Raising Hell [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Import]

Run D.M.C. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 1, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Arista Europe
• ASIN: B00000J7IT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,284 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #82 in Music > Imports > Rap & Hip-Hop

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is it, April 15, 2002

By 

"gersh2k" (Toronto, ON, CANADA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Raising Hell (Audio CD)

Before the days of the internet, I had to fly down to New York to pick up the latest 12" singles. When the Peter Piper/My Adidas single was released, it was blowing up parties everywhere, and I can remember the anticipation waiting for the new album. By chance I was in NYC the day that Raising Hell was released, and I remember seeing it/hearing it in a record store in Manhattan, and I just flipped. Everything about it was awesome. Finally a rap group that was doing it big!!! Raising Hell was so different, so tight, and it had such a live feel to it!!!

It was comparable to when the first Run DMC album came out, and me and the crew were like "What the heck is that?" If the first album said "New school is here," this album said "we're staying!!!"

Definitely an album that no hip hopper should be without. I'm finally buying the CD because all my vinyl copies have finally worn out, and this copy is for the archives.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A cornerstone of Hip-Hop, June 11, 2000

By 

Jeffrey Harris (South San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Raising Hell (Audio CD)

When "Raising Hell" was released in 1986, it literally took rap music from being an underground phenomenon to setting it on the course for mainstream success and acceptance. The first rap album to go multi-platinum, top ten on the pop chart, and helped pave the way for the Beastie Boys huge success with "Licensed To Ill" which was released just three months after this album(and Run and D co-wrote "Paul Revere" and "Slow and Low"). Most importantly, there are the songs. "Peter Piper", "My Addias", "You Be Illin'",and "Walk This Way" which was responsible for helping revive Aerosmith's flagging career. This reissue also sounds much better than the original CD pressing. You can't call yourself a real hip-hop fan if you don't own this album. One of the very best of the genre.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Rap Album of All Time, February 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Raising Hell (Audio CD)

I had this tape 15 years ago, loved it, lost it. I finally bought the CD again recently, and it's about my favorite album again. It makes me stomp, shout, and laugh. These guys are the masters of NY rap, also great comedians and just righteous in all respects. A MUST.