DMC - Run DMC Artistically Lost Their Way with Tougher Than Leather
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- čas přidán 9. 08. 2018
- Darryl DMC McDaniels discusses the tension within the group when making Tougher Than Leather.
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Beats to the Rhyme is one of the greatest hip hop tracks of all time
Hell yeah it is
DMC is my favourite rapper ever!!! Best voice!! So glad RUN DMC was my first concert.
MSG with the Beastie Boys?
@@BiggRuss no. I saw EPMD, Public Enemy,RUN DMC at Toronto 's Varsity Arena in the summer of 88. That would have been cool though. Saw the Beasties a bunch of times but never with RUN DMC.
Words of wisdom from the King DMC
When Tougher Than Leather came out in 1988, Hip-Hop landscape was changing. From PE to Ultramagnetic MCs, all of the those Hip-Hop classics in 1988 were booming up the airwaves.
It was also shelved for awhile due to touring. It sounded dated because it was supposed to be released in '87.
yes i feel when they dropped "down with the king" it was the end and they were trying to fit end to the new era. rappers making a lot of albums is new...long ago their careers didnt have staying power. the first album was your intro, the second album was better, then the third album was either a departure from your style or your last album.
@@kennycooper294 happened in rock too. bands that were big in early 80s by 88 seemed old. bands like reo speedwagon styx billy squier by 88-89 considered old news
ARE YOU KIDDING?! THIS WAS THEIR GREATEST ALBUM!
Love that album 💯it’s after that he’s talking about
Conscious Rap, Hardcore/Gangsta Rap and Explicit/Party Rap music was becoming dominate by the time Tougher Than Leather was released. RUN DMC still held their own into the early 90's, though. I still bump their first 4 albums to this day.
1988 Hip Hop was On Another Level, that Golden Age Era will always be my favorite!! 50 years old and still think about all the artists, and groups who conquered the airwaves!!!
East Coast had the best line up from Alliance to X-Clan, then the Miami sound 2Live Crew and MC Clay D, Atlantas MC Shy D and West Coast Ice-T, Too $hort, NWA, Rodney O Joe Cooley King Tee, SirMixAlot, Def Jef, Mellowman Ace, Kid Frost.
Tougher Than Leather was a great album.
Hell yeah. Absolutely killer. So many good songs and different style, etc.
Tougher than leather is the real meaning of NWA in my multiverse
Beastie boys desperado is such a good tune. Wish it got released.
Beats to the Rhyme should have been a monster hit ….he said it well!
Awesome Interview!!
Brudda Speaks TRUTH, Mad Respect ✊🏿
Tougher Than Leather to this day is like gospel music to this day
Love the interview! 🙂 The song Tougher Than Leather is one of my favorites. It rocks.
Thougher Than Leather Album and single. Was definitely a classic. Flat out
Tougher Than Leather was a great album! Yall may have not be advanced as Kane, Rakim or G Rap but yall held it down on the square you never left. Didn't need to advance.
Beats to the rhymes is one of the best duo with a dj cut. they all played a part. Jay even was like... a part of the song a much as the emcees
That album was nice to me
I always liked DMC's straight forward style...the voice was what made him so dope. What he did on "Hit It Run" was so dope..the one liners, the internal rhymes..Dope! Run had that energy and you could tell he was hip to the new styles. JMJ was not the flashiest DJ but he was always on point and such a dope live show DJ.
I dunno, I get that it was hard to follow up Raising Hell, and the rest of the landscape had changed, but IMO Tougher Than Leather STILL stands up there with anything in history, including the older RUN DMC stuff. A-Z, that album was KILLER and I played it as much as I played the prior 3 records.
LOVE U D. LONG LIVE THE KING!!![999]
that makes all the sense in the world now. I remember back then thinking what are they doing this is nothing like run dmc and it was wack. no one rocked with it. you just never know wowww
I remember my god mother took me to see the next Nightmare on Elm street. the trailer for Tougher Than Leather came on. I went nuts!!! I didn't care about Freddy anymore! I walked out of the movie and said to her. You gotta take me to see Tougher Than Leather!! 🤘🏼
"How You Do It D" is a underrated cut on that album
Going to rock around the clock! You can't say im not! And in case you forgot! Im the Kiiiiiiing Of Rock!!!!
