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 Studio albums Title Album details Die, Rugged Man, DieReleased: November 16, 2004 Label: Nature Sounds Format: CD, LP, digital download Legends Never DieReleased: April 30, 2013 Label: Nature Sounds Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download All My Heroes Are DeadReleased: April 17, 2020 Label: Nature Sounds Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
Compilation albums Title Album details Legendary Classics Vol. 1Released: October 27, 2009 Label: Green Streets Format: CD, LP, digital download
Unreleased albums Title Album details Night of the Bloody ApesReleased: Unreleased Label: Jive Format: CD American LowlifeReleased: Unreleased Label: Priority Format: CD
Singles 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" 2001 "Don't Wanna Fuck With" (feat. Havoc) / "Even Dwarfs Started Small" 2004 "Lessons" / "How Low" 2005 "Chains" (feat. Masta Killa & Killah Priest) / "Black and White" (feat. Timbo King) 2006 "Uncommon Valor" (on Jedi Mind Tricks album Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell) 2007 "Renaissance 2.0" (ft. Timbo King & Tragedy Khadafi on Hell Razah album Renaissance Child) 2009 "Supah" 2009 "Posse Cut" (feat. Hell Razah, JoJo Pellegrino, Remedy & Blaq Poet) 2010 "Mad Ammo" (on Celph Titled and Buckwild album ft. FT Nineteen Ninety Now) 2011 "Body the Beat" (on Maticulous album ft. Ruste Juxx, Rock from The Maticulous EP) 2011 "Crazy Man (Straitjacket Remix)" (on Block McCloud Crazy Man EP 2011 "High Ranking" (on Timbo King album From Babylon ToTimbuk2) 2012: "Zig Zag Zig" (on Rampage EP "Everyone Aint Loyal") 2012 "Crustified Christmas" (feat. Mac Lethal) 2012 "Coco Mango" remix with MF Doom 2012 "Open Relationship" with Psalm One 2013 "Thelonius King" with Blu & Tristate 2013 "The People's Champ" (feat. Rampage / prod. Apathy) 2014 "The Dumb Out" (on BIGREC album Doomsday) 2015 "The Greatest" (on Marcella Puppini album Everything Is Beautiful) 2016 "Bitch Slap" (on Reks album The Greatest X) 2016 "Industry Outcasts" (on Sadat X album Agua)
Guest appearances "Break Walls Down" (WWF Aggression) (Chris Jericho Theme) (2000) "Rap for Real" (on Assassin album Touche d'Espoir) (2000) "Bottom Feeders" (on Smut Peddlers album Porn Again) (2001) "Homecoming Queen" (on Eastern Conference All Stars II) (2001) "On the Block (Golden Era)" (on Soundbombing III feat. L. Dionne) (2002) / Die, Rugged Man, Die "Kill It" (on D&D Project II feat. Agallah, Channel Live & Craig G) (2002) "Brawl" (on Eastern Conference All Stars III) (2002) / Die, Rugged Man, Die "Betcha Life" (on High & Mighty album Highlight Zone) (2003) "Ring Kings" (on HoStyle album One Eyed Maniac) (2004) "Give it Up" (on Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture feat. J-Live) (2005) "Dirty Money" (on El Axel album It Is What It Is) (2007) "Pignose" (on Matlock album Moonshine) (2007) "3 Kings" (on Big John album The Next Step feat. Kool G Rap) (2008) "Nosebleed" (on Vinnie Paz album Season of the Assassin) (2010) "Return of the Renaissance" (on Hell Razah album Heaven Razah) (2010) "Razor Gloves" (on Vinnie Paz's album God of the Serengeti) (2012) "No Prints" (on Ruste Juxx and Kyo Itachi album "Hardbodie Hip Hop") (2012) "Smells Like" (on Jarren Benton album My Grandma's Basement) (2013) "Hold UP" (on Snowgoons album Black Snow) (2013) "Suffolk's Most Wanted" (on Diabolic album Fighting Words) (2014) "House of Games 2" (on Locksmith album A Thousand Cuts) (2014) "Floating Away (Remix)" - Wrekonize feat. R.A. + Jarren Benton) (2014) "And God Said to Cain" (on Jedi Mind Tricks album The Thief and the Fallen) (2015) "Tell 'Em" (on Chill Rob G album Chilled Not Frozen) "Lose Your Mind" - (Space Jazz) Michal Menert (2015) "Dark Streets" (on Malik B. album Unpredictable) "Good Villains Go Last" (on Czarface album Every Hero Needs...) (2015) "Back on Wax" (on Wax Taylor album By Any Beats Necessary) (2016) "Baba Barz" (on Psycho Les album Dank God, Vol. 1) 2016 "Modern Slave" (on Chinese Man album Shikantaza) (2017) "Sleeper Cell" - (Digital Voodoo) The R.O.C. ft. Redd, Whitney Peyton (2017) "Dirty Old Man" (on King Magnetic album Everything Happens 4 a Reason) (2017) "Freedom Form Flowing" - Gift of Gab ft. A-F-R-O (2018) "Siegelsbach" (on Snowgoons album Gebrüder Grimm) (2018) "Do It Again" (on Whitney Peyton album Iridescent) (2018) "Stress" (on Daddy-O album From My Hood 2 U) (2019) "Air Strikes" (on Four Owls album Nocturnal Instinct) (2020) "Sleeping Limb" (on The KickDrums album Blurred Colors) (2020) "Arrest the Government" (Scrooge Owens ft. R.A., Mad Squablz, Napoleon Da Legend) "Know the Gospel (Remix)" iNTell, LDontheCut, Nuke LeFLeur (2021) "Glass Idols" (on Reverie album No Chaser) 2022 "Stereo (Remix)" (Delphi)
