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Thoroughly enjoyed!
One hell of an album of bangers.
A band at the height of their powers.
klassiker des 1990er hh, aber nur wenige superstück
The origin of hip hop hitting the mainstream and the accidental birth of nu metal 10 years later, what's not to love?
Pioneers of RAP. Had this on cassette back in then!!
The original, classic and groundbreaking album that paved the way for future generations.
Classic rap album. The launch of rock/rap.
lyrics a little meh but i like the overall feel of the album. a little juvenile but fun
Nice classic
I actually enjoyed that album, much to my surprise
Nothing like anything I normally listen to but there were several iconic songs on here and I had a lot of fun listening to them :) considering giving this a 5 but there were also some songs I wanted to be over quicker so alas it's a 4 today
This was fun never bored also wild that hiphop used to be this. I like there's a whole song about shoes.
Epochal, transformative records that brought hip hop and rock together in a way that is still relevant today, with timeless tracks like It's Tricky, You Be Illin and of course Walk This Way. Four stars because there is some filler alongside those classics.
This has one of the greatest album openings ever, four back to back bangers. This album will always be deserving of its claims due to that reason. Apart from this beginning section it did fall off a little towards the end but regardless the classic hiphop beats and the samples were class.
Classic hip-hop by some of the kings of the genre. The title track is a cool sister piece to Rock Box from their debut album
The first 4 tracks are so strong that the rest of the album suffers in comparison.
Никогда не думал, что рэп-альбом из 80-х получит самую высокую оценку среди тройки прослушанных альбомов. Не, ну во-первых, это леджендари щит с синглами которые ну просто где-то на подкорке уже. Коллаба с Aerosmith это вообще улёт же. С другой стороны, это время, когда Рик Рубин ещё не сошёл с ума, и плотно навалил мощнейших гитарок пацанам. Ну знал же дед. Тогда ещё наверное и не дед. You'll be Illin - снос башни, моментально добавлено себе в плейлист. Но вынужден меня извинить, ну не пять это для меня. Но очень достойно.
90s hip hop was more my jam but this still slaps
Very entertaining hip hop.
Es un puñetazo de energía, buenrrollismo asegurado
From the golden age of hip hop. Still holds up to this day. Plenty of solid songs on this album, but there are a few meh songs, so it gets 4/5 stars.
Nicer Klassiker
Run DMC are such good friends they even finish each others’ sentences! This is a very fun listen. Certainly not one of the all-time best in the genre but absolutely solid. I was very impressed by how effective the sparse arrangements were. Outside of a few tracks, a lot of songs only had a drum part forming the beat (in stark contrast to something like Fear Of A Black Planet which had layers upon layers in the mix). They really embrace the Rock influence, with these simple but reverb-heavy drum parts sounding like they were lifted from stadium-filling Hair Metal tracks. So yeah, great fun. I ended up fairly surprised by how many tracks I had saved to relisten to by the end. Top tracks: It’s Tricky, Walk This Way, Hit It Run, Raising Hell, You Be Illin’
Tricky
Won’t say this is Perfection, but it’s decent. It’s Tricky to describe.
Popular songs good, rest pretty samesy but it works
I can hear the influence this album had on other artists I love. I assume this was an instant classic when it dropped in 1986.
Catchy
Old skool hip hop is my jam. I didn't list much back then, but it was always around. Reminds me of a simpler time. Also, a more tolerable way to listen to one Aerosmith track.
With this record, I can begin to see the way in which Run-D.M.C. influenced the future of hip hop. The flows are inventive and start to break out of the early 80s talky style, a little. However, this particular still style feels a little one-note compared to my other favourites to follow. The production is minimal and sharp (thanks Rick Rubin!) but I think the drum treatment wears a little thin as the album runs on. Worthy addition to this list at any rate! Rating: 3.5/5 Favourite songs: Proud to Be Black, It's Tricky, Is It Live, Peter Piper
Nostalgic, reminds me of music my mom grew up with and shared later solid 8/10 for me, 10/10 for 80s hip hop
Such an amazing record. Pretty crazy it's the first hip hop record to go platinum. I've enjoyed this one since I was a kid. I love the rock samples and the rock fusion. It seems like this was a major inspiration to subsequent artists. I wonder if they were thinking that they were being innovative when they made this record or if they were just having fun.
Listening to a 40 year old hip hop record, I find it hard to not feel like I'm listening to a meme of hip-hop. In certain songs, I half expect Andy Samberg to drop in and start rapping about something silly. Which I guess is the legacy to how successful and how big of an impact this record and band had on modern music. A few things stand out to me: fusion, humor, attitude. The obvious fusion is how they combined 80's hard rock into hip-hop. This is most overt with songs like "Walk this Way" and "Raising Hell." However, what impresses me the most is how they take that music and own it entirely. Even claiming they are the Kings of Rock in "Hit It Run." The boldness and attitude towards mainstream music is so palpable. Its hard to imagine that this didn't inspire other NYC rappers like Jay-Z and Nas. This is especially prominent in songs like "Proud to be Black" and "Is It Live." Beyond the attitude, they really just sound like they're having fun, and never take themselves too seriously. Especially in songs like "You Be Illin'" and "Peter Piper ", and "It's Tricky." It's a breath of fresh air, which is probably why a 40 year old hip-hop can still feel fresh.
Heel goed begin, later wat repetetief.
First song is my fave. I have seen them two times more than Dad!
Fantastic! So many memories of this being my first exposure to rap. My friend Sean dubbed Aerosmith’s Permanent Vacation and then this album on the other side. It’s tricky based on My Sharona is so good! Rap and Hip-Hop becomes much more complex, but this is the foundation. ****
Fun first choice
It's like one long song. But it's history, of course.
Absolute bangers from start to finish.
