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Title: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: Sccit on November 10, 2015, 03:46:08 PM
https://www.youtube.com/v/Om50QKvTfqU
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: doggfather on November 11, 2015, 01:04:33 AM
so do R.A.

and?!
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: Hack Wilson - real on November 11, 2015, 07:38:06 AM
I met RA after a show recently, humble dude who puts on a great show
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: CORREA on November 11, 2015, 09:47:03 AM
a nobody  8)
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: Blood$ on November 11, 2015, 03:10:23 PM
R.A. isn't even a top 100 lol
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: DeeezNuuuts83 on November 11, 2015, 06:04:38 PM
Doesn't mean that he can't have an opinion.

I like Kendrick, but I wouldn't flip out if someone left him out of their top five.
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: Remedy360 on November 11, 2015, 07:03:37 PM


I like Kendrick, but I wouldn't flip out if someone left him out of their top five.

Not at all.
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: CORREA on November 11, 2015, 07:46:33 PM
Doesn't mean that he can't have an opinion.

I like Kendrick, but I wouldn't flip out if someone left him out of their top five.

he doesn't deserve one  ;D
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: Blood$ on November 11, 2015, 08:02:49 PM
Doesn't mean that he can't have an opinion.

I like Kendrick, but I wouldn't flip out if someone left him out of their top five.

but when he's trying to insinuate that he is top 5 comparing himself to Kendrick it's just laughable lol

I've heard some cool stuff from R.A. before but I just never got into him like that
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Post by: DeeezNuuuts83 on November 11, 2015, 08:11:19 PM
I don't see what's so bad.

It's not like the Vlad interview with Lord Jamar where he was basically saying Eminem's skills are only noticed because he's white. Vlad named off like 20 emcees and Jamar pretty much said they were all better than Em, lyrically. Fuck outta here with that.
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: Blood$ on November 11, 2015, 09:34:27 PM
It's not like the Vlad interview with Lord Jamar where he was basically saying Eminem's skills are only noticed because he's white. Vlad named off like 20 emcees and Jamar pretty much said they were all better than Em, lyrically. Fuck outta here with that.

that dude is bitter as hell lol
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: Sccit on November 12, 2015, 12:32:40 AM
jamar is funny
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: DRGNBLZN on November 12, 2015, 11:11:32 AM
If anyone is entitled to an opinion on this subject its RA The Rugged Man. Dudes been around since the early 90s and has worked with just about every dope mc there is since then. Even Biggie was quoted saying he thought he was the illest until he heard RA spit. The problem was for him that none of the major labels he was signed to back in the day would release any of his stuff because they thought it was way too hardcore for the mainstream and the shows he did back in the day were beyond crazy which had a lot to do with ruining his reputation with Jive and Capitol records. Not only is he an underground legend, hes one of the most knowledgeable dudes there is about hip hop.

Just trying to help people that have no clue what they're talking about lol.
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: abusive on November 12, 2015, 11:39:15 AM
^I was coming in to mention the Biggie thing.
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: Sccit on November 12, 2015, 12:12:55 PM
Didn't biggie say he was whack in that article where he rated spice 1 a 2/10??

RA went hard claiming it was fabricated


Or am I thinking of some1 else?
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: bouli77 on November 12, 2015, 01:08:19 PM
nope you're correct

https://escobar300.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/notorious-big-rates-his-favorite-rappers-on-a-1-10/
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Post by: CORREA on November 12, 2015, 03:02:50 PM
nope you're correct

https://escobar300.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/notorious-big-rates-his-favorite-rappers-on-a-1-10/

both of u are wrong  :D

R.A. The Rugged man said he’d pay 100k to anyone who can produce audio or video of this interview or Biggie dissing him.
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Post by: HighEyeCue on November 12, 2015, 04:28:51 PM
I always questioned the validity of that interview...but then I saw a clip of E-40 on the Breakfast Club radio show and he mentioned that he and Biggie patched things up afterwards so maybe it was true
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: Sccit on November 12, 2015, 06:04:10 PM
I always questioned the validity of that interview...but then I saw a clip of E-40 on the Breakfast Club radio show and he mentioned that he and Biggie patched things up afterwards so maybe it was true

Exactly .. But if biggie said he loved RA and thought he was the hardest emcee in the game, how would that make sense
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: bouli77 on November 12, 2015, 08:34:43 PM
I always questioned the validity of that interview...but then I saw a clip of E-40 on the Breakfast Club radio show and he mentioned that he and Biggie patched things up afterwards so maybe it was true

Exactly .. But if biggie said he loved RA and thought he was the hardest emcee in the game, how would that make sense

Both E-40 and Lil Cease have spoken on the altercation and confirmed that it stemmed from an interview with a Canadian magazine where BIG rated different rappers. According to E-40, Biggie was drunk and according to Lil Cease, he was pissed that the interviewers kept asking him to rate other rappers instead of focusing on him (ala Nima when he interviewed 50 and asked him about Bad Azz, Quik, Daz, lol).

The alleged original transcript of the interview dates back from 1995 when it was first posted on the internet (source : https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.music.hip-hop/biggie$20rates/rec.music.hip-hop/xC2Cgtg3pOw/hZ1KSvP6fUIJ), I doubt people were fabricating hoaxes back then... At any rate, the part where Biggie low key disses RA may be attributed to him being drunk or maybe he was feeling some type of way about him at that particular moment in time (it seems the interview was published in early 95, before MATW was released) , it happens with rappers who tend to be egotistical and emotional. Or maybe Biggie simply didn't fuck with RA like that. Anyways, it's clearly in RA's interest to claim the list is fake. I'm not saying that the article as we know it is actually the real article because I haven't seen any transcript but we know from 2 primary sources (including Biggie's camp) that the interview actually took place and led to him being confronted by B-Legit and other people from 40's camp.

(http://i34.tinypic.com/2pzzh1x.jpg)
Title: Re: R.A. The Rugged Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'
Post by: Sccit on November 12, 2015, 09:11:12 PM
I always questioned the validity of that interview...but then I saw a clip of E-40 on the Breakfast Club radio show and he mentioned that he and Biggie patched things up afterwards so maybe it was true

Exactly .. But if biggie said he loved RA and thought he was the hardest emcee in the game, how would that make sense

Both E-40 and Lil Cease have spoken on the altercation and confirmed that it stemmed from an interview with a Canadian magazine where BIG rated different rappers. According to E-40, Biggie was drunk and according to Lil Cease, he was pissed that the interviewers kept asking him to rate other rappers instead of focusing on him (ala Nima when he interviewed 50 and asked him about Bad Azz, Quik, Daz, lol).

The alleged original transcript of the interview dates back from 1995 when it was first posted on the internet (source : https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.music.hip-hop/biggie$20rates/rec.music.hip-hop/xC2Cgtg3pOw/hZ1KSvP6fUIJ), I doubt people were fabricating hoaxes back then... At any rate, the part where Biggie low key disses RA may be attributed to him being drunk or maybe he was feeling some type of way about him at that particular moment in time (it seems the interview was published in early 95, before MATW was released) , it happens with rappers who tend to be egotistical and emotional. Or maybe Biggie simply didn't fuck with RA like that. Anyways, it's clearly in RA's interest to claim the list is fake. I'm not saying that the article as we know it is actually the real article because I haven't seen any transcript but we know from 2 primary sources (including Biggie's camp) that the interview actually took place and led to him being confronted by B-Legit and other people from 40's camp.

(http://i34.tinypic.com/2pzzh1x.jpg)

i believe it's real too....but wheres the article where biggie was dappin RA and saying that he thought he was the best until he heard him spit?