Future archaeologists will discuss two periods in 1980s: before Run-DMC and after Run-DMC. It’s no exaggeration to say that the groupchanged the course of music in the ‘80s, bringing the old-school of rap into the new with one simple piece of flat, black plastic.Coming up in the rap world of the early 1980s under the wing of Kurtis Blow (group manager Russell Simmons managed Blow, and Run was,at one time, a DJ known as “Son of Kurtis Blow”) and Blow’s bassist and burgeoning super-producer Larry Smith, the trio – Joseph “Run”Simmons, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell – learned from the best, but created their own path.

• 1. Hard Times
• 2. Rock Box
• 3. Jam-Master Jay
• 4. Hollis Crew (Krush-Groove 2)
• 5. Sucker M.C.'S (Krush-Groove 1)
• 6. It's Like That
• 7. Wake Up
• 8. 30 Days
• 9. Jay's Game