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i never really listened to run DMC (i heard king of rock and walk this way from guitar hero aerosmith but not anything else).. they probably were amazing but i just never wanted to hear them
 
duke86fan said:
i never really listened to run DMC (i heard king of rock and walk this way from guitar hero aerosmith but not anything else).. they probably were amazing but i just never wanted to hear them
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Yeah I get that. I mean I wouldnt be the biggest run dmc fan personally but Raising Hell is pretty great & significant in hiphop especially for the rock rap hybrid of walk this way so that's why I think storf would label it so important but who knows....Eamon - I Dont Want You Back incoming....
 
duke86fan said:
i never really listened to run DMC (i heard king of rock and walk this way from guitar hero aerosmith but not anything else).. they probably were amazing but i just never wanted to hear them
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For their time, they were ahead of the game but it hasn't aged as well as the music that directly followed it, imho. I find PE, Rakim, De La, Paul's Boutique Beasties, etc. to still be very listenable whereas Run DMC and Licensed to Ill, while undisputed classics, just don't have the same listenability to me.
 
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wmeugene said:
For their time, they were ahead of the game but it hasn't aged as well as the music that directly followed it, imho. I find PE, Rakim, De La, Paul's Boutique Beasties, etc. to still be very listenable whereas Run DMC and Licensed to Ill, while undisputed classics, just don't have the same listenability to me.
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yeah i was finding that i couldn't click with run DMC.. probs not gonna buy it
 
I also agree that most Run DMC is hard to swallow with contemporary ears. I think Raising Hell is the best listenability wise. If you like it, the OG record is super common and should run you like $12 for a VG+ copy cut at MASTERDISK, great sound. Not work $23 for what is certain to be sonically inferior.
 
KenKaniff said:
If the VMP Rap album of the Month is Beastie Boys;l I wouldn't of used the "most important rap album" language/hint.

Feels weird to say the most important album in Rap music is a bunch of white dudes. And that's nothing against Beasties, just looks off.
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I would imagine they were quoting someone who said that. Considering Chuck D said that exact thing about the Run DMC album, I think it's more likely Raising Hell.
 
Raising Hell contains "Walk This Way" which was huge for rap (and Aerosmith, but I digress). The Beastie Boys are great and one of my all time fav's and the beats on both License To Ill and Raising Hell are amazing if a bit basic. All that to say I doubt even the Beastie's would describe any of their releases as The most important rap album, License To Ill isn't even the most important Beastie Boys album. They revered Run DMC though and like a lot of folks would consider Raising Hell to be the album that launched Rap into Mainstream culture i.e. The most important rap album.
 
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