Word: dmc
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...shows in Boston were “pretty rowdy, so my folks kept me at bay.” There were plenty of other means for a hardcore fan to get his hands on cutting-edge jams, so Lif avidly collected tapes by groups like Run DMC and De La Soul...
DIED. JASON MIZEL, A.K.A. JAM MASTER JAY, 37, one of the forefathers of rap and turntable maestro for the iconic New York rap band Run-DMC, famous for stripping down hip-hop music and injecting it with rock, and for its storming cover of Walk This Way with Aerosmith; by gunmen in New York City. Although street violence has always haunted hip-hop, the music of Run-DMC, known as "the Beatles of Rap," never celebrated gun culture. Rather, with almost religious fervor, it preached unity and peace...
Back in the day, Run DMC epitomized rap. Run DMC was rap. But it’s not those days anymore, and Run DMC do not have the name power they once did; in fact, many people of my generation mistake the group name for a strange mixture of the movie “Run Lola Run” and DMX (spelled wrong). It’s about time they came back. Run DMC’s album Crown Royal is finally out, and it’s no wonder people only vaguely remember them: This is their first production...
...produced by Jermaine Dupri, may have the dramatics of Run DMC’s music, but is still powered by the percussive sounds and vocal special effects that are uniquely JD’s. Strangely, Run DMC’s rapping seems to adapt to this music, and Run DMC ends up sounding like one of JD’s protégés, not the other way around...
...tiny toddler when Run DMC was on the pinnacle of their success. No doubt that during their time, Run DMC was something: first rap group to win a Grammy, first rap group to go gold, platinum, multi-platinum, first rap group to have their videos played on MTV, first rap group on SNL…the list goes on. But it is their 20th anniversary, and maybe their time has come and gone. Crown Royal proves their ability to make good music, but it still lacks the one thing that made them so popular: their original sound...