Reviews (page 6 of 14)
My first intro to hip hop / rap. Summer of ‘86 I was about to start high school and my neighborhood friends and I played this cassette all summer long. I even wore a pair of those shell top Adidas. Seems so dated today but still fun to listen to. Proof that you don’t have to be crazy crude and vulgar to be cool.
LOVED this album. A blast from the distant past. The first three songs….the best.
Freshman year. Suburban Atlanta. Rap had come to the area a couple year prior thank to a recent transplant to the area named Ace Atkins. With it came break dancing and parachute pants. At that time it's pretty much Kurtis Blow, Dr Jeckll and Mr Hyde and of course the first true break out - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. This coincides with me finding my musical sea legs. I took a lot in and early on - i preferred guitars. And that's why I do remember the first time I experienced rap and rock merging. USA Network was in the early days of cable and they had 24hrs to fill. They filled that by showing music videos. In my memory often things that didn't make there way into the rotation on MTV. So one night I'm watching and what comes on - none other them Rock Box. Big beat, leather suits, chunky adidas - a different world than suburban ATL - but there was something else. A whaling guitar that runs throughout. Riffs and solos alongside the already familiar rad cadence. Mind blown. The next year brought King of Rock which repeated the trick with a better riff and overall production. These of course set the table for the moment that rock and rap would be intertwined and allow rap to crash not just middle school thanks to a new kid with a cartoon a name and a massive boom box but to the culture writ large. And the best part - this album just sounds damn good (where is i don't actually love Rock Box 40 years later). And it's a great time throughout.
Dazzling.
I always liked side A of Raising Hell. It takes my brain back to a simpler age. Also, considering the sheer amount of hours I logged in the early 2000s playing SSX Tricky, I’ve probably heard variations of Tricky more than any other refrain on any other song in existence, and I still like it! That’s a testament to quality. Then, there’s that dumb girl song on side B. I can’t spin that while my wife’s in the room. She’ll forbid me from playing the album ever again! What a stupid song.
Great album
started off me being like a "oh this is an album they've put on here because it's got one good hit". well, one, it's got two hits on it, and two, the backhalf of the album has some pretty dang good hip hop bits that make it into a pretty nice listen
The highs on the album are really high, with the first four tracks being bangers. That middle run of songs was such a drag, though, it's like they put all of their effort into the hits and ignored the rest. The album closes well, though.
3/5 stars (6/10) Fav song: Peter Piper Least fav song: Perfection
Rap, musica de carrer. Hi ha cansons que me resonen de xarxes (ex. It's Tricky)
Rap music used to be fun!
Попсовый хип хоп
5balls
It’s Tricky, blast from the past
Classic unc hiphop. The Aerosmith feature was crazy, and the intro four songs were certified classics. However, the album generally doesn't keep that same energy through the whole setlist, and becomes quite same-y. However, the album peaks so high it still gets a low 4.5/5.
This is such a fun album full of attitude and personality. Though if you’ve listened to one, you’ve listened to them all. Generally they blend in to one another. I think it could be an 8 or 9 track album instead of 12. Though I must say, Walk This Way and It’s Tricky stand out amongst the others, they’re brilliant songs!!
Enjoyable if a little samey.
N.W.A. put West Coast Hip-Hop on the map, but Run D.M.C. beat them to the chase on the East Coast by a few years, and brought a floundering 70s rock band back from the dead in the process, with their classic 1986 record, 'Raising Hell'. Already gaining popularity [and notoriety] for their first two records, 'Run D.M.C.' and 'King of Rock', Run D.M.C. perfected their craft on 'Raising Hell', becoming the first hip-hop record to go Platinum on the American charts, effectively signaling a new player in popular music. The rhymes on 'Raising Hell' are electric. Rappers Joseph "Run" Simmons and Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels give their raps plenty of groove and atmosphere, and their confidence as performers, aided by the clever DJ work of Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell, add plenty of emphatic weight to this record. With such classics as 'It's Tricky', 'My Adidas' and 'You Be Illin'', Run D.M.C. changed the game not only in getting mainstream audiences to take hip-hop seriously, but ensuring the genre could easily suit the album format that had previously only been reserved for conventional pop and rock acts. Then there's reviving Aerosmith's career. Aerosmith were a spent force by the mid-80s, a band torn apart by drugs, infighting and declining interest in classic rock. Enter Run D.M.C. producer Rick Rubin introducing the duo to Aerosmith's 'Toys in the Attic' record during the 'Raising Hell' sessions, which eventually led to Rubin inviting a recently reconciled Steven Tyler and Joe Perry to re-record their parts for Run D.M.C's new version of the Toys in the Attic hit 'Walk this Way', with Run and D.M.C. rapping the verses. After the reimagined 'Walk this Way' blew up, Aerosmith were the talk of the town again, and their next three records, 'Permanent Vacation', 'Pump' and 'Get A Grip' formed one of the most successful comebacks of all time. So, not only did Run D.M.C. change the game for popular music with 'Raising Hell', they resurrected the career of one of America's most influential rock bands. Not bad for three friends from Hollis, Queens. Best tracks: Peter Piper, It's Tricky, Walk this Way, Raising Hell, You Be Illin'
268/1089 - Got a bit sick of the drum sounds after awhile but it was a very fun listen overall.
This album is tight as hell and helped build out a genre. Several heavy hitters with Tricky getting a ton of airtime. Good one for the list and worth hearing. Strong three weak four.
Obviously made a huge impact on music in general. Some fun tracks. Some bits don't age well. Bang for your buck if you were to have purchased this at the time.
Great album. I wish more albums were made like this.
There’s something about old school hip hop that just sounds gimmicky to me
This was good. And old-school, pretty genre-defining
This was fun! Of course it sounds dated, it's 40 years old, but it's a ton of fun. I'm not sure if I'll revisit it - the A side is a lot more strong and high energy than the B side, but still glad I heard it.
