Method Man Discusses The Blackballing Of R.A. The Rugged Man

[@matthewstevenhunt]

I like the way RA can laugh at himself when it comes to the shoes.

[@ComeOnYouBoyzInBlue]

Nice pic

[@sharkdeepwater8]

MSH Actually them shoes was fresh. But you don't wear them to a get together on grass.

[@tordatfalviciprian5775]

MSH fucking shoes 😂😂😂😂😂

[@DalinquentB]

He'd a laughed at anything Meth would've said.

[@Woodrow512]

@@DalinquentB Mef's a really funny guy, cant see why not

[@bowdownORbringthawar]

It's true. ALOT of Rappers should've featured R.A. without hesitation.

[@420KUSHWIN]

Only biggie...

[@JM1993951]

I know he has a different style, but I'd love to hear him on some 1993/1994 Spice 1, MC Eiht shit. I think he would rock that shit. Or throw him in with Def Squad. That would've been a great fit. He makes Keith Murray sound orthodox.

[@MrOptik1]

fact.

[@yanceyboyz]

At least Havoc eventually came through for him 👍🏻

[@Theycallmethek3]

Labels do what labels want

[@SDSOverfiend]

R.A. IS RESPECTED IN THE GAME BY REAL NIGGAS THO

[@602pdubz412]

if hip hop was ya life at some point,ya know who R.A. is. look how method and him are, dats real shit. R.A. is dope fuck what they heard bruh.

[@nickp9406]

this was before dre put eminem on. times were different. dre saw eminem freestyle and dre put em on the label cause dre owns it. but in this circumstance meth tried to put ra on as a referral and Def Jam was like nah fuck it we dont need him. If Def Jam gave ra a chance ( and they should have ) imagine how big ra would have blown up by now. Shady probably wouldn't have come up so fast with ra in the scene. RA really deserved more popularity with his skills he should have been on TV in the 90's but business can be fucked up sometimes and ra didn't get the props he deserved. I'm not putting RA down at all I'm saying he's been underrated and there is no reason for it. it's whack shit he ain't as big as lil Wayne or drake or this corny shit out nowadays. why can't I hear ra on the radio but I gotta hear fucking iggy fuck that shit.

[@tyronebiggens9719]

Yeah fuck the mainstream. Only real Hip hop is the underground.

[@gardenhead420]

Nick P I couldn't agree anymore with you bro. It's like the shit that he was doing was unheard of at the time with his wild anctics. but fast forward some odd years later and the shit he said and did back then is the same shit that's getting people recognition and praise... WTF!!

[@dddlll2471]

SDS Overfiend RA is a NY legend in this game... doin it over 20 years

[@cbfwebs]

"If Def Jam were really worried about my safety, they would not have had me recording in Quad where 'Pac got shot."

[@jaimesaucedo8036]

Half of the new york city rappers was there when i got shot & nobody knew nothing...Thats like the cops comming to the block asking what happen & everybody saying i dont know...you know they lying... -2pac

[@iamyourbiggestfan6420]

@@jaimesaucedo8036 Pac probably never heard of the "Don't snitch, don't tell" rule

[@Lolife86]

@@iamyourbiggestfan6420 Are you idiot ? What does he sayed ? " Thats like the cops comming to the block asking what happen & everybody saying i dont know...you know they lying..." So he knowed.

[@Tomekkplk]

@@Lolife86 sayed..knowed.. fucking hell. SAID. KNEW.

[@SmokingPistolsMc]

Jaime Saucedo real spill

[@deshaundozier]

He was blackballed because of the way he line up his beard

[@ediseu.]

NAHH, HE WAS BLACKBALLED BECAUSE HE TOOK A SHIT IN THE OFFICE AND USED TO JERK OFF FROM BALCONY BACK IN THE DAYS AND THROW SPEMS ON PEOPLE FROM ABOVE. I LOVE HIM!!!

[@christopherayettey4390]

Facts!!

[@curiosityl.6261]

@Dump Turds Your name, your name gives nightmares

[@ediseu.]

@Goose Gumps V3 RA was a wild boy 😎💪

[@KINGJAMES-rp3ex]

😂 😂

[@eoghaillful]

"I had a pair like that shit it was Easter '75" haha Meth is fuckin funny

[@lcceo22]

I need a "The..... Man" album, with Red, Meth, and RA

[@visionariesjourney8488]

Rugged man would still put some of these mainstream rappers in the dirt

[@GtaRockt]

+Matthew Duncan some? How about "nearly everyone"? RA is one of the dopest rappers around. Very few can keep up with him.

