As a flight attendant, I had the pleasure of meeting and serving DMC not once but twice in about 10yrs between each encounter. He was flying from Charlotte, NC to Newark, NJ both times. I often think what were the odds of that!? He was a gentleman and he even remembered me from the first flight mainly because of my name. The last flight was around 2011. I cherish those encounters with the Legend.
In 1985 me and 3 dudes standing behind arena trying to get glimse of fresh fest superstars limo pulls up, 1st guy spoke to DMC he signaled for all three of us backstage there he gave us backstage passes, access to there dressing room food etc. very humble nice guy one night i'll never forget, RUN not as nice.
My coworker was a mechanic at a Cadillac dealership and their cars often were brought there for service. The dealer was located not far from where they got their start in Hollis, Queens.
@@2013venjixAs inconsequential a detail as that is(everyone knew anyway) he was murdered and regardless of what he was into he, his family and friends deserve justice. It took damn near two decades but it seems like justice is finally going to be served in this case. About damn time too.
I transform back into that little kid listening to this in my room when it dropped in the 80's. I'm a grown ass man with a framed Run DMC poster on my wall in my office. Goats!
For me Miss Elaine and Tougher Than Leather Changed everything when i first heard tougher than leather, i was like Hoooooooooooo........Lyyyyyyyyyyyy...........FUCK !!!! in like the first 5 seconds
Rockbox came out a year earlier in '84. For me, that was the big bang for rap/rock union, next level ish. Kind of Rock summited that mountain again. Those two are my favorite Run DMC jams for their trend setting. (Walk this Way tried to go in these footsteps, but wasn't close. Crossing over is tricky; could lose your identity.)
When I was 14 (1985) me and a friend of mine were RUN-DMC in our high school’s lip sync contest doing The King of Rock and won! I really miss the 80’s.
One of the hardest rap songs of the 80’s. If Mellie Mell, Grand Master Flash, Cold Crush Crew, Kurtis Blow and those guys are the foundation of HipHop. Run DMC, Whodini, Fat Boys and LL are the brick layers of the game.
Not really; Grandmaster Flash , caz, Melle Mel - these dudes were doing it in the 70s, Run DMC formed in 1982 - Still really early in the game and they broke the racial barrier- they deserve honors, and respect for who they are- but leave phrases like "original pioneers" for the guys who actually were
@@rickiejohnson9744 lol I can't really speak when it comes to hip hop in general. But Run-DMC are definitely rap-rock pioneers. Along with Beastie Boys. Unless you can give me an example of a group who did it earlier.
@@rickiejohnson9744 This is a very stupid comment because who did RUN DMC copy? They are original because this group of 3 guys pushed rap music to a global audience. RUN DMC were a game changer they broke down a lot of doors because rap music was only known in the Hood and in the clubs.
Yup and never get put in peoples top 5! Smh probably the first ones to hold that spot for years cause every album had major hits! I remember their era it was dope as hell!
I’ll never forget the moment my cousin played this song for me while we were camping when I was 11. It was the first rap song I’d ever heard and kicked off a lifetime love of the genre.♥️
That's a great story. I wish I could remember the 1st rap song I heard. Been a hip hop head since 1989. I do have a list of songs mainly rap that I remember hearing for the 1st time. Those memories never leave you.
This is “a devastating rap” So under rated. They are one of Godfathers of Rap. I ran into DMC in Vegas 2016. He was so kind , spent time with me and my daughter and took photos. Don’t Stop!!
im stil in awe to have witnessed greatness, of seeing them at the Fresh Fest in Detroit Mi, Joe Louis Arena, im now 51 yrs old! thank you Run DmC for great memories of being part of the original movement!
Never forget Eddie Martinez (also known for playing with Robert Palmer) for his kick ass riffs, soaring leads, and his massive Metalesque guitar tone on this track AND Rock Box. Imho he is one of the most important (and underrated) guitarist of the video music era!
Dmc's Cazels was so Cold, everyone wanted a pair because of him. Back in the day Bodegas used to sell knockoffs and I bought me a pair, you couldn't tell me I wasn't DMC😮😁.I still want a pair. Shout-out to the iconic legends Run-Dmc, R.I.p JMJ 🤓😁 King Of Rock is one of my favorite albums.💯
@@IUsedToBeAPygmy true, but you got to admit Run DMC was dope as fuk for jumping on Beats like this. Like this was a big gamble for them. They're from the streets of New York City. people in the hood might not have embraced this but they were so dope that it worked
TOGI BOK one of my happiest pictures ever is being held by Jay as a baby in New York with producer Larry Smith and guitarist Eddie Martinez in the background with my 80's rocking hair mother. Wish I'd been old enough to actually have a 'memory' of it. I do know the band said 'that baby's wild man, check out those eyes.' When glaring around a studio
I first found out about The Kings of Rock in Clearwater FLORIDA, the sunshine state, great vacation, Thank God for RUN-D.M.C, The Kings of Rock, God Bless America
Eddie Martinez is the guitar player. He played on their first two albums. He's also a well-known session player, played on a bunch of albums you probably know.
