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R.A. often refers to himself as an ape or neanderthal. This is a reference to his unreleased album titled Night of the Bloody Apes that was recorded in 1992. The bloody ape — the old rugged style of R.A. the Rugged Man is back.
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Referring to the 1918 flu which was a deadly pandemic. It is known to have killed 50 to 100 million people. However, R.A.’s raps will murder even more people than that — they are even deadlier.
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According to R.A., New York rapper Rakim is one of the greatest rappers of all time. That’s why he compares himself to him, one of the biggest rap legends, while he compares other rappers to Fred Durst, the vocalist of Limp Bizkit, who is not even a rapper, but a metal singer. Therefore, compared to R.A., these other rappers are not even real rappers.
This is also not the first time R.A. compares himself to the great Rakim. In “Sam Pecknpah” from his 2013 album Legends Never Die, he spits:
I’m more dapper than Dan, I’m Rakim I master the plan
My worst verse is better than your best verse Diabolic (Ft. R.A. The Rugged Man) – Suffolk's Most Wanted
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Listing himself among the best rappers in the game is a common theme in R.A.’s lyrics. Therefore, even the greatest rap experts have their head bursting when they hear him rapping. In fact, he doesn’t even need a whole verse to have something that’s better than your verse — as he says on his track “Tom Thum” from his 2013 album Legends Never Die:
Two of my bars is more lyrical than two of your verses
