Run‐D.M.C.Best Run‐D.M.C. Albums Ranked
8.5
Avg Score
22
Opinions
14
Albums
6
Reviewers
Summary from 22 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Run‐D.M.C.’s catalog across 14 albums from 22 opinions, with an overall average of 8.5/10. The top-rated Run‐D.M.C. album is Run‐D.M.C. (1984) with a 8.8/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Raising Hell and Run-D.M.C.. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1984 to 2001. Rock Box ranks as the highest-rated Run‐D.M.C. song on Rate.fm with a 10.0/10 average.
King of Rock
“"I’m the king of rock, there is none higher," insists D.M.C. at the beginning of the title cut, adding, "Sucker emcees should call me Sire!" It’s an outrageous boast, even given the usual braggadocio of rap artists, but for all its audacity, it’s a rhyme that’s damned hard to refute. There may be better rappers […]”
Run‐D.M.C.
“Most Rap’s just a beat and a boast, but Run and D.M.C., a pair of New York rappers, let the beat run wild and turn the boasts into messages that self-improvement is the only ticket out. Trading off lines or even the words within a line, they get into a vocal tug of war that’s […]”
Crown Royal
“There are bands that change the world — and then there’s Run-DMC, who changed it twice. Their 1984 debut, Run-DMC, claimed the album format as hip-hop turf, putting B-boy cool at the center of the pop universe; their 1986 masterpiece, Raising Hell, made everything else in rock & roll sound like a sucker’s bet, exploding […]”