R.A. the Rugged Man is an American hip hop artist based in Suffolk County, Long Island. His discography consists of three commercial studio albums, two unreleased albums, one compilation album, numerous physical singles, and many guest appearances on other artists' tracks.
Albums
editStudio albums
edit- Die, Rugged Man, Die (Nature Sounds, 2004)
- Legends Never Die (Nature Sounds, 2013)
- All My Heroes Are Dead (Nature Sounds, 2020)
Compilation albums
edit- Legendary Classics Vol. 1 (Nature Sounds, 2009)
Unreleased albums
edit- Night of the Bloody Apes (Jive, recorded 1992–1994)
- American Lowlife (Priority, 1999)[citation needed]
Singles
edit- 1993 "Bloody Axe"
- 1994 "Bloodshed Hua Hoo"
- 1996 "50.000 Heads" (feat. Sadat X) / "Smithhaven Mall"
- 1997 "Till My Heart Stops" (feat. Agallah) / "Flipside" (both later released on Soundbombing)
- 1999 "Stanley Kubrick" (on Soundbombing II) / "What Da Fuck"
- 2000 "Rap for real" (on Assassin album Touche d'Espoir)
- 2001 "Don't Wanna Fuck With" / "Even Dwarf Start Small"
- 2004 "Lessons" / "How Low"
- 2005 "Chains" (feat. Masta Killa & Killah Priest) / "Black And White" (feat. Timbo King)
- 2005 "Give it up" (on Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture feat. J-Live)
- 2006 "Uncommon Valor" (on Jedi Mind Tricks album Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell)
- 2007 "Renaissance 2.0" (on Hell Razah album Renaissance Child)
- 2008 "3 Kings" (on Big John album The Next Step feat. Kool G Rap)
- 2009 "Supah"
- 2009 "Posse Cut" (feat. Hell Razah, JoJo Pellegrino, Remedy & Blaq Poet)
- 2010 "3 Greats" (on Reef the Lost Cauze album Fight Music feat. Kool G Rap)
- 2010 "Nosebleed" (on Vinnie Paz album Season of the Assassin)
- 2010 "Mad Ammo" (on Celph Titled and Buckwild album Nineteen Ninety Now)
- 2010 "Return of The Renaissance" (on Hell Razah album Heaven Razah)
- 2011 "Body the Beat" (feat. Ruste Juxx & Rockness Monstah of Heltah Skeltah on album The Maticulous EP)
- 2011 "Crazy Man" (on Block McCloud Crazy Man EP feat. Celph Titled)
- 2011 "High Ranking" (on Timbo King album From Babylon To Timbuk2)
- 2011 "Animals" (on Clementino album "I.E.N.A.")
- 2012 "No Prints" (on Ruste Juxx and Kyo Itachi album "Hardbodie Hip Hop")
- 2012 "Crustified Christmas" (feat. Mac Lethal
- 2012 "Zig Zag Zig" (on Rampage Ep "Everyone Aint Loyal")
- 2012 "Coco Mango" remix with MF Doom
- 2012 "Open Relationship" with Psalm One
- 2012 "Razor Gloves" (on Vinnie Paz's album God of the Serengeti)
- 2013 "Thelonius King" with Blu & Tristate
- 2013 "The People's Champ" (feat. Rampage / prod. Apathy)
Guest appearances
edit- "Break Walls Down" (WWF Aggression) (Chris Jericho Theme) (2000)
- "Lose Your Mind" - (Space Jazz) (Michal Menert (ft. R.A. the Rugged Man) (2015)
- "Sleeper Cell" (Digital Voodoo) (The R.O.C. ft. Redd, Whitney Peyton & R.A. the Rugged Man) (2017)
- "Freedom Form Flowing" (Gift of Gab ft. R.A. the Rugged Man and A-F-R-O) (2018)
- "Deal Went Bad" (Paki Dunn ft. R.A. the Rugged Man, D.V. Alias Khryst & PRAYAH) (2021)
Videos
editYear | Album Title | Title | Director | Other featured artists |
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1994 | Night of the Bloody Apes | Blooshed Hua Hoo | Frank Henenlotter | |
2000 | Die, Rugged Man, Die | I Should'a Never | Frank Hennenlotter
(as François Pinky) | |
2004 | Lessons | |||
A Star is Born | Jed I. Rosenberg | |||
2009 | Legendary Classics Volume 1 | Posse Cut | Hell Razah, JoJo Pellegrino, Remedy, Blaq Poet | |
2012 | N/A | Crustified Christmas | n/c | Mac Lethal |
2013 | Legends Never Die | The People's Champ | Brood Baby | |
Learn Truth | Clay Patrick McBride | Talib Kweli | ||
Holla-Loo-Yuh | Mike Quill | Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko | ||
The Dangerous Three | Brother Ali, Masta Ace | |||
Sam Peckinpah | Michael M. Bilandic
Johnny Zito |
Vinnie Paz, Sadat X | ||
2014 | Still Get Through The Day | Douglas Quill | Eamon | |
Definition of a Rap Flow | RA The Rugged Man | Amalie Bruun | ||
2015 | Media Midgets | Douglas Quill | ||
Tom Thum | RA The Rugged Man | Tom Thum | ||
2016 | Bang Boogie | Gabe Gasparinatos | ||
