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| Origin = [[Long Island]], [[New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] |
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| Genre = [[hip hop music|Hip Hop]] |
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| Years_active = 1992 – Present |
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| Label = [[Nature Sounds Records]]<br>[[Jive Records|Jive]]/[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Records]]<br>[[Priority Records]]<br>[[Capitol Records]] |
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'''Ryan Andrew Thorburn''', better known as '''R.A. the Rugged Man''', is a [[rapper|emcee]] from [[Suffolk County, New York]] on [[Long Island]]. 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]]). Due to his violent personality and certain sexual harassment lawsuits filed against him, R.A. was blackballed from the industry for some time. R.A. later signed with [[Priority Records|Priority]]/[[EMI|EMI Records]] in the mid-1990s, and his contract was later absorbed by [[Capitol records]] before going independent in the early 2000s. Throughout his career he's worked with [[the Notorious B.I.G.]], [[Mobb Deep]], [[Sadat X]], [[Akinyele]], [[Chuck D]] of [[Public Enemy]], [[Jedi Mind Tricks]], [[Kool G Rap]], [[Wu-Tang Clan]], [[Masta Killa]], [[Killah Priest]], and producers [[Trackmasters]], [[Erick Sermon]], [[DJ Quik]], [[Buckwild]], [[The Alchemist (producer)|Alchemist]], [[Ayatollah]], and DJ Luciano to name a few. 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'' Magazine Vol. 1, Issue 3, the Notorious B.I.G. was quoted as saying, "I thought I was the illest," when referring to R.A. In 2004 the release of his independent album "Die, Rugged Man, Die" received good reviews and sold very well, grossing over $350,000 in sales and costing less than $5,000 to record. |
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Coming from a broken Long Island home, R.A.'s father was a Vietnam veteran affected by [[Agent Orange]]. His family was forever changed by the potent chemical — his brother Maxx was born handicapped and blind, eventually dying at the age of 10, while his sister Dee Ann couldn’t walk or speak. R.A. tells the story of his father, Staff Sgt. [[John A. Thorburn]], in the ''[[Jedi Mind Tricks]]'' track "[[Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story]]". His verse was given the Quotable of the Month in an issue of ''The Source'' magazine. In his song "Lessons," R.A. alluded to suffering from mental illness himself. |
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R.A. has cameos in several music videos including [[Havoc]] from [[Mobb Deep]]'s "I'm the boss," and Sadat X's "Throw the Ball" and "Old Man" featuring Wu-Tang Clan's [[RZA]], [[Masta Killa]] and [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]] in one of ODB's final video appearances. His favorite Emcee is [[Kool G Rap]], whom he has talked about performing a collaboration with in the future. He appears along with Kool G. Rap in a cartoon called ''Three Thug Mice''.<ref>[http://threethugmice.com Three Thug Mice : Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>He did a track with Kool G Rap and Big John titled "The Three Kings." |
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In addition to his hip-hop notoriety, R.A. writes a monthly movie column for ''Mass Appeal'' magazine, was a contributor to ''The Ego Trip Book of Rap Lists'' (St. Martin's Press) and ''Ego Trip's Big Book of Racism'' (HarperCollins), and has written numerous articles for other magazines including ''[[VIBE|Vibe]]'', ''[[King]]'', ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'', ''[[Rides]]'' and ''[[The Source (magazine)|Source]]''. Mr. Rugged has also recently signed a book deal that will explore his love of boxing to be co-authored with Max Boxing's Doug Fischer and scheduled for publication in 2008 from Testify/Powerhouse Books. |
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A horror-film fan, R.A. has written three screenplays with cult film director [[Frank Henenlotter]]—and is writer-producer of a new Frank Henenlotter film titled ''[[Bad Biology]]'', which is scheduled for release during 2008. The film has an original score by [[Prince Paul]], and cameos by Playboy Model [[Jelena Jensen]] and Penthouse Pet [[Krista Ayne]]. |
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==Discography== |
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===Albums=== |
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|align="left"|''[[Night of the Bloody Apes (album)|Night of the Bloody Apes]]'' (unreleased) |
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*Released: [[1994]] (canceled) |
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*Singles: "Bloodshed Hua Hoo" |
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|align="left"|''[[Die Rugged Man Die]]'' |
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*Released: [[2004]] |
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*Label: [[Nature Sounds Records]] |
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*Singles: "Lessons," "Chains" |
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===Singles and EPs=== |
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* 1996 "50.000 Heads" / "Smithhaven Mall" |
