Raising Hell (album)
Raising Hell | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Run-D.M.C. chronology | ||||
| ||||
Singles from Raising Hell | ||||
|
Raising Hell is the third studio album by American
Raising Hell peaked at number three on the
Raising Hell has been ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 1987, it was nominated for a
Selling more than three million copies, Raising Hell is credited with heralding the golden age of hip hop as well as hip hop's album era, helping the genre achieve an unprecedented level of recognition among critics.[10]
Background
Returning home to Queens in late 1985 after their extensive touring, they soon put themselves on lockdown at Chung King studios in Manhattan for three months. In place of producer Smith, a cocky new maverick was brought in: Rick Rubin. Even though Rubin's and Russell's names were on the production marquee, the two non-group members oversaw and added to the music on Raising Hell more than created it. "Rick and Russell got production credit, but we [the group members] really did everything", DMC states. "We did that album in like three months. It was so quick because every rhyme was written on the road and had been practiced and polished. We knew what we wanted to do. Rick was all music and instruments. Jay was music and DJing. And me and Run was lyrics. We definitely had a game plan."[11]
Raising Hell features the well-known cover "
Reception
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [14] |
Pitchfork | 7.7/10[15] |
Q | [16] |
Rolling Stone | [17] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [18] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 10/10[19] |
Uncut | [20] |
The Village Voice | A−[21] |
Raising Hell was voted fifth best album of 1986 in the Pazz & Jop poll of American critics nationwide, published by The Village Voice.[22] Robert Christgau, the poll's creator, wrote in a contemporary review: "Without benefit of a 'Rock Box' or 'King of Rock,' this is [Run-D.M.C.'s] most uncompromising and compelling album, all hard beats and declaiming voices."[21]
In the Los Angeles Times, Richard Cromelin wrote: "If the same old boasts are wearing thin and the misogyny gets grating, the beats are infectious and varied and the vocal trade-offs can be dazzling."[23]
It ranked number 8 among the "Albums of the Year" in NME.[24]
In 1987, the
In 1989, the Toronto Star music critics took to look over the albums they had reviewed in the past 10 years to include in a list based on "commercial impact to social import, to strictly musical merit."[26] Raising Hell was placed at number four on the list, describing it as "the record to move rap from the ghetto to the suburbs. Blame it or celebrate it, you can't deny Raising Hell's impact.[26]
In 1998, the album appeared in
In 2003, the album was ranked number 123 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[28] maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list,[29] dropping to number 209 in a 2020 reboot of the list.[30] It ranked fourth on Chris Rock's list of the Top 25 Hip-Hop Albums of all time, and the comedian called it "the first great rap album ever".[31]
In 2006, the album was chosen by
In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the album at No. 65 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s".[34]
Public Enemy's Chuck D considers Raising Hell to be the greatest hip-hop album of all-time, and the reason he chose to sign with Def Jam Records.[35] "It paved the way for so many bands," he explained, "and opened minds."[36] In Hip Hop Connection, he ranked the album at number one in his top ten (which also included Tougher Than Leather) and said: "It was the first record that made me realise this was an album-oriented genre."[37]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Peter Piper" | 3:25 | |
2. | "It's Tricky" | Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, Jason Mizell, Rick Rubin | 3:03 |
3. | "My Adidas" | 2:47 | |
4. | "Walk This Way" (with Aerosmith) | Steven Tyler, Joe Perry | 5:11 |
5. | "Is It Live" | 3:07 | |
6. | "Perfection" | 2:52 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Hit It Run" | 3:10 | |
2. | "Raising Hell" | 5:32 | |
3. | " Jason Mizell , Raymond White | 3:26 | |
4. | "Dumb Girl" | 3:31 | |
5. | "Son of Byford" | 0:27 | |
6. | "Proud to Be Black" | 3:15 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
13. | "My Adidas" (a cappella) | 2:31 | |
14. | "Walk This Way" (demo) | Steven Tyler, Joe Perry | 5:25 |
15. | "Lord of Lyrics" | 4:30 | |
16. | "Raising Hell Radio Tour Spot" | 0:52 | |
17. | "Live at the Apollo Raw Vocal Commercial" | 3:28 |
Accolades
Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Guardian | United Kingdom | 100 Albums that Don't Appear in All Other Top 100 Album Lists[38] | 1999 | 45 |
Record Collector | Hip Hop: the American Urban Ghetto Finally Finds its Voice[39] | 2005 | - | |
The New Nation
|
