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After Bill—who was then the director of publicity for Rush Productions, which managed Run-DMC—gave the band the idea for "Christmas in Hollis", they changed their minds and agreed to be on the album. [1] (Other contributing artists included Whitney Houston, Sting, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Madonna, and Bob Seger.)
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]
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."
"Hit It Run" – 3:11 "It's Tricky" – 3:04 "Peter Piper" – 3:23 "It's Like That" – 4:51 "Raising Hell" – 5:33 "My Adidas" – 2:49 "Sucker M.C.'s (Krush Groove 1)" – 3:11 "Mary, Mary" – 3:14 "Here We Go" (Live at the Fun House) – 4:06 "Beats to the Rhyme" – 2:42 "Down with the King" – 5:04 "It's Like That" (Run-DMC vs. Jason ...
"Bounce" "You Be Illin'" "Sucker M.C.'s" "It's Like That" "King of Rock" "It's Tricky" "Can You Rock It Like This" "Walk This Way" (featuring Aerosmith) "Rock Box" "You Talk Too Much" [Video Edit]
The quintessential Christmas crush song, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" finally hit No. 1 in 2019—25 years after its initial release! 2. Nat King Cole, "The Christmas Song"
"Shake Up Christmas" Larzz Train: 3:52 10. "Wonderful Christmastime" Holiday Parade Paul McCartney: 2:30 11. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" Runner Runner: Darlene Love: 2:55 12. "Frosty the Snowman" sfpr Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys 3:39 13. "Christmas in Hollis" Saprize Run-DMC: 3:11 14. "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays" Stereo ...
Run-D.M.C. is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Run-D.M.C., released on March 27, 1984, by Profile Records, and re-issued by Arista Records. The album was primarily produced by Russell Simmons and Larry Smith. The album was considered groundbreaking for its time, presenting a tougher, more hardcore form of rap. The album's sparse ...