Peter Piper - 9.2 - love the triangle (?) and t e theme of children's stories is so interesting. It's Tricky - 9.0 - great chorus, unfortunately I've heard it so much before. My Adidas - 8.6 - Sounds like the best ad I've ever heard. Walk This Way (feat. Aerosmith) - 9.8 - incredible cover. Is It Live - 8.5 - best lyrics yet, or close. like the cowbell. Last line is fucked. Perfection - 6.8 - slow. J sounds dumb. Hit It Run - 7.2 - beatboxing sounds bad. DMC sounds good though. Raising Hell - 9.0 - love the electric guitar in the background You Be Illin' - 7.4 - funny but very aged. Dumb Girl - 7.1 - not as misogynistic as I thought it was gonna be. Son Of Byford - 7.0 - just a 30 second recording of a part of Hit It Run?? Proud to Be Black - 7.8 - flow is kinda weird. probably a great message for 1986 though
While Run DMC lay the foundations for hip-hop in this album, it slowly tapers off and becomes weaker near the end. This is not their fault considering how amazing the first four tracks are. This album is a great introductory to the beginnings of hip hop, the rhyme schemes, and how it evolved over time (into more socially conscious rap and gangsta rap too). 3.5/5
7.5/10
Ah, Eighties RAP, very nice.
Ahhh it's tricky! (quite literally). Einsiits halt richtigi banger druf Anderersiits würdi mir da halt nid uf enere regular basis geh. Drum stabili 4.1/5 Grüsse gehen raus Tony-p woni gester im Exil ha derfe treffe :D
Oh nice! Old school hip-hop. Freue mich. So bevor ich überhaupt inelose hani eigetlich scho sehr höchi expectations für das album? Mal güggsle. So als gruppe wo ziemli meines wissens nach die erschte gsi sind wos successfully gschafft hend hip-hop mit anderne genres (v.a rock&metal) z mische freui mich scho uhh mega uf das. Stabils album
OKE ICH MACH SCHNELL WILL BIN HINNEDRI SOCHLI WIE BEASTIEBOYS (SIE HEND EIMAL AU LICENSED TO ILL GSEIT) ABER CHLI WENIGER CHAOTISCH UND MENGISCH CHLI MEH ROCK/METALLASTIGER HANS WÄHRENDEM CHUCHI MACHE SEHR GFÜHLT
Awesome old school hip-hop with a hint of rock rap. It takes me back to growing up and trying to branch out into different genres. Lyrically pretty simple, but an overall awesome album.
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Just good fun.
Like Beastie Boys better. They should have been called White DMC as they clearly were influenced by This album. Great at the time but most didn’t age well.
ITS TRICKYY TO ROCK A RHYME THATS ROGHT ON TIME ITS TRICKYYY
This is some serious gourmet shit! Ca ambiance mon iPod depuis SSX Tricky (les vrais savent)
Hip hop urtekst. It's Tricky er bare limericks 😭😭 klassiker!! Jeg er nok lidt mere glad for Tougher Than Leather når alt kommer til alt
Svedig banger-rade!
It’s a classic bop. Simple, energetic, raw, fun energy. Can be repetitive at times but with the context of being early hip-hop and this bringing hip-hop main stream I’ll overlook musical simplicity.
Some solid old school hip hop here. Yeah it's a tad dated but this still cooks.
Good, clean Rap. Nice old school PG rap
Takes me right back to high school when I was all over this. Still holds up! I rank this album second amongst their titanic first three releases with their iconic self-titled first release just a touch better. You have a lot of the developing blueprint of both underground and pop-rap established right here: the different but complimentary flows of Run and DMC, hard-hitting beats from Jay, mixing in a sprinkle of rock stylings and you get a rap album that was accessible for the masses and still had street cred. Fun stuff. And great to revisit; it’d been awhile.
Hip hip hop Hooray
Great album. Opening 4 tracks are fire as the kids say.
Great hip-hop album. Perfect combination of rock and hip-hop in a few songs. 8/10
4. Not my favourite but I can respect it. It's pretty good
There are some absolute classic songs on this album. In many ways this was one of the moments that paved the way for raps dominance. That said, this album has not aged well. Many of the songs that broke ground don't really sound that good anymore. Walk this way is still a bop. 4/5
Classic
iconic!
Deez ni gguhs mad!
Walk this way might be the best well known track, but Tricky is by far the best
Fantastic album. Lyrics are dated but it still holds up.
A refreshing change of genre. So good.
Not a bad hip-hop album. Learned it was one of the most influential hip-hop albums of all time. Never really listened to early hip-hop from this era. Overall, I liked a few songs and would recommend! Favorite Song(s): "It's Tricky", "Walk This Way", "Raising Hell", "You Be Illin'"
One of my old managers probably knows every word to this
“Raising Hell” may have done more than any other album to push hip hop into the mainstream. How much of that was the Aerosmith collaboration? Run-D.M.C. was mixing rock elements into their sound from the start, but it wasn’t until their third album here that they got the big breakthrough. Like with that self-titled debut, there are some terrific sounds, samples, beats, and melding of styles. But also like that debut, the flow of the rapping is what holds it back. The chanted style can work well in small amounts, but does get tiring over the long run.
They knocked it out of the park and revolutionized a genre at the same time. Historical 5. Personal 4. It’s a great album that deserves to be in the various lists of greatest albums of all-time.
Pretty fun actually. Didn’t hate it at all. 4 of 5
Rating: 7.5/10 Very good album overall. Really enjoyed the sample-based production (which was probably groundbreaking for 1986) and the interplay between the rappers. A lot of these songs are just really fun to listen to, don't think they're saying anything meaningful lyrically, sounds like they're just having fun. The album sounds outdated from the production to the rapping but it's still fun to listen to, I definitely understood why it was so influential to this time period. Favorite songs: Peter Piper, It's Tricky, Walk This Way, It Is Live, You Be Illin'. Worst Songs: Perfection, Hit It Run.
