Tougher Than Leather (Run DMC album)

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Tougher Than Leather
Run-DMC's studio album

Publication
(s)

1988

Label (s) Profile Records

Format (s)

CD , LP , MC

Genre (s)

Hip hop

Title (number)

12

running time

about 40 minutes

Tougher Than Leather is the fourth album by Run-DMC It was released in 1988 and belongs to the genre of hip-hop .

Title and authorship

The twelve songs on Tougher Than Leather was largely by Joseph Simmons ( Run ), Darryl McDaniels ( DMC ) and Jason Mizell ( Jam Master Jay ) posted . Occasionally other authors were also involved, other musicians are listed as such because of the samples used in terms of copyright : 

  1. Run's House (McDaniels / Simmons / Mizell / Reeves)
  2. Mary, Mary ( Nesmith )
  3. They Call Us Run-DMC (Simmons / McDaniels / Mizell)
  4. Beats to the Rhyme (Reeves / Simon / Simmons / McDaniels)
  5. Radio Station (Reeves / Mizell / McDaniels / Simmons)
  6. Papa Crazy (Simmons / McDaniels / Mizell)
  7. Tougher Than Leather (Simmons / McDaniels / Mizell)
  8. I'm Not Going Out Like That (Simmons / McDaniels / Reeves / Mizell)
  9. How′d Ya Do it Dee (Simmons / McDaniels / Reeves / Mizell)
  10. Miss Elaine (Simmons / McDaniels / Mizell)
  11. Soul to Rock and Roll (Simmons / McDaniels / Mizell)
  12. Ragtime (Simmons / McDaniels / Mizell)

Recording and production

Taken was Tougher Than Leather between November 1986 and September 1987 in the following studios : 

  • Chung King House of Metal
  • Unique Recording Studios
  • Electric Lady Studios
  • Ian London Studios
  • Greene Street Recording

Producers of Tougher Than Leather were were Run-DMC and Davy D., also involved Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin .

Sampling

As usual in hip-hop of the 80s , the samples used on Tougher Than Leather are not listed in the liner notes . Yet quite a few musicians are quoted in this way on the album: 

The songs on Tougher Than Leather were later often sampled by other musicians, occasionally also by those who had previously been sampled on this album itself. Tougher Than Leather also features samples from previous Run-DMC albums; Samples by Tougher Than Leather can be heard on later albums .

Session musician

The following session musicians were involved in the recordings of Tougher Than Leather : 

Publications and releases

Tougher Than Leather first appeared in 1988 with the label Profile Records as a CD , LP and MC . In later years the album was re-released by various labels.

Four singles were released from Tougher Than Leather : 

  • Runs house
  • Mary, Mary
  • Papa crazy
  • I'm Not Going Out Like That

Charts and reception

Tougher Than Leather peaked at number 9 on Billboard's album charts .

The reviews on Tougher Than Leather were mixed. The music magazine Rolling Stone awarded three out of five possible stars and came to the following conclusion: "Thematically and musically, Run-DMC are starting to repeat themselves." The music database Allmusic has the album with four out of five stars, including: " Tougher Than Leather isn't as strong as the first three Run-DMC albums, but it's one of the best rap releases of 1988." 

The New York Times took the appearance of Tougher Than Leather as an opportunity to publish an article on May 16, 1988 entitled "It's Official: Rap Music Is in the Mainstream".

Trivia

Parallel to the album Tougher Than Leather , a film of the same name was released (German title: Mad Dogs - In the shadow of violence ). As an actor , among others, Run-DMC and the stepped Beastie Boys on, director and screenwriter was Rick Rubin. In the film database IMDb , Mad Dogs - In the Shadow of Violence is described as a cross between a blaxploitation movie and a spaghetti western ; the pretty bad rating: 4.6 out of 10 points.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.discogs.com: Run-DMC (discography)
  2. ↑ a b c d e Run-DMC: Tougher Than Leather (Liner Notes)
  3. ↑ a b c www.allmusic.com: Tougher Than Leather (review)
  4. ↑ a b www.whosampled.com: Run-DMC (sample list)
  5. ↑ www.discogs.com: Tougher Than Leather (release details)
  6. ↑ www.rollingstone.com: Tougher Than Leather (review)
  7. ↑ www.nytimes.com: Tougher Than Leather (history of effects)
  8. ↑ www.imdb.com: Mad Dogs - In the Shadow of Violence (production details)