{"product_id":"2lp-run-dmc-down-with-the-king-white","title":"2LP - Run DMC - Down With The King (White)","description":"2LPs - Import\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThirty years ago on May 4, 1993, Run-DMC made one of the greatest comebacks in Hip-Hop history with the release of their 6\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estudio album\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDown With The King\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.  To understand the significance of this feat we have to go back a few years. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eComing off an amazing four-album run ending with the platinum album\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTougher Than Leather\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(which turns 35 on May 17\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e),  Run-DMC released their 5\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estudio album\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBack From Hell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1990 to lackluster sales. Did Run-DMC fall off?  Did the emergence of gangsta rap push them off to the side?  For those old enough to remember, it was sad to see your Hip-Hop heroes take a fall. Then in 1991, a 12-inch remix came out for the single \"Back From Hell\" featuring\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChuck D\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIce Cube\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand fans took notice. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt would be two more years before anyone would hear from Run-DMC again. In March of 1993, a new single and video\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Down With The King” \u003c\/span\u003edebuted on Yo! MTV Raps featuring the new Hip-Hop Gods\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePete Rock and CL Smooth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epaying homage to The Kings calling back verses from Sucker MCs over a dope signature Pete Rock beat.  Were they back?  It seemed so, the video would be in constant rotation on Ralph McDaniels Video Music Box, YO!, BET’s Rap City and before the internet, you could find a TV station called The Juke Box Network by fine-tuning your antenna and dialing up a 976 or 1-900 number to play the video on demand.  Fans watched it over and over to catch all the cameos, everyone from Eazy-E to the Native Tongues Family of De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest made an appearance in the video.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe anticipation was building, but would the album live up to the lead single that knocked it out of the park?  On May 4, 1993, the album dropped on CD, Cassette, and Vinyl. Run-DMC enlisted\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Bomb Squad\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublic Enemy\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQ-Tip\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEPMD\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJermaine Dupri\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKay Gee of Naughty By Nature\u003c\/strong\u003e, and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePete Rock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto produce the album with a special appearance by\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTom Morello\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erocking out his guitar emulating DJ scratches he made famous with\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRage Against The Machine\u003c\/strong\u003e.  Run-DMC ditched their Adidas for Timberlands, DMC got rid of his signature glasses, Jam Master Jay rocked a ski hat, Run sported sunglasses, and all three were decked out head to toe in black.  Their rhyming was as enthusiastic and powerful as they were on their debut album from 10 years prior.  Run-DMC, the self-proclaimed Kings of Rock and original Kings of Hip Hop were indeed back.  The album debuted at #1 on the R\u0026amp;B\/Hip-Hop charts and #7 on the Billboard 200 and would go Gold selling over 500,000 copies within two months of its release. 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