Run–D.M.C.
5 tracks across 4 playlists
About
Hollis, Queens. Joseph 'Run' Simmons, Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels, Jason 'Jam Master Jay' Mizell. The first hip-hop group to go gold (1984), platinum (1986), multiplatinum, and MTV-network. 'Run-D.M.C.' (1984), 'King of Rock,' 'Raising Hell' (1986 — featuring the Aerosmith 'Walk This Way' that literally invented rock-rap as a commercial format), 'Tougher Than Leather.' Jam Master Jay was murdered in his Queens studio in 2002. First rap act in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2009). Sacred ground.
Tracks featured on snoopspecial
4 tracks of theirs made it onto 4 snoopspecial playlists , spanning 2012–2026. Each one was sequenced into a mix by hand — no algorithmic suggestions, no auto-recommendations.
- Peter Piper Rolling Stone's 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs (2026)
- Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1) Rolling Stone's 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs (2026)
- Walk This Way Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs (2026) 3608 - Resurrected (2012)
- It's Tricky Big Party Mix (2016)