Run-Dmc - Raising Hell - VINYL LP

Among the Most Influential, Inventive, Invigorating Records Ever Released Run- D.M.C.'s Raising Hell Brought Hip-Hop to the Mainstream, Includes Crossover Smash 'Walk This Way'Sourced from the Original Master Tapes and Pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl Mobile Fidelity Numbered-Edition 180g 33RPM SuperVinyl LP Heightens Rick Rubin's Pioneering Production1/2' / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe. Run-D.M.C.'s Raising Hell remains the turning point at which hip-hop crashed through mainstream barriers and never left. Anchored by the crossover smash 'Walk This Way,' the 1986 blockbuster still sounds like a revolution unfolding in real time. It has everything - hard-rock riffs, turntable scratching, itchy rhythms, hit singles - not the least of which are the trio's invigorating raps and inseparable chemistry. And now it's the first rap record afforded audiophile treatment, courtesy of Mobile Fidelity's simply illin' edition. Sourced from the original master tapes and pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl, the reissue tag's numbered-edition 180g 33RPM SuperVinyl LP elevates Raising Hell to sonic heights on par with it's musical and cultural significance. Ranked the 123rd Greatest Album of All Time by Rolling Stone, 43rd on Pitchfork's Greatest Albums of the 1980s, one of the Top 100 Albums of All Time by TIME - and included on 'Best of' lists by Spin, Paste, XXL, Entertainment Weekly, and basically every other significant media outlet - the triple-platinum effort rocks the house. Benefitting from the ultra-low noise floor and groove definition of SuperVinyl, Raising Hell unleashes a torrent of massive dynamics and tsunami of frequency-plumbing details underlined by Rick Rubin's taut, crisp, albeit raw and streetwise production. Just as the Queens-based group both defined what hip-hop could represent - and displayed just how big it could get - Rubin's work melded ear-

The Album That Invented Hardcore Hip-Hop Run-D.M.C. Changed the Sound of Music and Popular Culture, Includes the Groundbreaking Tracks InchRock Box,Inch InchSucker M.C.'s,Inch and InchHard TimesInch40th Anniversary Edition of Run-D.M.C.'s 1984 Debut Benefits from Definitive Restorative Treatment on Mobile Fidelity's 180g SuperVinyl 33RPM LP Strictly Limited to 3,000 Numbered CopiesThe impact, influence, and importance of Run-D.M.C.'s self-titled debut - the album that invented hardcore hip-hop and bridged rap, rock, and funk in then-unparalleled ways - cannot be measured. The first full-length released by Profile Records, the 1984 set permanently changed the sound of music, broadcast streetwise wisdom to every corner of the country, and made the notion of a one-man band a distinct reality. Bolstered by an incendiary blend of staccato deliveries, stark beats, aggressive exchanges, evocative hooks, and socially conscious messages, Run-D.M.C. still hits listeners in the jaw with the same intensity it did four decades ago when it could be heard booming from ghetto blasters carried around city blocks nationwide.Sourced from the original master tapes, pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl, strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies, and released in commemoration of the album's 40th anniversary, Mobile Fidelity's 180g SuperVinyl 33RPM LP is the definitive-sounding version of the groundbreaking work cited by Rolling Stone as the 378th Greatest Album of All Time. This reissue also represents the first time this gold-certified effort has been presented in audiophile quality. Benefitting from the ultra-low noise floor, superb groove definition, and dead-quiet surfaces of SuperVinyl, Run-D.M.C. now plays with a clarity, immediacy, punchiness, and directness worthy of the artistry, urgency, and intellect of the trio's material.The brilliance of Russell Simmons and Larry Smith's production c

2009 reissue on 2 180-gram vinyl records in a gatefold cover. The Beasties got back to the top of their game on their third album, 1992's InchCheck Your Head.Inch Playing their own instruments for the first time, the Beastie Boys expanded their sound from frat party rap to funk and punk! They hadn't abandoned rap, but it was no longer the core of their act. Plus they kept experimenting with sampling pop-cultural references, setting the stage for the big changes in music to follow in the next 20 years. InchCheck Your HeadInch broke the Billboard 200 Top 10 on the backs of songs such as InchPass the Mic,Inch InchFinger Lickin' GoodInch and InchSo What-Cha Want.Inch Album Tracks 1. Jimmy James 2. Funky Boss 3. Pass the Mic 4. Gratitude 5. Lighten Up 6. Finger Lickin' Good 7. So What'cha Want 8. Biz Vs. the Nuge 9. Time for Livin' 10. Something's Got to Give 11. Blue Nun 12. Stand Together 13. Pow 14. Maestro 15. Groove Holmes 16. Live at P.J.'s 17. Mark on the Bus 18. Professor Booty 19. In 3's 20. Namastã©