On this day in hip-hop, March 27, 1984, Run-DMC dropped their self-titled debut album, which features the classic songs It's Like That and Rock Box. Skip to main content Skip to site footer.

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7. Crown Royal (2001) If Run-D.M.C. had to adapt their style at the start of the 90s (with mixed results), going eight years without an album and having to do it again as a new Millennium dawned ...

Elsewhere in his conversation with PEOPLE, McDaniels reflected on the 40th anniversary of Run-DMC's debut album, which they celebrated on Wednesday. "It feels great, but it feels like yesterday.

The whole album goes in my opinion and I still enjoy it like it’s my first listen every time I run it. Trapland Pat Kodak Black’s Pr oject Baby 2 is one of my favorite rap albums of all time.

"No pearls, no braids, still get paid. I'm one of the reasons why Yeezys can be made," McDaniels told PEOPLE at the Garden of Laughs benefit on Wednesday night Before Kanye West had Yeezy — Run ...

It’s Tricky is a song that mixes a catchy beat with a rock sample from “My Sharona” by The Knack. The lyrics discuss the challenges of maintaining focus in the public eye. This speech is my recital, I ...

Run-DMC were ascendent: Their first two albums, 1984’s Run-DMC and 1985’s King of Rock, had sold well, and the trio from the Hollis neighborhood of Queens, New York, were the biggest hip-hop ...

Run-DMC's "hip-hop thing" hit the scene in 1983 with their first record, "Sucker M.C.'s." "Raising Hell" was their third studio album, and it hit number one on Billboard's R&B chart, the first hip ...

Two men have been convicted of murder in the death of Run-D.M.C. star Jam Master Jay. The brazen 2002 shooting left investigators at a loss for nearly two decades. An anonymous Brooklyn federal jur… ...

But Run-D.M.C.’s impact extended far beyond just musical spaces, breaking into American pop culture in a big way.About six months after the album dropped, The Cosby Show premiered on NBC, and ...