N/A | Look What You Made Me Do | The Jokerr | ||
2019 | The Return | |||
2020 | All My Heroes Are Dead | Legendary Loser | Jonas Govaerts | |
Wondering (How to Believe) | Douglas Quill | David Myles (musician) | ||
All My Heroes Are Dead
(The Introduction) |
Jonas Govaerts
The Jokerr Enkrypt Los Angeles |
|||
Gotta Be Dope | The Jokerr | A.F.R.O., DJ Jazzy Jeff | ||
All Systems Go | Jonas Govaerts
Jaak De Digitale |
|||
N/A | Wet Ass P-Word
(WAP Remix) |
Street Heat | ||
2021 | All My Heroes Are Dead | Who Do We Trust ? | Immortal Technique | |
E.K.N.Y. (Ed Koch New York)
(B.K.N.Y. Mix) |
Inspectah Deck, Timbo King | |||
Golden Oldies | Douglas Quill | Slug (rapper), Eamon | ||
First Born | n/c | Novel | ||
N/A | Montero (Lil Nas X Remix) | Sadi Kantürk | ||
2022 | All My Heroes Are Dead | Malice of Mammon | David Sakolsky | Chuck D |
Dragon Fire[1] | Linn Marie Christensen
Shane Alexander Caldwell |
Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa, Kool G Rap, Xx3eme | ||
Hate Speech[2] | Linn Marie Christensen
Shane Alexander Caldwell |
Year | Artist | Title | Director | Other featured artists |
---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | Smut Peddlers | Bottom Feeders | RA The Rugged Man | |
2008 | Hell Razah | Renaissance 2.0 | n/c | Tragedy Khadafi, Timbo King |
2010 | Jedi Mind Tricks | Uncommon Valor | Tom Vujcic | |
The DRP | Dem Hoes | n/c | Slumlord | |
Vinnie Paz | Nosebleed | Ethan Blum | Amalie Bruun | |
Celph Titled & Buckwild | Mad Ammo | Jed I. Rosenberg | ||
2011 | Maticulous | Body The Beat | Nicholas Heller
Houston Yang |
Ruste Juxx, Rock of Heltah Skeltah |
Block McCloud | Crazy Man
(Straightjacket Remix) |
Mark Carranceja | Celph Titled | |
Timbo King | High Ranking | Ethan Blum
RA The Rugged Man Jed I. Rosenberg |
||
Ruste Juxx & Kyo Itashi | No Prints | Gustav | ||
Hell Razah | Return of the Renaissance | Yoni Arava | ||
2012 | Psalm One | Open Relationship | RA The Rugged Man | |
Klee MaGoR | Armz Economy | Pasha Kulakov | Benny Brahmz | |
Clementino | Animals | Valerio Suarez | ||
Rampage | Zig Zag Zig | n/c | ||
2013 | Blu | Thelonious King | Nicholas Heller
Ruffmercy |
Tristate |
2014 | Locksmith | House of Games 2 | Brian Storm
Locksmith |
|
BIGREC | The Dumb Out | n/c | ||
2015 | Chill Rob G | Tell 'Em | Anthony DeRose | |
Malik B. & Mr. Green (record producer) | Dark Streets | Mr. Green | Amalie Bruun | |
2016 | Marcella Puppini | The Greatest | Infinate Ear | |
Reks | Bitch Slap | Myster DL
Munchdawg | ||
Sadat X | Industry Outcast's | Will Tell
Brian Delaney |
Thirstin Howl III | |
Kool Savas | Wahre Liebe | Kool Savas
Thaizzier Mouzza |
||
Psycho Les | Ba Ba Barz | Grade A | ||
2017 | Gift of Gab | Freedom Form Flowing | The Jokerr | A.F.R.O. |
2018 | Snowgoons | Siegelsbach | SirQLate
Gigo Flow |
|
2019 | Snak the Ripper | Knuckle Sandwich | Stuey Kubrick | |
Daddy-O (rapper) | Stress | Andre Cole | ||
2020 | Scrooge Napoleon | Arrest the Government | Mo Stafford | Napoleon Da Legend, Mad Squablz |
The Four Owls | Air Strike | The Astroknight | ||
The Kickdrums | Sleeping Limb | Tillavision | ||
2021 | iNTeLL | Know The Gospel | MrHawkins | |
2022 | Reverie & Louden | Glass Idols | Reverie | |
2023 | Delphi | Stereo (Remix) | Anja Ullberg
The Jokerr Maja Kin |
Reverie |
Year | Artist | Title | Director | Other featured artists |
---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | Yaggfu Front | Busted Loop | n/c | |
2004 | Masta Killa | Old Man | RZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard | |
2006 | Sadat X | Throw The Ball | Peter Agoston | |
2007 | Havoc | I'm The Boss | n/c | |
2012 | Nova Rockafeller & Ruste Juxx | Procastinatin | Mike Quill | (also editor) |
Year | Artist | Title | Other featured artists |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | Idle Warship | Driving Me Insane |
References
edit- ^ R.A. the Rugged Man: Dragon Fire (Short, Action), The Circus Bazaar Company, 2022-03-15, retrieved 2022-11-12
- ^ Caldwell, Shane Alexander; Christensen, Linn Marie (2020-12-01), Hate Speech (Short, Musical), The Circus Bazaar Company, retrieved 2022-11-12