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Tougher Than Leather

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Recorded
  
1987-1988

Artist
  
Run-D.M.C.

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Rap rock

Length
  
40:26

Tougher Than Leather(1988)
  
Release date
  
17 May 1988

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Released
  
May 17, 1988 May 23, 1988

Producers
  
Davy DMX, Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons

Nominations
  
American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album

Similar
  
Raising Hell, Back from Hell, Crown Royal, Run–DMC, Greatest Hits

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Tougher Than Leather is the fourth studio album from American hip hop group Run–D.M.C., released on May 17, 1988. While the new record did not maintain the same popularity as its predecessor, it obtained platinum status and spawned the favorites "Run's House" and "Mary, Mary" (built around a sample from The Monkees' song). Despite being given a mixed reception at the time of its release, it is now hailed as a seminal classic in hip-hop and many see it as an underrated album.

Contents

In response to albums such as Eric B. & Rakim's Paid In Full, Public Enemy's It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, and Boogie Down Productions' Criminal Minded and By All Means Necessary, the group made a distinct departure from their earlier work, as Jam-Master Jay used a heavier amount of sampling. Run and DMC also made changes in their rapping style (heavily influenced by Rakim) as techniques such as alliteration, polysyllabic rhyming, and internal rhyme are found in songs like "I'm Not Going Out Like That," "Radio Station," and the title track. The group also introduces storytelling to their arsenal in "Ragtime." Despite this, Run-D.M.C. does not abandon their formula of combining hip-hop beats with hard rock guitar riffs, using it in "Miss Elaine," the title track, "Soul To Rock And Roll," and "Mary, Mary."

Tougher Than Leather was the group's fourth effort and blended in elements of not only rap but also rock n' roll and funk, making it their most varied effort to date alongside King of Rock. "Papa Crazy" is based on "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" by The Temptations.

Film

A film of the same name, starring the members of Run-D.M.C. and their producer, Rick Rubin, was also released in 1988.

Track listing

  1. "Run's House" – 3:49
  2. "Mary, Mary" – 3:12 (produced by Rick Rubin)
  3. "They Call Us Run-D.M.C." – 2:56
  4. "Beats To The Rhyme" – 2:43
  5. "Radio Station" – 2:50
  6. "Papa Crazy" – 4:18
  7. "Tougher Than Leather" – 4:20
  8. "I'm Not Going Out Like That" – 4:55
  9. "How'd Ya Do It Dee" – 3:20
  10. "Miss Elaine" – 3:05
  11. "Soul To Rock And Roll" – 2:17
  12. "Ragtime" – 2:42

Deluxe edition bonus tracks

  1. "Beats To The Rhyme" (Previously Unreleased Instrumental) - 2:44
  2. "Crack" (Previously Unreleased) - 1:43
  3. "Christmas In Hollis" - 2:58
  4. "Penthouse Ad" - 0:58

Samples

  • "Beats to the Rhyme"
  • "It's My Thing" by Marva Whitney
  • "Funky Drummer" by James Brown
  • "Big Menu" by Sam Kinison
  • "Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing" by James Brown
  • "Nautilus" by Bob James
  • "Dance to the Drummer's Beat" by Herman Kelly & Life
  • "Cinderfella Dana Dane" by Dana Dane
  • "Rock Box" by Run-DMC
  • "AJ Scratch" by Kurtis Blow
  • "Yo! Bum Rush the Show" by Public Enemy
  • "Sucker M.C.'s" by Run-DMC
  • "Hit It Run" by Run-DMC
  • "Jam Master Jay" by Run-DMC
  • "How'd Ya Do It Dee?"
  • "Here Comes the Meter Man" by The Meters
  • "I'm Not Going Out Like That"
  • "Different Strokes" by Syl Johnson
  • "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy
  • "Rebel Without a Pause" by Public Enemy
  • "It's Like That" by Run-DMC
  • "Mary, Mary"
  • "Mary Mary" by The Monkees
  • "I Can't Stop" by John Davis and the Monster Orchestra
  • "Papa Crazy"
  • "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" by The Temptations
  • "Penthouse Ad"
  • "Good Old Music" by Funkadelic
  • "Radio Station"
  • "I Wouldn't Change a Thing" by Coke Escovedo
  • "Sing Sing" by Gaz
  • "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy
  • "Dear Yvette" by LL Cool J
  • "Run's House"
  • "Funky Drummer" by James Brown
  • "Ashley's Roachclip" by The Soul Searchers
  • "Hit It Run" by Run-DMC
  • "Jam Master Jay" by Run-DMC
  • "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick
  • "Soul to Rock and Roll"
  • "King of Rock" by Run-DMC
  • "Rock 'N Roll Dude" by Chubb Rock
  • "I Know You Got Soul" by Bobby Byrd
  • "Hit It Run" by Run-DMC
  • "They Call Us Run-D.M.C"
  • "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick
  • "Catch a Groove" by Juice
  • "Jam Master Jay" by Run-DMC
  • "Tougher Than Leather"
  • "AJ Scratch" by Kurtis Blow
  • Singles

    Notes:

  • 1 - Charted with "Beats To The Rhyme"
  • Songs

    1Run’s House3:44
    2Mary - Mary3:15
    3They Call Us Run-DMC2:56

    References

    Tougher Than Leather Wikipedia


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