Run-DMC – Raising Hell (VG/VG+) – LP, Australasia 1986

Raising Hell is an LP by Run-DMC from 1986 released on the London Records label.

About this album

Raising Hell is the album that pushed Run-DMC from rap pioneers into mainstream icons. Released in 1986 and produced by Rick Rubin, it sharpened the group’s stark beats, clipped rhymes and streetwise swagger while expanding hip hop’s reach far beyond its original base. “My Adidas” turned brand identification into cultural statement, and the explosive reworking of “Walk This Way” with Aerosmith became a defining crossover moment for rap and rock. Widely regarded as one of the genre’s most important releases, the album helped prove that hip hop could command both the charts and the cultural conversation.