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Run-DMC – King Of Rock (VG/VG) – LP, US 1985
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King Of Rock is an LP by Run-DMC from 1985 released on the Profile Records label.
About this album
King Of Rock is Run-DMC’s breakthrough second album and a defining statement of early hardcore hip-hop. Released in 1985, it sharpened the group’s stripped-back beats, clipped rhymes and streetwise swagger while pushing rap into louder, harder territory. With tracks such as the title song, Rock The House and Jam-Master Jammin’, the record helped widen hip-hop’s audience and signalled a new confidence in rap as a mainstream force. Its blunt energy and cross-genre impact made it one of the key albums of the genre’s formative era, and an enduring touchstone for the Run-DMC sound.
Genre: Hip Hop & RnB
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Run-DMCLabel: Profile Records – PRO-1205Format: LP, Album, StereoUnits: 1Country: USReleased: 1985Genre: Hip Hop & RnBA1 Rock The House
A2 King Of Rock
A3 You Talk Too Much
A4 Jam-Master Jammin'
A5 Roots, Rap, Reggae
B1 Can You Rock It Like This
B2 You'Re Blind
B3 It'S Not Funny
B4 Darryl And Joe (Krush-Groove 3)