3 estrelas
Gosto do som deles, me agradou bastante porém bem monótono, sempre na mesma pegada sem muita criatividade ao menos musicalmente falando, destaque para walk this way que foi a única música contra a maré destacada, trazendo o aerosmith e misturando gêneros de forma muito satisfatória. 6/10
86% Best: Peter Piper; It's Tricky; My Adidas; Walk This Way; Perfection Must-Hear? Sure
''Hit it run'' reminded me of ''the Show'' by Slick Rick and Doug e. Fresh
80's Rap
80s sun
This was unironically really bad
Trendsetting, and still holds up incredibly well.
My brother bought this for my birthday in 1986, I was thirteen, and loved playing it under the stairs of my parent’s house. A great album. My parents hated it and would forbid me from playing it on my fisher price record player. They did not understand the power of hip hop. So what do I think of it now? It sounds dated but it’d great.
3.5 rounded up to 4 because of Walk This Way.
Epic album. 2 great songs and the rest was very listenable.
It started and it went downhill
It's okay for what it is.
nah
Pioneer Rusty Rhythmic Slightly monotone (instrumentally) Fun
Fun.
Favorites: Peter Piper, It's Tricky, Walk This Way (!), Is It Live, Raising Hell (!), Proud To Be Black Now I know where 'It's Tricky' came from. So nostalgic. Wasn't prepared for 'Walk This Way' with these sick ass guitar riffs and vocals damn! Thanks for the spit in my ears from 'Hit It Run', ig <3 Dig the vibe, tho. 'Raising Hell' hell yeaaaaaahhhh that guitarrrrrrrrraawrr. Definitely something that i'd pull while trying to finish all my assignments the night before deadline (bonus points if highly caffeinated). Just to feel that pump, you know. Especially from 'Dumb Girl'. Overall, so smooth and chill. Loved it.
Their cover of "Walk This Way" changed the hip hop/rock music world forever, so I get why this album was included. Who can forget that music video? Other favorites: "It's Tricky" and "Raising Hell" After the BEAT STREET film soundtrack, RAISING HELL might very well be the very first hip hop album, by one artist, that I ever listened to all the way through. Thankfully this album is from an era when hip hop kept albums to a reasonable listening length. Definitely one of the more iconic old school hip hop albums but from an enjoyment point of view I cannot give it a 5.
7/10
Liked the beats and the wordplay
Dope album. Very energetic, and the chemistry between them is almost flawless, like they complement each other very well. Banger after banger.
Pretty kool
Only got to about half of it before my show, but all around pretty solid. Obviously from the 80s, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
A lot of great beats and some incredible cuts. It’s a sound which is so tied to its era, that nowadays it feels more like a novelty listen than something on regular rotation. It’s between 3 and 4 stars for me.
Aerosmith + Run DMC > Micheal Jackson + Paul McCartney 3.5
First really big hip hop album, mid 80s. Brought hip hop to the mainstream with Walk this way.
Not saying they don't deserve it but it is weird these guys are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Excellent album! Proper good start to the day with this one
Killa
Quite fun just didn't have enough big tunes for me.
Loses a bit in second half. And all a bit too tinny. But gotta admire what they were doing.
Great tunes and a fantastic discovery. Walk this way is an incredible song. Cornerstones of hiphop.
Old school hip hop similar to Beastie Boys stuff just a lot more stripped down and sparse. It's fine, just not something I'd really go back to. Walk This Way is the obvious highlight as its got more going on.
Not bad, but the rapping style is too old for me. Few melodic instrumentals and quite repetitive. Respect because it's from the beginnings, but I would not listen to it again.
The generator is on a roll. A great hip hop feature with incredible production and catchy songs. Run-DMC's debut is one that stands the test of time.
too many 80s rap albums
What funny listening numbers. Some massive hits on this album and then some I've never heard of. Obvious love the hits and love the flow and feel of the album overall.
A classic and fun album
Nicht meine Musik, aber dennoch gut
Was alright. Fun. Probably won’t listen again
1/5
One of the most important hip-hop/rap albums not only for it's scratching artistry and back 2 back rhyming but also for bridging rap with rock. Of course It's Tricky contains samples of "My Sharona" by The Knack and "Mickey" by Toni Basil so there's already Rock elements there,you can see it comin', My Adidas has amazing drums and is always a reminder that back then and even now Adidas shoes and wear are still a hip-hop brand! Walk This Way is a genre-bender.How open-minded these two bands were and still are to come up with such a collaboration,this powerful fresh version, Is it live has James Brown and LL Cool J samples in it,The bongos and cowbells mixing shows some wizadry but it feels empty in comparison with the previous ones, Raising hell is quite interesting because of blending again Run Dmc's hip hop with live Aerosmith guitar solos,my fourth favourite along with the three hits, You be illin' has a Kurtis Blow sample,quite good song, Dumb girl had something hypnotic that i really liked although they seem to have serious issues with that girl! Overall is a good album and for the 4 songs that i liked i will give it a 4/5
Fun but kind of repetitive. Also there is no need for the Aerosmith song.
There’s some fun stuff happening here
Classic.
I definitely acknowledge the pioneering status of this album, and in the late 80s and early 90s, I found it easy to listen to. Today, it sounds so outdated to me. The genre has come so incredibly far (perhaps further than any other genre) that listening to this album is like keeping your food in the snowbank outside because your refrigerator is broken. It's just not something I'd prefer to do, if avoidable. There is also a whole lot of sameness on this album for me . ⭐⭐⭐
Nostalgia
Classic
Not my style
Classic Hip Hop. Good fun stuff
Surprised by the story telling of rap.
I've never been told a song is so influential as much as Walk This Way, it is incessant. Its fine. Aerosmith sucks. This version is better for having less Aerosmith in it. The rest of the album is better overall.
Fun listen 4/5
Funker fortsatt.
Solid 80s hip-hop but some of it hasn’t aged well. Still groundbreaking and a clear influence of what came next.
