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Rock 

Sweet Emotion: Aerosmith’s Toys in the Attic at 50

April 9, 2025April 10, 2025 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1975, 50th anniversary, Aerosmith, Brad Whitford, Columbia Records, Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, Run DMC, Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Toys in the Attic

Looking back on the Boston band’s most successful ’70s LP

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Hip Hop Rap 

How Run-D.M.C. Revolutionized Hip-Hop in 1984

March 30, 2024March 30, 2024 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments 1984, Daryl McDaniels, DMC, Eddie Martinez, Hard Times, Hollis, Jam Master Jay, Jason Mizell, Joseph Simmons, Larry Smith, Queens, Rev Run, Rock Box, Run DMC, Run-D.M.C., Russell Simmons

Looking back on 40 years of the rap trio’s seminal debut

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Hip Hop Rap Rock 

A Loose History of the Rock and Hip-Hop Connection in Eight Moves

August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 50th anniversary, Blondie, Eddie Martinez, Elvis Costello, Faith No More, Hip-hop, Judgment Night soundtrack, KRS One, Larry Smith, Lil Yachty, R.E.M., Riot, Run DMC, The Roots

From Blondie to Yachty, we trace back the evolution of this everloving junction

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Music Journalism Remembrance 

Goodbye to MTV News: The Conscience and the Ouija Board of the Network

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Doug Herzog, Gregory Isaacs, MTV, MTV News, Nirvana, Paramount, R.E.M., Run DMC, Sun Ra, The Flamin' Groovies, The Soft Boys, The Week in Rock, TikTok, Tim Sommer

Paying homage to the best job I ever had

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Holiday Pop 

Special Indeed: A Very Special Christmas at 35

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 T.A. Inskeep 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, A Very Christmas, A&M Records, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Christmas, John Mellencamp, Madonna, Patti Smith, Run DMC, Stevie Nicks, Sting, The Eurythmics, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, U2, Whitney Houston

The greatest modern-era Christmas compilation was released in 1987; here’s why it’s so memorable

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Music Journalism Television Video 

My Late Night With David Letterman Tapes

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Billy Sternberg 1 Comment 10000 Maniacs, 40th Anniversary, Aaron Neville, Blues Traveler, Cher, David Letterman, Debbie Gibson, Late Night With David Letterman, Lisa Stansfield, NBC, Run DMC, Soup Dragons, Spin Doctors, The Feelies

Revisiting our favorite music performances from the show for its 40th Anniversary

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Hip Hop Music Journalism Rap 

The Thin Line Between Rap and Reality

December 6, 2021February 19, 2024 Michaelangelo Matos 1 Comment 2 Live Crew, 2021, Books, Death Certificate, Eric Harvey, Geraldo Rivera, Ice Cube, Michaelangelo Matos, Oprah Winfrey, Run DMC, University of Texas Press, Who Got The Camera: A History of Rap and Reality

An interview with Eric Harvey, author of the new history of hip-hop and tabloid TV, Who Got the Camera?

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Hip Hop Rap Remembrance 

The Death Of A Prince

February 19, 2021March 31, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Buff Love, Fat Boys, Hip-hop, Human Beat Box, Kool Rock-Ski, Pee Wee Herman, Prince Markie Dee, RA The Rugged Man, Rap, RIP, Run DMC

Remembering Prince Markie Dee of the pioneering rap trio The Fat Boys

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jazz Spoken Word 

Danny Simmons & Ron Carter: The Brown Beatnik Speaks, The Jazz Legend Plays

June 14, 2019June 14, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Blue Note, Danny Simmons, Ron Carter, Run DMC

A new live album brings together two major forces in New York neighborhood culture

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Hip Hop 

Me, Myself and My Microphone

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1984, DJ Run, DMC, Jam Master Jay, Profile Records, Run DMC

A look back at the landmark first Run DMC LP 35 years later

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Hip Hop Rock Soul 

The RNRG Special Playlist: August 6, 1988 Edition

August 5, 2018August 5, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1988, Lita Ford, Robert Plant, Run DMC, Sade, Steve Winwood, Van Halen

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Billboard Hot 100 our way

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