Greatest Hits (Run-D.M.C. album)

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Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits cover
Compilation album by Run-D.M.C.
Released September 10, 2002
Recorded 1983–2000
Genre Hip hop
Length N/A
Label Arista Records
Producer Stephen Ett / Rob Santos
Professional reviews
Run-D.M.C. chronology
High Profile: The Original Rhymes
(2002)		 Greatest Hits
(2002)		 The Best of Run DMC
(2003)

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits compilation album of Run-D.M.C.'s material. While it was argued that hits such as "The Ave.", "Pause" and "Ooh, What'cha Gonna Do?" should have found a place in this release, Run speculated during a Marie Claire interview in 2003 that the album was simply showcasing the group's better known earlier work:

"I want kids to pick up this album and go '..So that's what hip hop sounded like in 1984, cool'. It's not because I dislike any of those [later] records."

After Jam Master Jay's death, the group retired - however for not meeting their contractual obligations with Arista Records, this left Run-DMC's entire catalog open for exploitation. Since the release of this 'Greatest Hits' record, Arista Records have released several other poor quality 'Greatest Hits' albums of Run-DMC's material.

Fans consider this release as the 'official' Greatest Hits collection, because it was the last official Run-DMC release before the death of Jam Master Jay.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "King of Rock"
  2. "It's Tricky"
  3. "Beats to the Rhyme"
  4. "Can You Rock It Like This"
  5. "Walk This Way" (Feat. Aerosmith)
  6. "Run's House"
  7. "Rock Box"
  8. "Peter Piper"
  9. "Mary, Mary"
  10. "Hard Times"
  11. "You Be Illin'"
  12. "It's Like That"
  13. "My Adidas"
  14. "Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1)"
  15. "You Talk Too Much"
  16. "Jam-Master Jay"
  17. "Down With the King"
  18. "Christmas in Hollis"

[edit] 2003 Rerelease

  1. It's Like That (Feat. Jason Nevins)
  2. Walk This Way (Feat. Aerosmith)
  3. Sucker MC's
  4. My Adidas
  5. King Of Rock
  6. It's Tricky
  7. Can You Rock It Like This
  8. You Be Illin'
  9. Rock Box
  10. Run's House
  11. Peter Piper
  12. Bounce
  13. Beats To The Rhyme
  14. Jam Master Jay
  15. Hard Times
  16. Down With The King
  17. Mary Mary
  18. What's It All About
  19. It's Tricky 2003 (Feat. Jacknife Lee)


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