No time to review properly, just want the next album. Goes without saying; a classic.
I usually only give 4s to albums I'll listen to again. I don't particularly like this, but I cannot deny its cultural impact and the influence it had at the time of release, so there you go.
RUNS HOUSE
Ah such a good album, so many songs sampled throughout the years. Drums, beats are A+.
I remember this from around the time it came out. Not my thing, but electrifying at the time. Still a great listen!
-beatbox -influential on the future of rap and hip-hop -drum and cymbal beats -some of the beats seemed repetitive, but good -electric guitar -record scratching -humorous -political and historical -fun and raucous -over too soon
4/5 Damn dude that was enjoyable as hell Best track: Peter Piper
I love this era of hip hop where everything was so fresh and cool. A ton of fun from front to back.
Absolutely unreal first half and last track finishes it off on a high point. It's clear to see how this influences and leads the way However it should be remembered Steven Tyler should be in jail and for that reason it can't be 5 stars
Really enjoyed this. Couple of songs added to the playlist.
Dope
Classic old-school hip hop.
This was a blast from the past, there's a lot more sampling of other hit songs that I remembered when I listen to it a long time ago. Clearly influential, because some songs sound like other artists that came later.
You can tell they were having a blast recording this. Invented rap rock and still did it better than just about anyone who came after. I love the old school trading lines flow. Perfection is the only song that dragged for me. You can hear the 1,001 hip hop memes in this album, it's obvious why it's on the list.
old school hiphop with strong DJ elements and some rock influence
The self-titled kings of “Rap and Roll,” Run - D.M.C. is credited with pioneering new-school hip hop. An incredible album which brought diverse peoples together through their fusion of genres. By combining electric guitar riffs and rock drum kit rhythms with record scratching, sampling, and their funky fresh lyrics, Run - D.M.C. created a new sound which brought together lovers of rock, rap, and hip hop. They broke color barriers with Proud to be Black and Walk This Way with Aerosmith. Of note, there is something adorable about grown men rhyming in unison.
Disco clave en la historia del hip hop, 1er platino y multiplatino del genero ADELANTADISIMOS a la epoca que les tocaba, muchisimo uso de baterias electronicas y toda la parafernalia nueva de la epoca. mucha experimentacion y cede al DJ muchisimo protagonismo tiene temazos conocidos y muy conocidos 1er colaboracion rock - rap (el tema con aerosmith) me animaria a decir que es un antes y un despues
Buen disco de rap, entretenido y bastante clásico. Le pondría entre 3 y 4 en realidad pero no se puede Es increible lo mucho que evolucionó el rap desde entonces, aun siendo este uno de los discos mas importantes del género en la década de los 80's
Szex
Awesome
Funky and original
Classic hip-hop
Man this was cool to listen to. I have a weird perspective cause I got into rap like 2014 (to pimp a butterfly was my intro) so to hear an OG album like this was cool. It’s pretty wild they can do pretty much the same flow every song and it work. Loved a lot of these tracks. It was interesting to hear songs like perfection and dumb girl where it’s literally just like drums and vocals. Production wise, a lot of this still holds up!! Very pleasing to listen to as a whole
Classic
Essential Tracks: It’s Tricky (Playlist) Walk This Way
Pretty good for the era. Timeless
ez egy akkora szex szexes grooveok, agykapargatós cin 🤯
Banger album, hvertfall Aerosmith collaben 4.5
Very enjoyable. I don't listen to much rap but this is very good.
Why didn’t I know about this back in the day. Kicks ass top to bottom. Taking away one star for the inclusion of Stephen Tyler
Album 198 of 1001 Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell Rating : 4 / 5 Favorite Tracks : Walk This Way Good listen. Enjoyed much more than I expected. Considered a classic by many. I can see that.
what can i say, this is a classic. by today's standards, it's a bit antiquated and dated, but in my estimation, this is one of the foundational building blocks of rap. and although i am not a huge fan of rick rubin's production in general, it is undeniable how dynamic his early rap productions were. these songs are bombastic and in your face, and that makes for a really fun listen.
👍🏼
A forgotten classic! Lot's of good songs. Probably good to listen to with Riker at some point relatively soon (explicit lyrics only in the last few songs).
cool, but too abrasive for my mood most of the time
This is a hip hop classic for sure. I'm a big fan of the genre and I think it has evolved in a lot of ways since the early to mid 80s when it was in its infancy. I tend to agree with the conventional hip hop enthusiast's position that the 90s was the golden age, but there is some great stuff from this period and certainly from the recent past and present. The slow jam style of rapping that this early dynamic duo engages in on some of the tracks definitely feels a little rickety and unsophisticated at times, but there are some total bangers here and some other very good tracks that make this album essential listening for anyone that really appreciates hip hop. Not quite Illmatic or The Chronic, but very very good nonetheless.
The classic offering from Run D.M.C., including the important Walk This Way track with Aerosmith, which really bridged the gap between rap and rock and roll. Brought a lot of new fans to them, myself included. It's Tricky, though, is probably the highlight of the album.
Great Group Dynamic with so many classic songs. Ver instrumental rap
Beaucoup aimé cet album, le deuxième de Run-DMC que j'écoute. Leur son qui tire vers le pop-rock me plaît, leurs textes sont souvent brillants – quoique des paroles misogynes s'y glissent, comme dans pratiquement tous les albums hip-hop de l'époque...
Banging old school classic - holds up awesomely.
Amazing, knew a lot of songs already.
Funky rap. Good but not my usual music
this album was so fresh! the second run d.m.c. album i've heard, and their focus shifted from just hip hop and rap to, well, hip hop and rap but also with rock thrown into the mix! it was indeed a welcome and fun change of pace. their version of "walk this way" is iconic! the original song is good as it is, but run d.m.c.'s rapid, back and forth rapping compliments aerosmith's song so well. the sampling of "my sharona" subtly in the background of "it's tricky" was unexpected but exciting. and the periodic guitar riff in the background of the title song! damn, that was an excellent touch of the rock genre and showcases that rock and rap blend. finally, raising hell made me realize those beastie boys and run d.m.c. both dabbled in the sampling, hip hop, rock area in the mid-eighties. never quite made that connection before.