Not my genre.
Capolavoro
Zoals al vaker vermeld is dit - ondanks dat ik begrijp dat het de 'golden age of hip hop' wordt genoemd - niet mijn golden age of hip hop. Maar dit is samen met 'Paid In Full' wel echt een fundamentele pilaar in mijn ideale hip hop wereld. Echter vind ik het verval van 'speciaal' naar 'primitief' altijd wel erg groot op albums van deze tijd, wat natuurlijk inherent is aan een pril genre. De eerste 5 songs zijn echt een openbaring én vormen een belangrijke kickstart voor een hoop artiesten die het muzieklandschap de opvolgende jaren zouden vormgeven. Daarna vind ik de 'archaic' en traditionele hip hop structuur gewoonweg een beetje saai, waardoor ik zelf toch vooral ben blijven kleven bij de progressievere early 90s. Al begrijp ik ook wel dat dit voor 1986 écht heel progressief was. Het is allemaal relatief. Bij 'You Be Illin' veer ik nog wel een keer op. Ik kom toch - de historische significantie in ogenschouw nemende - op een 8 uit. 8/10 Highlights: Peter Piper It's Tricky You Be Illin'
Ja ik ga een beetje in de herhaling vallen bij deze early hiphop albums. Kortweg: het is historisch significant, vet om af en toe eens aan te zetten maar simpelweg niet mijn ding. 5,5/10
I get that people might like it this album but I don't find it interesting. It's loud like Rick Rubin likes and I just can't find any tracks that I might like. I couldn't listen to the end of the album I'm sorry it's terrible. 1/5
pretty kick butt
The hits are classic but overall only okay. Overall 2.5/5
Classic 80s hip-hop with Run DMC's signature rock fusion. A bit more upbeat and sanitized than my preferred artists in the genre, but it's still a hard album not to enjoy from start to finish.
Walk this way is a banger, but the rest is disappointing tat.
I do NOT like rap. It does not need to be listened to. If you like it, great, knock yourself out. But zero need for it to be on this list.
I don't need to listen to this (but I will) as it's already 5 stars in my mind. How many albums have four huge hits in a row right off the bat? It's simply one of the greatest albums of all time.
This album made me realize why people reacted positively to gangsta rap. The lyrics here are corny ( hat, cat, bag, etc.) and the beats aren't good enough to cover for that.
All around awesome plus. Old school, and great great great. And I’m not really even a huge rap/hip hop fan.
Loved this so much as a kid. Still feels important, but a little less so 40 years later.
5/10
Repeat listen
I really like the first couple songs ("Peter Piper" and "It's Tricky" but I do NOT LIKE "Dumb Girl" or "Son of Byford"
it's tricky
Not that interesting to me as I am not a hip hop fan. Reminder of how bad a lot of pop music was in the 80s.
It improved in the second half.
Only the expanded edition is available on Spotify, with its pointless a cappella versions and demo tracks. As for the actual album, it was good fun, but it got a bit samey. A low four for me.
Catchy and rhythmic but lacking depth.
Undoubtedly an important album in the history of hip hop, but I feel like I've just never clicked with this era. Could imagine throwing this on at a party and it going down well, but I just want more from the hip hop I listen to.
A fun, boisterous, energetic party record. Not the best example of hip-hops lyricism, but it highlights the genre's early energy and playfulness, with some catchy early sampling.
This was incredibly cool when it came out and it's still cool now. A classic.
Good album. Raising Hell is a great song. The album might be historically significant, but it failed to blow my mind. Enjoyable while it lasted, but not gonna be a favourite
Dosta lejm, ništa vrijedno spomena. 2/5, 3/10
Lite tröttsamt med alla dess tidiga hiphop-album. Taskigt mot run dmc att komma så här efter alla andra. Så måste försöka bortse från irritationen av hur denna lista tycka föredra gammal hiphop framför nyare (vi har dock haft några nya också, men bara supermegastora). Det är som om personerna bakom listan inte kan någonting om hiphop. Att ta klassiker är så ett billigt sätt att kvotera in hiphop. Hur som helst. Tillbaka till skivan. Ok. Inte mer. Knappt. Det är inte särskilt mycket variation. Sen är det ett kul sound rytmiskt och nästan som en kär "barnramsa". Man gillart liksom. Men det är inte tricky ....
Suck, here we go again. En klassiker visst, men på egna meriter inte mer än en svag trea tack vare ett par bra låtar i början.
So fun, so much energy. A building block for the genre that’s still enjoyable and fresh.
Walk This Way with Aerosmith is a great track. The rest is a bit repetitive and not my thing.
That musics lost its taste so try another flavor
Certified F.R.E.S.H
The best word I can think to describe this album: fun.
Listened
Hell yeah
Struggling to get a 7/10 but 7/10
Basically only knew that Run-D.M.C. were best known for their collaboration with Aerosmith (though it turns out I never actually heard their version of Walk This Way before!) It's a bit more minimalist than I typically like in hip hop, but I really enjoyed it here. The rockier ones in particular kind of succeed at doing what the Beastie Boys couldn't quite reach with Licensed to Ill.
Started off stronger than it finished. Some of it has stood the test of time, some less so. Relatively enjoyable to listen to.
About has high as I am going to rate Hip Hop - love the collaboration with Aerosmith.
I think inventing rap/rock is pretty up high up in terms of claims to fame. And let’s face it, this version of Walk this Way is an absolute all-time banger (I’ve not changed my mind on that since my 11yr old self first heard it). As an album, it’s an all round entertaining listen. As an aside, has anyone invented rap/folk yet? If not, come on, your moment is nigh….
It would have for a 3, but extra point for pioneering a new genre
Une vibe Beasty boys un peu, je connaissais le feat avec Aerosmith, que j'aime bien, mais sinon bof ma came, mais ça reste dynamique bien qu'oubliable comme dirait l'autre
Des sons connus Un groupe important dans le mouvement hip hop, toujours agréable d’écouter ! C’est un 3,5/5 pour moi ! Car il n’y a pas assez de mélodie à mon sens
Tellement oubliable que j'ai totalement oublié. 2/5
Good shit, klausyčiau vėl 4.0
Un disco esencial en el desarrollo del rap.
