So we did not know the name of the song was вЂњWalk This WayвЂќ. And we would just find great beats that were usually in peopleвЂ™s crates and had the name scratched out. Joseph 'Run' Simmons: We found beats like Billy SquierвЂ™s вЂќThe Big Beat,вЂњ Bob JamesвЂ™ вЂќTake Me to the Mardi Gras,вЂњвЂќMary, MaryвЂњ from the Monkees. He understood that when you played the song, the greatest part of the song was the break, when it came down to the drums. When Flash came out, he took it to the next level.

We loved (вЂќWalk This WayвЂњ) because it was rock вЂnвЂ™ roll. we would listen all day to music trying to find one beat that was good enough for us to rap on. Kurtis Blow, вЂ80s rap star: Those breakbeats. That вЂќToys in the Attic,вЂњ when I got that it was relatively new.

And when itвЂ™s shallow that means it is mild accompaniment in the song. And in looking, I was able to take one copy out and look at the vinyl in the light and see that it was pretty shallow. I looked in the rock, jazz, funk, disco, R&B, alternative, Caribbean section. Grandmaster Flash, pioneering hip-hop DJ: When I went record shopping, I didnвЂ™t just look in one area. There are tapes of Grandmaster Flash using the beat from вЂќWalk This WayвЂњ as early as 1978 вЂ“ eight years before Run-DMCвЂ™s remake. He experiments with DJ-ing, searching for records with beats he can mix on his turntables. As Aerosmith tours arenas, in New York City a kid from Barbados, James Saddler, renames himself Grandmaster Flash.

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