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After Crown Royal, the group embarked on a worldwide tour with their " Walk This Way " compatriots, Aerosmith.

The tour was a rousing success, celebrating the collaboration between the two acts and acknowledging the innumerable amount of rap and rock acts that had been influenced by their seminal hit 15 years prior.

Even though he had little to do with the album, McDaniels was relishing the stage ; he had been suffering from an inoperable vocal disorder that had rendered his once-booming voice a strained mumble.

Performing allowed McDaniels to come out of his depression and he appeared revitalized on the tour.

There was even talk of Run – D. M. C.

finally signing with the Def Jam label, which by then was no longer held by its original founders.