Monumental hip hop album, which unbeknownst to Run DMC would later be featured on the GOAT snowboarding game.
Hip-hop as a music genre has had an arduous path to the mainstream over the years. It's so well documented because it's relatively new. Listening to this album was a great reminder of how different it was just 40 years ago. Simpler but exciting and fresh compared to the offerings of pop and rock songs at the time. Raising Hell may not be the most technically complex or poetically written piece of music. I probably wouldn't even call it Run-DMC'S best work. But it is vital to hip-hop's journey to being accepted and appreciated by radio and the average household. The fun of the album is the thesis of each song being completely random. A whole song could be focused on bragging about their DJ Jam Master Jay. The next could be spent appreciating their favorite footwear. It's just fun honestly. I detest Aerosmith so Walk This Way is a tough listen, but I can still appreciate its importance in music history. Two behemoths at the top of their genre collaborating to making a beloved rock and hip-hop track. However "soft" this album may seem at times, it still has moments of making a statement in songs like Proud to be Black. So maybe making a more accessible album proves to be a great way to get a more serious message into suburban households.
Essential hip-hop album. Run-D.M.C. were the bridge where rock fans crossed over into hip-hop. Not every song on here is great, but this essentially starts out as a greatest hits album.
From the golden age of Hip Hop (1984 -1994) Raising Hell is THE essential Hip Hop album. The genre's Sgt Peppers, Exile on Main Street, Dark Side of the Moon, London Calling all rolled into one groundbreaking album that was the unofficial start of Hip Hop's album era as before Raising Hell the genre was seen as a singles game (12" or otherwise) much like Rock N Roll was three decades earlier. No filler on this lean slab of wax. Every second of Raising Hell is perfectly executed and in all ways needed. No serious Hip Hop library can be considered anywhere near complete without it. Think you know Hip Hop without knowing Raising Hell? You Be Illin'!
Man, these dudes went hard back in the day.
Great album despite it nit being my thing. A little repetitive towards the end but I enjoyed all of it.
Great duo, the top half of the album is killer, but hit it run and dumb girl kinda threw me off. Guess every track can’t be a winner.
Highlight Song/s: It's Tricky, My Adidas and Raising Hell What a pioneering album, It sounds a bit crazy but it legitimately sounds like I'm listening to history happening, as if this was an album released last month that changed the game or that I'm walking near a historical monument. Tad bit ludicrous, I know. Run-D.M.C. walked (created this album) so others could run. This is undeniably one of the essential albums in all of hip-hop, and a stepping stone which connects disco rap to gangsta rap.
Sin saber inglés, no interesan. Curiosa colaboración con Aerosmith
My fav Run DMC album
Sheer fun and pump me up jams.
It’s fine. Don’t love the mix. Voices feel quiet and the random record scratches and other fix are loud
Rock and hip-hop might have seemed like an unlikely combo back in 1986, but in retrospect who better for a group of misogynistic rappers to team up with than some misogynistic rock dinosaurs to sing about taking advantage of school girls at a high school dance. The rest of the album isn’t much better, including a whole song about their favourite brand of trainers.
I like this kind of old school hip hop. No headache, strait to the point; background music to the bone (mostly a drum machine), lots of room for the MCs to rap. Walk This Way is of course noticeable and would almost be anecdotical if not for its significance as the first hip hop/rock collaboration.
Fun, foundational to rap and hip-hop. Not really my style but the more I listened, the better it got! Probably would not purchase if I saw it at the thrift store.
Dumb girl made me drop the score.
As hip hop goes I can get along with Run DMC because (like The Beastie Boys) they incorporate rock riffs. Obviously Walk This Way and Tricky are the standout tracks here but I also thought Raising Hell was decent.
A must have rap album!!!!
Fun
good classic album, some really awesome songs. Although hip hop is not really my thing.
Brilliant. Probably the best Hip Hop album I've listened to.
Not my favorite style of rap but I can appreciate it for the hit songs in here and the fun sound throughout. Better than the self titled debut
Love Run DMC. They're also my preferred method of listening to Aerosmith.
It’s no Bad Credit
This is just too corny to be appreciated
Shooketh by the freshness Fav song: You be Illin’
G/zg
I have liked every RUN-DMC song I have ever heard, yet I was still somewhat skeptical whether I could tolerate an entire album from them. And even as I got through the brilliant trifecta of It's Tricky, My Adidas, and Walk This Way, I was still questioning whether I could hang for seven more songs. Silly me. This is a great, FUN album, front to back. I realized there's something kind of punk about RUN-DMC's simplicity and the aggressive vocal delivery that's right in my wheelhouse. I like.
I was excited to give this a listen, because I really loved this album 35 or 40 years ago. Turns out, I've moved on and, while it has some excellent songs, this just isn't my jam, def or otherwise.
Forty years later, it sounds pretty rudimentary. Still some bangers on there and middle schooler in me was very happy to hear Son of Buford.
4.5/5 - You need to hear this, because it launched hip-hop and rap into a generation of young suburban ears. The first 4 tracks are all-timers. It gets spotty in places after that with weaker songs like Perfection and Dumb Girl, but this is a must-listen classic. Pop culture juggernaut.
RUN DMC & JAM MASTER J! Classic Banger album.
3/5 mostly because of its tricky. it's really not my style of music, i also had to adjust the sounds settings in my headphones because the majority of the songs have too loud drums. You be illing good too. it's all around fine but i'm not sure it's 4/5 worthy yet.
Some songs aren't bad, but overall I don't particularly like it
A true classic - both for hip hop and me personally. You Be Illin' is super underrated, but the first 4 tracks deserve the love they get.
dope. in yo face! revolutionary.
