Top 200 Albums of All Time: Run DMC

Raising Hell: Run DMC (1986)
Run DMC broke into the mainstream and demonstrated Hip Hop’s viability with Raising Hell. The album featured the collaboration with Aerosmith on the “Walk This Way” cover. “Walk This Way” became the first rap song to make it into the Top 5 setting the stage for the genre’s future success. It also paved the way for Nu Metal, which emerged in the early 90s and became a force in the early 00s before fading. Without the success of “Walk This Way” and Raising Hell, Hip Hop might not have broken into the mainstream.

Key Tracks:
It’s Tricky
Walk this Way
You Be Illin’