Product Description

Rap music may have been making some headway in terms of mainstream acceptance by 1986, but it was the release and breakthrough of Run DMC's cover of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" that cemented the deal. Rap was out of the urban ghetto and into the white, hard rock suburbs. And Run DMC was the perfectband to initialise the natural crossover, being among the first of hip-hop's nationally respected acts, and definitely the first to hint at the marriage of hardcore rap and power chords with 1983s "Rock Box" and 1985s "King of Rock".
RAISING HELL, the band's third full-length release, includes far more classics than just that one pop hit. "Peter Piper","It's Tricky", "My Adidas" and "You Be Illin'" define the old-school hip-hop aesthetic about as well as any four songs on any rap full-length recorded in the '80s. Listen to any song on this LP and you'll recognise two to three lines that have become standards in the language of rap. A historic album? You don't know the half of it.

Track Listing

1. Peter Piper
2. It's Tricky
3. My Adidas
4. Walk This Way - Run DMC & Aerosmith
5. Is It Love
6. Perfection
7. Hit It Run
8. Raising Hell
9. You Be Illin'
10. Dumb Girl
11. Son Of Byford
12. Proud To Be Black

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #81298 in Music
• Released on: 1999-09-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Amazon.co.uk Review
By the time Joseph (Run) Simmons, Daryl (DMC) McDaniel and Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) released their third album, 1986's Raising Hell, they'd already made hip-hop history by releasing the first real hip-hop album (their self-titled debut). This album eclipsed that--and then some. It's hard to imagine now the impact of Run DMC's team-up with Aerosmith for "Walk That Way"; more than revitalising the ageing rockers careers, it made the Hollis, Queens-based trio rap's first superstars and changed the way that rock, pop and rap were classified forever. The album is no one hit wonder, though--packed with classics like "It's Tricky", "Peter Piper", "You Be Illin'" and "My Adidas", it's an absolute classic. --Randy Silver

Customer Reviews

The first true hip hop album! ...Raising Hell
This is the first real hiphop album, and still is in the all time top five hiphop albums. There was of course hip hop long players before this, but they just didn't cut the mustard.

Raising Hell is the album that esculated Run Dmc to dizzy heights of stardom...mainly due to the massive single Walk This Way with Aerosmith.

This Album is so much more than just that song though. It contains all the elements that we have come to love about Run Dmc...its got the Rap/rock with Raising hell/walk this way and it has the hip hop anthems with proud to be black/peter piper, and of course it has the comedy with u be illin/its tricky/dumbgirl.

Raising hell was RUNDMC's third album and it is here that they got all the elements right. Hip Hop could only go forward after this with bands like Beastie boys and Public Enemy taking the hint and changing the face of music forever. If it wasn't for Run Dmc's Raising hell we wouldn't have...
Pauls Boutique (beastie boys) It takes a nation of millions to hold us back (Public Enemy)and on and on...this is is in hip hop album terms year zero, and no so called hip hop fan should be without it!!! peace y'all

The best.
I have lots of rap cd's including N.W.A,Public Enemy and Ultramagnetic Mc's, but this is the first Run dmc cd I've bought and I hope to get another cd by run dmc. This cd is my favourite rap cd I've ever bought and it was a lot cheaper. I like the way they mix in a bit of heavy metal in with some of the tracks.I'm also into heavy metal and this album has both of my favourite types of music. My favourite track is probably it's trickey because it has a catchy chorus. I stronly advise this cd to any one who is into old school rap and a bit of heavy metal.

The best.
I have lots of rap cd's including N.W.A,Public Enemy and Ultramagnetic Mc's, but this cd from Run dmc is the best. I like the way they mix in a bit of heavy metal in with some of the tracks. My favourite track is probably it's trickey because it has a catchy chorus. I stronly advise this cd to any one who is into old school rap.