Simon Stone I remember I had a ep by rundmc and there was a track called proud to black that had a lot of cursing in it but still love them too this day
When DMC (my ace) says, " ... to be an MC we got what it take. Let the poppers pop, and the breakers break. ... " I tear up every time. I was a breaker: top 5ive. "Crescent City Breakers" 7th w/d
one of the first, and best, so sad to see covid got him! why could they not save him, so sad,, and to think a simple mask and sound leadership could have saved so many, as the clown said, it is what it is, how did that man get so dam cold? R, I, P,
Between Run DMC rhyming and my man playing those guitar riffs how could you not like this "legendary hip hop classic." This song is still bad azz to this day!
' I even made the Devil sell me his soul ' 🔥🔥🔥
🤫✌🏽😈✌🏽 #ITS #TRUE 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
They didnt talk about drugs or being a thug. Str8 truth
and rarely used cuss words if ever...
@@davidp.richardsI can only remember an MF Bomb dropped on "Proud To Be Black", but that song cooks, so it's okay...
We Miss You Jam Master J
2024 still the King 👑 s
I agree these guys have always been great I really enjoyed this era of rap the stuff nowadays is just horrible
Yeah, still the king!
D's for never dirty, MC's for mostly clean.
This will NEVER leave history :) Rappin'rock got shadowed by techno but it's still the best :)
Larry 'Bud' Melman takes this video to legendary levels.
That way
This is the song that turned this head banging metal head into a rap junkie!!
When rap was innocent and wholesome.
Eddie Martinez was PUNISHING that guitar! Damn!
My name eddie
Don't Forget Rock Box As Well. Killed It.
Dude was rocking heavily with that groove. Eddie was tough.
FACTS
As a flight attendant, I had the pleasure of meeting and serving DMC not once but twice in about 10yrs between each encounter. He was flying from Charlotte, NC to Newark, NJ both times. I often think what were the odds of that!? He was a gentleman and he even remembered me from the first flight mainly because of my name. The last flight was around 2011. I cherish those encounters with the Legend.
In 1985 me and 3 dudes standing behind arena trying to get glimse of fresh fest superstars limo pulls up, 1st guy spoke to DMC he signaled for all three of us backstage there he gave us backstage passes, access to there dressing room food etc. very humble nice guy one night i'll never forget, RUN not as nice.
My coworker was a mechanic at a Cadillac dealership and their cars often were brought there for service. The dealer was located not far from where they got their start in Hollis, Queens.
“I even made the devil sell me his soul”. Love DMC & his lyrics!
The back and forth delivery between Run and DMC is pure greatness. 🔥
And when their voices join together as well!
Almost like Lennon & McCartney 🤦
I love it😊
It's almost like Ad Rock, MCA and Mike D
Copy that. Very overlooked
Jam Master Jay is missed,rest in peace to legendary dj
Two dudes were indicted
@@glowfour4578 Along with the reason no one knew about. Jay was dealing on the side.
@@2013venjixAs inconsequential a detail as that is(everyone knew anyway) he was murdered and regardless of what he was into he, his family and friends deserve justice. It took damn near two decades but it seems like justice is finally going to be served in this case. About damn time too.
@@2013venjix a lot of them did back then bc they were getting ripped off and never paid as they should have been.
@@2013venjix
Mmmm
/6
Plz Mmm$
❤ Back when Rap was Rap
Run-D.M.C were the gods of Rap at one time.
Still are they are better than anything from this century
I transform back into that little kid listening to this in my room when it dropped in the 80's. I'm a grown ass man with a framed Run DMC poster on my wall in my office. Goats!
One of the best songs ever recorded. Changed everything
For me
Miss Elaine
and
Tougher Than Leather
Changed everything
when i first heard tougher than leather, i was like
Hoooooooooooo........Lyyyyyyyyyyyy...........FUCK !!!!
in like the first 5 seconds
Raising Hell was their ABSOLUTE GREATNESS in my opinion.
