Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
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- Hard TimesDownload & Buy
- Rock BoxDownload & Buy
- Jam-Master JayDownload & Buy
- Hollis Crew (Krush-Groove 2)Download & Buy
- Sucker M.C.'s Krush-Groove 1)Download & Buy
- It's Like ThatDownload & Buy
- Wake UpDownload & Buy
- 30 DaysDownload & Buy
- Jay's GameDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Run-D.M.C.
- Release Date:
- 06/01/1999
- Label:
- Arista
- UPC:
- 078221640626
User Reviews: Run-D.M.C.
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Run-DMC (1st LP)
, November 18, 2001Reviewer: penpaper - See all penpaper's reviewsThis is the album that paved the way for rap to be heard from coast to coast, the radio, in homes all over the U.S., not just in NYC. The album is loaded with rap classics. "Rock Box" was the first rap video to be aired on MTV. "It's like that" and "Sucker MC's" introduced a whole new style thats often been imitated, but never duplicated. In a word this album was "raw". It was also the first rap album to achieve gold status.To sell 500,000 copies of a rap album in 1984 is probally the equivilent to selling 20 million or more today. There are just not enough words to describe the effect that Run-DMC the album and the group has had on the rap music industry. As Run says in Crown Royal, "I'm the reason you started ryming, I'm the reason rap sales started climbing, thats why I'm still headlining.......I'm a living legend, my suggestion, you learn your lesson, I'll leave you stressing, confessing the defest Revernd for blessing, and whatever your impression it better be, that we the top pedigree, bring y'all energy since 83. I run this here since way back, I'll pick up a pair of shells and make y'all wear them again.....LL you may be like that, but there's only one G.O.A.T (Greatest of all time) and my son it ain't you, it's the Kings from Queens Run DMC. ...
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Pro Reviews: Run-D.M.C.
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Years after the release of RunD.M.C.'s eponymous 1984 debut, the group generally was acknowledged to be hiphop's Beatles a sentiment that makes a lot of sense, even if RunD.M.C. isn't quite the equivalent of a rap Please Please Me. RunD.M.C. were the Beatles of rap because they signaled a cultural and musical change for the music, ushering it into its accepted form; neither group originated the music, but they gave it the shape known today. But, no matter how true and useful the comparison is, it is also a little misleading, because it implies that RunD.M.C. also were a melodic, accessible group, bringing in elements from all different strands of popular music. No, RunD.M.C.'s expanded their music by making it tough and spare, primarily by adapting the sound and attitude of hard rock to hiphop. Prior to this, rap felt like a block party the beats were funky and elastic, all about the groove. RunD.M.C. hit hard. The production is tough and minimal, built on relentless drum machines and Jam Master Jay's furious scratching, mixing in a guitar riff or a keyboard hit on occasion. It is brutal urban music, and Run and D.M.C.'s forceful, muscular rhymes match the music. Where other MCs sounded cheerful, Run and D.M.C. prowl and taunt the listener, sounding as if they were a street gang. And while much of the record is devoted to braggadocio, boasting, and block parties, RunD.M.C. also addressed grittier realities of urban life, giving this record both context and thematic weight. All of this the music, the attitude, the words, the themes marked a turning point for rap, and it's impossible to calculate RunD.M.C.'s influence on all that came afterward. Years later, some of the production may sound a bit of its time, but the music itself does not because music this powerful and original always retains its impact and force as music. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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Run-D.M.C. Biography
More than any other hip-hop group, Run-D.M.C. are responsible for the sound and style of the music. As the first hardcore rap outfit, the trio set the sound and style for the next decade of rap. With their spare beats and excursions into heavy metal ...Full Run-D.M.C. Biography
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