C'est oldshool, mais c'est vraiment bon !
They’re the mic dominators, the rhyme creators, Run-DMC shook the globe, no imitators. From Hollis, Queens, to the world they reign, When they step on the stage, they ignite the flame. No glitter, no gimmicks, just beats and bass, They brought the hardcore sound straight to your face. Adidas on their feet, stripes shining so bright, When the record starts to spin, they control the night. They broke down walls with a rock-rap blend, Changed the game forever, set the new trend. Respect to the roots, they keep it alive, Every rhyme that they dropped made the culture thrive. So raise your hands high, let the rhythm decree, No kings more supreme than Run-DMC.
*no music, just irritating noise.
Like Queen Latifah, fun laid back old hip hop. Slow, melodic, well articulated. Not much thematic diversity, but i like it. Collab with Aerosmith was a genius move by Rick Rubin
An iconic album of early hip-hop. So many great tracks. I played this album on repeat during a time in high school, and it's always great to come back to. So many people would be missing their karaoke go-tos without this album.
Walk what way?
It's an iconic album if nothing else: an opening four track run of Peter Piper, It's Tricky, My Adidas and Walk This Way practically lays the blueprint for the next ten years of hip hop. Some of the production isn't quite to my taste and it's somewhat eclipsed by the exciting stuff that would follow shortly after, but it still holds up great. High 3.
A strong first half, let down by a drop in quality towards the end with a few asinine tracks. Run DMC were undoubtedly pushing the envelope and breaking new ground in hip hop at release, but with the advances in the genre over the ensuing decade, this all felt a bit mild in its bite. But this is overall solid - occasionally very good. I could totally see myself getting into the groove at live performances. These guys have charisma in spades to sell some of the more milquetoast bars. ✨
GREAT album.
Uha den med its tricky. Men ellers tror jeg ikke jeg kender nogen af de her sange
That opening four track run is probably the strongest in their discography. Everything after is simply fine
Can recognize how influential and important this album was, but it's still just corny to me. I appreciate the ability to make an Aerosmith song better than it was. But this album/era is just not for me.
Kills. Great samples, great rhymes, the first to mix rap and rock, and still the best.
Bomb
Legends
Still a classic!
I know lots of these songs
Banger
5/10
Hylder at rap bliver en del af mainstreamen. Det er på bølge med rock og pop lige pludselig. Der er også flere sange med rock rap osv og det inspirerede også NWA, beastie boys osv (faktisk også Nu-metal) det er et meget festligt album og det fik også bla hiphop modentil at blive populært (Adidas). Mega fedt album og god lyd. Beastie boys er nogle af mine yndlingskunstnere og det her minder mig meget om. Det nød jeg virkelig at lytte til. Tror måske det er 4-4,5
Besides It's Tricky, really liked the tracks Is It Live, Hit It Run, and Proud to BE Black
Normalmente no me gusta el rap pero ese album fue muy tolerable jaja. Entertaining
hip hop before the golden age was weird. a completely different game, really. this is probably the best example of the pre-Eric B & Rakim era (they aren't represented on this list for whatever reason). some bangers like It's Tricky, and a lot of this sounds rudimentary in the 2020s, but it’s super foundational and worth listening to for that alone. just not my favorite. deserves to be one of the 1001? absolutely
I’m sure it was revolutionary at the time but not the kind of hip hop or even old school hip hop I feel like listening to now. Some fun drum fills but lyrics were shouty.
Some good some bad
Really good
Great album
One of the first albums I bought on cassette tape.
This was fun
❤️😎
Lo he disfrutado bastante
Old skool
Bello ma non il mio stile
Album super divertente dall'inizio alla fine, non sembra aver invecchiato un giorno! Bellissimo l'introduzione del rock in molte canzone e loro due funzionano benissimo. Walk this way con aerosmith la mia preferita!
Good album, Blast from the past!
Not a fan of the old school back and forth and echoing style of rap from the 80's/early 90's, but you can't deny some of the hits from this record that carry into today IE It's Tricky and Walk This Way with Aerosmith. Easy to hear some of the early samples that are still used and today, which is fun. I'm glad we have evolved beyond all the just completely unnecessary filler that is plaguing some of these lyrical tracks - with "Now listen up here cause i'm here to say..." elementary school rhymes, which I guess pretty much started because of Run DMC and early rappers. I find all of the filler and useless intro-sentences really take away from the song Proud to Be Black, which would have a lot stronger of a message if it were better written without so many bars wasted on leading up to the point.
Fun old school rap Standout songs: Perfection You be illin
Very influential with a couple of great singles. I did find the second half drag a bit though
Sounds like Dad's hip-hop to today's ears. A fun album.
This album has fantastic production and rap that has an actual flow to it (not a given for the time). It’s not “cool music” but it is a big blast of fun and energy. It’s Tricky comes out on top for me. Its hip hop that’s trying to show people a great time and start the party! They get plenty of credit for setting the template for so much hip hop / rap rock, paving the way for acts to come, like the Beastie Boys. Also - my perfect amount of Aerosmith is one chorus of one song - it’s a successful collaboration!
I actually found this really boring :(
I like their rap.
More influential than good
great tracks.
I was only familiar with the famous tracks before but this is a great, fun album to listen to. Loved the Rick Rubin influence with real instruments!!
Cerramos la semana con otro disco de Run-D.M.C. en éste reto. El álbum empieza arriba y se mantiene, atravesado por varios de los hits de la banda (más allá de "Walk this way" de Aerosmith". Gran álbum, que marida bien con una mañana de oficina. Hasta el lunes, gente
I liked it but none of the songs would be something I would listen to regularly so none of them will be added to my new playlist. The only song I knew before listening to the whole album was "It's Tricky". Great instrumental though (especially in "Walk this Way", the guitar was epic) and vibey!
When It's Tricky may be the 3rd or 4th best track on the album, you know it's great.