Rockbox came out a year earlier in '84. For me, that was the big bang for rap/rock union, next level ish. Kind of Rock summited that mountain again. Those two are my favorite Run DMC jams for their trend setting. (Walk this Way tried to go in these footsteps, but wasn't close. Crossing over is tricky; could lose your identity.)
Tru story
Man they built the biggest and strongest Bridges with all Races... don't let what they built go to waste
When I was 14 (1985) me and a friend of mine were RUN-DMC in our high school’s lip sync contest doing The King of Rock and won! I really miss the 80’s.
One of the hardest rap songs of the 80’s. If Mellie Mell, Grand Master Flash, Cold Crush Crew, Kurtis Blow and those guys are the foundation of HipHop. Run DMC, Whodini, Fat Boys and LL are the brick layers of the game.
Sugar Hill Gang...never forget them.
@@steelzmb4262🫤
Yeah!!!
FACTS
And Beastie Boys they were touring with RUN DMC on Licensed to Ill
King Of Rock is still the hardest cleanest rap Ive ever heard, I still play it like it just came out.
down with the kings
This was back when was good but rap really was good but now rap music sux big time okay
This is hard. Raising Hell is harder.
I don't always listen to Run DMC....but when I do, my neighbors do too ;)
Hip-hop will never have this again
The original pioneers of rap. Music will never be like this again...
Not really; Grandmaster Flash , caz, Melle Mel - these dudes were doing it in the 70s, Run DMC formed in 1982 - Still really early in the game and they broke the racial barrier- they deserve honors, and respect for who they are- but leave phrases like "original pioneers" for the guys who actually were
@Lord Hentai uhh no.. y'all don't get to determine what's original especially when it comes to hip hop
@@rickiejohnson9744 lol I can't really speak when it comes to hip hop in general. But Run-DMC are definitely rap-rock pioneers. Along with Beastie Boys. Unless you can give me an example of a group who did it earlier.
yes and afrika bambata too
@@rickiejohnson9744 This is a very stupid comment because who did RUN DMC copy? They are original because this group of 3 guys pushed rap music to a global audience. RUN DMC were a game changer they broke down a lot of doors because rap music was only known in the Hood and in the clubs.
R.I.P. Jam Master Jay . Miss you brother
RIP jam master Jay🙏🏿
RIP 🕊
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😢
They had the greatest timing of all time. One word in, one word out w/o skipping a beat. "Timeless".
Facts!
I noticed that too.
Carl Horton Check out Double Trouble ( Rodney Cee and K.K Rockwell) from the movie Wild style.
And maintained a high level of energy throughout the entire song.
the streets won't forget Larry Bud Melman
BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES! I MISS THE REAL RAP LIKE THIS!
I know its over... smh
#PausimodO EP
Jack Harlow diss th-cam.com/video/g0ubsGqMgz0/w-d-xo.html
the best of times ( queens ) in the house
Me too 😢
Now that was "REAL HIP HOP".
Yup and never get put in peoples top 5! Smh probably the first ones to hold that spot for years cause every album had major hits! I remember their era it was dope as hell!
Best RAPPERS Ever.....💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Kings From Queens: The Run DMC Story 2024 doc brought me here back down memory lane to my childhood back in the 80z. R.I.P. Jam Master Jay!
Production is still amazing. Kings of Rap!!
Rip jam master Jay. The only rap group that mattered to me. Rock to the rap to the rock. King 👑
They are still the kings.
I’ll never forget the moment my cousin played this song for me while we were camping when I was 11. It was the first rap song I’d ever heard and kicked off a lifetime love of the genre.♥️
First
Who are your favorite modern rap artists? Jw from someone hearing this for the first time🤪
Can't stand the new stuff. Give me stuff like Erik B and Rakim, EPMD, etc over this new era.
That's a great story. I wish I could remember the 1st rap song I heard. Been a hip hop head since 1989. I do have a list of songs mainly rap that I remember hearing for the 1st time. Those memories never leave you.
Today's rap sucks.
This is “a devastating rap”
So under rated. They are one of Godfathers of Rap.
I ran into DMC in Vegas 2016.
He was so kind , spent time with me and my daughter and took photos.
Don’t Stop!!
Bad ass!!!!.
Love that solo delivery at 0:39 and the rest of the tune. That guitar player rocks.
im stil in awe to have witnessed greatness, of seeing them at the Fresh Fest in Detroit Mi, Joe Louis Arena, im now 51 yrs old! thank you Run DmC for great memories of being part of the original movement!
Never forget Eddie Martinez (also known for playing with Robert Palmer) for his kick ass riffs, soaring leads, and his massive Metalesque guitar tone on this track AND Rock Box. Imho he is one of the most important (and underrated) guitarist of the video music era!
