Run DMC "Raising Hell" 2022-12-23 is the best distillation yet

is the best distillation yet of his transparent approach to making music

there's the mid-tempo

opens emotional turns as mature and heartening as the resonant baritone voice writing and singing them

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Run DMC "Raising Hell" 2022-12-23 is the best distillation yetUp until Raising Hell, the rap juggernaut we know as Run DMC was still in its building and breaking down doors phase. In 1986 that changed, and in a dramatic way. With their third long player, the group had reached the mountaintop. It was THE record that proved hip hop wasn't a fad. Raising Hell marked an important and significant new era for the group. Leaving producer Larry Smith for up and coming sonic innovator Rick Rubin (still co produced by