Sure, other rap artists came before them, but Run-D.M.C. were rap's first superstars -- one of the first rap acts to not suffer from the "one-hit wonder syndrome." As a result, numerous compilations of the group have been issued over the years, but none are as comprehensive as the 2003 double-disc Ultimate Run DMC, which packs one disc of hits and one DVD of their most popular videos. Just about every single Run-D.M.C. favorite you can think of is included here, including early classics o...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. "...It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, a record that rewrote the rules of what hip-hop could do...what's particularly ingenious about [this] album is how it reconfigures things that came before into a startling, fresh, modern sound. Public Enemy used the template Run-D.M.C. created of a rap crew as a rock band, then brought in elements of free jazz, hard funk, even musique concrete, via their producing team, the Bomb Squad, creating a dense, ferocious sound unlike anything that ca...   [ read more ]

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So it's finally come down to this, a Run D.M.C. tribute CD. Records like this usually fall under the cliched category of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Although "Givin' Up Props" could be a proper way of giving the love and respect for the "kings of rock," having the featured artists on here adding their own 90s twist on classics such as "My Adidas" and "Walk This Way" is almost insulting, if not egotistical. Completely unnecessary. ~ Mike DaRonco, All Music Guide

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