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''Run–D.M.C.'' is the 1984 debut album by Music/RunDMC, best known for their hits "Rock Box", "Sucker M.C.'s" and "It's Like That". It's one of the classic hip hop albums and widely considered to be one of the best and most influential. The album was listed at #242 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]].
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''Run–D.M.C.'' is the 1984 debut album by Music/RunDMC, best known for their hits "Rock Box", "Sucker M.C.'s" and "It's Like That". It's one of the classic hip hop albums and widely considered to be one of the best and most influential. The album was listed at #242 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]].
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'''Run-D.M.C.''' is the 1984 debut album by Music/RunDMC, best known for their hits "Rock Box", "Sucker M.C.'s" and "It's Like That". It's one of the classic hip hop albums and widely considered to be one of the best and most influential. The album was listed at nr. #242 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]].
The song "Rock Box" from this album was the first music video by a hiphop group to premiere on MTV.
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'''Run-D.M.C.''' is the 1984 debut album by Music/RunDMC, best known for their hits "Rock Box", "Sucker M.C.'s" and "It's Like That". It's one of the classic hip hop albums and widely considered to be one of the best and most influential. The album was listed at nr. #242 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]].
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'''Run-D.M.C.''' is the 1984 debut album by Music/RunDMC, best known for their hits "Rock Box", "Sucker M.C.'s" and "It's Like That". It's one of the classic hip hop albums and widely considered to be one of the best and most influential. \n The album was listed at nr. #242 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]].
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'''Run-D.M.C.''' is the 1984 debut album by Music/RunDMC, best known for their hits ''Rock Box'', ''Sucker M.C.'s''' and ''It's Like That''. It's one of the classic hip hop albums and widely considered to be one of the best and most influential.
The song ''Rock Box'' from this album was the first music video by a hiphop group to premiere on MTV.
The song ''Rock Box'' from this album was the first music video by a hiphop group to premiere on MTV.
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'''Run-D.M.C.''' is the 1984 debut album by Music/RunDMC, best known for their hits ''Rock Box'', ''Sucker "Rock Box", "Sucker M.C.'s''' 's" and ''It's "It's Like That''.That". It's one of the classic hip hop albums and widely considered to be one of the best and most influential.
The song''Rock Box'' "Rock Box" from this album was the first music video by a hiphop group to premiere on MTV.
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** "Jam Master Jay" was sampled by Music/SchoollyD on his album ''[[Music/SchoollyDAlbum Schoolly D]]'' (1985), during the track "Free Style Cutting".
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--> Your ups, your downs, your highs and your lows
--> Won't you tell me last time that love bought you clothes?
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--> Bills flies higher every day
--> We receive much lower pay
--> I'd rather stay young, go out and play
--> It's like that and that's the way it is, huh
--> Your ups, your downs, your highs and your lows
--> Won't you tell me last time that love bought you clothes?
--> It's like that and that's the way it is
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--> We receive much lower pay
--> I'd rather stay young, go out and play
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--> Money ''Money is the key to end all your woes
woes''
-->Your ''Your ups, your downs, your highs and your lows
lows''
-->Won't ''Won't you tell me last time that love bought you clothes?
clothes?''
-->It's ''It's like that and that's the way it is
is''
-->Bills ''Bills flies higher every day
day''
-->We ''We receive much lower pay
pay''
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--> When ''When you feel you fail, sometimes it hurts
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* FaceOnTheCover: The band is shown on the cover.
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--> Do not be a fool who's prejudiced
--> Because we're all written down on the same list
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miss''
-->Do ''Do not be a fool who's prejudiced
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-->Because ''Because we're all written down on the same list
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** In "Jam Master Jay" the band raps: "In '84 he will be a little faster."
