RUN DMC Raising Hell (Original Master Recording 2023 limited edition Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 12-track LP mastered by Krieg Wunderlich on the Gain 2 Ultra Analog System specially plated and pressed at 33RPM on 180-gram SuperVinyl from a formula developed and manufactured by NEOTECH. Raising Hell remains the turning point at which hip-hop crashed through mainstream barriers and never left. Anchored by the crossover smash Walk This Way the 1986 blockbusterstill sounds like a revolution unfolding in real time. Heavyweight gatefold picture sleeve with original album art individually gold-foil numbered and still sealed inside its perforated loose bag. Recommended) Track Listing: SOURCED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES AND PRESSED ON MOFI SUPERVINYL 1/2 / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe Run-D.M.C.s Raising Hell remains the turning point at which hip-hop crashed through mainstream barriers and never left. Anchored by the crossover smash Walk This Way the 1986 blockbuster still sounds like a revolution unfolding in real time. It has everything – hard-rock riffs turntable scratching itchy rhythms hit singles – not the least of which are the trios invigorating raps and inseparable chemistry. And now its the first rap record afforded audiophile treatment courtesy of Mobile Fidelitys simply illin edition. Side One 1. Peter Piper 2. Its Tricky 3. My Adidas 4. Walk This Way 5. Is It Live 6. Perfection Side Two 1. Hit It Run 2. Raising Hell 3. You Be Illin 4. Dumb Girl 5. Son of Byford 6. Proud to Be Black Sourced from the original master tapes and pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl the reissue labels numbered-edition 180g 33RPM SuperVinyl LP elevates Raising Hell to sonic heights on par with its musical and cultural significance. Ranked the 123rd Greatest Album of All Time by Rolling Stone 43rd on Pitchforks Greatest Albums of the 1980s one of the Top 100 Albums of All Time by TIME – and included on Best of lists by Spin Paste XXL Entertainment Weekly and basically every other significant media outlet – the triple-platinum effort rocks the house. Benefitting from the ultra-low noise floor and groove definition of SuperVinyl Raising Hell unleashes a torrent of massive dynamics and tsunami of frequency-plumbing details underlined by Rick Rubins taut crisp albeit raw and streetwise production. Just as the Queens-based group both defined what hip-hop could represent – and displayed just how big it could get – Rubins work melded ear-worm hooks savvy drum loops metal-leaning guitars and of course Run and D.M.C.s cross-fire lyrical interplay into watertight frameworks bursting with ideas tones samples and beats. Heard anew on Mobile Fidelity vinyl Raising Hell is in every regard the aural equivalent of a direct-to-console 1970s classic. And it sounds as fresh as hell. As for the music it ranks among the most influential inventive and invigorating ever released – rap or otherwise. Vanguard artists such as Ice-T Eminem Jay-Z and Public Enemys Chuck D – who declared it his all-time favorite and the first record that made me realize this was an album-oriented genre – have testified on behalf of its brilliance. And never mind the presence of the Top 5 single Walk This Way whose power helped make Aerosmiths Steven Tyler and Joe Perry relevant for the first time in nearly a decade – and literally put Run-D.M.C. in bedrooms ranging from the Bronx to Bartlett to Bad Axe. Look instead to the rest of the entirely filler-free set be it the corkscrew turns slippery wordplay and My Sharona-meets-Mickey mixology of the boisterous Its Tricky the fat-but-minimized bass grooves and warped turntable wobble of the hysterical You Be Illin chimes-accented inertia and boombox-on- shoulder thunder of the now-iconic Peter Piper or voice-as-percussion attack of the funky Is It Live. With Raising Hell the answer to the question is always affirmative – a sensation bolstered by the fact the group always had something to say. The definition of Golden Age Hip-Hop in every way Run-D.M.C. avoids the negativity and misogyny that later plagued the style spinning assertive tales about identity (the biographical and culture-changing My Adidas) work ethics (Perfection) and most notably pride (the Harriet Tubman- and Malcom X.-referencing Proud to Be Black). Pavement-packed inner cities tree-lined suburbs and cornfield-rimmed rural areas would never again be the same. And rocking a rhyme thats right on time would become trickier than ever.