Dmc's Cazels was so Cold, everyone wanted a pair because of him. Back in the day Bodegas used to sell knockoffs and I bought me a pair, you couldn't tell me I wasn't DMC😮😁.I still want a pair. Shout-out to the iconic legends Run-Dmc, R.I.p JMJ 🤓😁 King Of Rock is one of my favorite albums.💯
This is song still has relevance in 2023, the song hits hard without vulgarity so it can be done no matter what the music industry says.
No criminal stuff
@@willhaynes2190 facts.
FACTS.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The inventors of rap rock. Love this genre.
That was Rick Rubin actually ;-)
@@IUsedToBeAPygmy true, but you got to admit Run DMC was dope as fuk for jumping on Beats like this. Like this was a big gamble for them. They're from the streets of New York City. people in the hood might not have embraced this but they were so dope that it worked
@@IUsedToBeAPygmy .......How so?
@@urbancommute5239 Because Rick Rubin was the producer who actually came up with this rap/rock combination.
@@IUsedToBeAPygmy .......Not sure of this, I can remember run dmcs cousin discussing this combination.
"They don't make no songs like these... PERIOD."
Desee
coolest guitah riff right? the drum track's also heavy-as-hell as well!
so true tho
As someone who was born in 1994, I agree with you.
The most amazing thing about this song may be the fact that it didn't sample a single thing. This song is 100% Run DMC
100% king shit
Vanilla ice: 😯
They sound like Beasty boys
@@twisted_fate3264 you mean the beastie boys sound like them
@@twisted_fate3264 are you insane RUN DMC originated that style
If you were a kid when hip hop was brand new than you know how powerful this was! Classic 🔥… this is why hip-hop is large & still around
RIP Jam Master Jay🥀
Watching the investigation into his death on ABC7 right now.
@@carlyletom301 ppp
Wat the fuck did j ever do to ANYONE.........
TOGI BOK one of my happiest pictures ever is being held by Jay as a baby in New York with producer Larry Smith and guitarist Eddie Martinez in the background with my 80's rocking hair mother. Wish I'd been old enough to actually have a 'memory' of it. I do know the band said 'that baby's wild man, check out those eyes.' When glaring around a studio
🐐
this band deserves more fucking respect
I just love the faces on the guitarist, just having the time of his life. great song too
Damn, I remember DMC glasses was the SHIZNIK! Back in the day. Everyone was wearing a tinted pair with the Gold trim.
People always ask, "DMC, what does it mean?"
D's for never dirty, MC for mostly clean.
#Respect
is that a fact.
Darryl McDaniels
So...should it be NDMC?
TheJofrica
Yes but that ain’t as catchy as the DMC
DMC Stands for devastating mic control.
RIP JMJ you finally got the justice you deserved
Glad
JMJ Beats & Mixes Live on in 2024...Rest In Beats J
GOD FIRST ALWAYS
I first found out about The Kings of Rock in Clearwater FLORIDA, the sunshine state, great vacation, Thank God for RUN-D.M.C, The Kings of Rock, God Bless America
When this song rocks more Better than any mainstream rock artist today, that says something.
Sorry it kills
Mainstream being the keyword. Plenty of less relevant artists who go real hard.
Common 💯
In the Rock and roll Hall of Fame now baby!
"D for never dirty MC for mostly clean " diffren era.
Back when black musicians were positive role models
A better era
bud389
And not modern eminem with a different skin color
I always loved that line. Degrading into profanity or sexual content shows you have nothing prolific to add to the collective consciousness.
No true fact but ok
And they are in the rock and roll hall of fame
Its the energy and its masculinity that's what's missing today !!!!!!
The guitarist is shredding that shit up!!!
Eddie Martinez is the guitar player. He played on their first two albums. He's also a well-known session player, played on a bunch of albums you probably know.
Hell yeah, Eddie Martinez is awesome.
That baseline is legendary
RIP JMJ ❤❤❤
Musically this is a fantastic "Rap-Hip-hop-guitar-rock-crossover" - many, many acts were no doubt influenced by this later on.
The Kings of Rap, RIP Jam Master Jay!!!
Who is listening to this in 2023? Run DMC made history...
Me in 2024
RUN DMC all the way live for 2025
Ledgendary Artist ❤❤🎉🎉BOYEEE 4LIFE
There's absolutely nothing in hip hop that changed the game quite like this. 100% forever.🙌
Truth!
This is Rap, zero Mumble herer
'Walk this way' and Rick Rubin's masterpiece album 'License to Ill' too.
Sucker MC's ...