Top 100 Albums by Black Artists[citation needed] | 2005 | 96 | |
The Guardian | 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die[40] | 2007 | - | |
Q | Ultimate Music Collection[41] | 2016 | - | |
Q | The Greatest Albums Of The Last 30 Years... 476 Modern Classics[42] | 2016 | - | |
Rickey Vincent | United States | Five Star Albums from "FUNK: The MUSIC, the PEOPLE, and the RHY[43] | 1996 | - |
Rolling Stone | The Essential 200 Rock Records[44] | 1997 | - | |
The Source | 100 Best Rap Albums[45] | 1998 | - | |
Ego Trip
|
Hip-Hop's Greatest Albums By Year 1979-85[46] | 1999 | 8 | |
Gear | The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century | 1999 | 80 | |
Blender | The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time[47] | 2002 | 46 | |
Pitchfork | The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s[48] | 2002 | 43 | |
Rolling Stone | 500 Greatest Albums of All Time[49] | 2003 | 123 | |
Spin | Top 100 (+5) Albums of the Last 20 Years[citation needed] | 2005 | 40 | |
Time | Top 100 Albums of All Time[50] | 2006 | - | |
Treble | The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year[51] | 2006 | 9 | |
Entertainment Weekly | The 100 Best Albums from 1983 to 2008[52] | 2008 | 38 | |
Tom Moon | 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die[53] | 2008 | - | |
Chris Smith | 101 Albums that Changed Popular Music[54] | 2009 | - | |
Spin | The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years[55] | 2010 | 38 | |
Robert Dimery | 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2013)[citation needed] | 2012 | - | |
bLisTerd | The Top 100 Albums Of The 1980s[56] | 2012 | 14 | |
Paste | The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s[57] | 2012 | - | |
Slant | The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s[58] | 2012 | 65 | |
XXL | 40 Years of Hip-Hop: Top 5 Albums by Year[59] | 2014 | - | |
Spin | The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985-2014)[60] | 2015 | 166 | |
The Village Voice | Pazz & Jop: Top 10 Albums By Year, 1971-2017[61] | 2018 | 5 | |
Pause & Play | Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week[62] | 204 |
Chart positions
Album
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
---|---|
US Billboard 200[63] | 3 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[64] | 1 |
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[65] | 50 |
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[66] | 32 |
New Zealand RIANZ Album Chart[67]
|
8 |
UK Albums Chart[68] | 41 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart positions | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [69] |
US R&B [70] |
US Rap
[71] |
US Dance
[72] |
US Dance Sales
[73] |
AUS [65] |
CAN [74] |
NZ
[67] |
UK
[4] | ||
1986 | "My Adidas" | – | 5 | 33 | – | 10 | – | – | – | 62 |
"Walk This Way" | 4 | 8 | – | 6 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |
"You Be Illin'" | 29 | 12 | – | 44 | – | – | – | – | 42 | |
1987 | "It's Tricky" | 57 | 21 | – | 30 | 47 | – | – | – | 16 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
Canada (Music Canada)[75] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[76] | Gold | 7,500^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[77] | Silver | 60,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[78] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ a b "American certifications – Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Run-DMC and the Rap Flap (by Richard Harrington) [August 29, 1986]". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ISBN 9781466866973. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "Official Singles Chart - Run-D.M.C." officialcharts.com. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ Price, Simon (July 4, 2016). "Walk This Way: how Run-DMC and Aerosmith changed pop (by Simon Price) (July 4, 2016)". The Guardian. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C. at Billboard.com". Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ "29th Grammy Awards - 1987 (presented February 24, 1987)". rockonthenet.com. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ "RUN-D.M.C. at 29th Grammy Awards - 1987 (presented February 24, 1987)". grammy.com. November 23, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ "National Recording Registry Reaches 500 [MARCH 21, 2018]". loc.gov. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- The Boombox. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ISBN 9780307494429. Retrieved May 1, 2019 – via play.google.com.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Raising Hell – Run-D.M.C." AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ^ Kot, Greg (December 2, 1990). "A Rundown On The Recording History Of Run-d.m.c." Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (September 22, 2005). "Run-D.M.C.: Run-DMC / King of Rock / Raising Hell / Tougher Than Leather". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ^ Q (159). London: 162. December 1999.