The micro animosities between Run and DMC and Jay revolving around the album Tougher than Leather, DMC should've made a solo album with his likeness that way it would not interfere with what the other half of the group were trying to do!!
And the King has spoken 💯
I agree with dmc now one in the last past ten years has made anything lyrical
Try Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne. That Young Money clique is quite creative and talented.
@@TheCoachRC Is this a troll? You can't be serious lol
But that opening hits so hard on Tougher than leather.
GRAMMER LIKE A HAMMER!!
Great interview
In all honesty DMC , the GOLDEN ERA was TOO ADVANCED for YOU. I think RUN could've HUNG with what was going on...... but YOUR SIMPLICITY had you STUCK in the EARLY 80's. And this is being said with the utmost LOVE & RESPECT FOR RUN DMC. As a FAN of YOURS, Y'all DEFINITELY INFLUENCED MY LOVE FOR HIPHOP, but it was RAKIM that made me decide to start EMCEEIN MYSELF. EVERY MC DOESN'T necessarily HAVE to be SUPER LYRICAL.......BUT.......in a time of ADVANCEMENT........ BE ABLE TO ADVANCE. When RAKIM, KRS ONE, BIG DADDY KANE & KOOL G RAP came on the scene, things were ADVANCING in EMCEEIN. LL COOL J was able to HANG; so was ULTRAMAGNETIC MCS, EPMD, HEAVY D, SALT & PEPA, SLICK RICK ,etc. It was NO TIME for NURSERY RHYMIN any more. PEACE & LOVE to YOU FOREVER & ALWAYS, BIG BRO. YOUR LEGENDARY STATUS IS UNDENIABLE & YOUR LEGACY is SET IT STONE.
Beat 2 the rhyme . Is when you give lumps to go👊🏻 .when I was in high school
3:45 he better got paid for this
I would love to hear old school Mel Rhymes
On my way to planet rock video...who’s wit me!
I strongly disagree. Tougher Than Leather is a classic from front to back. Period.
I LOVE TTL!!
1987 russell simmons n profile records ruin run dmc energy
DMC on runs house you were Kane Kool g rap and Rakim you was them you destroyed it.I don't know if its true or not but I heard that Rakim gave you props on the lyrics on that tougher than leather album. You definitely deserve it..You always destroyed shit King of rock Rasing hell Radio stations Bob ya head the list goes on. Run never put effort in his rhymes you are super lyrical. .
I like DMC anybody he put the blame for everybody but itself
Down with the king 👑 DMC forgot about that gold album 💿 and Crown Royal their LAST 2 albums
Run dmc should have stayed with Larry smith n rick rubin
What he said at the 4:22 mark...YAAASSS!! #PlanetRock
#ItsTheSureShot
I have great respect for DMC. But, damn, "Miss Elaine" and "Ragtime" are two of Run-DMC's best.
Here is what REALLY happened to Run-DMC.....
They were the number one rap group in 1986 without a doubt. BUT......... on their heels were three groups that would eventually make them look out of touch. 1st, NWA came out very anti police which was liked by minorities being beat up by cops at the time. 2nd, Public Enemy came out and pretty much destroyed Run-DMC with political songs and really good music which was very different. By 1989, three years after Raising Hell, Run-DMC was done and they knew it. You can't remain number one without evolving because music changes every 2 to 5 years. Also LL Cool J and all these strong angry rap groups that came out at that time made Run-DMC and even Michael Jackson seem like wimps. The same thing happened in 1990 when Nirvana destroyed the big hair bands that seemed soft compared to Nirvana. The same will happen in the current music scene between 2021 and 2025 a group or singer will pop up that will destroy the current lame music that rules like the Justin Beibers, Drake, and Taylor Swift. The only real hard artists I see staying strong if they continue their careers are Cardi B Bruno Mars and Rosalia. But, today's music all sounds the same with everybody else. It's sad.
Wrong about Doug Fresh though, album wise he was irrelevant after 1986!
