Calling Card
With their two previous albums, Run-DMC and King of Rock, Run-DMC made a name for themselves as hip-hop innovators. Where their predecessors had focused on making dance music (Afrika Bambaataa's "P...
Music
"Walk This Way" is often credited as original prototype for the rap-rock genre. While Run-DMC and other rappers had experimented with rapping over rock guitars before, this was the first time that...
Songwriting
Run-DMC's lyrics on "Walk This Way" are virtually identical to the original Aerosmith lyrics, which might make you wonder: what makes rap and rock so different? Great question. In fact, the p...