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Raising Hell was voted fifth best album of 1986 in the Pazz & Jop poll of American critics nationwide, published by The Village Voice. [22] Robert Christgau, the poll's creator, wrote in a contemporary review: "Without benefit of a 'Rock Box' or 'King of Rock,' this is [Run-D.M.C.'s] most uncompromising and compelling album, all hard beats and declaiming voices."
Run-DMC performed at the legendary Live Aid benefit shortly after Rock Box was released. In late-1985, Run-DMC were featured in the hip hop film Krush Groove, a fictionalized retelling of Russell Simmons' rise as a hip hop entrepreneur and his struggles to get his own label, Def Jam Recordings, off the ground. [17]
The Best of Run–DMC (2003) Ultimate Run–D.M.C. (2003) The Essential Run–D.M.C. ... "Peter Piper" – 3:23 "It's Like That" – 4:51 "Raising Hell" – 5:33
As part of our 35th anniversary, we’re naming the most influential artists of the past 35 years. Today, we’re at 7. From Queens, New York, here are Run-DMC. Hip-hop had to go through rock in ...
The Best of Run-DMC is a 2003 compilation album by Sony BMG of American hip hop group Run-D ... "Run's House" – 3:23 "Peter Piper" – 3:25 "Raising Hell" – 5:34 ...
"My Adidas" is the first single from Run–D.M.C.'s third album Raising Hell. It is about Adidas footwear. [1] Released in 1986, the song was written by two of the members, Joseph "DJ Run" Simmons and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and was produced by Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons.
"Bad by Myself" samples "Welcome to the Terrordome" by Public Enemy, "Peter Piper" by Run-DMC, "Last Night Changed It All (I Really Had a Ball)" by Esther Williams, and "Peace Is Not the Word to Play" by Main Source. "This Is How It Should Be Done" samples "We're a Winner" by the Impressions and "I Know You Got Soul" by Eric B. & Rakim.
Sample credits. Track 1 contains elements of "(Do It, Do It) No One Does It Better" by The Spinners. Track 3 contains a sample of "Better Love" by Luther Vandross. Track 4 contains interpolations of "Peter Piper" by Run-DMC and "Flash to the Beat" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Track 5 contains a sample of "Rich Girl" by Hall & Oates.