Honestly better than I had expected and a good length and no complaints!
This cover of "Walk This Way" really did change everything. A little danger in writing that, painting a bit of white saviour brush to the smackheads in Aerosmith but it was such a crossover smash that even the metalheads in my circle had to begrudgingly admit the marriage of rap and rock fit perfectly here. This album was the Run-DMC jam - memories of "It's Tricky" and "My Adidas" on school skibus trips. I'll forego my usual crapping on chintzy "percussion" sounds because this was the first, or at least the first to hit the mainstream, and the songs are just too catchy and fun to ignore even 40 years later. THE old-school hip-hop classic. 8/10 4 stars.
En klassiker
Rap has come a long way since the 80's, and a lot of once-classic albums sound a bit weaker next to what came out even in the 90's. This is not one of them. Yes, the rhyme schemes are pretty simple, but the energy the MCs bring is top notch, and they're even able to sell a song about nursery rhymes. The beats hit hard too, they're very percussion-heavy and sometimes fairly complex. A few of the tracks mix in some rock elements, and it feels more seamless than some rap rock tracks made 30 years later. There are a lot of fun ideas here on tracks like "You Be Illin'" (let's forget about "Dumb Girl" though, yeesh...). This definitely sounds like an 80's rap album but turns those elements that are no longer in fashion into something great.
What happened to Hip Hop? This is so cool, having guitar riffs in hip hop is awesome. However, I’m not sure I’ll ever give a hip hop album more than 4/5 stars. So 3 stars it is.
as lame and goofy 80's rap can be, this was pretty fun. Lots of staying power with some of these tracks, Tricky, Walk This Way and even My Adidas. Outside the hits though it kinda drags.
Not bad! Felt more mature and less corny than the other Run DMC album we got on here. Walk This Way would have been mind blowing back in the day and it’s still not too bad now.
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Iconic. The grooves are SO good.
A lesson in hip hop history but not for me
You don’t have to love it, but it deserves its legendary status. It is a classic.
Super cool album. It’s a classic, and they paved the way for hip-hop. Love that they educate through the songs too.
It's rap, but they're trying to be role models? I found myself wanting to critique this too much before pulling back and remembering this is 80's rap. They really did boost rap to the mainstream. But it's still elementary beats and rhymes. Overall it's a crucial piece of rap history. It's fun with plenty of good vibes.
Not my thing
Early rap is something I’ve never really dipped my toes in, let alone dove in to. The structures are wildly similar and straightforward with that “My name’s Pat and I’m here to say…” on the 2 and 4 flow. It sounds very dated to me….but I don't know…Run DMC kinda cooks with it. Their delivery packs heat and the unified, emphasized rhyming is fun. I like their crossing over into rock territory, not just on the famous Walk This Way cover, but on the title track, which is my favorite on the record. It’s not quite a 4 to me, but I couldn’t give it a 3. I totally understand how these dudes influenced so many.
Minus one star for being exhausting to listen to for any length of time. But plus one star to recognise its contribution to basically creating a new genre of music.
These guys sound like they're having fun. Not much else going on, though. This would be a 1 if it were released today, but gotta have some respect for when it was released. A 2.
Goofy and fun album with classic golden age hip hop rhymes and great beats. Is their flow repetitive? Yeah! They’re inventing this shit! The hits on this album are impossible to not smile to, it makes me feel nostalgic for a period I did not live. Also to close out the album with, stay in school, stay off drugs, and be proud of who you are is so classically golden era. Run DMC is for the kids!!
Silly. The thing where they trade words back and forth and between different sides of the stereo mix is really distracting and corny. They yell all their lyrics at the exact same tone almost every time. The guitar bits are cool I guess. "You be illin'" is hilarious though, and I'd listen to Rock This Way and It's Tricky again.
p much everything i said ab the debut still applies, but everything is a bit tightened up, more rock-oriented, and generally a bit more coherent in terms of central Song Ideas. lots of delightful classics on here, and while there is a divide between them and the rest of the tracks its hard to articulate....i suppose ill just have to fall back on Same Strengths, Just Not As Strong? incredibly fun, obviously! enough vision and talent and energy to make five minutes of aerosmith tolerable!
There’s a few stinkers here but on the whole a good album with a few cracking tracks to balance it out
I’ll be honest, I enjoyed this a lot but it sounded like 1 or 2 songs but extended. The singles were the best on the album and the rest were good but didn’t have the hooks
FINALLY! I've been waiting for a classic rap album. I feel Paul's Boutique and Low End Theory were so long ago. This is a five star album. Always has been. Always will be.
If I were going to listen to rap, this would be who I would listen to. It's fun, no foul language, smart lyrics, good beats.
I respect Run DMC but not a fan of their rap. I was into more other ones.
Can't say I liked it, but then again I was not expecting much from a rap / hiphop album, so... 4/10
Held up better than I would have guessed. Innovative. Main takeaway is that they should have pulled the samples etc from Walk This Way masters and not re-recorded. New riff sounds like shit compared to original. Also, realizing Aerosmith did this 10 years after Toys in the Attic is kinda sad. Feels like a desperate move from an aging rock band, but it worked out.
I wasnt around for it, but its really clear that this was a landmark album for all of hip hop. Some of the tracks slap (Adidas, Its Tricky) even though theyve aged significantly compared to the rest of this genre. I personally hope some other group rejoins the rock n roll/hip hop mash up scene that the beastie boys and DMC had
Iconic.
