title: Greatest Hits (Run-D.M.C. album)
text: # Greatest Hits (Run-D.M.C. album)
  
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  Greatest Hits is the second compilation album by American hip hop group Run-D.M.C. It was released on September 10, 2002 by Arista Records. While it was argued that hits such as "The Ave.", "Pause" and "Ooh, What'cha Gonna Do?" should have found a place in this release, Run speculated during a Marie Claire interview in 2003 that the album was simply showcasing the group's better known earlier work:
  
     "I want kids to pick up this album and go '..So that's what hip hop sounded like in 1984, cool'. It's not because I dislike any of those [later] records."
  
  After Jam Master Jay's death, the group retired - however for not meeting their contractual obligations with Arista Records, this left Run-D.M.C.'s entire catalog open for exploitation. Since the release of this record, Arista Records has released several other greatest hits albums of Run-D.M.C.'s material.
  
  Fans consider this release as the 'official' greatest hits collection, because it was the last official Run-D.M.C. release before the death of Jam Master Jay.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "King of Rock"
  * "It's Tricky"
  * "Beats to the Rhyme"
  * "Can You Rock It Like This"
  * "Walk This Way" (featuring Aerosmith)
  * "Run's House"
  * "Rock Box"
  * "Peter Piper"
  * "Mary, Mary"
  * "Hard Times"
  * "You Be Illin'"
  * "It's Like That"
  * "My Adidas"
  * "Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1)"
  * "You Talk Too Much"
  * "Jam-Master Jay"
  * "Down with the King" (featuring Pete Rock & CL Smooth)
  * "Christmas in Hollis"
  
  ## 2003 re-release
  
  * "It's Like That" (featuring Jason Nevins)
  * "Walk This Way" (featuring Aerosmith)
  * "Sucker MC's"
  * "My Adidas"
  * "King of Rock"
  * "It's Tricky"
  * "Can You Rock It Like This"
  * "You Be Illin'"
  * "Rock Box"
  * "Run's House"
  * "Peter Piper"
  * "Bounce"
  * "Beats to the Rhyme"
  * "Jam Master Jay"
  * "Hard Times"
  * "Down with the King"
  * "Mary Mary"
  * "What's It All About"
  * "It's Tricky 2003" (featuring Jacknife Lee)
  