pull the record back. play that again. ♪ don't push me because i'm close to the edge ♪ >> everyone knew the game had changed, and it really opened the floodgates for the next generation of rappers. ♪ it's not michael jackson ♪ and this is not thriller >> when run-dmc came out, they were taking rock 'n' roll music and putting it together with hip-hop and making something brand-new out of it. ♪ you can't touch me with an eight-foot pole ♪ ♪ and i even made the devil sell me his soul ♪ >> run-dmc kind of led zeppelinized hip-hop because it was fit for an arena, knocking the scoreboard down. ♪ little skirt hanging way up her knee ♪ ♪ there were three young ladies ♪ >> aerosmith had fallen off the map at that point. it brings them back into the fore and also breaks run-dmc in a much bigger way because then you start to get more white kids listening to hip-hop. ♪ walk this way