{{cite journal}}
: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - ^ Kemp, Mark (September 5, 2002). "Run-D.M.C.: Raising Hell". Rolling Stone. New York. Archived from the original on November 7, 2004. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
- ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ^ Uncut (78). London: 130. November 2003.
{{cite journal}}
: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - ^ a b Christgau, Robert (July 1, 1986). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ^ Pazz & Jop 1986
- ^ Cromelin, Richard (May 25, 1986). "Running On Full". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ^ "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
- ^ "CLASSY SOUL TRAIN AWARDS - The Washington Post (by Richard Harrington) (March 24, 1987)". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ ISSN 0319-0781.
- ^ "Run-DMC – Raising Hell CD Album". Cduniverse.com. June 1, 1999. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
- ^ "News". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 9, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
- ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ "Top 25 Albums". chrisrock.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011.
- ^ Light, Alan (November 2, 2006). "TIME.com - The All-TIME 100 Albums". Time.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
- ^ Light, Alan (November 2, 2006). "Raising Hell". Time.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2007. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
- ^ "The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s". Slant Magazine.
- ^ Fields, Kiah (July 18, 2016). "Today in Hip Hop History: Run-D.M.C. Releases 'Raising Hell' 30 Years Ago". The Source. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
- ^ Allen, Matt (October 2001). "I liked Abba, but everything else was weird". Q. p. 44.
- ^ Fletcher, Mansel (March 2000). "100 Best Albums Ever". Hip Hop Connection: 37.
- ^ "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die". rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "Hip Hop: the American Urban Ghetto Finally Finds its Voice". Rocklist.net. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die". rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "Ultimate Music Collection". rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "The Greatest Albums Of The Last 30 Years... 476 Modern Classics". rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "Five Star Albums from "FUNK: The MUSIC, the PEOPLE, and the RHY". pindarots.xs4all.nl. Archived from the original on May 7, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "The Essential 200 Rock Records". thechristgaureader.wordpress.com. March 9, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "The Source - 100 Best Rap Albums". rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "Hip-Hop's Greatest Albums By Year". genius.com. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "The 100 Greatest American Albums of All time". blender.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2002. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s". pitchfork.com. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". rollingstone.com. May 31, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "Top 100 Albums of All Time". Time. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year". treblezine.com. September 11, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "The 100 Best Albums from 1983 to 2008". ew.com. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ISBN 9780195373714. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "The 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years". spin.com. February 15, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "bLisTerd's Top 100 Albums of the 1980s". popblerd.com. June 16, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s". pastemagazine.com. January 31, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s". slantmagazine.com. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "40 Years of Hip-Hop: Top 5 Albums by Year". xxlmag.com. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985-2014)". spin.com. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "Pazz & Jop: Top 10 Albums By Year, 1971-2017". villagevoice.com. January 22, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "Albums Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Album per Week". pauseandplay.com. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "Run-DMC Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "Run-DMC Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIAbetween mid-1983 and June 12, 1988.
- ^ "RPM Weekly Searchable Database". Billboard. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
- ^ a b "New Zealand Charts". charts.nz. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart - Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell". officialcharts.com. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". billboard.com. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". billboard.com. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "Hot Rap Tracks". billboard.com. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "Hot Dance Club Songs". billboard.com. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales". billboard.com. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell". Music Canada. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- ^ "British album certifications – Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- ^ "American album certifications – Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell". Recording Industry Association of America.
External links
- Raising Hell at Discogs
- Raising Hell at RapGenius
- Raising Hell[permanent dead link] (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)