Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C. stripped rap down to booming drum machines and hard rhymes, traded disco suits for Adidas and became hip-hop's first mainstream superstars. Their 1986 collaboration with Aerosmith on 'Walk This Way' broke rap onto MTV and rock radio.
Origin: Hollis, Queens, New York, USA · Years active: 1981–2002
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Biography
Run-D.M.C. stripped rap down to booming drum machines and hard rhymes, traded disco suits for Adidas and became hip-hop's first mainstream superstars. Their 1986 collaboration with Aerosmith on 'Walk This Way' broke rap onto MTV and rock radio.
Key 1980s albums
- Run-D.M.C. (1984) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
- King of Rock (1985) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
- Raising Hell (1986) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
- Tougher Than Leather (1988) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
Essential songs
- Walk This Way (1986) — 80s songs
- It's Tricky (1987) — 80s songs
- My Adidas (1986) — 80s songs
- Rock Box (1984) — 80s songs
- King of Rock (1985) — 80s songs
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Run-D.M.C. — quick answers
- Who are Run-D.M.C.?
- Run-D.M.C. — Hollis, Queens, New York, USA, active 1981–2002. Run-D.M.C. stripped rap down to booming drum machines and hard rhymes, traded disco suits for Adidas and became hip-hop's first mainstream superstars. Their 1986 collaboration with Aerosmith on 'Walk This Way' broke rap
- What did Run-D.M.C. release in the 1980s?
- RADIO 1980 lists 4 albums and 5 essential songs for Run-D.M.C., covering 1984–1988.
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