I directed this video for Profile Records, like I did 15 others for Profile and more than a dozen more for other labels back then. That's me at 2:38 with the Triple F.A.T. down coat and the long hair. We shot this whole video in one night, starting with the exploding car at the Brooklyn Naval Yard. That was more than half my life ago. Life is very short.

@Mr127Patrick

6 жыл бұрын

Wow Alexandra, didn't know that. I'm reminiscing because today marks 15 yrs today of Jam Master Jay death

@briansmith9959

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, Alex that's legendary....I loved this cut....I remember EPMD using this sample "Who's Booty" long live Run D.M.C and R.I.P. to JMJ....Thank you for your contribution to this great art of hip hop!!!

@rustyhornzinstrumentalist-7596

6 жыл бұрын

Alexandra, that's a really cool memory. You are so right, time goes by so fast.

@joaquingonzalez5095

6 жыл бұрын

did you receive any directions from the artists? im curious. ty

@micaelfinley9379

6 жыл бұрын

MRS. ALEXANDRA, I LOVE THIS SONG. IT SOUNDS SO NICE IN MY CTS. U GREAT VIDEO U DID A GREAT JOB.

One of the most underrated albums and songs.

DMC may be one of the most underrated MC’s of all time. He always goes hard.

@Frankflexxxx

2 жыл бұрын

I always liked him more than Run.

@BlueOysterStan

2 жыл бұрын

@@Frankflexxxx it’s such a shame alcohol took a toll on his voice

@Frankflexxxx

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlueOysterStan... Didn't know that. ☹️

@BlueOysterStan

2 жыл бұрын

@@Frankflexxxx well i actually got my facts mixed up it turns out although he did suffer from alcoholism, it was not the reason he lost his voice for a bit. it’s actually because of stress he was putting on vocal chords in the group’s early days

@Frankflexxxx

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlueOysterStan... Yes. I just researched that. 👍🏾

Red Alert and Chuck Chillout rocked this jam every weekend in 1990

"Many,many,many records broke - broke jaws, a few months ago I had to pause" my favorite rhyme on this song.

Awesome. Underrated track by the kings themselves. RIP, Jay. Hail Run DMC.

@scoutking1174

7 жыл бұрын

I was ok like 7 but I don't know how I missed it. Probably cause I was young. Raising Hell was my jam as a kid. Just like the 2nd Beastie's album underrated and ahead of its time. This album I mean didn't hear much about it. People where still processing what just happened when them among others changed the face of music.

actually this song is released at the perfect time. in 1990, crime in new york city at its peak. 1990: 2245 murder cases. 2015: 315 cases

Darryl Mac has one of the dopest ass deliveries, a tru rapper’s rapper! I mean ur cant deny the legacy of stage presence the hard vocals, i like run but dmc is the back bone of the Group in hiphop persona!

R.I.P. Jam Master Jay. Another true talent in the music industry gone too soon.

one of the best Rap groups ever

@troylowe814

4 жыл бұрын

"One of"? How about "THE" best rap group ever? Nobody did it better than The Kings of Rock.

@Jay-iu4st

Жыл бұрын

​@@troylowe814 Wu-Tang

Their most underrated album ever for the kings themselves

@guyhill6269

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

Underrated Run DMC classic.....such a stone groove my man!!

RUN DMC ,IS 100% PURE Energy

This might just be JMJ's greatest instrumental all those stops and switches and mixes and scratches GOD DAMN! REST IN POWER!!!

@nickgonzalezblock949

Жыл бұрын

This beat is made by Sa'D Ali the Hourchild of P.Funk and his Brothers from Newark, NJ...it wasn't made by J. But J is a legend

@AceHaBeats

4 ай бұрын

What's that you say? Pauses, switches, scratches? RUN-DMC? Check it out: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGeMxbZ8j7Ddnbw.htmlsi=oTnx4ulZamew2wwz

Dmc’s flow was so dope 💪🏾💯

@WeBoogie28

10 ай бұрын

Indeed it wasMagnetic

@user-fx2og9ch8l

Ай бұрын

Right 👍

RUN DMC this is hip hop history

@toyotacorolla2395

6 жыл бұрын

MU HARD classic album

This song might be RUN-DMC's most underrated. The "Back From Hell" album as a whole was a miss, but "The Ave" is a classic song

Back From Hell was the first album not to receive any RIAA certification neither Gold or Platinum. The Ave. was a bad-ass song and DMC kicking with gangsta-rap mode. Back From Hell went nowhere but down.

@rusticization

8 жыл бұрын

+Eric Stewart Until DOWN WITH THE KING brought Run DMC back up a bit 3 years later.

@stewarteasy72

8 жыл бұрын

Ryan Bayne Yes sir!!! Very true.

@Regreviews

2 жыл бұрын

I liked this better than down tbh

The world needs more Run DMC...

I grew up off these brothers and watched them grow into hip hop pioneers that paved the way for all the Eric b LL cool j Kool more Ds Stetsasonic Boogie Down Production and many more artists to come in short Thank you Rev.Run Thank you DMC Thank you Jam Master may your legacy live on May God always protect and preserve you both and RIP brother DMX and much love and respect for achieving a common most b black men strive for

@cedricsmith6931

2 жыл бұрын

Being a father

Underrated joint right here !

@eazy-e2168

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah IKR!! Erryone is on the NWA bandwagon thesedayz...........

straight underrated

Classic from the pioneers rap legends.

I still bump this today, I moved to Atlanta, GA when this came out

RUNDMCs MOST UNAPPRECIATED JOINT EVER

THE HARDEST RHYME AND BEAT EVER FROM THEM

The Ave. is the best song on "Back From Hell" Hands down. Love this joint.

