"Yeah, that kid he's a real sicky" R.A. The Rugged Man – Dumb
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Reference to the Mister Cee mixtape Best of Biggie, that features the song “Cunt Renaissance” that R.A. and Biggie did together. So when you hear that song, even if you weren’t familiar with R.A. before, you can see how sick he is from it.
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Everytime I record shit
It's some get butt-naked fucking-your-whore-shit
Thought I lost it, cause I signed to a label and got kicked off it?
VH1 will never do my behind the scenes
Cause it's way too explicit for your TV screens R.A. The Rugged Man – Dumb
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R.A. the Rugged Man will never stop spitting dirty and vulgar shit — that’s his original style and he doesn’t want to change it for anyone. He got dropped by Jive Records, who forbad him to rock that style, but he still hasn’t lost it.
Behind the Music is a TV show on VH1, where famous musical artists get interviewed and talk about their careers. Apparently, R.A. the Rugged Man will never appear on this show, because his songs contain way too much explicit content. Who would like to see a song like “Every Record Label Sucks Dick” get played on the TV?
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Reference to legendary singer Frank Sinatra, member of the Rat Pack, a group known for their drinking, gambling, womanising and Mafia ties.
The “Rawkus Backpacker” is a reference to Rawkus Records, the record label known for starting the careers of Talib Kweli and Mos Def, and the idea of a back pack rapper — someone moving away from the gangster rap style of the 1990s.
R.A sees himself more like Sinatra, obviously.
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RA’s fantasizing about being Joel Rifkin, a serial killer who was convicted of the murders of nine women. He would then murder actress Nicole Kidman.
Used to bring groupie bitches up to fuck Mobb Deep
I brought Biggie Smalls to the Long Island "Whore Pit"
He boned the bitch in the bathroom and broke the toilet R.A. The Rugged Man – Die, Rugged Man, Die
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Buy a Mos Def and Talib Kweli CD R.A. The Rugged Man – Die, Rugged Man, Die
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Mos Def and Talib Kweli, two separate rappers in their own right, came together to form Black Star in the wake of the 2Pac & The Notorious B.I.G. murders.
Black Star lyrics focused on positivity in hip-hop and moving on from the violence of the mid 90s.
Oscar, the winner is the White Trash O.G
Rugged Man, Floyd Mayweather, Shane Mosley
(That's that dirty motherfucker) yeah, you know me R.A. The Rugged Man – Die, Rugged Man, Die
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The white trash Original Ganster R.A doesn’t care about being a grimey motherfucker, in fact he wants an Oscar for it, presented by Angelina Jolie.
R.A also considers himself a fighter and as a massive boxing fan compares himself to Shane Mosely and Floyd Mayweather.
I spend half my advance getting coke sluts coked up R.A. The Rugged Man – Die, Rugged Man, Die
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A bit of self reflection, the first album Night Of The Bloody Apes did kind of suck. R.A hated his record company and recorded a bunch of sloppy tracks dissing his A&R, the album was blackballed and never released.
Part of his plans to annoy the record company was to annoy the shit out of them by wasting his whole advance on girls and drugs.
