For the Run–D.M.C. film, see Tougher Than Leather (film). For the Willie Nelson album, see Tougher Than Leather (Willie Nelson album).
Tougher Than Leather
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Studio album by Run–D.M.C.
Released September 16, 1988
Recorded 1987-1988
Genre Golden age hip hop, rap rock
Length 40:26
Label Profile Records
Producer Run–D.M.C., Davey D., Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons
Run–D.M.C. chronology
Raising Hell
(1986)		 Tougher Than Leather
(1988)		 Back from Hell
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[2]
Robert Christgau B+ [3]
Pitchfork Media (6.4/10)[4]
warr.org 3.5/5 stars[5]

Tougher Than Leather is a 1988 studio album for American rap group Run–D.M.C. and a follow-up to their hit Raising Hell. While the new record did not maintain the same popularity as its predecessor, it obtained platinum status and spawned the favorites "Run's House" and "Mary, Mary" (built around a sample from The Monkees' song).

Tougher Than Leather was the group's fourth effort and blended in elements of not only rap but also rock n' roll and funk, making it their most varied effort to date alongside King of Rock. "Papa Crazy" is based on Papa Was a Rollin' Stone by The Temptations.

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Film [link]

A film of the same name, starring the members of Run-D.M.C. and their producer, Rick Rubin, was also released in 1988.

Track listing [link]

  1. "Run's House" – 3:49
  2. "Mary, Mary" – 3:12 (produced by Rick Rubin)[6]
  3. "They Call Us Run-D.M.C." – 2:56
  4. "Beats To The Rhyme" – 2:43
  5. "Radio Station" – 2:50
  6. "Papa Crazy" – 4:18
  7. "Tougher Than Leather" – 4:20
  8. "I'm Not Going Out Like That" – 4:55
  9. "How'd Ya Do It Dee" – 3:20
  10. "Miss Elaine" – 3:05
  11. "Soul To Rock And Roll" – 2:17
  12. "Ragtime" – 2:42

Deluxe edition bonus tracks [link]

  1. "Beats To The Rhyme" (Previously Unreleased Instrumental) - 2:44
  2. "Crack" (Previously Unreleased) - 1:43
  3. "Christmas In Hollis" - 2:58
  4. "Penthouse Ad" - 0:58

In popular culture [link]

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References [link]

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. Tougher Than Leather at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  2. ^ Rolling Stone 14 July 1988
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. Run D.M.C.. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  4. ^ Pitchfork Media Run D.M.C. review
  5. ^ "Run-D.M.C". Warr.org. https://www.warr.org/rundmc.html#Tougher. Retrieved 2012-03-12. 
  6. ^ "Run-DMC - Tougher Than Leather (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. https://www.discogs.com/Run-DMC-Tougher-Than-Leather/release/414626. Retrieved 2012-03-12. 

External links [link]

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Tougher Than Leather (film)

Tougher Than Leather is an American film released in 1988 and distributed by New Line Cinema. The film was directed by Rick Rubin and stars the hip-hop group Run–D.M.C. They created the movie to coincide with the release of their fourth studio album also titled Tougher Than Leather.

Plot

At the beginning of the film, D.M.C. is released from jail, at which time he returns to New York City with his band-mates, Run and Jam Master Jay. They are ready to schedule some gigs and kick-start their musical careers when things take a dark turn. Their friend Runny Ray, played by Raymond White, has been murdered by Vic Ferrante (Rick Rubin); this pulls the group into a seedy world of crime and violence. Vic and the police cover up the murder to look like Ray died from drugs, As they attempt to determine who is responsible for the murder, their own lives become endangered. They take matters into their own hands trying to find Ray's killer. However, the action is balanced with a series of musical performances by the stars and other late '80's hip-hop stars including Slick Rick and Beastie Boys.

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Tougher Than Leather (Willie Nelson album)

Tougher Than Leather is a 1983 album by country singer Willie Nelson. It was his first album of original material since Red Headed Stranger eight years before.

