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It is notable for including the rare unedited version of "Protect Ya Neck", a remix of the song "Method Man" with alternate verses, as well as "Shaolin Worldwide", "Sucker M.C.'s" (a Run D.M.C. cover) and "Diesel", three tracks the Wu-Tang produced for soundtracks and compilations.
Songwriters: K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason
Sample: "La Di Da Di" by Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh
Sample: "Summer Samba" by Walter Wanderley
Sample: "Adventures of Super Rhyme" by Jimmy Spicer
Sample: "Run's House" by Run D.M.C.
The Rolling Stones are the only artists represented with two songs ("(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "Sympathy for the Devil"), while the chapter on "Walk This Way" features biographies of both Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C..
The song – an answer song to Run-D.M.C.'s "Sucker M.C.s (Krush-Groove 1)" – did not sell in quantity upon its first release, but Ben Liebrand reworked the song in 1990, including a sample of the theme song from the American sitcom, I Dream of Jeannie.
The opening drum break from "Down on the Avenue", from the band's first album, Feel It (WMOT 1976), has been sampled by many hip hop artists, including N.W.A (Straight Outta Compton), Ice-T, Jungle Brothers and Run-D.M.C. The bassline of their 1982 single Act Like You Know was prominently sampled in 1991 in the song Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) by American hip hop band De La Soul.
Celebrities Run DMC, LL Cool J, Kid Rock, and Steve Harvey are all store regulars, and Kid Rock featured the store in his video for "Roll On".
The band was often seen performing for tourists on the streets of Washington, D.C. This popularity led to appearances in a 1984 Cavalier Men's Store television advertisement, the 1983 film D.C. Cab and the 1988 film Tougher Than Leather with Run-D.M.C. It was this interaction with Run-D.M.C.'s DJ Run that led to an eventual recording contract with older brother Russell Simmons' Def Jam Recordings.
Many notable artists have performed in the main hall including Guns N' Roses, U2, AC/DC, Dio, The Police and Run–D.M.C..
Run–D.M.C.'s Joseph Simmons' rendition of this song appears on the 1997 album The Rapsody Overture: Hip Hop Meets Classic, a collection of hip hop songs intertwined with classical vocals and music.
Most of the songs were influenced and sampled from funk artists such as Marvin Gaye, Parliament, and Funkadelic, but one track in particular was influenced by other genres, "Beautiful But Deadly", a rock-hip hop track, influenced by Run-D.M.C. with a heavy guitar riff throughout the song (it borrows from Funkadelic's Cosmic Slop).
Their name was a play on the hip hop group Run–D.M.C., with the first name initials of each member forming "TMC".
Run's House, a reality television series featuring Joseph Simmons (co-founder of rap group Run-D.M.C.)
Although no songs from the album reached the charts, the song "The Big Beat" has been notably sampled by hip hop artists, including Run-D.M.C.'s "Here We Go", Big Daddy Kane's "Ain't No Half Steppin'", Jay-Z's "99 Problems", Dizzee Rascal's "Fix Up, Look Sharp", U.T.F.O's "Roxanne, Roxanne" and Alicia Keys' "Girl on Fire".
The Together Forever Tour was a 1987 concert tour by Run-D.M.C. and the Beastie Boys which consisted of 31 USA dates.
Together Forever: Greatest Hits 1983–1991 is the first compilation album by Run–D.M.C..