In the month ending February 23, 1985, both Run-D.M.C. Smith's work has engendered not just critical esteem, but popular success.
The former was rock-oriented, the latter leaned toward R&B-or as the critic Tom Terrell suggested, 'Smith envisioned Whodini as the luxe Cadillac Seville to Run-D.M.C.'s Electra 225 hooptie.' It is a measure of Smith's creative range that he could work simultaneously with the decidedly dissimilar Run-D.M.C. (1984) and King of Rock (1985) and his solo production of Whodini's Escape (1984) and Back in Black (1986). He is best known for his co-productions (with Russell Simmons) of Run-DMC's Run-D.M.C. Lawrence Smith (J– December 19, 2014) was a pioneering American musician and hip hop record producer.
