Greatest Hits (Run-D.M.C. album)
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Greatest Hits | |
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Greatest hits album by | |
Released | September 10, 2002 |
Recorded | 1983–2001 |
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Length | 71:41[1] |
Label | Arista |
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Run-D.M.C. chronology | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | link |
BBC | link |
Robert Christgau | A[2] |
NME | [3] |
Greatest Hits is the second compilation album by American hip hop group Run-D.M.C. It was released on September 10, 2002 by Arista Records. While it was argued that hits such as "The Ave.", "Pause" and "Ooh, What'cha Gonna Do?" should have found a place in this release, Run speculated during a Marie Claire interview in 2003 that the album was simply showcasing the group's better known earlier work:
"I want kids to pick up this album and go '..So that's what hip hop sounded like in 1984, cool'. It's not because I dislike any of those [later] records."
After Jam Master Jay's death, the group retired, but in doing so, they failed to meet their contractual obligations with Arista Records, which left Run-D.M.C.'s entire catalog open for exploitation. Since the release of this record, Arista Records has released several other greatest hits albums of Run-D.M.C.'s material. However, fans consider this release the "official" greatest hits collection, because it was the last official Run-D.M.C. release before the death of Jam Master Jay.
Track listing
[edit ]- "King of Rock"
- "It's Tricky"
- "Beats to the Rhyme"
- "Can You Rock It Like This"
- "Walk This Way" (featuring Aerosmith)
- "Run's House"
- "Rock Box"
- "Peter Piper"
- "Mary, Mary"
- "Hard Times"
- "You Be Illin'"
- "It's Like That"
- "My Adidas"
- "Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1)"
- "You Talk Too Much"
- "Jam-Master Jay"
- "Down with the King" (featuring Pete Rock & CL Smooth)
- "Christmas in Hollis"
2003 re-release
[edit ]- "It's Like That" (featuring Jason Nevins)
- "Walk This Way" (featuring Aerosmith)
- "Sucker MC's"
- "My Adidas"
- "King of Rock"
- "It's Tricky"
- "Can You Rock It Like This"
- "You Be Illin'"
- "Rock Box"
- "Run's House"
- "Peter Piper"
- "Bounce"
- "Beats to the Rhyme"
- "Jam Master Jay"
- "Hard Times"
- "Down with the King"
- "Mary Mary"
- "What's It All About"
- "It's Tricky 2003" (featuring Jacknife Lee)
References
[edit ]- ^ "Greatest Hits [Arista] - Run-D.M.C. | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Greatest Hits". Robert Christgau.
- ^ "Run DMC : Greatest Hits | NME". NME . September 12, 2005. Retrieved March 2, 2020.