[@rawbbingmysellph7464]

My 12 y.o sister definitely can.. love to RA%%

[@killaatryce]

mainstream aint nothin but lies and deceit

[@BlackManRising]

I would put most of these mainstream rappers in the dirt and I don't even rap.

[@jefftassone30]

id pay 2 see a beef on wax between ra & eminem

[@villiantwo]

they NEED to do a track together!!!! PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN

[@sumwonkool]

Absolutely. Can’t believe it’s never happened actually

[@SKOTxFREE]

One of the most under rated MC’s out there! First time I heard R.A. Which was on a Mixtape I liked dude. Didn’t know what color he was or nothing and it don’t matter. If you Dope you dope and Rugged man is straight up dope!

[@eddyx8218]

Two real legends in one video. I love Wu Tang, Method man, and RA. Love you guys.

[@dmike1238]

Rugged man is like the Rocky Balboa of rap

[@eh712]

Donnovan Randle Vinnie Paz = Patton oswald

[@TheWuCepticon1981]

@@eh712 🤣🤣🤣

[@masonhook8803]

Excellent analogy

[@thekiddy4263]

RB The Rugged Man

[@buckybarz3779]

Donnovan Randle low key he looks like a hip-hop Sylvester Stallone . Lol

[@josebonko6369]

I remember meeting RA over 10 yrs ago at Toads Place only because he was promoting the hell out of his music dude put a lot of work and time in the game he deserves all he got

[@Danktonpiff]

CT 💪

[@mrstepitup9186]

Toads place ain’t shit nothing but college white girls now

[@Dropski82]

R.A. the Rugged Man is still a fuking dope ass emcee .. him and Meth should do a track ..

[@wwjnz9263]

Correction... An Album. A RA and Method album would be bananas!

[@sumwonkool]

Collabo on track? That would be the ultimate Christmas present 🎁

[@harrytee7159]

RA’s debut album is one of the few albums I anticipated. I actually bought the CD 💿 fat beats and had the receipt as I did for all my purchases . One of the few originals in the game

[@Criwindustries]

Method sounds like a real friend and G.. keeping it real

[@chrysryce]

No one can spit like RA. Glad to see one of the Gods giving him dap.

[@villiantwo]

yo meth still putting it down to this day also!! ...the new track with RA, DECK, AND TIMBO is just disgustingly good.. Inspectah Deck is in his 50s now and still dropping bombs!!!

[@chrysryce]

@@villiantwo Hell ya - Deck be killing in Czarface these days!

[@strictlyrevolution]

At the end Method Man says Defjam had him recording up at Quad studios when Pac got shot there in the lobby. Biggie and Puff also happened to be upstairs there recording something at the time. To me this sounds way too coincidental, unless it was some 'cointelpro' type set-up to instigate a fued between wu, bad boy and tupac.

[@Fl1pmo]

Damn, Method Man still has his scopin' out around you type psychology. I guess the streets never leave him.

[@oOFTJOo]

yeah man they never do! my gf told me I look life a bird I'll have neck problems lmao

[@tallblondegooner]

Just imagine those 2 on the same record.

[@dallasc1636]

@@trazshman5945 new ra album dropping soon maybe then

[@MrRottenJD]

Fuck I hope so Trazsh Man

[@sc8653]

Ra ft method man - rugged liquid check it out

[@ptroughneck77]

There's still time

[@datisnotmarilnaem6822]

PLEASE DO A SONG TOGETHER Now not in all CAPS, you 2 are my all times favorites, please record something for us fans

[@littles3715]

Datis Notmarilnaem dat'll be dope!!!!

[@xxBONGHUNTER420xx]

Datis Notmarilnaem wu tang clan give it up ft ra the rugged man

[@ManlyStump]

@@xxBONGHUNTER420xx Only RA and J-Live on that track though, Wu didn't really have any part of it.

[@mkjazz3]

They did “who do we trust” together along with a bunch of other artists

[@_--INFiNiTE_C0NSCi0US--_]

Yooo, i wish ODB and RA coulda did a rugged dirty ass track together !!!

[@DaveMarshak]

Add a motivated Kool Keith and you might have the nuttiest song ever made!!

[@Doctor-Stoppage]

Call it "Dirty Rug!" 😆

[@villiantwo]

that would be a sick duo!

