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Topic: Rev Run


  
  Joseph Simmons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simmons began using Rev Run as a stage name after he was ordained as a reverend priest in Zoe Ministries.
His first work as Rev Run was a feature in the single Song For Lovers by UK pop band Liberty X in September 2005.
Justine: Run's "wife"; she is the mother to Rev Run's younger two children Daniel (Diggy) and Russell and is pregnant with their third child together and is due to give birth in October of 2006; and step-mother to Vanessa, Angela, and Jojo.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_Simmons   (322 words)

  
 Run-D.M.C. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Run-D.M.C. (or Run DMC) was a hip hop group founded by the late Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell that included Joseph "Run" Simmons and Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels.
"Run" Simmons is the brother of hip hop legend Russell "Rush" Simmons, and entered the hip-hop scene by DJing for his brother's first big act, Kurtis Blow.
Rev Run also starred, along with his family, in the MTV reality-sitcom Run's House starting in the fall of 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Run-D.M.C.   (722 words)

  
 A Rap Minister Works the Aisles - New York Times
Rev Run and his wife, Justine, are decorating a house in Saddle River, N.J. Decisions often involve cellphone conferences.
Rev Run's older brother Russell Simmons, the rap mogul who is a producer of the show, which had its premiere Oct. 13, lives just around the corner.
Rev Run, who routinely tries to hold the financial line in their television show, but in the time-honored tradition of indulgent sit-com dad usually ends up giving in, says he doesn't know why his wife needs to buy dishes.
www.nytimes.com /2005/11/03/garden/03run.html?ex=1288674000&en=86f6a45e8f70446e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (788 words)

  
 Rev Run: Distortion - All CDs $5.99 and Free Shipping at yourmusic.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Kicking off his solo career with a bang, Rev Run brings the vintage Run-D.M.C. attack-rhyming while unknown producer Whiteboy rocks the house mash-up style on the fantastic but frustratingly short "Distortion".
The 26-minute run time feels like a cheat, but with most of the competition wearing out their welcome with overstuffed, hour-plus albums that beg to be edited with the remote, "Distortion" is a rare, tight listen that demands to be swallowed whole.
Hearing Run brag it like before and lay down the snide putdowns is exciting, but most thrilling is hearing him in the challenging yet slick atmosphere Whiteboy creates.
www.yourmusic.com /browse/album/107939.html   (287 words)

  
 Rev Run :: Distortion :: Island Def Jam/RSMG/Universal
On the cover of the album Rev Run looks a little more like the Count of Queens or the High Archduke of Hollis than a preacher, although the fact he's standing on a hill overlooking a city burning and in ruins is definitely a biblical allusion to the end of days.
Rev Run's not just armed with an old school tape though, he's bringing old school right into the modern day.
I doubt his new label will reach the lofty heights of the old one though, and Rev Run should prepare for the shocking truth that if you go for nostalgia the audience will be as old as you are.
www.rapreviews.com /archive/2005_10_distortion.html   (926 words)

  
 Soundslam Interviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
However, according to Rev Run, he is less interested with people remembering his yesteryears and more concerned with letting the world know that he is back on the rap scene with a strong solo effort.
Rev will also be staying very busy with a new MTV reality show, “Run’s House”, premiering October 13th and letting the world know his music is available through such outlets as a featured song on the videogame, Madden ’06.
Rev Run: Umm, well, for instance, I have one record called “I Used To Think I Was Run” and it’s just me talking about years ago what I did and it’s me being a Reverend now and it talks about all the things that went through my mind when I was younger.
soundslam.com /articles/interviews/interviews.php?interviews=in050925revrun   (2129 words)

  
 -- Beliefnet.com
The Rev. Run gives us 12 principles to live by in Run's Rules.
One night in 1986, Joey "Run" Simmons, the 21-year-old front man for pioneering rappers Run-DMC, was enjoying watching the Madison Square Garden crowd bop wildly to his hip-hop ditties.
Run boils spiritual revival down to 12 simple steps: “Run’s House Rules.” These essentially translate the basic clichés of the self-help industry into the hip-hop vernacular.
www.beliefnet.com /story/83/story_8308_1.html   (494 words)

  
 CMJ Music Marathon 2005
With a sonic canon that includes their self-titled debut disc, as well as King of Rock, Raising Hell and Tougher Than Leather, the illustrious group stayed at the top of the pop charts for most of the '80s.
While Run now spends the majority of his time with building the foundations of his church and family, working closely with big bro Rush at Phat Farm and taping his television show, Run's House, he started feeling the urge to once again verbalize in the studio.
Run and I would be in the studio from 11 to 4.
www.cmj.com /marathon05/run.php   (534 words)

  
 Rev Run Height - Run's
Rev Run's height is 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm)
Rev is 5-9.Jam is 5-8.Dmc is 6ft.5.thats the scoop.
Rev Run and Kerry King are big surprises for me height wise.
www.celebheights.com /s/Rev-Run-3402.html   (149 words)