-Love the old school hip hop vibe -Makes me feel like I could be a banging street dancer -Love the iconic songs -Lots of different sounds yet it maintains the atmosphere, which I appreciate
Supermarkt, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Geiles Album.
really aggressive and punchy rap... rock... pop music from the golden age of hip hop. sample flips, LOUD drum machines and funky guitar riffs creates a sound that gets a lot of people movin' and groovin'. this album is the perfect party hip hop album. people will be tapping their toes to the beats and hollerin' bars at the top of their lungs to these songs. with a distinct sound unlike any others at the time, and collaborating with big rock names, this album is a must listen and i would say is critically and culturally significant. grab your boombox and kicks.
favs: - peter piper - it’s tricky - walk this way
Dad- 4 Mom- 8 Mike- 7 Lori- 6.5 Michael- 6 Miles- NA Cole- NA Avg- 6.3
I didn't like this one much, but only because the simplicity (to a fault) of this kinda hip hop really ages this album a lot, and make it a lot more awkward to listen to compared to stuff not even a few years later. It's fine but feels more historically important to me than something really enjoyable
Maybe it’s the vacation boost but this slapped. Charles was dancing along. I enjoyed this front to back and listened though a second time. 4.5 but on the 5 side.
What an album. All the singles are undeniable, but the main reason I'm doing this challenge is to hear the album tracks, and oh boy they don't disappoint. The title track is the stand out, but from my 2 listens there doesn't seem to be any filler tracks. Fantastic!
This was a fun album.
Not one for Deb Sian - liked it, brought back memories
The first four tracks on this album are incredible but then they take the foot off the gas and the rest is less immediate, more underwhelming. It’s a shame because this is such an influential slice of hip hop. If Run DMC had kept the energy levels up this could have been untouchable. As it is, this album fires into action, then undulates its way to the end. Still it’s a great sound that I didn’t appreciate when it first came out.
Pretty great
I was working so not really giving it my full attention. I've got the trainers though :-)
These guys are awesome.
provavelmente o primeiro grande álbum comercial de rap da indústria, batidas boas com rimas espertas, um fundo de crítica social e até uma colaboração com o Aerosmith, o resultado é um álbum bom e percursor do que viria pela frente.
Standout Songs: Walk This Way Raising Hell
clássico que eu 100% deveria ouvir mais. base do rap.
Um clássico, it's tricky e a música com o aerosmith é simplesmente sensacional.
1. Peter Piper - 9 Amazing hip hop. Great flow to the lyrics and the beat is immense. This is what spanned the sound we love today. 2. It's Tricky - 10 An all-time classic. Flow is unmatched in this track. Absolutely legendary sound. 3. My Adidas - 7 Flow is great, beat is great, and some of the lyrics are awesome. The topic of the song is a bit uninspiring but overall it's not a bad track. Probably could have been shorter. 4. Walk This Way (feat Aerosmith) - 11 Exactly how a crossover/guest/sample should be. Amazing track combining two completely different forms of music. It is so hard to do, but it is completely masterfully on this track. Another all-time classic. 5. Is It Live - 7 This is a really good example of what made this album so game-changing. The rhymes within structured rhymes. The bridges of lyrical rhymes that connect one standard line of the verses to the next. Vocal lyrical poetry. 6. Perfection - 5 It's just not as strong as previous tracks. It's not bad but the lyrics are a lot less hype and a lot less strong than previously. Too repetitive as well in the second half of the song. 7. Hit It Run - 6 Solid hip-hop. Lyrically it is better than Perfection and the flow is a little bit better. Has some solid scratching and beat boxing in it as well. Enjoyable track. 8. Raising Hell - 10 Brilliant track. The drums are made to sound like that of a gun and the flow and beat is incredible. Mixed with a great sounding guitar that's given space to dominate the song with a great solo, this track is everything great about another mix between rock and hip-hop. 9. You Be Illin' - 6 Beat is amazing! Lyrics leave a bit to be desired. The purpose of the song is just kind of lighthearted but also meaningless. Chorus is very repetitive. 10. Dumb Girl - 4 It's just not a great song. It's lyrically not great but the beat just isn't as enjoyable as other tracks on the album either. Bit of a pass over track. 11. Son of Byford - N/A Track is too short to warrant a rating. 12. Proud to be Black - 7 Much better than the previous 2 rated tracks. A return to what is so enjoyable about Run-D.M.C. Lyrically the flow is great, the message is great, and the beat is solid. Mix in some excellent scratching and you get an all around decent track. Average Rating: 7.45 Adjusted to a 5-Point Scale: 3.73 Rounded Up: 4 Stars
Awesome
First rock-rap-album. Pioneers. Still rocks.
Walk This Way is the big one here. It really does represent the worst of two worlds that I have zero interest in. This album is completely lost on me. But what do I know?
Off the cuff remark: was misogyny ever cool? If you can ignore that there are moments of entertainment Standout track: Tricky and the genre bending Walk This Way Revisit: unlikely
• Walk This Way is fun. The rest haven’t aged as well . . .
Fun, classic hip hop.
Fun throwback to good times and memories
Solid record which you can hear the influence on everything else it had. Sounds dated now but that’s due to everything else ripping it off
Exceptional flow and catchy hooks make this a certified hood classic
This album isn’t really my cup of tea, but I can’t deny it has its moments. Compared to some of the real duds on this list, it wouldn’t be fair to give it a 1 out of 5. It’s not for me, but I can see why others might enjoy it!
Struggled to get into this
Everything about this was so basic : the cadence, the scratching, the samples*, everything really. *some of them sound like sound effects in a PS2 pause menu (That said, Walk this Way is head and shoulders above the rest) I’m sure it was great at the time but there is a reason we dont still fly in biplanes.
Their sound is distinctive. It is easy to hear the debt that bands like The Beastie Boys owe them. I love the way that the album opens, it catches you and just keeps going
Really good cant go wrong with a singe song on here really 4.5
Great album. The beginnings of rap and such a great way to get audiences into with so crossover music as well.
I enjoy 80s rap. There is a musicality to it that seems to be lost in more contemporary artists work.
4/5. Great rhythms. Views on women rather sus. Gotta love the Aerosmith cover.
I enjoyed the shouty rap and had some classics on here.
Heck yeah! This was great.
