{"id":173427,"date":"2022-11-25T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=173427"},"modified":"2022-11-24T17:27:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T16:27:23","slug":"r-a-the-rugged-man-limited-colored-vinyl-new-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/r-a-the-rugged-man-limited-colored-vinyl-new-video\/","title":{"rendered":"R.A. The Rugged Man: Limited Colored Vinyl + New Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/769165614?h=9be147f480\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">When <\/span><b style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">R.A. The Rugged Man<\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0dropped his first album, it seemed like he&#8217;d been around for years\u2026and, well, he had. <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">The Rugged Man&#8217;s<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"> storied background includes early 90s collaborations with legends like\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Mobb Deep<\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">The Notorious B.I.G.<\/b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">, plus a few epic appearances on the seminal\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Soundbombing<\/i><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0compilations.\u00a0 Finally, in 2004 R.A. blessed us with\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Die, Rugged Man, Die<\/i><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">, a defiant masterpiece that kick-started his journey from industry outcast to independent hip-hop icon.\u00a0 Featuring the classic single &#8220;Chains&#8221;,&#8221;<\/span><i style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Die<\/i><b style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><i>,<\/i><\/b><i style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"> Rugged Man, Die&#8221;<\/i><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0proved R.A. could deliver on a full-length album, and remains an impressive body of work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\">Now, the previously out-of-print collection is available on limited-edition\u00a0<b>red galaxy colored viny<\/b><b>l<\/b>, complete with new updated artwork.\u00a0 Despite the efforts of doubters,\u00a0<b>R.A. 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