  
 Rev Run: Distortion (2005): Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The skimpy run time is noticeable and downright perplexing coming from an album that ambitiously delivers otherwise.
Run is a true artist of the genre.
Rev Run brings old school rap back to remind us that Hip Hop isnt only about money, violence and big booty freeks.
www.metacritic.com /music/artists/revrun/distortion   (659 words)

  
 Fame & Fortune: Rev Run Simmons (Page 1 of 3)
"Run's House," a reality TV show featuring Joseph "Reverend Run" Simmons -- formerly of the rap group Run-DMC -- and his wife and five kids, is the most unusual show on MTV.
The life we see in "Run's House" is the exact opposite of what people perceive hip-hop life to be, perhaps because the star is years removed -- and evolved -- from his own rap heyday.
Run Simmons and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels were childhood friends who grew up performing in Queens, N.Y., and teamed up with Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell in 1983 as Run-DMC.
www.bankrate.com /brm/news/investing/20060613b1.asp   (598 words)

  
 'Run's House': MTV's family guy
Rev Run's whole approach favors respectful tones around the young ones, though he's still committed to "keepin' it funky," as he likes to say.
When the spirit moves him, Rev Run sits his children down and emphasizes that the Lord gives to the giver and takes from the taker.
In each episode, Rev Run is an amiable bumbler, bravely sorting it all out over the airwaves and sending out daily sermons from his bathtub, via a BlackBerry-type gadget.
www.azcentral.com /ent/tv/articles/1026runshouse26.html   (434 words)

  
 Stamping : Run   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Run (cricket), the unit of scoring in the...
From Antarctica to Zimbabwe, Run The Planet (www.runtheplanet.com) offers descriptions of where to run and walk in the cities of the whole world, told by the locals, and to use while you are away from home.
Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen (plus any extras) constitutes the team's score.
run.getstamping.info   (1046 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Distortion: Music: Rev Run   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
This is far superior to to Run DMC's Crown Royal which using the moniker DMC was a joke, but take this as a Rev Run solo effort.
Rev Run, a legend in the rap business, comes with his first solo album and he comes with a bang.
Distortion is the debut solo LP from Rev. Run (Joseph Simmons), formerly one-third of pioneering rap trio Run-DMC.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000AOF9SY?v=glance   (1804 words)

  
 Rev Run - Distortion: Album Review
Run hasn't progressed much as an MC since 1986, but he does manage to stretch a bit lyrically here throughout.
basically, you are run and you jump over cities, collecting bibles, and at the end you fight the devil by throwing bibles at him.
Oct 18, 2005 7:02:44 PM I know the whole "Run's House" thing is ridiculous but I did enjoy seeing the 'Father' of Hip-Hop bring in these three little white boys into Russell Simmons office to pitch signing them to Run's soon-to-be non-existent RSMG offshoot.
www.byroncrawford.com /2005/10/rev_run_distort.html   (1242 words)

  
 Rev Run - the new album Distortion in stores now - www.revrun.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Run is back for a second season of the off-the-wall series that follows the former Run-DMC frontman and his family day in and day out.
Seems like fans can't get enough of Rev, as a brand new season of Run's House, the hilarious new reality show on MTV about Run and his family, is officially in the works.
You should already know that Rev Run is a sneaker legend as well as a hip-hop pioneer.
www6.rsmusicgroup.com /revrun/home.php   (843 words)

  
 Rev. Ike & Rev. Run honored Jet - Find Articles
REV. IKE and REV. RUN HONORED: Rev. Ike (Rev. Frederick Eikerenkoetter) (2nd, l) is joined by (l-r) Rev Run, Bishop E. Bernard Jordan, founder of Zoe Ministries in New York City and the Rev. Al Sharpton, outside the exclusive Plaza Hotel in New York after an awards ceremony.
Ike was presented the "Lifetime Achievement Award in Mentoring" by Rev. Sharpton.
Run received the "Protege of the Year Award" from Bishop Jordan.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_2_106/ai_n6153404   (235 words)

  
 Fall Music Guide 2005 - Interviews - Rev Run   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Run, of the legendary hip-hop trio Run-D.M.C., may have lost group member DJ Jam Master Jay to a gunshot in 2002, but he's got someone else in his corner now: the Man Upstairs.
Run (aka Joseph Simmons) is now the Reverend Run, a Pentecostal minister who's opening his home for a new MTV reality show, Run's House (Oct. 13), and dropping his new album, Distortion (Oct. 18).
Run's House plays like a reality-styled family sitcom, and each episode is based on Run's daily Words of Wisdom, posted on his
www.eonline.com /Features/Features/FallMusicGuide05/Interviews/index3.html   (465 words)

  
 The Rev. Run to Star in Reality Show - Fans Of Reality TV
NEW YORK May 16, 2005 — The Rev. Run is in the house.
In "Run's House," the Rev. Run, whose real name is Joey Simmons, must balance recording his first solo album with raising five children, ages 9 to 21.
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and Russell Simmons, brother of the Rev. Run, are among the executive producers.
www.fansofrealitytv.com /forums/showthread.php?t=44671   (381 words)

