Sourced from the Original Master Tapes and Pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl: Mobile Fidelity Numbered-Edition 180 gram 33RPM SuperVinyl LP Heightens Rick Rubin's Pioneering Production 1/2' / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe. Run-D.M.C.'s Raising Hell remains the turning point at which hiphop crashed through mainstream barriers and never left. Anchored by the crossover smash "Walk This Way," the 1986 blockbuster still sounds like a revolution unfolding in real time. It has everything - hard-rock riffs, turntable scratching, itchy rhythms, hit singles - not the least of which are the trio's invigorating raps and inseparable chemistry. Ranked the 209th Greatest Album of All Time by Rolling Stone, 43rd on Pitchfork's Greatest Albums of the 1980s, one of the Top 100 Albums of All Time by TIME - and included on "Best of" lists by Spin, XXL, Entertainment Weekly, and basically every other significant media outlet - the triple-platinum effort rocks the house. And now it sounds fresh as hell. Sourced from the original master tapes and pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl, the reissue label's numbered-edition 180 gram 33RPM SuperVinyl LP elevates Raising Hell to sonic heights on par with its musical and cultural significance. Benefitting from the ultralow noise floor and groove definition of SuperVinyl, Raising Hell unleashes a torrent of massive dynamics and frequency-plumbing details underlined by Rick Rubin's taut, crisp, albeit raw and streetwise production. Just as the Queens-based group defined what hip-hop could represent - and displayed just how big it could get - Rubin's work melded ear-worm hooks, savvy drum loops, metal-leaning guitars, and cross-fire lyrical interplay into watertight frameworks bursting with ideas, tones, samples, and beats. Pavement-packed inner cities, tree-lined suburbs, and cornfield-rimmed rural areas would never again be the same.