R.A. The Rugged Man
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R. A. Thorburn, better known as R.A. the Rugged Man, is an emcee from Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
He began his music career at age 12, and, at 18, was subject to a 9 label bidding war including Def Jam, Mercury, Tommyboy, Warner Bros., eventually signing with Jive Records as part of the group Crustified Dibbs, a vehicle for R.A. and producer Marc Niles (Nigga Niles). His contract was later absorbed by Capitol Records but he began recording independently in the early 2000s.
He has worked with various artists including the Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, Chuck D of Public Enemy, Jedi Mind Tricks, Kool G Rap, Wu-Tang Clan, and producers Erick Sermon, Havoc, Alchemist, and Ayatollah. He was featured on all three of Rawkus’s Soundbombing albums, as well as the platinum-selling WWF Aggression album, performing the theme song for Chris Jericho.
In Ego Trip Vol. 1, Issue 3, the Notorious B.I.G. was quoted as saying, "I thought I was the illest," when referring to R.A.
The October 2006 issue of The Source featured the R.A. The Rugged Man verse on Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story as its "Hip-Hop Quotable" of the month and HipHopDX named it as the "Verse of the Year." AllHipHop.com states that "This record will be remembered most for R.A.'s robotic flow recounting his own father's story of war while absolutely murdering the beat."
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Discography:
Night Of The Bloody Apes (1994)
Track Listing:
01. Toolbox Murderer
02. You Ain't Never Been Down
03. Walking Down The Street With My Nuts In My Hand
04. Every Record Label Sucks Dick
05. R.A. Meets A.R. (Skit)
06. Hookin' With The Hookers
07. Bloody Axe
08. R.A. Classroom (Skit)
09. R.A. Be Down
10. C
unt Rennaissance (F/ The Notorious B.I.G.)
11. Back To The Rubber Room
12. Bloodshed Hua Hoo
13. Interlude
14. Statchy
15. Bloody Body Parts In Da Fruit Punch
16. Bloodshed Hua Hoo (Nigga Niles Crusty Remix)
American Low Life (1999)
Track Listing:
01. 4 Days In Cali
02. Even Dwarfs Started Small
03. Stretch Armstrong Freestyle
04. Tha Hardway (F/ Godfather & Prince Po)
05. German Pu
ssy Freestyle
06. Smithhaven Mall
07. Break The Walls Down
08. Grizzly
09. Poor People
10. Kill It (F/ Channel Live, Agallah & Craig G)
11. American Low Life
12. Flipside
13. Homecoming Queen (F/ Mr. Eon)
14. Bottom Feeders (F/ Smut Peddlers)
15. 50,000 Heads (F/ Sadat X)
16. Stanley Kubrick
17. On The Block (F/ L. Dionne)
18. Betcha Life (F/ Mr. Eon)
19. Till My Heart Stops (F/ 8-Off The Assassin)
20. Don't Wanna (F/ Havoc & Mr. Eon)
21. What The F
uck (F/ Akineyle)
Die, Rugged Man, Die (2004)
Track Listing:
01. Lessons
02. Casanova (Fly Guy)
03. Star Is Born
04. Chains (F/ Killah Priest & Masta Killa)
05. Dumb
06. On the Block
07. How Low?
08. Mitch Blood Green (Interlude)
09. Midnight Thud
10. Black And White (F/ Timbo King)
11. Brawl
12. Die, Rugged Man, Die!
13. Pick My Gun Up (Skit)
14. Da' Girlz, They Luv Me
15. Make Luv Outro
Legendary Classics: Volume 1 (2009)
Track Listing:
01. Give It Up (F/ J-Live)
02. Supa
03. Renaissance 2.0 (F/ Hell Razah, Tragedy Khadafi & Timbo King)
04. Windows Of The World (F/ Ayatollah & Dynasty The Emp)
05. Uncommon Valor (F/ Jedi Mind Tricks)
06. Who's Dat Guy (F/ Havoc of Mobb Deep)
07. L.I.'s Finest
08. Stanley Kubrick
09. Cu
nt Renaissance (F/ The Notorious B.I.G.)
10. 3 Kingz (F/ Kool G. Rap & Big John)
11. Smithhaven Mall
12. Posse Cut (F/ Hell Razah, Jojo Pellegrino, Remedy & Blaq Poet)
13. What The F
uck (F/ Akinyele)
14. Poor People
15. 50,000 Heads (F/ Sadat X)
16. Effin' Yo' Bit
ch
17. Every Record Label Sucks Di
ck
Artist Pages:
Official Website
MySpace
Facebook
Twitter
Uncommon Valor
Chains
Lessons
3 Kingz
Dumb
On The Block
Give It Up
Stanley Kubrick
Every Record Label Sucks Dick