anyone else think run dmc was lame as hell?

[28 Gramz]

Run DMC was corny as shyt..even as a kid I would see Walk This Way on tv and immediately change the channel

Thank god for NWA...lord only knows how hip hop would sound without that family tree

 

[Knicksman20]

Run DMC was corny as shyt..even as a kid I would see Walk This Way on tv and immediately change the channel

Thank god for NWA...lord only knows how hip hop would sound without that family tree

Tear down Run DMC when NWA were even more simple in terms of lyrics & delivery. And they were jheri curls to top it off

 

[28 Gramz]

Tear down Run DMC when NWA were even more simple in terms of lyrics & delivery. And they were jheri curls to top it off

Cube and Ren are leagues ahead of both of them nikkas in terms of lyrics..and Dre>>>>>>>>>>Rick Rubin.

 

[ThaBronxBully]

KRS One Used To Throw Shots At Them

 

[Wacky D]

KRS One Used To Throw Shots At Them

KRS threw subs at everytbody that was successful.

Cube and Ren are leagues ahead of both of them nikkas in terms of lyrics..and Dre>>>>>>>>>>Rick Rubin.

no theyre not leagues ahead.

and larry smith >>> dr dre

do you even know what that is?

 

[28 Gramz]

KRS threw subs at everytbody that was successful.





no theyre not leagues ahead.

and larry smith >>> dr dre

do you even know what that is?

No. But my main point was that Dre's beats were far superior to that shyt Run DMC was rapping on.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

The fact that dude didn't survive past the mid-90s speaks for itself...He is the same age group as Jay Z...We tend to think that Rakim, BD Kane, Slick Rick, KRS One and etc are so much older...but they are Jay Z's peers...

Jay Z started in 88 and blew up in 98...These other dudes already had fame but couldn't maintain...

If jay blew in 88 with the style he had back then, he woulda been deaded by 91/92 as well. Dude is lucky he had a late start. And they may be peers by age, but they're not his peers musically, they paved the way for the 90's incarnation of jay (as well as Nas, big, and so on). Anyone who knows hip hop knows there was a huge shift in style from 89-91/92, a lot of rappers didn't survive.

And if anything, LL gets the longevity award, he was a pioneer in taking rap mainstream back in 85 and still getting spins/rocking clubs through 05...20 years of relevance, plus an acting career.

 

[Wacky D]

No. But my main point was that Dre's beats were far superior to that shyt Run DMC was rapping on.

most of dre's best beats were either str8 samples or have beat scandals behind em.

larry smith did more of run dmc's beats in their prime years than rick rubin. you dont know either one of them, and with that said, i doubt that youve even attempted to crack their catalog.

If jay blew in 88 with the style he had back then, he woulda been deaded by 91/92 as well. Dude is lucky he had a late start. And they may be peers by age, but they're not his peers musically, they paved the way for the 90's incarnation of jay (as well as Nas, big, and so on). Anyone who knows hip hop knows there was a huge shift in style from 89-91/92, a lot of rappers didn't survive.

And if anything, LL gets the longevity award, he was a pioneer in taking rap mainstream back in 85 and still getting spins/rocking clubs through 05...20 years of relevance, plus an acting career.

THIS

there was always a shift in styles period, up until the 2000s when everything got corporate

when rap was real, it was nearly impossible to stay a real factor for more than 5 years.

 

[the cac mamba]

runs delivery



the way they back and forthed this intro is ridiculous. might be better than any kiss/styles couple bars. shyt it set the tone

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

...like this is not CURRENTLY happening at an even SLOWER pace...

i dont listen to nikkas that rap like that nowadays either so what's your point

 

[DANJ!]

Run DMC was corny as shyt..even as a kid I would see Walk This Way on tv and immediately change the channel

Thank god for NWA...lord only knows how hip hop would sound without that family tree

If you only know Run-DMC for Walk this Way... that alone is part of the problem and why you seem to believe they were corny.

Judge artists based on your own limited knowledge of their music, brehs.

 

[Wacky D]

lol @ "walk this way" being a proper representation of run dmc.

 

[504Slim]

 

[DaveyDave]

that was funny when they became Onyx clones

 

[Tommy Sheppard]

that was funny when they became Onyx clones

that's when they became even cornier.