“Legends Never Die”, They Just Become R.A. The Rugged Man (Album Stream) Posted by Nathan S. on 04/30/13 | Filed under Streams, R.A. The Rugged Man

Hip-hop has never seen anyone like R.A. The Rugged Man, and hip-hop never will again. Signed to Jive as a teenager well before white rappers were even remotely accepted, R.A.'s career is firmly implanted in the Tyson Zone. These are all true facts: He did tracks with Biggie, routinely paid for beats with hookers, and got dropped from the label for (kind of) whipping out his dick in the Jive offices.

Frankly, the odds say that R.A. should be dead by now, but instead he's very much alive and doing better than ever. Having mastered the indie rap game years ago, he's also been honing his more-unique-than-unique rhyme style, and his new album "Legends Never Die". Features from Tech N9ne, Talib Kweli, Brother Ali, Krizz Kaliko and more, along with production from Marco Polo, Apathy, Buckwild and more.

Stream is below the video for "The People's Champ", those feeling properly inspired can go cop the album here.

This is that anti-hipster rap, enjoy...

UPDATE: The homies at Takin' Mines just dropped a full review of "Legends Never Die".

See Also:  Catch the F**k Up With R.A. The Rugged Man: “Learn Truth” x Combat Jack Podcast