About this title: One of hip-hop's formative bands, Run-DMC popularized the influential genre with a combination of accessible fashion and a uniquely compelling, skeletal sound consisting of chanted, intertwined vocals overlaying a drum machine and turntable scratching. Their 1984 single "Sucker MCs" and their self-titled debut album, two of the first releases on Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin's Def Jam label (Simmons was the brother of the act's Joe "Run" Simmons), established them as a major force in the emerging hip-hop scene. A later mid-'80s collaboration with rockers Aerosmith cemented Run-DMC's ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amistad Press
Date Published: 10/2005
ISBN-13:9780060781958ISBN:0060781955
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 338 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amistad Press
Date Published: 10/2005
ISBN-13:9780060781958ISBN:0060781955
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 338 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amistad/HarperCollins
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780060781958ISBN:0060781955
Description: Fine in Very Good+ jacket. New, never read book, with a remainder mark on the top. Dust jacket has light shelf wear. Music Biography, Non-Fiction. (#H3333) read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Almost in new condition. Book shows only very slight signs of use. Cover and binding are undamaged and pages show minimal use. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amistad Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780060781958ISBN:0060781955
Description: New in new dust jacket. unread remainder mark. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 338 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amistad
Date Published: 2005-10-01
ISBN-13:9780060781958ISBN:0060781955
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 0060781955 Clean DJ in excellent condition under plastic protector. Ex-Library marking. Boards tight and square. Unmarked interior. read more
"Having listened to Run DMC in my youth, and still hanging on some of those tunes, I enjoyed this book in a nostalgic sense. If I wasn't a fan, I probably would not have finished the book. But I was, so I did. I feel like there was a period of time where Run DMC were sucked into an intergalactic vortex, then BAM, Jam Master Jay was shot and we heard about them again. It was good to read about what happened to them when they were out of sight, out of mind."
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