Run Dmc evolved with what was happening......that's what destroyed them! Run Dmc made political albums before PE. That's where PE got the inspiration......that's why Run Dmc was apart of the extra strength posse
Tougher Than Leather was an underrated masterpiece. I could do without that Mary, Mary, Papa Crazy, Miss Elaine shit. But, aside from them joints, there was some "new" shit goin' on with that album (at the time) - every song had a different rhyme scheme/pattern. That movie didn't do it any justice, though; it SUCKED!🤣🤣🤣
I understand where D was comin' from, on subliminally goin' at Kane and them. You always wanna throw warning shots to the up & comers; it's all part of the sport. But, Jay and Run were right to say, "Naaaww D, we ain't goin' that route." Cause, let's be for real, Kool G. Rap, BDK and Tha R would have tore that ass up!🤣🤣🤣
Run-DMC are a legendary rap group....groundbreakers and all that good stuff. But, lyrically speaking, they were not battle rappers, in the pure sense of the sector.
How’d ya do it D was fire too
Dmc verses destroy anything kool G rap and Rakim said........
@@jsmith469 Nice try. I know D had that hard ass, strong voice, the gazelles, the godfather hat, and he looked liked 'The King of Rock/Rap', when we waz younginz...but stop it; just...just stop it.🤣🤣🤣🤣
Even though Tougher than Leather was weaker than cotton, it at least had some joints like Beats to the Rhyme, Runs House and forget Mary Mary why you buggin' never really cared for that when my female cousin bought the single on a 45 record in July 1988
RAP GODS!! Raising Hell was the badest rap joint written!!
There are no idols. None. There are no other Gods besides God=Lord Jesus Christ. God=Lord Jesus Christ does judge and punish idolaters later that keep doing it and don't stop. Unfortunately there is no rest for the condemned that are either unrepentant or disbelieving in the lake of fire and brimstone. It is the second death.
Nah, D. "How'd Ya Do It Dee" was also the shit bruh. But I feel you, things had definitely changed by '88. I think "Tougher Than Leather" holds up, but everything after that LP is subpar. Maybe if Rick Rubin had produced those rather than JMJ, there would'nt have been the trend-chasing going on...
Rick Rubin and Larry Smith style production was dead AF in 88.
@@sjb3240 🙋🤦🙇🤣🤣🤣😭😭
@@sjb3240 yeah right rick rubin had beats
run dmc tougher than leather album was a disappointment to me I bought the album the day that it was released and I was highly disappointed with it if you look at the releases from 1988 it doesn't hold up I saw the runs house tour the summer of 1988 with epmd,public enemy and dj jazzy jeff and the fresh prince
I felt the same way in '88 but years later, I feel like it's actually pretty good. There were just so many classics by '88 that it felt like a disappointment but I really enjoy "Beats To The Rhyme," "Mary, Mary," "How'd Ya Do It Dee," and "Run's House" amongst others.
Word! I saw that tour in Kansas City, MO. I had not yet heard of EPMD, thus I for real thought they were a local rap group, at the time. There was so much bass, during their performance, I couldn't understand a damn thing they were saying. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince had an INCREDIBLE set - they blew me tha fuck away! PE scared tha shit out of me, when they came on; I didn't know what tha hell was going on! hahahaha. And when Run and them finally took the stage, I was just in awe. I was finally seeing these gods of hip-hop, live and in person!
I will only suggest that if you haven't in a while, to take another listen to "Tougher Than Leather" in its' entirety. Aside from "Mary, Mary", "Papa Crazy" and "Miss Elaine"(RunDMC trying to appease the MTV audience), that album is an underrated masterpiece. Every joint had a different rhyme scheme. trust me on this!
I’m with you! I was sorely disappointed with the album except “Runs House” and a couple other songs. Saw the tour as well in Oakland and EPMD , PE came wit it! Jazz & Fresh Prince literally got blown off the stage because somebody kept throwing cherry bombs onstage and they got the hell outta dodge!
Russell simmons n profile records beef ruin run dmc energy Russ was trying to get them on def jam records 🙋🤦🙇🙏🏽🙏🏽💯💯💯
Only true OG’s know anything about Soul Sonic Force! And I’m a cracker.
Tougher Than Leather was wack, except for Beats, Runs house and They Call us run dmc... but the rest is outdated... too much heavy drum machine type beats.... and back from hell was dope but they overused the classic DMC shouting like in the beggining on beats to the rhyme
I hated The Tougher than Leather album too which was just never that tougher and hated Mary, Mary yuck