Backspin: Run-DMC — Raising Hell (1986)
35 years after rocking the world, Run-DMC’s opus still stands as hip-hop’s most important album. (90/100)
9 min readMay 15, 2021
If Run-DMC’s 1984 debut created the “rap star” prototype, 1986’s Raising Hell retrofitted it, laying the blueprint for the rapper as rock star.