[@_--INFiNiTE_C0NSCi0US--_]

@@Doctor-Stoppage - LMAO!

[@_--INFiNiTE_C0NSCi0US--_]

@@villiantwo - Hell yeah!

[@jonathanm8273]

I seen R.A. in concert he jumped into the crowd with a lui kang kick right into someones chest

[@KoolGNasBlackThought]

holy shit, seeing them together is amazing

[@TheMediaAnarchist]

i'm so glad these two brothers stuck it out. it definitely paid off in the long run salute!

[@ThatLegends]

Two legends.

[@BrandonBuckingham]

ra is a legend

[@qigonglungz]

R.A... one of the greatest...!!! You are also one of my personal favorite "Beat Pickers"... Your production is always all over the place in a good way...!!!

[@KoolGNasBlackThought]

2 of the illest flows in rap

[@TinoFiumaraBeats]

Lord Finesse in the back.

[@ASSman864]

Good eye dude

[@big3ye378]

I remember him of Rawkus' Soundbombing

[@phraze410]

Yeeaaaaa I knew his face look familiar but in the world did he do to get blackballed

[@crisleroi299]

"Word...Feel dat baseline cat." I thought he was a tall ass dark skinned black dude.

[@CONSCIOUSASYLUM]

That’s how I first heard him

[@Razah.]

Lord Finesse in the background in the beginning the biggest legend there

[@jessicajaynenc1202]

HELL EFFING YEAH HE IS

[@Razah.]

You know it girl

[@SlackerET]

Lord Finesse is such an underrated MC, 'I drop science like a kid from Catholic school'

[@455ninjasniper]

Shut the fuck up

[@BuddyBoo123]

Good Eye. Hip Hop Royalty.

[@Theoryraps07]

I remember opening up for R.A. The Rugged man and A.F.R.O a few years back man was that show epic for sure #TuneSqwadWithTheW Drop Top by Theory out now on all platforms

[@daboymajik8829]

I wish he did do it too. R.A. is an emcee's emcee. And soo chill too. The only dude I've seen perform here in Vegas that hopped out into the crowd. Gave me dap and all. I would welcome doing a track with bros any day, regardless of who told me not to.

[@KenSherman]

R.A. aka #CrustifiedDibbs should've also been included in the #RollingDeep series by #DJKaySlay before & after Kay's death. The world should hear more of this unsung hero.

[@antoncip1]

Two straight hip hop legends in my book.

[@buddahluver9848]

Yoooo RA's laugh is the greatest! ! I love it! One of the Realest MC's right there!

[@bitlord-hm7nt]

Method man is chill as fuck.

[@CliffCloudz]

Shit fuck it..yall didnt do it then? DO IT NOW LETS GO! A R.A & Meth joint!

[@justinb7039]

2 of the best

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

So cool

[@averagesavage4728]

@1:55 meth dropped a gem on Pacs first shooting. Who was in charge of def jam back then?

[@lawrenceshdow]

Should do a song together now then.

[@macbrebonicks8668]

Riley Reid has been black balled more than R.A.

[@conlooka9356]

Yes, and they were huge

[@daleperry7759]

I wonder how many idiots will look up Riley Reid, thinking she is a rapper.

[@indianlionbro7857]

🌞 Always shining. Some of the best verses. I have much respect for The Rugged Man. Keep pushing through.

[@joshuamcdowell1841]

2 of my personal faves.

[@mojalefapitso9377]

Two of my favourite mcees of all times

[@FH1MIKEYBARSLOW]

Word my dude! I believe it 200% cuz 1. You were UNDENIABLY one of the HOTTEST emcees lyricists and stage tearer-downers of that time and 2. Same thing happened to me for dropping a diss record and following it up with another one aimed at THE biggest artist of the time that was on one of the biggest labels with the biggest CEO calling radio stations telling them if they EVER play that diss record or remix EVER again NONE of that labels artists would EVER BE ON AGAIN! FURTHER, I had negotiations with 2 other labels (also big labels) suddenly and abruptly go from I was hot let's record this album kid your gonna be the next BIG THING to kick rocks in a blink! TRUE STORY... STILL TRYING THOUGH. KEEPING IT DIVERSE AND HIP HOP in an industry full of trollers rewarded with GOLD! STILL LOVE YA R.A. Would love to work with ya... look up all things MIKEY BARSLOW and dm/email me..