** In "30 Days" Run rhymes: "And you'll know I'll never look at another girl/ I'm a single-minded man, and my mind is set/You're the lady of the '80s that I'm gonna get"
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** In "30 Days" Runrhymes: "And rhymes:
--> ''And you'll know I'll never look at another girl/ I'm a single-minded man, and my mind is set/You're the lady of the '80s that I'm gonnaget"get''
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!! Tracklist:
# "Hard Times" (3:52)
# "Rock Box" (5:30)
# "Jam-Master Jay" (3:11)
# "Hollis Crew" (3:12)
# "Sucker M.C.'s" (3:09)
# "It's Like That" (4:50)
# "Wake Up" (5:31)
# "30 Days" (5:47)
# "Jay's Game" (4:25)
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!! Tracklist:
# "Hard Times" (3:52)
# "Rock Box" (5:30)
# "Jam-Master Jay" (3:11)
# "Hollis Crew" (3:12)
# "Sucker M.C.'s" (3:09)
# "It's Like That" (4:50)
# "Wake Up" (5:31)
# "30 Days" (5:47)
# "Jay's Game" (4:25)
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'''Run-D.M.C.''' is the 1984 debut album by Music/RunDMC, best known for their hits ''Rock Box'', ''Sucker M.C.'s''' and ''It's Like That''. It's one of the classic hip hop albums and widely considered to be one of the best and most influential.
The song ''Rock Box'' from this album was the first music video by a hiphop group to premiere on MTV.
!! These tropes are like that and that's the way are:
* BadassBoast and BoastfulRap: "Rock Box" from the first until the last line.
* BlindWithoutEm: From "Hollis Crew-Krush Groove"
--> And why do you wear those glasses?
--> So I can see!
* CallBack and ContinuityNod: "It's Like That" is about the CrapsackWorld of today, with the line "unemployment at a record high". The next track "Wake Up" is about a {{Utopia}}, with a similar line "unemployment was at a record low."
* CapitalismIsBad:
--> Money is the key to end all your woes
--> Your ups, your downs, your highs and your lows
--> Won't you tell me last time that love bought you clothes?
--> It's like that and that's the way it is
--> Bills flies higher every day
--> We receive much lower pay
--> I'd rather stay young, go out and play
--> It's like that and that's the way it is, huh
* CaptainObvious: From "Hollis Crew-Krush Groove"
--> And why do you wear those glasses?
--> So I can see!
* CelebrityCameo: In "Wake Up" a utopian dream is described, where apparently "all the presidents were chillin' at our show/listening to what we had to say/ and trying to create a new and brighter day."
* CoolPet: From "30 Days"
--> And if you're lookin' for a pet I'll buy a kangaroo.
* CoverSong: "Hard Times", a cover of Music/KurtisBlow single of the same name.
* CrapsackWorld: "Hard Times" about life's struggles. "It's Like That" describes unemployment, death, poverty, high prices, wars and failings. In both songs, however, the band concludes with a hopeful message that tells their listeners to never give up hope.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife:
--> When you feel you fail, sometimes it hurts
--> For a meaning in life is why you search
* FalseUtopia: "Wake Up", where the protagonist wakes up after having a dream about a world where everything is perfect, with no war, greed or poverty of racism. The song seems to imply that we should make this dream come true.
* NewSoundAlbum: This album had a very fresh and different sound compared to other hiphop acts at the time. "Rock Box" made use of an electric guitar sample, for instance.
* NotSoDifferent: From "It's Like That".
--> Here's another point in life, you should not miss
--> Do not be a fool who's prejudiced
--> Because we're all written down on the same list
--> It's like that and that's the way it is, huh
* ProductPlacement:
** From "Rock Box".
--> We bake a little cake with Duncan Hines
--> And never wear the vest called the Calvin Kleins
--> 'Cause Calvin Klein ain't no friend of mine.
** From "Sucker M.C.'s"
--> "Youse a sucker MC in a pair of Calvin Kleins"
--> "(...) You're drivin' big cars get your gas from Getty."
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Rock Box" and "Sucker M.C.'s"
* {{Sampling}}: ''Jam-Master Jay'' samples "Scratchin'" by Magic Disco Machine and ''Sucker M.C.'s'' does the same for "Live at the Disco Fever" by Lovebug Starski.
