do anything for me. I guess I was sort of expecting a Public Enemy kind of anger in there that just isn't a part of their style. I suppose that kind of album wouldn't be the one to bring hip-hop to a mainstream much wider audience, but this one sure did.
De liker rock ja
I bought this when it came out. It might not hold a candle to later Hip Hop in terms of dynamics and production, but it still holds up. It’s fun, it flows well and there are some bangers on here. Obviously, Walk This Way and It’s Tricky were massive but the title track and My Adidas should get more love. A solid classic.
I’m a sucker for this old school hip hop
The song ft Aerosmith is wild lololol You Be Illin' so gas.
While I'm generally not a fan of rap, there is some that I do like and listen to from time to time. Old school rap like this album is an example. It can definitely be cheesy and sounds a bit out of date because it isn't overproduced like a lot of the stuff today is, but it's just fun to listen to. This album brought rap/hip hop to the mainstream. It's the first multi-platinum hip hop album and "Walk This Way" was the first song by a hip hop artist to reach the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100. Run-D.M.C. and this album laid the groundwork for so many other rap/hip hop artists after them, that it deserves a listen by everyone even if you aren't into that kind of music. Fun album to listen to today!
So much fun! I knew of Run DMC but not what their style was like. Very enjoyable to listen all the way through, even if the style got a teensy bit repetitive. Feels like a shame giving it only a 4, but feels right. The first 4 tracks of this album are an incredible listen.
Run DMC did not necessarily kick my ass like I had hoped. BUT I was pleasantly surprised! From the very first words of the record, I realized that there were pieces of Raising Hell I've heard since my childhood. Even though it's pretty minimal and there is next to no variation in the flows, it's clear how important this became to the history of hip-hop. I like it!
Ollaan taas homman alkulähteillä ja kylhän tää on viihdyttävää.
Hmm, maybe Rick Rubin had some influence on this release and Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill?
Not an album but a compilation. I don't think it should count. Good songs, Run DMC!!!
One of the most sampled and interpolated albums of all time. After the 4-track run in the beginning, the quality becomes inconsistent. Favorites: It's Tricky, Peter Piper, You Be Illin', Proud to Be Black
This was fun. No bad songs, even though they weren't all great.
I hear ground being broken again. Ruck Rubin doing his thing and Run & DMC forging a new path for millions to follow. I think this is a really strong early rap album if even a little repetitive. Even 7.
Has some classic 80s hiphop hits, groovy Enjoyable listen, would play again
Tuff beats, tuff rap, tuff vibes
9.5/10 this was a really mesmerizing album with great and unique sounds, would definitely listen to many of the songs in this one, also rap and stuff is so peak. Guess it's not a 10 out of 10 cuz I didn't feel as connected to some parts of a few songs, which is normal, however I felt some sections were kinda plain. Made me moooooooove
This album is such a fun time. It doesn't outstay it's welcome and has a bunch of bangers on here. Only slight issue is that the tracks and flows feel a bit similar at times. Favourites: Peter Piper It's Tricky Walk This Way Raising Hell
Creative. Not my style
Really fun hip-hop project with really consistent production and flows.
Pretty good
Excited for this one. Everything I listen to wouldn’t exist without this album/run doc. I know the hits, but nothing beyond that. Really good beat on Peter piper, and they do two man raps well. Def it’ll early rap. Tricky is an all time classic rap song. Great production, dated rhymes but the flow is good. Love a rap song that incorporates a guitar. Better rhymes, worse production on my adidas. This song is really fun. Followed by another classic in walk this way. All time guitar hero boss battle using this song. This version is so much better than Aerosmith only. Just an awesome guitar solo too. Really cool production on is it live. Love the samples. Good rhymes too, this is a good all around song. Perfection is VERY early hip hop. It’s slow and it’s simple. Not terrible, but not great either. Hate the beat boxing on hit it run. Rest of the production is cool. It’s good raps too o just hate the beat boxing. Another great use of guitar on raising hell. This song is awesome. Awesome piano/production as a whole on illin. Jane master j certainly lives up to the hype. Dumb girl is very dated. It’s not horrible but it is the worst so far. I actually like the beat boxing son of byford. It helps that it was short. Good raps too. Proud to be black is really really good story telling. 80s beat for sure but it works, especially the drums. To put it simply, this was a great album. It’s got classics and songs that I’d never heard before that were just as awesome. Just one skip, the rest really fun songs. Will be listening again. 4.4/5 stars.
I have heard these songs many times before but I didn’t know they come from this album. 7/10
Early hip hop with rock beats. I'm a bit torn on this because I love the energy of the group vocals/rapping and the idea of the rock backing tracks but the drum machine sounds so bad. I loved It's Tricky as a kid but listening again it doesn't quite hold up. Similar with Walk This Way, which I sounds really anaemic with the drum machine and no bass even though it's an iconic track. Raising Hell and You Be Illin' are great though and the album was overall a lot of fun.