@davi72100

5 жыл бұрын

Groove to the sound Is Better

Contains samples of: “Chase” by James Brown (1973) (Intro) 0:04 “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine” by James Brown (1970) (vocal) 0:07 “Sang and Dance” by Bar-Kays (1970) (vocal) 0:11 “Same Beat” by Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s (1974) 0:13 “Think (About It)” by Lyn Collins (1972) (vocal) 0:23 and 0:38 “Pause” by Run-DMC (1989) 0:50 and 0:51 “I Like Funky Music” by Uncle Louie (1979) 0:51 “Down on the Avenue” by Fat Larry’s Band (1976) (vocal) 1:31 and 1:35 “Mama Feelgood” by Lyn Collins (1973) 1:53 “Hihache” by The Lafayette Afro Rock Band (1974) (Drums) 1:58 “You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks and I’ll Be Straight” by Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s (1973) 1:59

@kylesmall6064

4 жыл бұрын

With all those samples, I wonder how much of the album budget was blown on this one song.

@nibbles187

2 жыл бұрын

Thats alot of samples, I wonder how much all those samples cost to liscence?

@susanfit47

2 жыл бұрын

@@nibbles187 Wow.

DMC GOES ARD!

Still a banger!

I like that song by run-dmc

Dmc the best rapper in this hip hop shit

The first Straight Outta of. New York!!!!!@#%^&***&^%$#@

That track is sick!!!!!

Excellent video my friend thank you for the nice video , wish you a good day, big like !!

One of my favorite Run DMC songs.

Who listening in 2020?

Ive always loved this track and whats it all about . i liked that street element 2 it.

I remember watching this in 1990 on maybe Video Music Box ... it was really sad to see RUN DMC with this and "The Pause". Not that this song is weak in any way ... its just that you knew Run & DMC were lost and really didn't know who they were anymore

Bloodclot bwoy, mi nah haff to deal wit that! Superstar on de wall dem kall him Daryl Mac! This was and still is one of my favorite tracks by RUN DMC! R.I.P Jam Master Jay.

@TheJeneralJU-ICE

3 жыл бұрын

😄

My favorite RUN DMC song

Best rap group ever. My childhood. Classic

beat is banging..

Rest in peace jam Master Jay run DMC classic album

One of the best groups to ever bless us on the mic bottom line. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017

You could feel them starting to slip around this time. By the next album they were really just phoning it in.

Best rap group in the eighties and nineties

@Mateo.7777

Жыл бұрын

Maybe eighties. Nineties is Gang Starr all day

lost classic...underground banger!

痺れます! 半世紀近く前の、楽曲とは思えません。 greatest.hip,hoper. 永久に。

@nobustone

3 жыл бұрын

訂正します、35年位前でした？

they killed it

90s run dmc was underrated

@theinvisibles7439

Жыл бұрын

They were exactly were they should have been rated. They was actually played out by the time this dropped. This elementary school rhymes was cartoonishly old.

FIRE🔥🎼🎤

This should be on the radio tracks for GTA it'd be a fan favorite straight up

80's hall of Fame

This and What It's All About are two of my favourite Run DMC tracks, even though Back From Hell doesn't seem to get a lot of attention in their history

@DaveKovalComedy

Жыл бұрын

AGREED AND SAME

That Kangol Spitfire tho... 👌🏾

This is an awesome song by Run DMC. There is something unique about the beat as well. It’s very familiar. I remember hearing it from another sample. It’s very timeless.

Classic

Love this album!.....RUN looks like he just returned from a weekend of trout fishing in this video though...

RIP Jam Master Jay

Brothers from the Ave this & that again.. JMJ Lives!

Why have I never heard or seen this before? I love the production quality of this.

THE KINGS!!!

Best stuff ever

Dope 🔥💣🔝👊

DMC is the cOOLis' !!!

gotta bring the oldskool back

No they are number 1 killa

Good stuff. This was from my personal favorite RUN-DMC album "Back From Hell". RUN DMC were on their gangster sh!t with that album and this song shows it.

DMC is the cooLest brotha’!!!

Another Run DMC Classic....

Run-DMC was always gangsta

Love all their music ❤❤

Banger

I remember this one, I was like11 or 12 when this came out, probably 12.

JMJ with dreads , rare !

Commenting again cause this is my favorite song and album til this day but Run-DMC had to listen again on repeat lol

This was on a episode of the syndicated show Krush Rap.

DMC SPITS🎤

I could hear Treach in Run when OPP came out cuz of this song

I remember when they were shooting this video in LES next to Williamsburg bridge.. I was 15 years old

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

DMC

Classic Run DMC Shit

DOPE DOPE DOPE that's all I'm gonna say...

classic throwback rap Run DMC best to get your fix your face fix it now where you from the Flintstones

🎸🎵🎤

the wery cultura hip-hop rap rispect 🙏🙏🙏✌✌✌👊👊👊🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎙🎙🎙

🔥🔥🔥👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🔥🔥🔥👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

FUCK ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONG OF BACK FROM HEEEEEEEEEEEL R.I.P. RUN MDC FUCK MISS YOU GREAT RAP BAND

Geah!

áj lájk it!

NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAAAAH

23 people Never chill on the Ave.

uuuuuu knoooow

best song if u think sooo thumbs up

2019? 💥💥💥💥💥

👍🏾

This has to have minimum 10kk wievs...

I turned around n said wat up cop! He said dmc take ur ass dwn da block. If it happened 2dem it can happen 2u Datz whats happpenin on da avenue#