Run-D.M.C. - self-titled / hybrid SACD

The Album That Invented Hardcore Hip-Hop and Spread It's Gospel: Run-D.M.C. Changed the Sound of Music and Popular Culture, Includes 'Rock Box,' 'Sucker M.C.'s,' and 'Hard Times'

40th Anniversary Edition of Run-D.M.C.'s 1984 Debut Benefits from Definitive Restorative Treatment: Mobile Fidelity's Hybrid SACD Strictly Limited to 2,000 Numbered Copies The impact, influence, and importance of Run-D.M.C.'s self-titled debut - the album that invented hardcore hip-hop and bridged rap, rock, and funk in then-unparalleled ways - cannot be measured. The first full-length record released by Profile Records, the 1984 set permanently changed the sound of music, broadcast streetwise wisdom to every corner of the country, and made the notion of a one-man band a distinct reality.

Bolstered by an incendiary blend of staccato deliveries, stark beats, aggressive exchanges, evocative hooks, and socially conscious messages, Run-D.M.C. still hits listeners in the jaw with the same intensity it did nearly 40 years ago when it could be heard booming from ghetto blasters carried around city blocks nationwide. Sourced from the original master tapes, housed in mini-LP-style packaging, and strictly limited to 2,000 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity's hybrid SACD presents the groundbreaking work cited by Rolling Stone as the 378th Greatest Album of All Time in definitive sound.