10 Perfect Hip-Hop Albums With No Bad Songs

10. Raising Hell - Run-DMC

At the start of the '80s, the idea of hip hop actually standing the test of time was still a bit of a novelty. Since most of the greatest hip hop was coming from Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash, they weren't exactly guaranteeing staying power on the charts any time soon. Because rap was still just a new trend...it took Run-DMC to turn it into the fresh sound of the future.

If you were looking at it from today's perspective though, Raising Hell almost sounds like a parody of old school hip hop, bringing together rhymes that were soft balls compared to what we have now. That's because most of the elements that we take for granted in hip hop today were just getting started here, from Rick Rubin's amazing production to the samples of classic rock joints like Walk This Way, which managed to pull in Aerosmith for a guest spot.

That's before you even get to emcees, with both Joseph and Darryl having incredible chemistry playing off each other, all while Jam Master Jay creates some of the greatest beats imaginable behind them. There are even some more serious topics thrown into the mix, like Proud to Be Black balancing out the silliness of something like You Be Illin. This isn't your standard rap of today. This is the kind of rhymes that date back to the stone age of hip hop.