Line #3 Trivia/RunDMC


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2	* BreakthroughHit: "Walk This Way", undoubtedly.
3	* ChannelHop: The group were originally signed to Profile Records in the US and 4th & Broadway Records in the UK. While they stuck with Profile Stateside, in the UK, they shifted over to London Records in 1986, then got Profile to distribute them worldwide during the '90s. In 1999, they moved over to Creator/AristaRecords after their buyout of Profile.
4	* CutSong: "Slow And Low," which never made it past the demo sessions for ''King of Rock.'' The Music/BeastieBoys heard the song and sought Run-D.M.C.'s permission to cut their own version, [[note]]they changed a couple of the more self referential lyrics that wouldn't have really made sense delivered by anyone else, but still credited the songwriting entirely to the members of Run-D.M.C. and producer Music/RickRubin[[/note]], which appeared on ''Licensed to Ill.'' The original "Slow and Low" demo would appear as a bonus track on a 2005 "deluxe edition" of ''King Of Rock.''
5	* TroubledProduction: ''Crown Royal'' was probably doomed from the get-go. Clive Davis signed the group to Creator/AristaRecords hoping to return them to prominence the same way as Music/{{Santana}} - a big comeback album with some guest stars of the current music scene. A modern update suited Run just fine, but D.M.C. had no interest whatsoever in the current music scene, and wanted a more introspective take on hip-hop (and he'd get his wish on his 2006 solo album, ''Checks Thugs and Rock n Roll''). Disagreements over where to take their new material resulted in D.M.C. largely withdrawing from the album's proceedings, and he's almost a non-factor on the album. On top of that, current nu-metal faces of the day, like Music/LimpBizkit's Fred Durst and Music/KidRock, were game to contribute, but their management denied the use of their songs as singles. They wound up reduced to releasing the first single, "Rock Show," with Music/ThirdEyeBlind's Stephen Jenkins, and critics almost unanimously panned ''Crown Royal'' upon release. Sadly, this was the final album before the group's dissolution, following Jam Master Jay's murder in 2002.
6	* UncreditedRole: They served as uncredited ghostwriters for several artists, including Music/BeastieBoys on their first album. On the flip side, "Them Girls" off of ''Crown Royal'' had a beat produced by Ad-Rock, but he had his name taken off of it when he found out [[Music/LimpBizkit Fred Durst]] would be on it.
7	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
8	** The group wrote a song called "Slow And Low" while working on their album ''Music/KingOfRock'', but ultimately discarded it as an outtake. Then The Music/BeastieBoys, who were also on Def Jam at the time, heard a demo of the song and asked to do their own version, which appeared on ''Licensed To Ill'' - the Beastie Boys made a couple of slight lyrical changes to put a bit of their own personal touch on it, but it's still credited on their album as being written by Run DMC and Rick Rubin. The original Run DMC demo appeared as a bonus track on a 2006 re-release of ''King Of Rock'', but a more fully produced version apparently doesn't exist.
9	** While Music/MichaelJackson was working on ''Music/{{Bad}}'', he brought Run-D.M.C. into the studio to collaborate on a song called "Crack Kills". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CoWrwJN0v4 According to DMC]], the song ended up being scrapped after Jackson's pet chimpanzee, Bubbles, bit Jam Master Jay, though he and the rest of the group remained on good terms with Jackson, even getting a thank-you in the liner notes for ''Bad''.

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