Run DMC - Raising Hell (SuperVinyl)
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Run-DMC [click here to see more vinyl featuring Run DMC]:
Daryl McDaniels, Jason Mizell, Joseph Simmons
All instruments except Keyboards And Percussion – Run-DMC
Keyboards, Percussion – Jason Mizell
1 LP, standard sleeve
Limited numbered edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g SuperVinyl
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : MOFI
Original Label : Profile Records
Recorded 1985-1986 at Chung King House Of Metal, Shakedown Sound, Sound Track Recording & Magic Ventures
Engineered & mixed by Andy Wallace, Jay Burnett, Peter Millius, Steve Ett
Produced by Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons
Originally released in 1986
Reissued in 2023
Tracks:
Side A :
- Peter Piper
- It's Tricky
- My Adidas
- Walk This Way
- Is It Live
- Perfection
Side B :
- Hit It Run
- Raising Hell
- You Be Illin'
- Dumb Girl
- Son Of Byford
- Proud To Be Black
Awards :
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Ranked 209
Best Rap Album at the 1987 Soul Train Music Awards
In 2018, it was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant"
1000 Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die - Ranked 579
Reviews :
“By their third album, Run-D.M.C. were primed for a breakthrough into the mainstream, but nobody was prepared for a blockbuster on the level of Raising Hell. Run-D.M.C. and King of Rock had established the crew's fusion of hip-hop and hard rock, but that sound didn't blossom until Raising Hell, partially due to the presence of Rick Rubin as producer. Rubin loved metal and rap in equal measures and he knew how to play to the strengths of both, while slipping in commercial concessions that seemed sly even when they borrowed from songs as familiar as "My Sharona" (heard on "It's Tricky"). Along with longtime Run-D.M.C. producer Russell Simmons, Rubin blew down the doors of what hip-hop could do with Raising Hell because it reached beyond rap-rock and found all sorts of sounds outside of it. Sonically, there is simply more going on in this album than any previous rap record -- more hooks, more drum loops (courtesy of ace drum programmer Sam Sever), more scratching, more riffs, more of everything. Where other rap records, including Run-D.M.C.'s, were all about the rhythm, this is layered with sounds and ideas, giving the music a tangible flow. But the brilliance of this record is that even with this increased musical depth, it still rocks as hard as hell, and in a manner that brought in a new audience. Of course, the cover of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way," complete with that band's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, helped matters considerably, since it gave an audience unfamiliar with rap an entry point, but if it were just a novelty record, a one-shot fusion of rap and rock, Raising Hell would never have sold three million copies. No, the music was fully realized and thoroughly invigorating, rocking harder and better than any of its rock or rap peers in 1986, and years later, that sense of excitement is still palpable on this towering success story for rap in general and Run-D.M.C. in specific.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,39 / 5