No es un album que yo elegiría escuchar por mi misma, pero esta gracioso
Está muy guay el rap de los 80 finales/ principios de los 90. Tiene una base chula para muchas canciones la verdad. Me parece increíble que se hiciese viral una canción de este album JAJAJAJA. en definitiva álbum chulo
Respect the influence, the cheesy 80's beats are difficult for me though.
I know this first gen hip hop is important in the development of the genre and all, but DAMN is it corny. One extra star because some of the cheesy beats are fun.
Rating this album gets Tricky, tricky tricky. This has some absolute bangers and lots of great unique interesting songs with some hilarious lyrics and even some rock thrown in for variety. But it really heavily uses the drum machine that dates it but maybe this is just the pinnacle of drum machine use, as I don't mind it as much as I do in other albums I have listened to. It also is longer than most but as it starts to bust out some comedy songs and refreshes the formula it doesn't feel too long still.
More rap crap. Please stop
I wore my sneakers but I'm not a sneak
This is so bad. Not bad meaning "bad", but bad meaning "good".
This blew my Midwestern middle school mind in 1986 and you know what? It's still great. The beats they use and the way they bounce off each other, so good.
I don’t know if I’ve ever listened to this entire album.l, but I know a lot of the songs on here. The first two tracks are just good. “It’s tricky” has been a favorite for a while. I always forget how good Peter piper is. “My Adidas” is so good and I was planning on skipping “walk this way” but I just can’t. These are all so good. So after attack four, I don’t know any of these songs. I’m looking forward to these. Is it live and perfection both rock and roll the groove on all these is next level. It’s the swing that draws you in on all these. This album is insane good. “Hit and run” was great and now “Raisin’ Hell” is on. Great tunes. How I never listened to the entire album before is beyond me. This is a great album!!!
Another genre that doesn't do it for me.
6/10 This album quite obviously exists in a very specific time and place, and that does make it a little harder on the ears than it would have been at the time, but I can totally see why this was one that broke through. It’s got rock style beats in places, it’s pretty easy to understand the lyrics, and it isn’t really offensive in any significant way. The call and response vocals have aged, as has the vocal delivery, which is very samey for the duration. There’s also the old school ‘rhyme all lines, regardless of how silly the lyrics end up sounding’ rather than any use of deeply considered lyrics, but if anything that probably helped them at the time. It’s silly, relatively inoffensive and also feels like something kids could easily rap along with. I think there’s an element of fatigue to the sound because of the tech they were using at the time. Drum machines were pretty new and didn’t offer much in the way of dynamic adjustment, compared to what we’re used to these days, so some of the snare fills in particular are pretty hard to listen to. It would also take a while before people became experts at working with the limitations of the time to pull something more interesting out of these machines. Despite its flaws, however, I did quite enjoy bits and pieces of this. It sounds like they’re having a lot of fun making it and I did find that infectious as I bopped along. I probably won’t be coming back to it as a full album, but would certainly dig hearing a song or two here and there in a playlist. And I don’t think its importance to the direction of music that would follow can be overestimated. Peter Piper - Some of the production on this immediately ages it, of course, but it’s a good opener. It’s undeniably silly, but they lean into it in such a way that it works. It’s nothing special by today’s standards, but it’s got a good groove and is great fun. It’s Tricky - Now this is a stone-cold classic. A catchy as hell chorus, solid beats and some fun rapping. Yeah, it’s very much of its time, but it’s also great fun. My Adidas - That orchestra hit scratching so clearly places this in a time in history. This one is less hooky and the drum programming is about as subtle as a brick to the face. Less interesting, but still not bad. Walk This Way - The first rap/rock crossover track? This is another classic. The production has still aged somewhat, but the guitar playing probably saves it a bit from being quite so ‘of it’s time’. It hangs around a bit too long in the outro, but it’s still good. Is It Live - More of the same as we heard from My Adidas really. Nothing too exciting these days, but a solid beat and some more silly lyrics. Perfection - This one drags and that ‘chorus’ is just incredibly low effort. Big old meh. Hit It Run - I don’t know if that’s supposed to be beatboxing or what, but it’s bad. This is a bit more upbeat, but things are starting to feel a bit tired now. The rhythms to the rapping are so samey from track to track that it’s all starting to run together a bit. Raising Hell - Back to some rock guitars, but we’re still on a similar vocal flow. Again, it’s ok, but the drums in particular have aged poorly and it’s just not that interesting of a tune. You Be Illin’ - This one’s got more swing to it. Good track, with a simple but funky chorus. It’s a bit too repetitive, although there is an attempt to inject a bit of variety here and there. I think I’d enjoy this one even more if I wasn’t 9 tracks in. Dumb Girl - This one’s just not that exciting. The ‘dumb’ sample is bad and it’s just a bit of a boring track in general. Son Of Byford - More bad beatboxing. And that’s about that. Proud to Be Black - It’s a bit too pedestrian. If they’d have cranked this up by 5-10bpm it could really pop. I’m glad a song like this ended up on one of the first big mainstream breakthrough hip-hop albums though. Something like this getting in the ears of black kids was probably empowering. And getting it into the ears of white kids could have been a bit of a barrier breaker.
hell yeah!
Good album, not their best but good.
Je connaissais pas l’artiste mais ils y avait plusieurs sons super connus. J’ai bien aimé ! Ça donne la pêche
The logo/t shirt is better than the music, unfortunately.
I know the album is very important in the development of Hip Hop as a genre but today it sounds super cheesy and dated.
Eh yeah. I suppose.
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Run - D.M.C.: Raising Hell: Not really my thing. A couple of the songs are pretty cool, and they have very interesting percussion and sample usage, I just really don't care for the rapping and such. A lot of the songs were just pretty boring to me, and I HATE walk this way. Dumb Girl in particular is a fucking stupid song. But on the other hand stuff like its tricky is pretty cool. Can't say its awful, not for me. 4/10
Nice, love 80's rap/hip-hop gas such a recognisable style to it. Always a good listen, fun as hell.
It's tricky and Walk this way are highlights.