Genres: East Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap, Golden Age Active: 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1982 in Queens, New York, NY
Kurtis Blow, The Sugarhill Gang, Whodini, Grandmaster Flash, Treacherous Three, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Isaac Hayes, Spoonie Gee, Afrika Bambaataa, Parliament, Curtis Mayfield, The Gap Band, James Brown, Aerosmith, Frankie Smith Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions, LL Cool J, Ice-T, Ice Cube, Eric B. & Rakim, N.W.A., Afrika Bambaataa, Stetsasonic, Kool Moe Dee, Mantronix, The Fat Boys, Busta Rhymes, Paris, EPMD, Captain Rock, Jungle Brothers, Ultramagnetic MC's, Slick Rick Black 47, EPMD, Eric B. & Rakim, Eminem, Public Enemy, Ice-T, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Onyx, Stetsasonic, Dred Scott, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Chill Rob G., MC Hammer, Boogie Down Productions, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Will Smith, Slimm Calhoun, Artfull Dodgers |  |
More than any other hip-hop group, Run-D.M.C. are responsible for the sound and style of the music. As the first hardcore rap outfit, the trio set the sound and style for the next decade of rap. With their spare beats and excursions into heavy metal samples, the trio were tougher and more menacing than their predecessors Grandmaster Flash and Whodini. In the process, they opened the door for both the politicized rap of Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions, as well as the hedonistic gangsta fantasies of N.W.A. At the same time, Run-D.M.C. helped move rap from a singles-oriented genre to an album-oriented one -- they were the first hip-hop artist to construct full-fledged albums, not just collections with two singles and a bunch of filler. By the end of the '80s, Run-D.M.C.
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Release: October 14, 2008
Label: Arista
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