Que experiência incrivél, as batidas são icônicas. As últimas faixas são menos empolgante, mas definitivamente um clássico
My 4th rap album in the past week, and the 3rd one that's apparently the best rap album of all time. I get that it's good, but if you keep saying that every album's the best then it kinda loses its meaning.
Walk this Way
Really enjoy old school hip hop. The rhymes sometimes sound a bit silly but it never stops being fun. The beats and creativity feels fresh. Lost a little momentum near the end but it's a short enough album not to be an issue. 4
Dated? Sure. Essential? Yes.
So many classics. Even if the flow is dated, this is too groundbreaking to rate lower.
Fun as fuck. Mentions both Martin Luther King and Humpty Dumpty (two legends taken before their time).
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.
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.
Pretty good for early hip hop very catchy. Good shit on it
It has the hits there is no doubt. But it does sound very 80s like. Still a classic!
RATING: 8/10 HIGHLIGHT: It’s Tricky LOWLIGHT: Dum Dum
Hip-hop, rap rock.
Yessir.
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.
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
I think I prefer the rap of this era: mid-80s to early 90s. The rock flavor that they bring is 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
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.
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!
B-side was a drag but that A-side, oh man. Some fine hiphop.
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.
One of the most iconic rap albums of the 80s
A tried and tested old skool formula which I will always like
The eighties have never sounded so fresh.
they could've said "skibidi toilet" in this album and I wouldnt have thought it odd.
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.
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
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!
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.
Beastie boys of colour
Never listened something like this before. Some good hits. solid 7
Classic! Great album, raw-sounding and good fun.
Better than Coldplay
For the OG uncs. Cheesy now, but respect the historical significance.
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
Классика, даже дедушка современного хип хопа. Но из запоминающихся треков 3-4
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.
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.
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
Decent Album - Good hits 7/10
didn’t expect to like it, but apparently i did. would recommend it to my friends. hype
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
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
Amazing old school Rap defining genre album
Gillar ju inte hiphop men fattar varför detta är en klassiker. Fantastiska samplingar, påhittigt och med flow. En fyra
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
Hell yea dude, infectious shit. Also didn't this make Rick Rubin as a producer?
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
HipHop heritage
mooy bueno che
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.
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.
it’s tricky!
Classic 80’s rap with some rock. That was apparently unheard of for the time.
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.
Throwback, great album to start with bc I usually wouldn’t choose it
loved it, I don't normally listen to hip-hop but I didn't mind it
Overall great, recognized a couple songs so felt nostalgic
Great Album
> the Beatles
HIP HOP: LA DEFINICIÓN
iconic album from my favorite era of hip hop
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.
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".
Knew a couple songs, pretty solid album fav- It's tricky
seminal
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.
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.
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.
8.5/10 I enjoyed all the songs but the singles, especially It's Tricky and Walk This Way, are on another level.
Snazzy beats
"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.
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
Cool album. Seems like the source of all those rap parody
Very fun, those first four songs are an incredible stretch. Got a bit samey as the album went on.
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.
So good, classic rap that has all the good (great beats, cool rhymes) and none of the bad
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.
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.
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.
Fun fun fun
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
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.
3,8/5 Batidas incríveis e faixas clássicas.
Rad!
A couple of classics on here, very representative of early hip-hop.
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.
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
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
Rock and hop
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
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.
first half full of bangers
8.5 very good hip hop/rap vibes
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
Straight banger. Another album I had never listened to, but found some quality tracks. Also, it lead to a great Spotify playlist...
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.
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.
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.
classic!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Verrry refreshing album. Nice to have an album that’s not folk or whatever the fuck those other albums were.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
классный, но не совсем мое
Classic rap album by one of the greats! Good songs few clunkers lol
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
I feel like the album first half was 5 stars then it got a little slower and little less interesting
Good to hear more songs on this album
Excellent.
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
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.
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.
Solid old stool hip to the hop so you don't stop 🙃
The first 5 tracks are amazing and I can't believe they are all on the same album!
WHAT WHAT RUN DMC
*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.
8/10 31/01/25
Very 80s rap sound. Fun though. Made history with rap/rock fusion so a solid 4 for me.
It's tricky is that girl
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.
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
Good album with some classics
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
fun album. some great samples. some very silly rhymes.
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.
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.
fun flash back. the album that made rap mainstream
3.5/5⭐️
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.
Had fun.
love
Tricky
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
Classic old school hip hop. Some classic tracks on this album.
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.
Felt like I was either at a really good wedding or a really fun club.
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
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.