Run DMC

Release Date: 11/17/2023
Format: LP
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MFSV 1-535, Profile Records – 19658811421, Arista, Sony Music Commercial Music Group
Release type: Numbered Reissued 180 Gram SuperVinyl LP Pressing

IN AUDIOPHILE QUALITY FOR THE FIRST TIME: SOURCED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES

• 1/2" / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe

Run-D.M.C. leaves no doubt about its intent on King of Rock. The New York trio's hard-hitting sophomore album begins with a statement of purpose ("Rock the House") that serves as a stereophonic primer for the title track, a hybrid warning-anthem-theme song that swarms with justified boasts, heavy metal riffs, booming beats, cowbell accents, and dance-worthy grooves. The back-to-back tunes set the tone for a 1985 record that largely established the blueprint for the hip-hop that would follow for the next two decades — and which helped make rap a mainstream currency via the previously off-limits channels of radio, TV, and the national stage.

1. Rock the House
2. King of Rock
3. You Talk Too Much
4. Jam-Master Jammin'
5. Roots, Rap, Reggae
6. Can You Rock It Like This
7. You're Blind
8. It's Not Funny
9. Daryll and Joe (Krush-Groove 3)