Run-D.M.C.: Raising Hell [ARISTA]

Why you'll love it

Raising Hell was the first hip-hop album to go platinum and then multi-platinum, and "Walk This Way" with Aerosmith tore down the wall between rap and rock.

This edition

• 180g vinyl
• Download card included
• Pressed in the EU

About the album

Before Raising Hell, hip-hop albums didn't go platinum. Then Run, D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay walked into the studio with Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin, and walked out with a record that went platinum in two months and triple platinum within a year.

"Walk This Way," their team-up with Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, became a crossover smash and put rap all over MTV. "My Adidas" landed the group a sneaker deal of their own, "It's Tricky" borrows the Knack's "My Sharona" riff, and "Peter Piper" and "Perfection" show off Jay's turntable wizardry.

It reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the R&B chart, and it's widely considered one of the most important albums in hip-hop history. Lace up your shell-toes.

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On Arista (cat# 88985438141), a reissue of the 1986 album.