Even better than their debut! At this point, Run-D.M.C. has settled into their sound and know exactly what they're doing. The energy is HIGH on this album, and it is simply put, just really fun. Yes, it's a little cheesy, but that's okay. No it doesn't sound brand new, but it still sounds surprisingly fresh to me, all things considered. Where their debut album began the change of course for hip hop and hip hop infused music, this album was the mic drop on that movement. I think this rates a high 3 for me, so it's getting rounded up. Definitely an album that has earned its accolades, regardless of how you feel about the music or the genre.
groovy sound!
It’s McDaniels, not McDonalds These rhymes are Darryl’s, those burgers are RONALDS
Iconic.
Classic tunes
This took me right back to 1986, but I had never listened to the entire album until today.
Sure, it sounds a little dated, but this is one record that doesn't need to justify itself. The trade-off rhyme style is crazy fun, the energy is hype, and it's part of the reason that rap is so huge today. Favorite tracks: "It's Tricky", "Walk This Way", "Dumb Girl"
😈
Undoubtedly a great album that, unfortunately, sounds a bit outdated today. I guess it will survive being played worldwide for its historical importance, but I also think many hip-hop albums influenced by them surpassed its songs in quality. The curse of pioneers, I guess.
Find RUN DMC a bit overrated overall, their flow isn't great. However it's powerful music and the album is so good and absolutely rammed.
A huge improvement over their debut album, with beats never feeling empty between lines, and the flow between the two is also much improved. My only issues is that sometimes you can tell they found a soundbite they lacked and spammed that shit, and the fact that some lines are still ridiculously cheesy and outdated, although that does add to the charm in a weird way. Anyway, very enjoyable, so many hits here that are all deserving of such, and it feels like a soundtrack to a skating game from the PlayStation 1. Although, it is incredibly funny to me that they didn't actually want to collab with Aerosmith, and it was kind of forced on them. See? Even people profitting off Aerosmith don't like them.
classic record with many great songs!!!! its 4.5 imo
One complaint is the vocals just sound very distant, especially for a lyric driven rap album. Sounds like they were recording across the room from the mic at times Simple and sparse beats work well with the overlapping lyrics, big time hits spread throughout
Probably the first truly great rap album a bit front loaded but really good
4 Run-D.M.C. has some great tunes, but I didn’t realize they were all on the same album - and man, what a solid album. Right out of the gate, Peter Piper comes in swinging with a great showcase of the duo’s spark and synergy, but the true punch of the album follows with the trio of It’s Tricky, My Adidas, and Walk This Way. I’m not sure now it’s possible to dislike these songs, though I will admit It’s Tricky and My Adidas in particular hold a special place in my heart due to appearances in SSX Tricky and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4, respectively. And Walk This Way? Come on, these guys make Aerosmith bearable, which is an achievement in and on its own. There’s a slight lull in the middle of the album with Is It Live and Perfection (though there’s something really cool to me about the boys rapping solely against a drum kit in the latter), but holy cow this album brings the heat again with Raising Hell (pun intended). As someone who had never heard the track before, I think it may have become my new favorite by the group. What the hell was their label on when they issued You Be Illin’ as a single over this? Not that there’s anything wrong with You Be Illin’ - it’s funny and I appreciated it topically just being about people playing themselves - but Raising Hell it’s miles ahead in every way. The album hits a low point with Dumb Girl, which is what I would consider far and away the worst song on the album, but finishes strong with Son of Byford, a song aware of the length of its charm (28 seconds), leading into the profound anthem Proud to Be Black. As a white dude, I’m aware this can’t probably resonate with me exactly the same as it would a person of color, but the song is such an effective reflection and celebration of black history that I think it can (and should) be enjoyed by anyone. Across the board, the production on this album is insane (shoutout to Rick Rubin), and I loved how just about every track seemed to be set against some form of live instrumentation. Admittedly, I don’t feel like it was particularly strong lyrically, especially for a hip hip album (I thought it was kind of funny they liked the lyric “These rhymes are Darryl's/The burgers are Ronald's” so much they used it on two different songs), but there’s no denying how insane the the flow and beats are, making this an overall very enjoyable listen. There are a couple misses that made me consider a 3.5, but I really don’t think the magnitude of the great tracks here can be understated, let alone the album’s impact on all hip hop music to come. I know we’re not grading on influence here, so I won’t take that into account, but if I were to do so I could very much see this being a 5.
You be Illin - best song on album
Overall a surprising nice album. It's early hip-hop and I liked it. I didn't know that tricky was on here. I liked how they incorporated the electric guitars. Walk This Way cover was fun good album overall
Far far better than the debut Run-D.M.C. album I got previously. A full realization of their sound that has 3 of the most famous hip hop songs of all time on it. 4/5
Run-D.M.C. is one of those formative hip-hop groups that I have heard of, but have never directly made a point to listen to. Peter Piper has a solid lo-fi beat. Digging the bells during the interlude, and the scratching. Interesting nursery rhyme interpolation to fit the theme. Its Tricky -- had no idea that this was Run-D.M.C.. Classic hip-hop song; solid energy that has that 80s rap cheese factor. Is It Live has some GoGo like vibes to it with the drums. Very fun. Raising Hell is a jam -- feels a lot like No Sleep Til Brooklyn with the guitar heavy beat. Lost focus through the last few songs, but they sounded okay.
