You cant even understand how big they were when they dropped. Gamechangers.

I still can’t put anybody above Run DMC they paved the way!

And Run D.M.C. is in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame

R.I.P JAM MASTER JAY

In my world, in ‘85, the were the biggest thing

They were like superheroes. Back then. Larger than life. To see how we dressed every day on t.v. was crazy back then. You had to be there to understand.

I remember when this first came out, I was in high school, we were losing our minds over this.

RUN-DMC AND THE BEASTIE BOYS IS THE REASON I RAP. REST IN BEATS JMJ, AND MCA.

Check out Run Dmc -Rock Box

FYI, They were raps first endorsement deal with adidas.

Did not have to curse they had a vocabulary bigger than just that.

RDMC did clean records that's why l liked listening to rap back in the day because most were clean and sounded good we could blast it loud without our parents telling us to cut it off .

Classic classic hip hop rock and rap at its best shout out to Rick ruben

The secret of old school music is that they didn't have the internet and video games, just an instrument to keep away boredom.

You see back then m tv refused to play hip hop . This was run dmc giving them the one finger salute

These are the dudes that made shell toes the shit particularly with no laces!

This was my favorite song when I was 4.... I'm 40 now and its my ringtone lol!

This group was literally a decade ahead of their time. Literally!

The no shoestrings was a run dmc thing they were known for it

My favorite two RUN DMC tracks are: Can You Rock It Like This and Peter Piper

They also said “there’s three of us, but we’re not the Beatles“. In reference to John Lennon being dead. 😳

Hard Times, It's Like That, You're Blind, Wake Up, Proud to be Black, are MUST listens.

Most of the cursing on record was started in the west coast

React to Run DMC - My Adidas

You must understand, this was a groundbreaking sound.

A lot of younger kids wont get a lot of the references in the video as it was a different time period. The guy that was trying to stop Run-DMC from entering the RnR Hall of Fame was a regular character on the Late Show with David Letterman. (Can't remember his name offhand but he was a regular) David Letterman was a New Yorker and supported Run-DMC so when they made the video, they used the actor to play the front door clerk/guard in the intro. He was supposed to represent MTV when they weren't open to playing black music videos. Around that time, David Bowie was interviewed on MTV and Bowie put MTV on the spot and asked them live on air why they were avoiding playing black videos and embarrassed the MTV host. After the video "King of Rock" came out, Run-DMC was working on a movie (Krush Groove) to further push and promote the album. They also were the only rap group that performed at "Live Aid" back to back with the biggest RnR groups at that time but their performance at the show supposedly wasn't aired on TV which further proved their anger to be legit. A year later, they blew up with their biggest selling album and dropped the iconic "Walk this Way" video and MTV couldn't ignore them anymore.

They rocked.

They are one of only a few rap groups in the Rock & Roll hall of fame. The little guy, I remember him from David Letterman.. It's really amazing how many people David Letterman highlighted, especially rappers. Don't steel any Run DMC lyrics, all of us that been around for them KNOW, trust me. When they busted out, it was like a middle finger to the "disco rappers" and we loved it. They were "hard" in comparison.

Run DMC always used hard rock beats, I think that's what made them great 👍

Doc, the video was because of the song rather than the other way around - Run DMC used to F with rock. Do Rock Box next!

Honestly when these guys hit the scene in the mid 80s it changed the music game...heard king of rock and bought the album the next day

Rap was not considered Rock N Roll or even “legit” fully then. Run Dmc was the first to blend rock with hip hop. That wasn’t a race thing. It was a musical legitimacy thing.

Run Dmc by the way always rapped over rock records . When Rick Rueben produced their records he really used that to highlight their talent

The Intro when the old man tells Run Dmc back in 1985'' they did'nt belong In the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame And then He laughed like he got the last laugh, But its to bad he's not around anymore to see Run Dmc's Induction when they really got Inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame back in 2009'' So who gets the last laugh Ha lol...😂🤣😂 Yo I enjoyed the your reactions keep doing your thang bro... And the no cursing you referred to. Back then Hip Hop was still in its Babystages so it was'nt no need to curse because it was all fun And love in those times, And as grown as the rappers looked back then they all were still kids who had respect...😎😎😎

The artist generally were better because there were so many hoops and hurdles. Most of the time you were pretty polished entertaining live before you got near a studio much less put out a record.

Cambatta - LSD Every sentence of every verse stood for LSD

It was a REALLY big fight when rap got into the Rock hall of fame and of course it was DMC that was the first and busted that wall down. In fact there is only 5-6 rap groups/ rappers in the rock n roll hall of fame. DMC, public enemy, beastie boys, grand master flash, NWA, and Tupac.

Yo man you gotta react to Run DMC - Run's House

RUN DMC - Run’s House

When we the artist was the music and the culture and the dress code

I am a white 57-year-old woman now and I have run DMC on albums. Whodini is excellent too. They are old-school rappers.

Check out Run DMC- Peter Piper

While being part of the company who made the game grand theft auto vice city, one of the song from run D.M.C. was added to one of the radio stations known as Wildstyle, the song was rock box

You be illin'- R.U.N. DMC

No one really cussed on wax back then. West Coast rappers made that big. Ice T.... NWA and Too Short were the main ones I listened to that I’d say pushed that envelope

They also did Walk This Way with Aerosmith

This is the first hip hop LP l bought in 1985 and still have it.

RUN/DMC Here We Go (Live at the Fun House)...CLASSIC! The Fun House NYC! 🔥🔥🔥

As a white guy I loved this album. We used to listening to this album at work every day. It's rap and, rock and roll.