* RockstarSong: "Rock Box".
* SelfTitledAlbum
* ShoutOut:
** ''Hard Times'' has the line: "And be on the point for future shock", a reference to Alvin Toffler's book "Future Shock".
** "Hollis Crew-Crush Groove" namedrops Music/KurtisBlow: "Got Kurtis Blow down with the two."
** ''30 Days'' has the line: "Heard they said it's rainin' men", which is a reference to the 1983 song "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls.
** ''Rock Box'' was sampled by Creator/ChrisRock in his song "Champagne". The words "Run, Run" in themselves have been sampled by countless other rap artists.
** Music/WuTangClan covered "Sucker M.C.'s" on ''In Tha Beginning... There Was Rap'' (1997). The song is also featured in the film ''Film/DesperatelySeekingSusan'' (1985), though not on the soundtrack. Music/PublicEnemy sampled it too on ''Music/ItTakesANationOfMillionsToHoldUsBack'' (1989) during ''Night Of The Living Baseheads'', as well as Music/TheBeastieBoys during ''Super Disco Breakin''' from ''Hello Nasty'' (1998).
** ''It's Like That'' became an international Top 5 hit in the remix by DJ Jason Nevins from 1997.
* SillyLoveSongs: "30 Days", which is charming, but also funny at the same time.
* SingerNamedrop: "Jam-Master Jay" and "Jay's Game". "30 Days" namedrops Run. "Rock Box" and "Hollis Crew" namedrop the others.
* SpellingSong:
** "Jay's Game"
--> J-A-Y are the letters of his name
** "Hollis Crew-Crush Groove"
--> The D's for doin it all of the time
--> The M's for the rhymes that are all mine
--> The C's for cool, cool as can be
* StutterStop:
** From "Hard Times"
--> "P-P-P-Prices go up, don't let your pocket go down."
--> "B-b-b-beating hard times, that's my theme."
** "Hollis Crew-Crush Groove"
--> "Liggy-liggy-liggy-listen to the things that I say
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** In "Jam Master Jay" the band raps: "In '84 he will be a little faster."
** In "30 Days" Run rhymes: "And you'll know I'll never look at another girl/ I'm a single-minded man, and my mind is set/You're the lady of the '80s that I'm gonna get"
* WarIsHell: From "It's Like That"
--> War's going on across the sea
--> Street soldiers killing the elderly
--> What ever happened to unity?
--> It's like that and that's the way it is
The song ''Rock Box'' from this album was the first music video by a hiphop group to premiere on MTV.
!! These tropes are like that and that's the way are:
* BadassBoast and BoastfulRap: "Rock Box" from the first until the last line.
* BlindWithoutEm: From "Hollis Crew-Krush Groove"
--> And why do you wear those glasses?
--> So I can see!
* CallBack and ContinuityNod: "It's Like That" is about the CrapsackWorld of today, with the line "unemployment at a record high". The next track "Wake Up" is about a {{Utopia}}, with a similar line "unemployment was at a record low."
* CapitalismIsBad:
--> Money is the key to end all your woes
--> Your ups, your downs, your highs and your lows
--> Won't you tell me last time that love bought you clothes?
--> It's like that and that's the way it is
--> Bills flies higher every day
--> We receive much lower pay
--> I'd rather stay young, go out and play
--> It's like that and that's the way it is, huh
* CaptainObvious: From "Hollis Crew-Krush Groove"
--> And why do you wear those glasses?
--> So I can see!
* CelebrityCameo: In "Wake Up" a utopian dream is described, where apparently "all the presidents were chillin' at our show/listening to what we had to say/ and trying to create a new and brighter day."
* CoolPet: From "30 Days"
--> And if you're lookin' for a pet I'll buy a kangaroo.
* CoverSong: "Hard Times", a cover of Music/KurtisBlow single of the same name.