Probably the first great hip-hop record, it's hard to hear as groundbreaking in a world shaped by what this crew put together. Spotify has a deluxe version that included some flow without instrumentation and I loved those bonus tracks
Loved this one. There’s so much classic hip-hop I’ve never heard
i really liked the first song
Nice
Lean and crisp and full-on legit. First few cuts make this a classic in the genre.
Great
What a cracking album. I loved it. It's Tricky reminds me of getting to know James. I think he introduced it to me and I listened to it so much and I still know all the words. It's a really fun album and balanced mix of more trivial songs and those that haveore depth
-this feels so much like beastie boys but. better -like. DAMN -TRICKKYYYY -HAD NO IDEA IT WAS BY THEM!!!!!! -favorites:it’s tricky, -walk this way is sick as hell -love a good screamy sing in a song -
classic that brings back great memories.
Really good. It’s Tricky and the Walk This Way remix are both incredible songs. I like all the rock they incorporated into their beats. 8/10
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Peter piper, It’s tricky, Walk this way, Proud to be black
So good!
Another fun album, like Beastie Boys in that sense. Hard to know how many songs I recognised compared to how many samples. Good album though, enjoyed it. Proper 80s. Not sure how fast Id be returning to this but enjoyed it nonetheless
Most of the beats sound like default settings on a casio keyboard and the lyrics are largely corny but the flow is decent and they are lovely lads who don't do drugs and respect women, so that's got to be worth a star or two. Plus tricky is class and walk this way is probably good but I've heard it too many times on kerrang in my youth to be sure anymore.
I guess I lied earlier when I said I didn’t listen to rap before 2004 because I played a lot of SSX Tricky back in the day so I’ve got some nostalgia swirling around this one. This album is just a lot of fun, the chemistry between all group members shines immediately and I really like the beats on here. Sure some of the bars would look super corny on paper today, but they’re delivered with such charisma it just feels like everyone had a good time making this. The transition from my adidas to walk this way is super clean. The beatboxing on hit it run is absolutely ridiculous in headphones it feels like I’m getting spit in my ear. Cover Art: 8/10 I’m a sucker for some cool colors
Was one of the first rap album I have listened when I was a teenager. Still enjoying listening it.
this is what I've been waiting for - an album worth listening to. Yes this was good.
A classic of the genre. Really did a lot to get me into Aerosmith.
3.5
It's insane this is just 6 years before the chronic, this sounds way older and simpler. However, this album is just fun. The rhymes are fun, full of tongue twisters and jokes. The rhymes are kind of simple but good. I just generally enjoyed the whole thing as a feel good piece. Shout out to SSX tricky for introducing me to the best track of the album at age 10!
I can't even guess who the target audience of this is
This is lots of fun and if has Walk this Way and best song It's Tricky on it.
it survives the test of time
this was party!
It's tricky to rock a rhyme that's right on time...
Aw great stuff. I really like this album and miss the days when rap was slow enough so that I could understand what they were saying
4.5 Classic. This was so fresh and original when it came out. Still holds up today. Classic sounds!
I respect this album for what it is. Which is what the 4 is for. The first half I really enjoyed. After the second half it just was not great for my ears. Dumb girl isn’t ideal. They maybe could’ve gone a different direction with that one. This would not be an album I would bring to a deserted island with me.
Honestly, a jam. It's Tricky and Walk This Way are instant classics. The bassline on "You Be Illin" is fuckin sick. Very nice of them to name their 10th song after Evelyn. Mad Respect. 4 stars.
Good album but generally not my style.
love the energy at the beginning of the album but the ending is so bleh all their hits are here
I didn’t know that I knew half the songs on this album. What an 80s trailblazer
The beginning is fun, lots of bangers. It gets a bit bland and boring in the middle but ultimately comes back around towards the end.
Just feels like two guys messing around and making goofy tracks and I love that. The humor is on point throughout and the beats and bars are awesome too. Loved it on first listen and hoping it grows on me even more! 8/10
This is a second Run-D.M.C. album I’ve got through this challenge. The only song I heard before was “It’s Tricky”. A very repetitive album, but with good sounds. Saved tracks: It’s Tricky, Is It Live, Raising Hell, You Be Illin’
Uhhh, I very much like it😎
Excellent combo between the two rappers. Love the interplay.
NOW YOU’RE TALKING! Awesome album! Love a bit of Run D.M.C! Excellent, excellent hip hop! Truly excellent. Lyrically impressive, the beats are brilliant and the scratching is awesome! Loves it I does!
Landmark album, and this album is a big one! This record had a huge influence and really paved the way for Hip Hop to the mainstream. It had a couple hit songs that are great but half of the record is a bit lackluster. The songs have huge energy and always make me smile! Key tracks: Peter Piper, It's Tricky, My Adidas, Walk This Way, Hit It Run, Raising Hell, You Be Illin', Dumb Girl 7 out of 10
Fun! Repetitive in one listen, but still a good time.
Great album
Highlight: It's Tricky PS. Chains is in a pickle! (Is that a Payday 2 reference?)
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Catchy beats, ill rhymes, this is a lot of fun. Implementing the electric guitar was a great idea and pulled off well. Lyrics are whimsical at times and poignant at others and nearly every song is quite catchy. A couple duds, but overall quite an album. Standouts are "It's Tricky" and "My Adidas."
Totally forgot about this album. Pretty nice.
A different sound that has good flow
Its tricky
Essential hip hop/rap Album starts strong with some amazing songs but fades to mediocre towards the end. The rap seems quite simple and basic in comparison to modern rap. Drum tracks are super tight and quintessential hip hop Lyrics wise it really shows its age on some songs
Famosa: Walk This Way (feat. Aerosmith) Le daré un 4, aunque son un poco pesados.
still has a rawness and naivety to it. 4.
Yea, the delivery can be a bit repetitive throughout a full album but they’re clever and this is fun. There is some good variety with the beats to keep things fresh. I liked this a lot 4 stars
They did the rock rap thing first and best. Fun record.