Reception

Crispin Sartwell of Record panned the album, calling it "country music in name only." He elaborated that whereas Nelson's earlier songs were honest ballads about concrete situations which listeners could relate to, Tougher Than Leather is built around high-handed philosophical preaching. He also criticized the lack of variety in the music, describing it as "utterly bland and homogeneous."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Willie Nelson, except where indicated

  • "My Love for the Rose" - 0:37
  • "Changing Skies" - 3:03
  • "Tougher Than Leather" - 4:53
  • "Little Old Fashioned Karma" - 3:18
  • "Somewhere in Texas (Part I)" - 0:53
  • "The Beer Barrel Polka" (Traditional, arranged and played by Bobbie Nelson) - 2:43
  • "Summer of Roses" - 3:12
  • "Somewhere in Texas (Part II)" - 0:55
  • "My Love for the Rose" - 0:37
  • "The Convict and the Rose" (Robert King, Ballard MacDonald) - 3:52
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    Tougher Than Leather

    by: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Soundtrack

    [Run-D.M.C.]
    Unconceivable, unbelievable
    Grammar like a hammer information receivable
    Sent by the Lord, here and abroad
    with words well adored now they can't be ignored!
    [Run]
    The force of course that makes Run the boss
    so get lost because I just toss a punk
    Make way today and if I may I say
    I make pay with Jay, so get away OKAY?
    Gainin weight, I ate the whole plate today
    Never rate the great, I go state to state
    Just peep and keep but don't sleep or weep
    Get deep to leap or I'll beep the Jeep
    Put down the clown, get 'round the town
    I found the sound that I pound the ground
    Get paid and laid, not 'jayed or 'fraid
    so I stayed and made, not a bad debate
    Got a group to troop, with a shoop de shoop
    Shoot hoop then scoop, on this loop to loop
    Goin off and off, not soft of course
    Just black and back to go back and forth
    Go to school and cool, ?? ?? and pull
    Got soul and gold and cold hold a jewel
    Upset the vet, a vet met a Jet
    Just let your ??, and I'll win the bet
    Got a punch to crunch, cold munch for lunch
    not Grady or the lady from the Brady Bunch
    Got cheese in Lee's like he's in jeans
    Charge Visa freeze, on these with ease
    No dope to cope, just good to go
    There's hope to Pope, big nope for no
    Quite clever and never, we're together forever
    Run-D.M.C. and we're "Tougher Than Leather"
    [D.M.C.]
    Strong and mighty hard as can be
    ?? ?? ?? lie press strong as Dee
    Never frightened I'm writin fightin for what's right
    Let's keep it ?? in the night I'm creepin with my mic
    I got to go for broke, and I ain't no joke
    I won't yoke and choke, 'cept you suckers I smoked
    Bumrush and crush, leave em in the dust
    This is a must to rough, ?? ?? ??
    Only strong survive, and the weak will die
    As long as I'm alive I keep my head up high
    because I'm strong in body, and smart in mind
    I was born to rhyme, as a gift to mankind
    No punk or chump, never givin no slack
    We'll be killin a villain and like chillin, "Yo black!"
    I got a ?? ??, it's me you run from
    I'm the king I do my things until my Kingdom Come!
    {*guitar solo*}
    [Run]
    .. cause .. I'm
    Rough and tough, cold huff and puff
    Don't bluff the stuff, got enough to rough
    Go long and on, no longer song
    Go on and on just for past the dawn
    Put preach and teach, with a speech to reach
    all streets and each, with beats for treats
    Got the King Supreme, may seem the clean
    with a beat and a ring, no dream machine
    Not a gang to bang, out to hang with slang
    talking yang and tang, about everythang
    Just brothers and others, like fathers and mothers
    who discovered they love us they think that I've been above us
    No crime or time, just rhyme and I'm
    full grown and own, no phone or dime
    Just cut the stuff, til you get enough
    cause we're rougher than tougher and rougher tougher than tough!
    {*guitar solo*}
    [Run-D.M.C.]
    Ah with a voice like thunder, words of wonder
    over all standin tall and the suckers fall under
    Posessed with power, cowards will cower
    Ducks we devour hour hour after hour
    Three man riot, you can't deny it
    We're so ill that you can't defy it
    Gonna live, POSITIVE, forever, AND EVER
    Run-D.M.C. and we're "Tougher Than Leather"




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