Videos +As lead performerYearAlbum titleTitleDirectorOther featured artists1994Night of the Bloody ApesBlooshed Hua HooFrank Henenlotter2000Die, Rugged Man, DieI Should'a NeverFrank Hennenlotter (as François Pinky)2004LessonsA Star is BornJed I. Rosenberg2009Legendary Classics Volume 1Posse CutHell Razah, JoJo Pellegrino, Remedy, Blaq Poet2012N/ACrustified Christmasn/cMac Lethal2013Legends Never DieThe People's ChampBrood BabyLearn TruthClay Patrick McBrideTalib KweliHolla-Loo-YuhMike QuillTech N9ne, Krizz KalikoThe Dangerous ThreeBrother Ali, Masta AceSam PeckinpahMichael M. Bilandic Johnny ZitoVinnie Paz, Sadat X2014Still Get Through The DayDouglas QuillEamonDefinition of a Rap FlowRA The Rugged ManAmalie Bruun2015Media MidgetsDouglas QuillTom ThumRA The Rugged ManTom Thum2016Bang BoogieGabe GasparinatosN/ALook What You Made Me DoThe Jokerr2019The Return2020All My Heroes Are DeadLegendary LoserJonas GovaertsWondering (How to Believe)Douglas QuillDavid Myles (musician)All My Heroes Are Dead (The Introduction)Jonas Govaerts The Jokerr
Enkrypt Los AngelesGotta Be DopeThe JokerrA.F.R.O., DJ Jazzy JeffAll Systems GoJonas Govaerts Jaak De DigitaleN/AWet Ass P-Word (WAP Remix)Street Heat2021All My Heroes Are DeadWho Do We Trust ?Immortal TechniqueE.K.N.Y. (Ed Koch New York) (B.K.N.Y. Mix)Inspectah Deck, Timbo KingGolden OldiesDouglas QuillSlug (rapper), EamonFirst Bornn/cNovelN/AMontero (Lil Nas X Remix)Sadi Kantürk2022All My Heroes Are DeadMalice of MammonDavid SakolskyChuck DDragon FireLinn Marie Christensen Shane Alexander CaldwellGhostface Killah, Masta Killa, Kool G Rap, Xx3emeHate SpeechLinn Marie Christensen Shane Alexander Caldwell +As featured artistYearArtistTitleDirectorOther featured artists2001Smut PeddlersBottom FeedersThe Rugged Man 2008Hell RazahRenaissance 2.0n/cTragedy Khadafi, Timbo King2010Jedi Mind TricksUncommon ValorTom VujcicThe DRPDem Hoesn/cSlumlordVinnie PazNosebleedEthan BlumAmalie BruunCelph Titled & BuckwildMad AmmoJed I. Rosenberg2011MaticulousBody the BeatNicholas Heller Houston YangRuste Juxx, Rock of Heltah SkeltahBlock McCloudCrazy Man (Straightjacket Remix)Mark CarrancejaCelph TitledTimbo KingHigh RankingEthan Blum RA The Rugged Man Jed I. RosenbergRuste Juxx & Kyo ItashiNo PrintsGustavHell RazahReturn of the RenaissanceYoni Arava2012Psalm OneOpen RelationshipThe Rugged ManKlee MaGoRArmz EconomyPasha KulakovBenny BrahmzClementinoAnimalsValerio SuarezRampageZig Zag Zign/c2013BluThelonious KingNicholas Heller RuffmercyTristate2014LocksmithHouse of Games 2Brian Storm LocksmithBIGRECThe Dumb Outn/c2015Chill Rob GTell 'EmAnthony DeRoseMalik B. & Mr. GreenDark StreetsMr. GreenAmalie Bruun2016Marcella PuppiniThe GreatestInfinate EarReksBitch SlapMyster DL MunchdawgSadat XIndustry Outcast'sWill Tell Brian DelaneyThirstin Howl IIIKool SavasWahre LiebeKool Savas Thaizzier MouzzaPsycho LesBa Ba BarzGrade A2017Gift of GabFreedom Form FlowingThe JokerrA.F.R.O.2018SnowgoonsSiegelsbachSirQLate Gigo FlowR.O.C.Sleeper CellRedd, Whitney Peyton2019Snak the RipperKnuckle SandwichStuey KubrickDaddy-OStressAndre Cole2020Scrooge NapoleonArrest the GovernmentMo StaffordNapoleon Da Legend, Mad SquablzThe Four OwlsAir StrikeThe AstroknightThe KickdrumsSleeping LimbTillavision2021iNTeLLKnow the GospelMrHawkins2022Reverie & LoudenGlass IdolsReverie2023DelphiStereo (Remix)Anja Ullberg The Jokerr Maja KinReverie +Cameo onlyYearArtistTitleDirectorOther featured artists1993Yaggfu FrontBusted Loopn/c2004Masta KillaOld ManRZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard2006Sadat XThrow The BallPeter Agoston2007HavocI'm The Bossn/c2012Nova Rockafeller & Ruste JuxxProcastinatinMike Quill(also editor) +As directorYearArtistTitleOther featured artists2012Idle WarshipDriving Me Insane
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