Kind of repetitive but cool, I like the guitar vibe on a rap record. I think it’s actually Rick Rubin playing guitar on the title track. Raisin hell and you be illin are my favs. 3.7
I love the percussion on this album. I love You Be Illin'. 4
Is it blasphemous to say that the inclusion of Steven Tyler is detrimental to "Walk This Way"? It is clear that it was recorded about a decade past Tyler's peak. Regardless, this is a fun album, full of wall-to-wall bops. There are moments of cheesiness that I would make fun of modern rappers for releasing, like the fairy tale allusions in "Peter Piper" and the Adidas namedropping on "My Adidas," but it's also nice when an artist isn't afraid to be cheesy. It's a fine line to walk. The album does get a little repetitive, and it's hard to distinguish between what feels derivative just because everyone else has copied it and what has genuinely aged poorly. However, it's still a great album. Standout tracks: It's Tricky, Hit It Run
This album is very important to the history of hip hop and as such it is an essential listen. It comes during the New School period and heralds the golden age of hip hop in the late 80s and early 90s. The biggest drawback is how dated it sounds. Nevertheless, the style is explosive, almost combative and unafraid to mix with rock.
A couple of duds but overall this record slaps.
Classic record. Defines the late 80s hip hop era in terms of production and rap flow. Very straight, breaks and hooks. Love the lyrical content and delivery. The energy is undeniable. Couple of hits towards the start of the record but loses me for the most part after track 5. Can hear Ric Rubin’s production influence. Minimal FX processing. Samples and drum machine. ‘It’s Tricky’ Classic. Love the My Sharona sample. Can hear the AMS reverb all over this record. ‘Walk This Way’ Epic rap rock crossover. Groundbreaking for the time. Another Rubin influence. ‘Is It Live’ Flex track. Great beat. ‘You Be Illin’ I like this one. Interesting, the pop culture references. Adidas, Kentucky Fried, Big Mac…
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Real good songs Nice rhythm and drums
A pretty awesome rap album with a little bit of rock. There are some great classics on this album like it’s tricky. I feel like rap like this was very unique to the decade but can’t be replicated anymore. Run dmc are one of the best rap duos and this album is at the top. 7.8/10
A super influential and important album for hip hop as a musical genre and culture, but from 2022, the beats feel a bit empty, lacking melody and bass, focused solemnly on percussion and drum samples, and vocals. The rapping however is confident and powerful.
I’m pretty picky about rap and hip hop but Run-DMC is one of a handful I do actually like.
First time hearing it. Definitely a great album. It's crazy how much it got referenced and sampled since. It's mind blowing how culturally important this album is. It shaped so much of the popular music that came after it. I found it very entertaining. I had a smile on my face the whole time. It has a lot of attitude. I had already heard "Tricky" before and I like it. But some of the other songs I also enjoyed are "Walk This Way", "You Be Illin" and the drums on "Perfection".
Classic with some memorable songs!
I have this album in my collection, thanks Columbia house for this one. The fact that they teamed up with Aerosmith, one of my favorite band, helped me got into rap music.
5-star beginning + 3-star finish = 4 stars
geile tracks, ein paar absolute banger zu wenig für eine 5
Raising Hell is my favourite Run DMC album. It's something I appreciate much more than I did at the time. Tricky and My Adidas still hold up well for me, as does, obviously, Walk This Way.
I have a lot more appreciation for this album than I did in the time it was released. Walk This way was fun for me, but I had no idea Run DMC would end up affecting one of my favourite games to play SSX Tricky. Loved making that track play in the game. Great song too. Most of these I don't know though and they are early and genre setting in a way... My Adidas is timely, right Kanye? 3.5 stars but saying 4.
Classic hip-hop.
A classic that I feel holds up but I’m looking at it from the perspective of discovery as it was release so there is a positive memory bias.
It’s an amazing rap album (even with the Aerosmith cover (who I really don’t like)). Every song is on point and flows perfectly into each other he just needs to learn how Adidas is pronounced. It’s honestly brilliant though pretty much every track of it high 4/5.
Classic old school hip-hop. These boys were pointing the way to the future even though it may sound a tad dated now production wise, the tracks are just as strong as they were originally. Best Tracks: It's Tricky; My Adidas; Walk This Way (feat. Aerosmith)
What an album. Loved it.
Pretty damn primitive by today’s standards for hip-hop- in some ways, it’s really closer to rock than rap, and I don’t even mean just “Walk This Way”- but it also feels like a refinement of the first wave of rap. Like a peak of the classic style, a sign that it was time to let the music grow. Full of bangers that I think would still get people hyped today, even if it’s firmly a product of its time. A-
Yoo this is fresh and tricky
It definitely deserves to be here due to its influential style of rapping vocals and combining it with some great riffs on those who ruled the scene in the 90s. As an album itself, enjoyed half of it a lot while the rest was ok.
This album's a blast, very funny, a lyrical treasure. The drum machine + rock song doesn't always sound great, tho.
Didn't realize this album had SO many bangers, especially in a row. Very cool and interesting production as well.
Raising Hell is the third album by the American hip hop group Run-DMC. It was the first platinum and multi-platinum hip hop record - being certified platinum in 1986 and triple platinum in 1987 - and ushered in the golden age of hip hop. The most famous single from this album is the collaboration with Aerosmith "Walk This Way", which was the first rap rock song and brought hip hop into the mainstream when the single charted in the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100. One can argue that this album was the first great rap album, and made everyone in the music industry take hip hop seriously. I enjoyed listening to a few of these Run-DMC songs for the first time, and learned that their more popular songs were actually on this "first great rap album". This is your father's hip hop - and that's not a bad thing!