[@Majikwayz_playz]

ff to 2020 and RA is the dopest around

[@sallygreen5915]

Intersting stuff

[@Wes36Man]

This is cool to see these two together

[@t4lh482]

One of the best in my opinion

[@djwarzone1]

So we wanna know... when can we expect a track from you two? Maybe RA on Crystal Meth? Or on Meth lab or whatever the name of meth next album or mixtape or whatever it is you do meth. I need some new method man in my life(pause). I been listening to fan made mixtape on SoundCloud and shit. Most recent features by meth have been dope. Joint with Lux , joint with Freddie Gibbs, joint with Rza on Iron Fists soundtrack,Asap Meth on Trillmatic. We already know Legends never Die is a BANGER. Shit has a ton of replay value

[@RyuBlack93]

Oh that would be sweet... I second that notion!

[@geowat8738]

These two need to roll some joints out soon. Bet it would set some speakers on 🔥.

[@MURDOCKROCK]

I really hope to hear a colab with RA and meth in the future... they find the right beat and heads would EXPLODE!

[@mergimfera11]

One of the two best MC's out there!

[@SiglaVideos]

Just subscribed, meth down with you so am I. Method man is my favorite MC of all time!

[@paulcollins6961]

RA is heavy..

[@onehitterquitter2130]

It's 2021 December 31st at 3:00 pm. You can't be blackballed any more. Create your buzz back again.

[@ta3722]

Meth is my favorite Wu Tang member, but it sounds like he might be finessing R.A. a little here lol. Look at his body language. Looking around a lot, checking his phone etc. I wonder if he ever even mentioned his name to the label.

[@fredereedoo]

Look more like he take too much cocaine

[@kaykay-sq6rh]

This man needs more love for sure!

[@scoobafloom]

The business wasn’t ready for a personality so big

[@akm7567]

Still waiting for what will be one of the greatest collab of all time !!!! Come on guys, never too late for making History !!

[@Kencrooks]

mobb deep playin in the background!!! RIP P!!

[@thakid691]

😂😂 ra and method 2 absolute legends . Got to meet the rugged man after one of his shows in Halifax Canada .

[@LBlazedaillest]

Looks like Vanguard 2014 in Copenhagen. That was dope as hell

[@TheMCGimpy]

A Method Man + Rugged Man album would blow CZARFACE out of the fuckin water.

[@k9nevienna]

the label said no to him because ra is real. he tells the truth about labels in his interviews and hates the industrys culture

[@deanhuntley71]

RA STYLE IS LIKE THE FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER, AD METH'S VOICE,BIG PUN'S DELIVERY, AND AD THE MADNESS OF ODB!!!!! WE MUST HAVE A METHOD MAN / RA THE RUGGED MAN ALBUM! A TRACK ISN'T ENOUGH!!!!!!!

[@longdirtytoenails1076]

We need that album album from these guys.

[@kenswift748]

Rugged is like that dude when in boxing, you got the CHAMP right? Then they got this lesser known dude known by those that matter. And this guy is known as the "ringer". This is the guy that knocks niggas out, but never gets a title shot. He sets up new top 10s for the champ to fight by demolishin better knowns. But They keep the champ away from THIS guy, dig me?

[@fiftycent4974]

you mean like mr t in rocky 3?

[@arkhitektz3150]

knocks niggas out?dig me? please tell me youre talking like that ironically...

[@dailleztj]

jermell charlo ass dude n shit

[@longdirtytoenails1076]

ken swift You could have just said Cinderella Man and not droped an n-bomb.

[@fiftytysondaman4522]

A ringer is a cheater bro ie Johnny Knoxville movie

[@realmccoymusik]

I'm gon jump on that Definition Of A Rap Flow contest, my dude! I already recorded my joint. I gotta do some mixing and its on its way, tomorrow. Appreciate the opportunity to be heard by some true EMCEE'S. Inshn Allah, this is the beginning of the beginning. 1ne.

[@incrediblezuppo]

Does this mean now is the time you both are going to build something together? Hope so.

[@warnutztheloser]

Dope Man!

[@SlackerET]

Somebody call DJ akademiks cos Meth just declared war against the #hardonthotsmovement with that hat

[@MINDxWORM]

Slacker Akademiks don’t fuck with old school rappers lol

[@capturethephotons2078]

R.A. Looks Like the most down-to-earth person I've ever seen in my life.

