Raising Hell
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| Studio album by Run-D.M.C. | |||||
| Released | July 18,1986 | ||||
| Recorded | 1986 | ||||
| Genre | Hip-Hop, rap rock | ||||
| Length | 39:46 | ||||
| Label | Arista Records/Profile | ||||
| Producer | Russell Simmons; Rick Rubin | ||||
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Raising Hell is a 1986 album by hip-hop group Run-D.M.C..
Their breakthrough album, Raising Hell trumped standing perceptions of commercial viability for hip-hop groups, achieving triple-platinum status and receiving critical attention from quarters that had previously ignored hip hop as a fad.
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[edit] Album information
Notably, Raising Hell features the well-known collaboration with Aerosmith, "Walk This Way". While the song was not the first fusion of rock and hip hop, it was the first one to make a significant impact in the charts. It became the first rap song to crack the top 5 of The Billboard Hot 100. Raising Hell peaked at #1 on Billboard's R&B/Hip Hop Album chart, and at #6 on the Billboard 200.
The song "It's Tricky" would later be featured as the theme song of the game SSX Tricky, and later redone by the band Bloodhound Gang.
[edit] Reception
It ranked fourth on Chris Rock's list of the Top 25 Hip-Hop Albums of all time, and the comedian called it "the first great rap album ever"[1]
In 1998, the album appeared in The Source in a list of the 100 Best Rap Albums.
Q (12/99, p.162) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...the apex of pre-Public Enemy, beatbox-based hip hop, a monument of massive, crisp beats plus the genre-bending 'Walk This Way'."
Vibe (12/99, p.162) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
Uncut (11/03, p.130) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[An album] that forced the music biz to take rap seriously."
In 2003, the album was ranked number 120 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. - Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.126) - "[T]he pioneering trio took hip-hop into the upper reaches of the pop charts, introducing mainstream to a new urban thunder: rap rock."
In 2006, the album was chosen by TIME as one of the 100 greatest albums. [2]
[edit] Track listing
- "Peter Piper" – 3:25
- "It's Tricky" – 3:03
- "My Adidas" (McDaniels/Rubin) – 2:47
- "Walk This Way" (feat. Aerosmith) – 5:11
- Features new vocal and guitar parts by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith based on their original 1975 recording, as well as a sample of the original drum intro during the second verse
- "Is It Live" – 3:06
- "Perfection" – 2:52
- "Hit It Run" – 3:10
- Samples "Rocket in the Pocket" by Cerrone
- "Raising Hell" – 5:31
- "You Be Illin'" – 3:26
- "Dumb Girl" – 3:31
- "Son of Byford" – :27
- "Proud to Be Black" – 3:14
[edit] Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
- "My Adidas" (a cappella) – 2:32
- "Walk This Way" (demo) – 5:26
- "Lord of Lyrics" (demo) – 4:30
- "Raising Hell Radio Tour Spot" – 0:53
- "Live at the Apollo Raw Vocal Commercial" – 3:28
[edit] Charting singles
Billboard Music Charts (North America)
| Year | Title | Chart | Position |
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| 1986 | Walk This Way | Billboard Hot 100 (U.S.) | 4 |
| 1986 | You Be Illin' | Billboard Hot 100 (U.S.) | 29 |
| 1987 | It's Tricky | Billboard Hot 100 (U.S.) | 57 |
| 1987 | My Adidas | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 5 |
| 1987 | Walk This Way | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 8 |
| 1986 | You Be Illin' | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 12 |
| 1986 | Walk This Way | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 6 |
| 1986 | You Be Illin' | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 44 |
| 1986 | My Adidas | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 10 |
| 1986 | Walk This Way | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 13 |
| 1987 | It's Tricky | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 21 |
| 1987 | It's Tricky | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 30 |
| 1987 | It's Tricky | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 47 |
| 1987 | You Be Illin' | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 50 |
| 2000 | My Adidas | Hot Rap Singles | 33 |
[edit] Awards
- 1987 Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap - Single for "Walk This Way" (jointly awarded to both Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith)
[edit] Vinyl Sleeves and Labeling
- There are at least two color schemes for this LP. One is a purple front photo with lime green writing and a red back photo with teal writing. Another is a green front photo with rose letters and a teal back photo and orange letters.
- There are some pressings that are mislabeled and both sides as side 2, though the grooves in the vinyl are etched correctly.
[edit] References
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