It's really cool getting to see the albums that helped rap transition from what it was in its early days to what it had become by the time I started hearing it. Run DMC seems to be one of the axes around which rap history turned. This album feels more mature than the last Run DMC album I got on this list (I think their debut album). A lot of that comes from advances in the music production side, as their lyrical style was mature pretty early on. Rick Rubin produced a lot of albums that I really like, and this is no exception. It's easy to see why this album was the first hip-hop album to break through to the mainstream. It's tough to overstate the influence of Run DMC on hip-hop, and this album is the clearest proof of that. The suburbs had to find out about hip-hop at some point, and we can be grateful that it was Run DMC that made that introduction 4/5
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Otro disco bueno de cuando el Hip hop/Rap empezó a hacerse mainstream y llegó a oídos de los blanquitos. Peter Piper, It's tricky y por supuesto la mezcla valiente de Walk this way.
8/10
7/10
Good gym bangers
Break beats are great. Love the flow
Enjoyed it. A bit too old school for my regular listening playlist, but good beats and rhymes.
Buenas canciones. un estilo muy marcado. 7/10
Didn't know I knew most of the songs from here. Pretty good album for a hip-hop thing
ALBUM GRADE: B ALBUM RATING: 3.87 TRACK RATINGS: 1. Peter Piper - 4.0 2. It's Tricky - 4.0 3. My Adidas - 4.0 4. Walk This Way - 4.0 5. Is It Live - 4.0 6. Perfection - 3.5 7. Hit It Run - 4.0 8. Raising Hell - 4.0 9. You Be Illin' - 3.5 10. Dumb Girl - 3.5 11. Son of Byford - 3.0 12. Proud to Be Black - 4.0
Fun classic hip hop. Has strong Beastie Boys vibe with regards to instrumentation and rapping style. Hints of the rock/rap collaborations that would take place in the future weee evident on this album.
Ooooold skool! The album starts very strongly but does run out of energy on some of the latter tracks, but it definitely set the foundation for much that followed, and OF COURSE it broke down barriers and that's a great thing. 3: for the music 5 for the barrier breaking = 4 stars
Classic
This is a great album. An absolute classic. "It's Tricky" and "Walk This Way" are amazing songs. "Walk This Way" might be the best cover song/collaboration song of all time. Not all the tracks are classics, but every one of them is worth hearing.
I don't really need to hear "Walk this Way" ever again, but it's a solid album.
This is some of the funkiest shit I've ever listened to, very very good, can't stop moving my head to the beat, and the rhymes are great
Good fun
dope
1 point off for a lack of variety but still great.
Come one, come all. It's time to learn the story of Rick Rubin. Rubin started making music in the early 1980's primarily in the punk scene. During this time he started Def Jam, which would go on to be a force within the music industry. But for now, it's a means to get his own stuff out there. His punk band had broken up by 1984, but he had already found a new love: hip hop. Rubin had learned hip hop production techniques and started working with other guys in the east-coast scene. I cannot stress enough how excellent of a producer Rick Rubin is. He's mastered simplicity and knows how to wield dynamic range for harder-hitting moments (save for his atrocities in the loudness war). So, in 1986, he'd be credited for his standout production work on on Run-D.M.C.'s album Raising Hell, their best yet. He was also a producer on Slayer's Reign In Blood that same year. I'm sure I'll get to talk about that album later though. For now, I will say that Rubin's hard-hitting production on Raising Hell has given Run-DMC the edge they needed to stand out. They were already fantastic rappers to begin with, I just think this album cements their hardcore style thanks to big, booming drums and complimentary sample hits on the first beat. Some things on this album don't work nearly as well, such as uncomfortable beatboxing on Hit It Run or the overly-long collaborative remix of Aerosmith's Walk This Way. Other songs easily make up for this though, as It's Tricky, My Adidas, and Raising Hell all earned their spot in the pages of hip hop history. Classic.
Just legendary. You can hear the samples used decades later. For me this is 5th and 6th grade in Dallas. I remember I had a friend named Skip who would back flip off anything. We would hang out at his house and rap and hip hop were always on. We would sit around and listen to this. LL cool j and beastie boys.
I think this album is why (subliminally) I love adidas.
“It’s Tricky!”
Not a go to listen to any day, but instrumental in hip hop and a great sound.
I have an interest in early rap, so it was a treat to hear an older classic in the genre. It hasn’t aged 100% well in terms of lyric but it has charm and a few hits on it
Not my fave style of hip-hop, but the immense influence on the genre is undeniable
Some great tracks on here. Reminds me of growing up with my older brothers. Was headed for a 5, but there were a few later songs that were like munching a driller’s bit.
Hell yea!
First four are awesome. Lost a little steam in the late middle, but pretty enjoyable and ends strong. One track #10 is real bad. Clever rhymes, plenty willingness to write about more than “how special I am” in contrast to many of the most successful rappers.
Groundbreaking with rap & rock.
Great!
Finalmente um disco de hip hop que funcinou para mim. Até porque tem a pegada mais de rock, inclusive com a participação de Aerosmish.
8/10. They say you can't imitate DMC the great, but the Beastie Boys definitely did.
Hot fire, one of the first mainstream rap albums and it's full of bangers
legends of hip hop, impeccable rapping, but musically very spare... i think i prefer a little more texture in the music
Rollicking, high-impact and true-sounding. Hard to resist the purity of the rhyming and the hooks and beats, which start big and keep getting bigger. One certainly wishes for less Aerosmith in the world generally and rap-rock is long since played-out, but the cover of “WTW” is pretty great fun, though borderline novelty and just barely makes the top 5 songs on the record. Considering all that’s happened in hip-hop in the 35 years (including the baleful emphasis on violence and the virulent sexism), this can seem quaint at times, but it holds up awfully well and remains a stone-cold classic for a reason, the definition of old-school hip-hop.
je me ferais pas l’album tous les jours mais vazi cest sympa
That's the way it is.
to rock a rhyme
Bit cheesy but good fun!
