ARTIST: Run-D.M.C.
TITLE: Run-D.M.C.
LABEL: Arista / Profile
GENRE: Rap
BITRATE: 220kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 57min total
RELEASE DATE: 2005-09-06
RIP DATE: 2005-09-13

Track List

01. Hard Times                      3:52
02. Rock Box                        5:30
03. Jam-Master Jay                  3:11
04. Hollis Crew (Krush-Groove 2)    3:12
05. Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1)  3:09
06. It's Like That                  4:50
07. Wake Up                         5:31
08. 30 Days                         5:47
09. Jay's Game                      4:25
10. Rock Box (B-Boy Mix)            5:52
11. Here We Go (Live At The         4:06
Funhouse)
12. Sucker M.C.'s (Live)            3:25
13. Russell & Larry Running At The  4:37
Mouth / Jay's Game

Release Notes:

Years after the release of Run-D.M.C.'s eponymous 1984 debut, the group
generally was acknowledged to be hip-hop's Beatles -- a sentiment that makes a
lot of sense, even if Run-D.M.C. isn't quite the equivalent of a rap Please
Please Me. Run-D.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 Run-D.M.C. also were a melodic, accessible group,
bringing in elements from all different strands of popular music. No,
Run-D.M.C.'s expanded their music by making it tough and spare, primarily by
adapting the sound and attitude of hard rock to hip-hop. Prior to this, rap felt
like a block party -- the beats were funky and elastic, all about the groove.
Run-D.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, Run-D.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 Run-D.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.

This new edition of the remastered 1984 debut album contains previously
unreleased
bonus tracks (i.e. tracks 10-13).

R.I.P Jason Mizell aka "Jam Master Jay"