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Close to the edge ♪ >> everyone knew the game had changed, and it really opened the floodgates for the next generation of rappers. ♪ its not michael jackson ♪ and this is not thriller >> when run-dmc came out, they were taking rock n roll music and putting it together with hip-hop and making something brand-new out of it. ♪ you cant touch me with an eight-foot pole ♪ ♪ and i even made the devil sell me his soul ♪ >> run-dmc kind of led zeppelinized hip-hop because it was fit for an...

♪ dont push me because im close to the edge ♪ >> everyone knew the game had changed, and it really opened the floodgates for the next generation of rappers. ♪ its not michael jackson ♪ and this is not thriller >> when run-dmc came out, they were taking rock n roll music and putting it together with hip-hop and making something brand-new out of it. ♪ you cant touch me with an eight-foot pole ♪ ♪ and i even made the devil sell me his soul ♪ >> run-dmc kind of led zeppelinized hip-h...

>> run dmcs latest album titled "raising hell" has sold more than a million copies in just 13 weeks. a first for a rap record. >> the album is called "licensed to ill." thats a stupid name for an album. ♪ wake up late for school, man, you dont want to go ♪ ♪ you ask your mom please but she still says no ♪ >> hip-hop was our baby. this was our culture. this was our music. we created it. and then, here come the beastie boys and we were afraid we were going to lose it. ♪ you got to fight ...

Way that he was almost inventing a new language. >> i really loved the "black album." for jay-z to be the first one to get rick rubin to produce in such a long time shows you how special jay is as an artist. >> i figured maybe wed art a capella with if youre having girl problems i feel bad four son i got 99 problems but a bitch aint one. hit me. right into the lyrics. ♪ fools that want to make sure my caskets closed ♪ >> yeah, thats money. >> rick rubin created so many classic records. the b...

>> run dmcs latest album titled "raising hell" has sold more than a million copies in just 13 weeks. a first for a rap record. >> the album is called "licensed to ill." thats a stupid name for an album. ♪ wake up late for school, man, you dont want to go ♪ ♪ you ask your mom please but she still says no ♪ >> hip-hop was our baby. this was our culture. this was our music. we created it. and then, here come the beastie boys and we were afraid we were going to lose it. ♪ you got to fight ...

Pull the record back. play that again. ♪ dont push me because im close to the edge ♪ >> everyone knew the game had changed, and it really opened the floodgates for the next generation of rappers. ♪ its not michael jackson ♪ and this is not thriller >> when run-dmc came out, they were taking rock n roll music and putting it together with hip-hop and making something brand-new out of it. ♪ you cant touch me with an eight-foot pole ♪ ♪ and i even made the devil sell me his soul ♪ >>...

>> greg: "fan mail friday," lets get to your questions. "what song brings you back to your teens and why? "all right, juan? >> juan: jimi hendrix, its like you are out playing ball, you feel it but theres another part of me that would be like -- just my imagination once again. >> katie: the beach boys, the beach boys -- or because it would play up before basketball volleyball games. >> jesse: my first cassette tape was run dmc, "king of

>> greg: "fan mail friday," lets get to your questions. "what song brings you back to your teens and why? "all right, juan? >> juan: jimi hendrix, its like you are out playing ball, you feel it but theres another part of me that would be like -- just my imagination once again. >> katie: the beach boys, the beach boys -- or because it would play up before basketball volleyball games. >> jesse: my first cassette tape was run dmc, "king of

Close to the edge ♪ >> everyone knew the game had changed, and it really opened the floodgates for the next generation of rappers. ♪ its not michael jackson ♪ and this is not thriller >> when run-dmc came out, they were taking rock n roll music and putting it together with hip-hop and making something brand-new out of it. ♪ you cant touch me with an eight-foot pole ♪ ♪ and i even made the devil sell me his soul ♪ >> run-dmc kind of led zeppelinized hip-hop because it was fit for an...

>> it was like, what did he just say? pull the record back. play that again. >> everybody knew the game changed and it opened the flood gates for the next generation of rappers. >> when run dmc came out they were taking rock and roll music and putting it together with hip hop and making something new out of it. it was fit for an arena, knocking the scoreboard down. >> area smierosmith had fallen map at that point.