Down With The King
by Run-D.M.C.
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Run-D.M.C. bestography
Down With The King is ranked 5th best out of 10 albums by Run-D.M.C. on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Run-D.M.C. is Raising Hell which is ranked number 1247 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,392.
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Down With The King track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Down With The King rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 6 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 49 Music Albums of 1993 | 46/49 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Larcx13 | Top 49 Music Albums of 1993 | 38/49 | 1 |
| 2025 | Larcx13 | Best Hip Hop Records 1993 Top 25 | 24/25 | - |
| 2023 |  Graeme2 | Top 81 Music Albums of 1993 | 78/81 | 0 |
| 2023 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Run-D.M.C. (US) - Ranked | 4/10 | - |
| 2021 |  Boltzmann | hip hop - '90s | 29/89 | - |
| 2015 |  JuicyJohnPink | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 62/100 | - |
| 2015 | JuicyJohnPink | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2013 | JuicyJohnPink | Top 20 Music Albums of 1993 | 1/20 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 23 | |||
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Down With The King ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/02/2023 11:56 |  MW19704U | 6,988 | 59/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2021 04:57 | lanadeleswift | 3,729 | 86/100 |
| ! | 06/06/2021 05:50 |  CaptainPain | 3,415 | 61/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2021 12:20 | Graeme2 | 4,902 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2020 10:52 | Larcx13 | 2,850 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.4/100, a mean average of 65.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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Graeme2 01/19/2021 12:16 | #264657
Loved Run DMC in the 80s but by back from hell in 90 I was losing interest, even though What's it all about was great. I don't even recognise the cover of this album on which could pass as a Naughty by Nature cover at the time. The cover and sound is very 93, with the help of some of the eras best. Most of this to me now is quite listenable, though some of the pushing of the hard type persona makes me wince, it's just not them. They do manage to bring energy and get with the 93 styles and there is a definite sound and coherence. I'm not sure I'd have enjoyed it much at the time, maybe, but possibly would have seen them as old hat. Better with time some of these rap albums, though classic it is not, a little unfair some of the hate this gets.
2nd last rap album I ever bought, last one was Dogg Pound.
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