R.A. The Rugged Man
R.A. The Rugged Man
R.A. Thorburn, Crustified Dibbs
R.A. Thorburn better known by his stage name R.A. the Rugged Man, is an American rapper, screenwriter, film director and film producer. He began his music career at age 12, building a reputation locally for his lyrical skills. R.A. signed to major label Jive Records at age 18, but his debut album, Night of the Bloody Apes, was never released.
Since then, he has worked with the likes of Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, Kool G Rap, and Notorious B.I.G., as well as producers Erick Sermon, Trackmasters, DJ Quik, The Alchemist, J-Zone, and Ayatollah.[citation needed] He was featured on all three of Rawkus’s Soundbombing albums, as well as the platinum-selling WWF Aggression album. After a brief stint on Capitol Records (during which he recorded another unreleased album, American Lowlife), R.A. signed with independent label Nature Sounds and released his official debut, Die, Rugged Man, Die.[4] In 2013, R.A. released his second album, Legends Never Die on Nature Sounds
- Definition of a Rap Flow
- Holla-Loo-Yuh
- Learn Truth
- The Dangerous Three
- Shoot Me In The Head
- The People’s Champ
- Legends Never Die (Daddy’s Halo)
- Luv to Fuk
- Still Get Through The Day
- Sam Peckinpah
- Media Midgets
- Bang Boogie
- Gotta Be Dope
- Cunt Renaissance
- Tom Thum
- Lessons
- Make You Famous
- Chains
- Look What You Made Me Do
- It’s Gone
- Underground Hitz
- Legendary Loser
- Who Do We Trust?
- Dragon Fire