[@fightfannerd2078]

I feel old two awesome guys right there

[@91Definite]

Damn...It's so good to see R.A. and Method Man together! I tell ya Hip Hop is best place to be we you love music with others who love it too! Never expires and never out of date! Only the purest and truest can bring out Hip Hop cause they learn the basics of it! But that's fucked up how R.A. Rugged career went! Believe it or not I think it's because companies wanted him to change his style and shit and he probably said no! And he probably said some words and that's when they put the blackball on him to never get signed and shit! Fuck mainstream! R.A. you still the dopest

[@stonednyc1]

Subscribed

[@Jonaversal]

Nobody caught that gem knowledge dropped by Meth at 1:55

[@nil4309]

+Jonaversal whats he on about? recording what when pac got shot?

[@iloveweed2132]

" Honestly if Def Jam was really worried about my safety, they would not have me in there, recording that in Quad when Pac got shot". That's exacly what Method said. Quad was the studio where Pac was robbed and shot, Method said that a the time was a dangerous place to record that's why was unlikely to record a track with RA blackballed or not.

[@BeatJunkie-mq1tc]

Jonaversal damn you right

[@RoyceWrightJr]

bingo. Pac was shot couple times people seem to forget that lol

[@FordFourD-aka-Ford4D]

​@@iloveweed2132 That's not *exactly* what he said. One of the key words you mixed up was where, changing it to when. Changes the meaning of what he said a lot. The exact quote, with Method Man's own emphasis, is: "And honestly if Def Jam was REALLY worried about my safety, they would NOT have had me in there recording at Quad where Pac got shot."

[@leorymes8839]

2 of the greatest but a lot of cats will never know.....

[@Pancakefoot707]

who are they some trap rappers

[@ligmarichard4206]

@@Pancakefoot707 No RA has been around since the 80s. Before Eminem ever stepped on and he was/is highly respected on the streets.

[@ligmarichard4206]

@@Pancakefoot707 he's 10x better than Eminem. He's did shit with BIG and a shit ton of other artists.

[@dmvbawse4265]

Leo Rymes Nigga we know this only applies to ruggah bc he was black balled. If they sleeping on method then they are just stupid

[@realeyesrealisereallies97]

@@ligmarichard4206 wouldn't go that far lol RA one of the best no doubt but Em top 3 guaranteed

[@jaywilley955]

A masterful performance like B Hop when he took on Kelly Pavlik.

[@mikophilo348]

oh, so this video has been out for 6 years? I ❤ T.H.O.T.S

[@emceeOkuZ]

Why this keep poppin up on my recommended every couple of years!??!

[@sX-Rain]

Yeah weird shit. I don't even who the fuck this is and for a like a week or so I keep getting a Vlad interview from this dude recommended that I never clicked on and now this. Fkn weird af yo.

[@emceeOkuZ]

@@sX-Rain his vlad interview popped up in my recommended today..

[@killboi207]

"At that point in time they had never told me no."

[@4ROTATIONAL4]

so Method gonna be on the new album then right?

[@JaeEllis]

much respect to both of yall. nuff said

[@rocksteady6793]

Where Method from on Li, Hempstead?

[@jasondavid4662]

We need a rugged man/method man album soon!

[@selfmade9546]

R.A super pure person music are dope..such a character

[@AndrewBrunoInc]

🚀🚀🚀

[@TheHunter-en3bm]

2 amazing rappers. That unmistakable Rugged Man laugh is so contagious. 😂😂

[@scottydiamonds1329]

Ra. Underrated universal epic Flow. This man is 🔥

[@stevenm7211]

Didn't really Discusse R.A. being blackballed though.

[@jackielegs5892]

When old school niggas are jellin It always feels like we back in the 90s Its cool to see the evolution of hip hop and how black balled artists are big now that we have the internet and everybody has there own platforms. Whoever released the internet fucked up alot of peoples bags LOL

[@shanehill2288]

Slug from Atmosphere back in 98-2005 was untouchable. He got blackballed also. RA knows and went thru same thing.

[@IIMIKEYMOII]

He doesn't need to do anything but I've been wanting to see R.A. do a modern a Capella rap battle on URL/KOTD or some shit. He raps about battling in a few songs and he has a unique style/flow so I'd be interested. Obviously dreaming here but it would be cool.

[@galedribble9535]

Damn…that last sentence from Meth. Way to end the vid

[@frankiea3752]

Loving that Champion hoodie