* CrapsackWorld: "Hard Times" about life's struggles. "It's Like That" describes unemployment, death, poverty, high prices, wars and failings. In both songs, however, the band concludes with a hopeful message that tells their listeners to never give up hope.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife:
--> When you feel you fail, sometimes it hurts
--> For a meaning in life is why you search
* FalseUtopia: "Wake Up", where the protagonist wakes up after having a dream about a world where everything is perfect, with no war, greed or poverty of racism. The song seems to imply that we should make this dream come true.
* NewSoundAlbum: This album had a very fresh and different sound compared to other hiphop acts at the time. "Rock Box" made use of an electric guitar sample, for instance.
* NotSoDifferent: From "It's Like That".
--> Here's another point in life, you should not miss
--> Do not be a fool who's prejudiced
--> Because we're all written down on the same list
--> It's like that and that's the way it is, huh
* ProductPlacement:
** From "Rock Box".
--> We bake a little cake with Duncan Hines
--> And never wear the vest called the Calvin Kleins
--> 'Cause Calvin Klein ain't no friend of mine.
** From "Sucker M.C.'s"
--> "Youse a sucker MC in a pair of Calvin Kleins"
--> "(...) You're drivin' big cars get your gas from Getty."
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Rock Box" and "Sucker M.C.'s"
* {{Sampling}}: ''Jam-Master Jay'' samples "Scratchin'" by Magic Disco Machine and ''Sucker M.C.'s'' does the same for "Live at the Disco Fever" by Lovebug Starski.
* RockstarSong: "Rock Box".
* SelfTitledAlbum
* ShoutOut:
** ''Hard Times'' has the line: "And be on the point for future shock", a reference to Alvin Toffler's book "Future Shock".
** "Hollis Crew-Crush Groove" namedrops Music/KurtisBlow: "Got Kurtis Blow down with the two."
** ''30 Days'' has the line: "Heard they said it's rainin' men", which is a reference to the 1983 song "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls.
** ''Rock Box'' was sampled by Creator/ChrisRock in his song "Champagne". The words "Run, Run" in themselves have been sampled by countless other rap artists.
** Music/WuTangClan covered "Sucker M.C.'s" on ''In Tha Beginning... There Was Rap'' (1997). The song is also featured in the film ''Film/DesperatelySeekingSusan'' (1985), though not on the soundtrack. Music/PublicEnemy sampled it too on ''Music/ItTakesANationOfMillionsToHoldUsBack'' (1989) during ''Night Of The Living Baseheads'', as well as Music/TheBeastieBoys during ''Super Disco Breakin''' from ''Hello Nasty'' (1998).
** ''It's Like That'' became an international Top 5 hit in the remix by DJ Jason Nevins from 1997.
* SillyLoveSongs: "30 Days", which is charming, but also funny at the same time.
* SingerNamedrop: "Jam-Master Jay" and "Jay's Game". "30 Days" namedrops Run. "Rock Box" and "Hollis Crew" namedrop the others.
* SpellingSong:
** "Jay's Game"
--> J-A-Y are the letters of his name
** "Hollis Crew-Crush Groove"
--> The D's for doin it all of the time
--> The M's for the rhymes that are all mine
--> The C's for cool, cool as can be
* StutterStop:
** From "Hard Times"
--> "P-P-P-Prices go up, don't let your pocket go down."
--> "B-b-b-beating hard times, that's my theme."
** "Hollis Crew-Crush Groove"
--> "Liggy-liggy-liggy-listen to the things that I say
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** In "Jam Master Jay" the band raps: "In '84 he will be a little faster."
** In "30 Days" Run rhymes: "And you'll know I'll never look at another girl/ I'm a single-minded man, and my mind is set/You're the lady of the '80s that I'm gonna get"
* WarIsHell: From "It's Like That"
--> War's going on across the sea
--> Street soldiers killing the elderly
--> What ever happened to unity?
--> It's like that and that's the way it is