That's the great Larry "Bud" Melman as the guard. Comedy legend!

They performed this same song in the 1985 movie KRUSH GROOVE. You never heard this song in the 90s?

That's not what he meant. They're RAP in a ROCK museum. GET IT? Then again, this was my generation and we understood.

Well, their spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame shows that guy they do belong there

this song SLAMS so hard!! RIP JMJ

This Track Was The Beginning of The Taker Over for Hip Hop!!

Run DMC is the GOAT rap group

The track was made from Rock music because they were TRYING to cross over! Remember...at this time they didn't play ANY hip hop on the radio. This was their attempt to get play on MTV, which worked. They were the first Rap group on the Rock and roll music station!

DMC were the Kings back in the day and the Black on Black shell tops were the Air Jordan’s before there were Air Jordan’s

Mixing rock with rap sounds so new and cool

Someone might of already said this to you in comments but Run DMC were the first rap artist inducted into rock and roll hall of fame and at time bc it was rap and not rock it was a little controversial! Glad they set a new standard bc they deserve to be there with a lot of other rap artist that should be recognized but aren’t! That’s meaning to the intro to video! Should do some KRS-ON ( song: Loves Going Getcha) or Boggie Down Productions ( song: My Philosophy) which is KRS-OnE as well!

we all went crazy for Run DMC here in NYC

Yo Doc, check out Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel and the Furious Five- Beat Street and Melle Mel- The Message

It was released back in the real HipHop days.

You should check out Rock Box. On their first album, first song to add rock guitar to rap.

Classic. I saw them in Baltimore in 1998. They were great.

The thing is, back in the day, you mostly had to have talent in the music industry to have success. There wasn't too many gimmick acts back in the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. And you are right, there was really no cursing in early rap until Public Enemy, NWA, and the whole "gangsta rap" movement happened. There was some cursing here and there, but it was pretty clean for the most part. But nowadays, you can have success just from having a gimmick, just look at 69 and the whole mumble rap movement. There isn't any real talent. You can pick up anybody, dress them like a clown, have them act like a clown and these kids buy it right up

My first Rap tape I ever bought. Broke me out of my metal-only world.

10 years old Run DMC turned all us white boys onto this great new music

Changed the game...respect....RIP to Jam Master Jay

That water bottle is bigger than life, damn it.

They broke a lot of barriers. As a metalhead I had avoided rap until they did the crossover with Aerosmith which made me listen to more of them.

This the coldest hip hop song too me DMC be gassing but Rev Run one of the coldest all time!!!

So glad to see some Run DMC here, Doc. You should react to .. Walk This Way (feat. Aerosmith) & It's Tricky too. And also, when our boy Eminem inducted them into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I see you rocking this, so bro, check The Beastie Boys' "No Sleep Till Brooklyn". That song is STILL a banger, Rich.

React to Kool G Rap - Fast Life (featuring Nas)

Back in the 70's Hip Hop use to be in Punk Rock clubs. Punk was Some of Hip Hop's early support. Blondie was the 1st white Rapper, although she did Punk Rock, but got cool with the HipHop community.

I was in California rocking Run DMC, love it!

They started it all, run dmc and the beastie boyz i always wondered what would happen if they had got together and made an album maaaan im telling you ,wud had been off the scale!!

One of my faves of run dmc is the song intitled "raising hell"

Their the reason for Beastie Boys, listen to Paul's Boutique

Run DMC is OG and awesome

Definitely check out Walk this Way with Areosmith and Run DMC

...don’t forget to quote DMC.

Run-DMC started the No shoelaces

Love your reactions so much

These guys are the roots of hip hop. Do Rock The Bells or I'm Bad by LL Cool J. Check out Good Vibrations by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch (Mark Wahlberg)

It’s the video. It was awesome!

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They still in this white girls 6 disc changer on my mix tape...... I broke my 1st one with this exact song on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In another take on one of your statements, very few MCs now and then can do the rock/metal beats right. RUN DMC, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Ice Cube, The Game, Kid Rock, LL Cool J... and a few others.....can do it.

Yes people still wear shell toes Adidas bro. Especially in New York

Back then rappers made it blatantly clear that they are not pop stars or r&b singers or none of that shit. They had to differentiate themselves so them sayin no I ain’t no Michael Jackson made sense. This is a whole new wave HIP HOP and we ain’t goin NOWHERE. That’s why they’re in the rock and roll museum wrecking havoc lol

the beat is vicious right there

Rap wasn’t excepted yet , is why he said that

Back then Rap and Rock didn’t Mix! RUN DMC CHANGED THAT WITH THIS BEAT!

How are these old school songs HITS?? Because those artists knew what they were doing and sung about real stuff.

What does Elizabeth Taylor, Steve Jobs, Whitney Houston, Neil Armstrong, Donna Summer, Paul Walker, Nelson Mandela, Robin Williams, Joan Rivers, David Bowie, Muhammed Ali, Hugh Heffner, David Cassidy, Aretha Franklin, and Stephen Hawking all have in common? They all died AFTER Michael Jackson. Some of them I know did, but most of them it for some reason doesn't feel like they did.

Our music was better because there was no big business heads involved. Rock Box came out before this and is even better lyrically.

have you ever heard the Fatback Band? if not check out the album Hot Box... that album is super hot

I have? For you how is it people call Tupac a legend he is the most influential artist most inspiring he is now only second to Eminem in record sales he is a part of every rap conversation for the past 20 years but he has no major music awards how is that even possible

peter piper is fire also

Now you must check out "MY ADIDAS". They set a trend for real.