Daily album for August 3, 2026 Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C. (1986)

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Genres

  • east coast hip hop
  • electro
  • hardcore hip hop
  • hip hop
  • rap rock
  • rock

Raising Hell is the third studio album by American hip-hop group Run-D.M.C., released on May 15, 1986, by Profile Records. The album was produced by Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin. Raising Hell is notable for being the first Platinum and multi-Platinum hip-hop record. The album was first certified Platinum on July 15, 1986, before it was certified as 3× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 24, 1987. It is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most important albums in the history of hip-hop music and culture.

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