  
 Rev Run - Mind On the Road - Audio Stream
It has been a long road for Reverend Run: from the basements of his Queens, New York homeland where he once spun records as Kurtis Blow’s DJ to performing in front of worldwide audiences as a premier rapper, this pioneer has seen more than most.
With Run’s powerful voice and electric guitar energy reminiscent of Run-DMC classic collaborations with Eddie Martinez (“Rock Box”), Areosmith (“Walk this Way) and Rick Rubin, “Mind on the Road” is the perfect track to re-introduce this legendary artist to a new generation.
The music from Rev Run on Distortion is honest; it’s creative, special and refreshing.
www.contactmusic.com /new/home.nsf/webpages/revrunx26x07x05   (1197 words)

  
 Rev Run Distortion Review - Rap Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Run's first solo album Distortion is ten songs deep, which is rather short for a hip-hop album.
Run is now a reverend, but this doesn't seem to have affected his music.
The songs aren't very religious oriented, Run makes the same kind of feel good party hip-hop music that he and Run-DMC are known for.
www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art38356.asp   (353 words)

  
 Distortion - Rev Run
Rev Run has coined and combined his image, music, beliefs and stat attack into this one.
Run does swing his god axe heavily, which may not be everyone’s trip but as far as general consumption goes, a few things pull this album through.
B) Run and producer Whiteboy maintain some genuinely cooking beats, crunching DMC styled guitar riffs and some undeniably skilled wordsmithing.
www.theblurb.com.au /Issue61/RevRun.htm   (150 words)

  
 Man of God, Pioneer of Hip-Hop, and TV Star, Rev. Run Offers the World “Words of Wisdom”   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Today Rev. Run is the star of his own hit TV show “Run’s House” on MTV and new author of WORDS OF WISDOM: Daily Affirmations of Faith.
WORDS OF WISDOM was born out of Rev. Run’s daily two-way pager messages of inspirational thoughts of the day sent to celeb friends and colleagues such as P. Diddy, Donald Trump, Venus and Serena Williams.
Run now shares his words of wisdom at the end of each episode with more than 32 million viewers, whom the show reached in its first season, making the show one of the top-rated on the MTV Network.
www.prweb.com /releases/20061300/5/prweb386759.htm   (1014 words)

  
 AllHipHop.com : Daily Hip-Hop News
Reverend Run will be honored with the "Protégé of the Year" award during a ceremony honoring Dr. Reverend Frederick Eikerenkoetter, popularly known as Reverend Ike.
Run said he received a prophesy stating that he would be a successful businessman from Bishop Jordan, who was taught by Reverend Ike.
Run subsequently took over Phat Farm's sneaker division, leading the division to over $200 million in sales and feels that the prophesy was indeed true.
www.allhiphop.com /hiphopnews?ID=3226   (578 words)

  
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Run’s path to enlightenment went through the rise and domination of Run DMC, who brought rugged beats and stripped-down rhymes to a genre that at the time was heavy on sampled RandB grooves and rock-the-party lyrics.
Run and his best friend Darryl McDaniels started rapping together at underage clubs around their native Hollis, Queens before Jam Master Jay joined the duo to form the group Run DMC in 1983.
Run has completely shut the door on recording another Run DMC record out of respect for his late friend and group member Jam Master Jay, who was killed on October 30, 2002, just weeks after the group finished a major summer-fall tour with Aerosmith and Kid Rock.
www.eurweb.com /printable.cfm?id=21250   (960 words)

  
 Rev Run: Distortion: Pitchfork Record Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
For Rev Run, scourge of Old School haters, it's a non-factor.
Run needs no introduction-- he's got his own TV show, is Russell Simmons' brother, hosts award ceremonies and is generally considered the most vital member of the group that took hip-hop to the rockstar level.
Run's strangled screech is dominant, if curiously angry for a man of God.
www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/r/rev-run/distortion.shtml   (440 words)

  
 Rev. Run Runs The Show & Household On New MTV Reality published by SOHH.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Run's brother and the show's executive producer, Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons describes it as "'Father Knows Best' on steroids." It will focus on how Rev. Run manages his career and family life.
Run also juggles family life with his wife, former rapper-singer, Justine.
As for Rev. Run, he'd like for his viewers gain a positive outlook on Hip-Hop with his show.
www.sohh.com /article_print.php?content_ID=7085   (317 words)

  
 IGN: Rev Run On Fire
The man is perhaps one of the most dominant voices in modern pop music history, having been one-half of the vocal part of what many would argue was the most groundbreaking rap trio ever to emerge from the streets of New York City, move beyond the 5 Boroughs, and actually conquer the world.
Yet while the ultimate future of Run DMC may still hang in the balance, Run decided to take matters into his own hands, focusing on his work as a deacon and continuing to spread the positive message via music and pop culture.
Ever the boisterous voice of jubilance, Run was only too happy to discuss his current affairs with us, dropping plugs for his television show, new line of sneakers, his album, and never failing to share his wealth of knowledge when it comes to all things hip-hop.
music.ign.com /articles/657/657825p1.html   (539 words)

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