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Run-D.M.C.'s Raising Hell remains the turning point at which hip-hop crashed through mainstream barriers and never left. And it sounds as fresh as hell. The definition of Golden Age Hip-Hop in every way, Run-D.M.C. avoids the negativity and misogyny that later plagued the style, spinning assertive tales about identity (the biographical and culture-changing 'My Adidas'), work ethics ('Perfection'), and, most notably, pride (the Harriet Tubman- and Malcom X.-referencing 'Proud to Be Black').
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