Raising Hell

Critic Score
Based on 2 reviews
1986 Ratings: #4 / 208
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Based on 982 ratings
1986 Ratings: #167
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100
AllMusic
Thoroughly invigorating, rocking harder and better than any of its rock or rap peers in 1986, and years later, that sense of excitement is still palpable on this towering success story for rap in general and Run-D.M.C. in specific.
100
Rolling Stone

Run-D.M.C.'s guitars stopped being a gimmick on Raising Hell. The album's minimalist beats and simple but deft sampling and scratching allow plenty of space for the hard rock to really scream.

GaminGrandpa
80

classic classic CLASSIC THIS THING STILL GOES HARD NEARLY 40 YEARS LATER ONE OF THE MOST SEMINAL AND IMPORTANT ALBUMS i̶n̶ ̶h̶i̶p̶ ̶h̶o̶p̶ OF ALL TIME. POSSIBLY THE FIRST TRULY GREAT HIP HOP ALBUM TO THINK THEY WERE COOKING THIS HARD BACK IN 1986.

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RichardsH
77

Run DMC produce a fun hip-hop album all while the best song on the album is a cover

ST4T1C
80

Brief Review: While very primitive in its style, “Raising Hell” is a really fun rap rock album. Considering these guys pretty much revolutionized rapping, this really shows the talent they really had. Flows are great, instrumentals, again primitive, but fun & the bars are pretty solid too. Also loved the little rap rock tracks on here, really added to the fun of everything on here. Thats pretty much it really, its nothing mind blowing or anything. Its just some fun as hell hip ... read more

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LemonPoptartXl
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Oh ok.

Noppa
75

Ensimmäinen rap julkaisu jota voi oikeasti pitää hyvänä albumina. Albumilla on heikompia kohtia, mutta on yllättävän tasainen kokonaisuus. Paras kappale on it's tricky mutta toisin, kuin sitä edeltäneet albumit ei koko albumin identiteetti pyöri yhden kappaleen varassa ja kaikki muut ovat heikon tuntuisia.

Must Listen

60

It’s very influential to hip-hop music, but the flows here are basic, the rhymes are simplistic. It feels like an on the spot freestyle on every song. That being said it really doesn’t sound bad and I like the Aerosmith track and the title track

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Track List

1Peter Piper
3:23
84
2It's Tricky
3:03
91
3My Adidas
2:47
80
4Walk This Way
5:10
feat. Aerosmith
88
5Is It Live
3:07
73
6Perfection
2:52
66
7Hit It Run
3:10
71
8Raising Hell
5:32
81
9You Be Illin'
3:26
76
10Dumb Girl
3:32
58
11Son of Byford
0:28
55
12Proud to Be Black
3:15
75
Total Length: 39 minutes
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