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Entitled "raising hell" has sold more than a million copies in just-13 weeks. a first for a rap record. >> the album is called license to ill. that's a stupid name. ♪ you ask your mom please but she still says no ♪ >> hip-hop is our baby, this is our culture, this is our music. we created it. and then, here come the beastie boys and we were afraid we are going to lose it. ♪ you gotta fight for your right to party ♪ >> and then, when we started listening to their music, they really were funky and they could really get busy. so we were like, okay, all right. >> beastie boys come out. peo...

It brings them back into the fore and also breaks run-dmc in a much bigger way because then you start to get more white kids listening to hip-hop. ♪ walk this way ♪ talk this way >> run dmc's latest album titled "raising hell" has sold more than a million copies in just 13 weeks. a first for a rap record. we'll be doing for tv what f.m. did for radio. >> there are some that have >> the album is called "licensed accused your videos of being to ill." that's a stupid name soft porn. for an album. >> we like to call them tastefully smutty. ♪ wake up late for school, man, you don't want to ...

"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." that's a stupid name for an album. ♪ wake up late for school, man, you don't 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 for your right to party ♪ >> then when we started listening to their music they really were funky and they could really get busy...

"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." that's a stupid name for an album. ♪ wake up late for school, man, you don't 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 for your right to party ♪ >> then when we started listening to their music they really were funky and they could really get busy...

♪ there were three young ladies ♪ >> aerosmith had sort of fallen off the map at that point. it brings them back into the fore and also breaks run-dmc in a much bigger way because then you start to get more white kids listening to hip-hop. ♪ walk this way ♪ talk this way >> run dmc's latest album entitled "raising hell" has sold more than a million copies in just 13 weeks. a first for a rap record. >> their album is called "licensed to ill." that's a stupid name for an album. ♪ wake up late for school, man, you don't want to go ♪ ♪ you ask your mom please but she still says no â™...