Obviously the rhymes are dated, but even for being almost 40 years old some of the bars are still pretty great. Classic use of actual instruments for the beat in Perfection. With Raising Hell and obv Walk This Way there's the obvious crossover between rock and rap--I guess trying to see where emerging hip hop could go.
now here is a classic hip hop album I've been waiting for. And we got the two songs I know with Tricky and Walk This Way. I used to watch Runs house with Stevie and Bryan back in the day and been a fan of them since. Very classic album and glad it's on this list.
Pretty fun, great old school hip hop. Love the Aerosmith collab (better together ;) ). Faves: Peter Piper, It's Tricky, Walk This Way, You Be Illin'
It’s tricky and walk this way are both awesome but I did get a little tired of the signature run dmc flow that emphasizes the last word in a bar after a while. Also enjoyed the title track
Some pretty popular songs on the album but I was never quite the fan of early rap though I can certainly appreciate this. 7/10
Un grand classique du Hip Hop. Probablement le plus grand succès du groupe grâce à Walk This Way. Une petite révolution à cette époque. La touche Rick Rubin est aussi évidente puisqu’on est dans les mêmes sonorités que l’album Licensed To Hill des Beastie Boys paru la même année.
Really liked the album but got a bit repetitive at times. Def some absolute bangers on there tho. RDMC’s style is very fun and distinctive.
i should re-listen to this. I remember thinking. OH. this is where that's from several times. so let's say that's 4 stars.
I would love to mentally time travel and hear this sound with fresh ears. The production is perfection but inevitably sounds dated. To hear it in 1986 when this was the hardest, freshest sound would have been awesome. This still hits hard though. These drums are so tight, so crisp. And the shouted style of the rapping matches the intensity of the music (and vice versa). The use of guitar throughout is killer, especially on the title track. Rap and rock are fused beautifully (gotta love some Rick Rubin production) and “Walk This Way” is an inspired song to remix (cover?). Steven Tyler sounds insane here too. Great that they brought him in on the fun.
I had a writeup that accidentally got deleted so i'm summarizing: It's a really dope album that is definitely deserving of a spot on this list. Production is incredibly tight and the added layers of instrumentation are impressive, quirky, and really elevates the overall album.
It’s tricky. No it isn’t. It’s fabulous
Listened to on 3/22/22 4/5 Favorite song: It’s Tricky, Walk this Way Hip hop is not my cup of tea but there were too many classics on this album to not give it at least a 4 - hidden gems but definitely still gems
This album had three really famous songs from Run DMC and was a decent listen all the way through. It’ll get a 4 based on the merit of those songs and the overall listenability of the album, but not a 5 since I didn’t LOVE anything.
A beaut!
Decent
Wow this is excellent and good thank you for this. Still think that their Walk This Way cover is kinda weird. Front half has all the hits, but back half of the album might be better?
One of my favorite albums from when I was a kid.
love it
Scheisse habs vergessen
Some brilliant tracks - It's Tricky, Walk this Way, You Be Illin'. A fun listen
Not really my genre
This has been my favorite hip-hop album so far, and it's not even close to the second. Some classic tracks, and no tracks that made me want to turn it off like most of the other hip-hop or rap albums that I've gotten so far.
Full of bangers. This album has got to be one of the most accessible hip hop albums of all time. Great stuff.
Definitely loved the first five tracks. I was hypnotized by the guitars, lyrics, and the beat. After the song wit Aerosmith, it started to sound a little bit repetitive. Overall, I would say that this is a great gateway between rock and rap. Will listen to these songs I the future, for sure
Day 2
Loved it. Very fun.
It’s not wonder these guys are considered all-time greats. The record sounds dated but that works as both a positive and deterrent. I personally love it!
Provavelmente já escutei em alguma trilha sonora de algum filme. Não é meu estilo preferido, mas não é ruim.
This was great!
Pretty good! Very glad I listened to it. A bit too energetic to really wanna listen to all at once, but it's got some great songs.
very refreshing, can't remember much about it anymore but a few bangers
Hell raising and trail blazing. Sounds a little dated, but rock solid.
This is very Fun-D.M.C. Massive beats, catchy, and the first rock/rap crossovers. Easy to see why this is considered the first classic hip-hop album and how it brought the genre to a new audience. 4/5.
Nice but not my style.
The album cover is very 80's, the colors, typography, and layout. Of course I know (and love) the Walk This Way track, but not really anything else on the album, at least that I know of. I'm surprised there is only one song marked explicit. Let's listen... Starts out with Peter Piper which strikes me as to black men yelling cheerfulness. I've definitely heard the second song, It's tricky, which is also pretty fun. The album is certainly not without social commentary, but overall it is more upbeat than I was expecting. Each song is individually interesting, lots of the lyrics are clever, and the way the voices interweave creates a distinct rhythmic cadence that keeps the whole album driving forward. This is good. I wish I had listened more in the day. OK I just went and looked up the It's Tricky video and I'm glad I did.
Really love the mixed between rap and rocks here,solid stuff
Sixteen year old me loved this cassette to the point of wearing it out. Then I never listened to it again. Between this and "License To Ill", I might have just OD'd on the genre. So this was an interesting revisit. The "Walk This Way" mash-up/re-make/cover remains essential. In fact, the beats overall hold up incredibly well. It's the misogynist lyrics that have become cringe worthy. But it's still quite a blast to listen to again. My flawed memory suggested "Mary Mary" was on this album, so I was a little sad to discover it was on their follow up album. I have a sneaky suspicion that "Raising Hell" holds up better than "License To Ill".
Brilliant. So many good tracks. Great energy
Pretty good! Very glad I listened to it. A bit too energetic to really wanna listen to all at once, but it's got some great songs.
Surprisingly fun. I wasn't aware I would be big as big of a fan of 80's rap. Songs all sound very similar but they were were enjoyable. 3.5/5