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* 1997 "Till My Heart Stops" / "Flipside" (both later released on ''Soundbombing'') |
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* 1999 "Stanley Kubrick" / "What Da Fuck" |
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* 2001 "Don't Wanna Fuck With" / "Even Dwarf Start Small" |
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* 2004 "Lessons" / "How Low" |
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* 2005 "Chains" / "Black And White" |
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*2007 "Braindead" - ft Stig Of The Dump (Jehst Remix) |
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===Appears on=== |
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*1996 "Who's Dat Guy" featuring [[Mobb Deep]] produced by: [[Havoc (musician)|Havoc]] |
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*1996 "Smithhaven Mall" released on [[Stretch Armstrong]]'s LP ''Lesson 1'' |
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*1996 "50,000 Heads" featuring [[Sadat X]] |
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*1996 "50,000 Heads (Remix)" featuring [[Sadat X]] and Capitol Da Crime Lord |
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*1997 "Flipside" released on [[Soundbombing]] compilation |
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*1997 "Till My Heart Stops" featuring [[Agallah|8-Off]], released on [[Soundbombing]] compilation |
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*1997 "Population Control" with Company Flow, released on the [[Funcrusher Plus]] album |
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*1998 "4 Days In Cali" |
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*1998 "Piece of Shit" featuring [[Tragedy Khadafi]] |
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*1999 "Stanley Kubrick" released on [[Soundbombing 2]] compilation |
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*2000 "Break the Walls Down" released on platinum selling ''WWF AGGRESSION'' |
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*2000 "Bottom Feeders" with the Smut Peddlers, released on the [[Porn Again]] album |
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*2000 "Rap For Real" with [[Assassin (rap crew)|Assassin]] (from the album Touche D'espoir) |
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*2001 "September Rap" produced by [[DJ Quik]] |
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*2002 "You don't Wanna Fuck Wit’" featuring Havoc from Mobb Deep, produced by AYATOLLAH |
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*2002 "Kill It" with [[Agallah|8-Off]], [[Channel Live]] & [[Craig G]], produced by [[The Alchemist (producer)|Alchemist]] |
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*2002 "Effin' Yo' Bitch" released on ''BIG PIMPIN'' |
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*2003 "On the Block" released on [[Soundbombing III]] compilation and ''Big Air Experience'' compilation. Later featured on his ''Die, Rugged Man, Die'' album. |
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*2004 "King Of The Underground" released on ''Tony Hawks Underground'' |
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*2005 "Give it up" featuring [[J-Live]]. Released on ''[[Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture]]'' Compilation. |
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*2006 "Pignose" with Matlock |
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*2006 "The Renaissance" featuring [[Black Market Militia]], released on Natural Selection Compilation |
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*2006 "[[Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story]]", released on the [[Jedi Mind Tricks]] album ''[[Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell]] |
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*2006 "Supah," released on Blazing Heat 12 Inch "Supah" (Mad Flava Records) |
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*2006 "Renaissance" featuring [[Hell Razah]], [[Tragedy Khadafi]], and [[Timbo King]] |
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*2006 "Buh!" released on the "Rising Sunz" album "Throwing Stones" |
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*2007 "DBA" featuring [[Rugged Intellect]] |
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*2008 "Hold Up" featuring [[Snowgoons]] , [[Lord Lhus]] & [[Savage Brothers]] on album Black Snow |
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*2008 "Pipe Dreams" with Bekay |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://smokingsection.rawkus.com/TSS/?p=2577 Uncommon Valor: The Story of Staff Sergeant John A. Thorburn and RA The Rugged Man] |
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*[http://artofrhyme.com/interviews/artist/R.A.-the-Rugged-Man/97/ March 2008 Interview with ArtofRhyme.com]+ [http://artofrhyme.com/interviews/artist/R.A.-the-Rugged-Man/23/ Feb 2007 Interview with Art of Rhyme] |
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*[http://smokingsection.rawkus.com/TSS/?p=2456 Interview with The Smoking Section] |
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*[http://www.nature-sounds.net/artists/id/2/ Nature Sounds Bio] |
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*[http://www.myspace.com/ratheruggedman Myspace page] |
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