The Album That Invented Hardcore Hip-Hop: Run-D.M.C. Changed the Sound of Music and Popular Culture
Run-D.M.C.’s 1984 Debut Benefits from Restorative Treatment on Mobile Fidelity’s 180g SuperVinyl 33RPM LP: Limited to 3,000 Numbered Copies, Includes New Liner Notes
1/2″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe

The impact, influence, and importance of Run-D.M.C.’s self-titled debut – the album that invented hardcore hip-hop and bridged rap, rock, and funk in then-unparalleled ways – cannot be measured. The first full-length record released by Profile Records, the 1984 set permanently changed the sound of music, broadcast streetwise wisdom to every corner of the country, and made the notion of a one-man band a distinct reality. Bolstered by an incendiary blend of staccato deliveries, stark beats, aggressive exchanges, evocative hooks, and socially conscious messages, Run-D.M.C. still hits listeners in the jaw with the same intensity it did nearly 40 years ago when it could be heard booming from ghetto blasters carried around city blocks nationwide.