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Run-D.M.C.: Raising Hell (Profile)

Richard C. Walls, Creem, November 1986

IF YOU think that rap is just some metrical motor-mouth rhymin' about how great he is in every way, with minimal but apocalyptically loud, reverb rhythm accompaniment and you've decided that you're not interested in that (though I can't imagine why), chances are you haven't heard Run-D.M.C., especially not lately.

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