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- Date Released: September 6, 2005
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Rap
- Label: Arista/Legacy
- Copyright: (P) 1987, 1988, 2005 Arista Records LLC
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They Say...
At the end of 1986, Raising Hell was rap's best-selling album up to that point, though it would soon be outsold by the Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill. Profile Records hoped that Run-D.M.C.'s fourth album, Tougher Than Leather, would exceed the Beastie Boys' quintuple-platinum status, but unfortunately, the group's popularity had decreased by 1988. One of Run-D.M.C.'s strong points -- its love of rock & roll -- was also its undoing in hip-hop circles. Any type of crossover success tends to be viewed suspiciously in the hood, and hardcore hip-hoppers weren't overly receptive to "Miss Elaine," "Papa Crazy," "Mary, Mary," and other rap-rock delights found on the album. Thanks largely to rock fans, this album did go platinum for sales exceeding one million copies -- which ironically, Profile considered a disappointment. But the fact is that while Tougher Than Leather isn't quite as strong as Run-D.M.C.'s first three albums, it was one of 1988's best rap releases. [Arista/Legacy reissued Tougher Than Leather as a deluxe edition in 2005, containing four bonus tracks -- an instrumental of "Beats to the Rhyme," a demo called "Crack," their holiday standard "Christmas in Hollis," and a radio ad promoting their April 1987 interview in Penthouse magazine -- and liner notes by Chuck D.]
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| 01. |  |
Run's House |
3:49 |
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| 02. | |
Mary, Mary |
3:14 |
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| 03. | |
They Call Us Run-D.M.C. |
2:56 |
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| 04. | |
Beats To The Rhyme |
2:41 |
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| 05. | |
Radio Station |
2:50 |
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| 06. | |
Papa Crazy |
4:18 |
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| 07. | |
Tougher Than Leather |
4:22 |
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| 08. | |
I'm Not Going Out Like That |
4:55 |
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| 09. | |
How'd Ya Do It Dee |
3:22 |
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| 10. | |
Miss Elaine |
3:05 |
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| 11. | |
Soul To Rock And Roll |
2:17 |
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| 12. | |
Ragtime |
2:41 |
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| 13. | |
Beats To The Rhyme |
2:43 |
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| 14. | |
Crack |
1:41 |
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| 15. | |
Christmas In Hollis |
2:57 |
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| 16. | |
Penthouse Ad |
0:58 |
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16 Total Tracks, 48:49 Total Length
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Credits
- Kid Rock - Author // Davy D. - Bass // Davy D. - Guitar // Davy D. - Producer // Davy D. - Mixing // Davy D. - Original Recording Producer // Steven Berkowitz - A&R // Chuck D - Liner Notes // Steven Ett - Engineer // Glen E. Friedman - Photography // Vincent Hammond - Horn // Ice-T - Author // Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels - Group Member // Joseph M. Palmaccio - Mastering // Angela Piva - Assistant Engineer // Rick Rubin - Producer // Rick Rubin - Mixing // Roey Shamir - Engineer // Daniel Shulman - Bass // Jon Sierra - Guitar // Jon Sierra - Piano // Russell Simmons - Executive Producer // Andreas Straub - Guitar // Uptown Horns - Horn // Chuck Valle - Assistant Engineer // Jason Mizell - Group Member // Greg Gordon - Assistant Engineer // Barbara Milne - Engineer // Howard Fritzson - Art Direction // Josh Cheuse - Art Direction // Josh Cheuse - Photography // Eminem - Author // Patti Matheny - A&R // Mandana Eidgah - Project Director // Jeremy Holiday - A&R // Bobby "Afro" Walker - Drums // Darren Salmieri - Reissue Producer // Liz Reilly - Photo Research // Triana DOrazio - Packaging Manager // Joseph Simmons - Group Member // Mister T - Design // Noah Uman - Reissue Producer
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