I'm 34, I've listened to this so many times throughout my life. Just noticed the woman with the cowbell.
This is the hardest song without cursing ever made
Simon Stone I remember I had a ep by rundmc and there was a track called proud to black that had a lot of cursing in it but still love them too this day
Chandros Evans show us then
"D For never dirty,MC For mostly clean!"😹
Run said "stay the hell back ", with the guitar is his hand..
100
This is why hip hop fun because you can sample any damn thing
I’m 50 and remember seeing these guys in concert at Astroworld in Houston... showing my son what real rap is!!!!!!
I bet it was better than Travis Scott.
I'll agree with you since I'm 23 and never liked today's century of music, the 1900s was better
👍👍
Lucky you!!!!!
Goddess - preach!
''Sucka MCs call me Sire..''!! That Guitar though!!! Straight Dope fire!!!!!
Guitar leads are ill
***** The guitar player is Eddie Martinez. He played on the the first two Run-DMC albums.
CyrilAndPriscilla
Thank you!!! I love the Guitar part!!
***** At 1:48 Eddie Martinez is on the left playing the red guitar in the blue and white coat.
CyrilAndPriscilla
oh ok, thanx!
Heavy metal and hard rap= Awesome 🎸
It’s the best ever!🎤🎸🔥
D for Neva dirty..and C fa always clean...clean.
.clean..Mad love for Run DMC
A timeless classic
How can anyone give it thumbs down? These guy's are legendary, song is still bad ass till this day.
Thumbs down are people not from the 1980's.
We all have haters or square ass people 🤣
@@luismrtz5203 Lol! Right...
Fuckin a it's just haters
Those people like mumble rap.
It's one thing to be the king of rock.
It's one thing to be the king of hip-hop.
It's another thing to be both 🙌
OwenHoopz23 elvis the only king
Actually the title of King belongs to Michael Jackson! Just saying!
Rob D ....?
Urban Community TV Did you not understand my statement?
@@frankfurfaro1885 Please whatever!!!!!
These guys showcased rap to the masses
When DMC (my ace) says, " ... to be an MC we got what it take. Let the poppers pop, and the breakers break. ... " I tear up every time. I was a breaker: top 5ive. "Crescent City Breakers" 7th w/d
YESSSSS INDEED!!!!!
Please tell me your still breaking.
Carrying windbreakers in a pouch
Never be embarrassed about having heart, my man. 😉
🙌🙌🙌
dopest song ever made to me...Bar for bar...These lyrics can't be touched still to this day
Your right best song ever
They are great lyrics but not the best bars
R.i.p to my brother Ice he idolized RUN DMC R.I.P JAM MASTER J
one of the first, and best, so sad to see covid got him! why could they not save him, so sad,, and to think a simple mask and sound leadership could have saved so many, as the clown said, it is what it is, how did that man get so dam cold? R, I, P,
LEGENDS 👑 1#HOLY SPIRIT 🔥
Real RAP music, Where musicality matter the most. It was all about rhythm and beats. Total art.
Pioneers of Rap. Period.
need to bring this music back please
Unity was real back then but this killing each other is ridiculous. It's Enough money for everybody to eat 😌
THIS was the hip hop I remembered. I truly miss this era. No girls jumping around, no partying, no cursing, just 2 men and 1 DJ.
"Every jam we play, we break two needles
Its three of us, but we're not the beatles" 🔥🔥🔥
You have to realize they also had to learn each other's lines and it was still in sync.
Love that cowbell
Saw these guys in concert with Kurtis Blow, Newcleus, the Fat Boys, & Whodini in 1984. Still the best rappers of all time!!!!
Wow, I bet that concert was fire!!!
Oh crap! What a line up. Newcleus-Jam on it!
Always my # one group. Run D.M.C . R.I.P. Jam master Jay. That will never be a rapp group like this..Good old dayz in Houston Tx y'all..
RUN DMC was art
Is art
The world needs a run dmc today.
amazing tune & still sounding fresh after nearly 30 years. these chaps so ahead of their time.
Omg, their swag and that hard bop at the end is everything.....
I'm 54, that's how it was and we didn't call each other niggas.
the whole king of rock Album is pure gold
This song will never ever get old. I love that deep guitar, it sounds so cool!
Most influential Hip Hop group ever. Fight me if you want to. RIP JMJ
This the only Pastor I trust.
RUN-DMC Relevant TODAY! I’ve had the pleasure of following them 36 years and counting... Imitators you better be paying royalties!
Between Run DMC rhyming and my man playing those guitar riffs how could you not like this "legendary hip hop classic." This song is still bad azz to this day!