RA the Rugged Man

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RA the Rugged Man (or RA for short , real RA Thorburn ) is an American rapper from Suffolk County on Long Island , New York .

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RA is of German descent on his mother's side, he spent a lot of time in Siegelsbach in his childhood . He began his career at the age of 12 and signed his contract with the major label Jive Records under the pseudonym Crustified Dibbs at 18 . The album Night of the Bloody Apes , produced for Jive Records, was never officially released. Due to his sometimes violent and shocking behavior towards the fans and the entire music industry, he was shunned by all labels and A & Rs in the 90s and downright banned.

Nevertheless, RA enjoys a high reputation and respect not only with the fans, but also with the artists he has worked with, including The Notorious BIG , Mobb Deep , Tragedy Khadafi , Wu-Tang Clan , Jedi Mind Tricks , Agallah , Sadat X , Prince Paul , Company Flow as well as with the producers The Alchemist , Erick Sermon , J-Zone , Stoupe the Enemy Of Mankind , DJ Quik . RA appeared on all three Rawkus Soundbombing albums and several maxi singles. It wasn't until 2004 that RA released his long-awaited debut album Die, Rugged Man, Die on the indie label Nature Sounds .

His lyrics for Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story for the group Jedi Mind Tricks caused quite a stir . He tells the story of his father, Staff Sergeant John A. Thorburn, who fought in the Vietnam War and was badly damaged there by the US military's chemical defoliant Agent Orange . The shocking text about the combat experiences and the later destroyed life of the US soldier and his disabled born children, expressed in a 40 line rap song, was even printed in the US magazine Source .

In May 2013 RA released his second official album Legends Never Die , with features from Talib Kweli , Eamon and Tech N9ne, among others .

In 2016 RA was featured on the mixtape " Essahdamus " by the German rapper Kool Savas on the song "Wahre Liebe" together with Samy Deluxe , who is a big fan of RA. The special thing about his part was that RA rapped his text bilingually, half in German, half in English.

Other engagements

He is also known as a film and cinema specialist and writes a monthly column for the US trend magazine Mass Appeal as well as several articles in magazines such as The Source , Vibe and Complex . During an interview with the US actor Chuck Norris , he let himself be hit by him and thrown to the ground with a shoulder throw.

RA also wrote three scripts in collaboration with director Frank Henenlotter : Sick in the Head , Love Is Hell and Bad Biology ; the latter was made as a film in 2008.

Discography

Solo albums

Collaborations

  • 1994 Night of the Bloody Apes (as Crustified Dibbs)
  • 1998 American Lowlife

Compilations

  • 2009 Legendary Classics Vol. 1

Singles

  • 1994 Bloodshed Hua Hoo
  • 1996 50,000 Headz
  • 1997 Till My Heart Stops
  • 1999 Stanley Kubrick
  • 2001 Don't Wanna Fuck With
  • 2004 Lessons
  • 2005 chains
  • 2007 Braindead
  • 2020 Legendary Loser

Guest appearances

  • 1996 Who's Dat Guy with Mobb Deep
  • 1996 Smithhaven Mall on Stretch Armstrong's album Lesson 1
  • 1996 50,000 Heads (Remix) with Sadat X and Capitol Da Crime Lord
  • 1997 Flipside on Soundbombing Sampler
  • 1998 4 Days in Cali
  • 1998 Piece of Shit with Tragedy Khadafi
  • 2000 Break the Walls Down on the album WWF Aggression
  • 2000 bottom feeders with Smut Peddlers
  • 2000 Rap for Real with Assassin
  • 2001 September Rap produced with DJ Quik
  • 2002 Kill It with Agallah , Channel Live & Craig G
  • 2003 On the Block on Soundbombing III
  • 2004 King of the Underground on Tony Hawks Underground
  • 2005 Give It Up with J-Live
  • 2006 Pignose with Matlock
  • 2006 The Renaissance with Black Market Militia
  • 2006 Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story , on Jedi Mind Tricks album Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell
  • 2006 Supah on Blazing Heat
  • 2006 Renaissance with Hell Razah , Tragedy Khadafi and Timbo King
  • 2007 DBA with Rugged Intellect
  • 2007 Hold Fort on the album Underclassic der Underclassmen (Kaotic Concrete, Trig, DJ ALK, Phil Pro)
  • 2008 Raise Ya Hands Remix on the album Hope by Dra-Q feat. Pal One
  • 2008 Hold Up on the album Black Snow by Snowgoons
  • 2010 Nosebleed on the album Season of the Assassin by Vinnie Paz
  • 2010 Three Greats with Kool G Rap & Reef the Lost Cauze on the album Fight Music by Reef the Lost Cauze
  • 2011 Immortal with Die Vamummtn on the album Rap is ka Ponnyhof by Die Vamummtn
  • 2013 In the Night with Antihelden , JAW & Morlockk Dilemma on the album Piratensender von Antihelden
  • 2015 Siegelsbach on the album Gebrüder Grimm by Snowgoons
  • 2016 True Love with Kool Savas & Samy Deluxe on the album Essahdamus by Kool Savas

Filmography

  • 2008 Bad Biology RA is producer and wrote the screenplay with director Frank Henenlotter

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ RA the Rugged Man in the Swiss hit parade
  2. ↑ Review: Bloody Body Parts In Da Fruit Punch Bowl on 90erhiphop.de, accessed on July 24, 2015
  3. ↑ Biography: RA The Rugged Man on laut.de, accessed on July 24, 2015
  4. ↑ The Story of Staff Sergeant John A. Thorburn and RA The Rugged Man on uproxx.com, accessed July 24, 2015 (English)
personal data
SURNAME RA the Rugged Man
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thorburn, Ryan Andrew (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Siegelsbach , Germany