You need to check out the full version of this song. This verse by R.A. is actually the second verse of Uncommon Valor, which is a Jedi Mind Tricks song that came out back in 2005, The first verse is from Vinnie Paz. And yes, this is a true story that R.A. is telling about his father's experience in The Vietnam War. During the war his father was exposed to the chemical called Agent Orange, which was used by the U.S. military as a defoliate to burn down large areas of forest. Unfortunately many soldiers in both sides of the war and many Vietnamese civilians were exposed to this chemical which is now known to cause cancer and various other problems, both physical and mental. R.A.'s father developed throat cancer which eventually spread to his brain, killing him. R.A. younger sister and brother were both born with severe mental and physical handicaps, his sister Dee Dee passed away at the age of 26, and his brother Max only lived till the age of 10, also his nephew was born with a condition that eventually caused his heart to stop and he died at only 6 months old
Vinnie's verse really adds a lot to the song in my opinion, totally different perspective from someone who is terrified of the war and doesn't want to be there
Yeah damn homie, the whole song is the way to go. I love the song as a whole but the "snippet video" of jsut Ra's verse just drops you in to it with no build up. Plus VInnies verse is great and is the perfect set up for it.
Agent orange was a chemical weapon of the U.S. , R.A.'s father was the soldier in the song and children who died where R.A.'s siblings from side effects of exposure to Agent Orange. This is also only R.A.'s verse off the Jedi Mind Tricks song Uncommon Valor.
Agent orange was a chemical herbicide and defoliant. It was sprayed in the jungle to defoliate the vegetation. That is, to kill off the leaves etc so it was harder for the North Vietnamese soldiers to hide. So it was sprayed on a ton of land and both Vietnamese people and American soldiers were exposed to it. I believe they were told it wasn't harmful to humans
This verse is one of the greatest in hip hop history. Unfortunately this man was blacklisted by the music industry and never became the superstar he should have been. Method Man speaks very highly of him.
@@bigd8973he attacked a parasite A and R guy who was holding money back from him. Ultimately a misunderstanding and R A overreacted but the guy was also a scumbag and deserved it.
This is an actual true story about his father’s experiences in Vietnam. I was out in New York with R.A and got the privilege of hanging out with his dad for a whole day just listening to stories and this one in particular but he mostly spoke about how proud his was of his son! It was an honor to be able to have that experience. His dad was such a nice person and so is R.A.
Check out RA's latest album "All My Heroes are Dead" it is fire, so many legendary features throughout the album (Ghostface, Masta Killa, M.O.P, Ice T, Kool G Rap, etc.) Great album.
Check out these songs from R.A. The Rugged Man 1. Legendary Loser 2. Dragon Fire (Featuring Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa, and Kool G. Rap) 3. Legends Never Die ( Daddy's Halo) 4. Wondering (How To Believe) 5. Definition of a Rap Flow
R.A. said that he made this verse using real stories that his father told him from his experience in Vietnam. His father was staff sgt John thorburn. He was poisoned by agent orange and his kids,(r.a.'s brother and sister) were born with all kinds of medical problems. I heard h say in an interview that the sorry ass government gave his dad $1200 a year for 4 years for "compensation". I love that verse tho. One of my fav all time
For real this is one of the dopest verses of all time. This was from a Jedi Mind Tricks album and Vinnie Paz had a dope verse first but RA was so sick they had to make a video just for his verse. He's was an underground legend before this track, after this he was on another level. Aloha Yall 🤙🏽✌🏽️
Ra the Rugged Man ft Ghostface Killa, Masta Killa and Kool G Rap "Dragon fire" Ra the Rugged Man ft Immortal Technique "Who do we Trust" Ra the Rugged Man ft Inspectah Deck and Timbo King "EKNY" Gift of Gab ft Ra the Rugged Man and A.F.R.O "Freedom Form Flowing" Hell Razah ft. Tragedy Khadafi, Timbo King , R.A. the Rugged Man "The Renaissance" if you wanna check out some Ra the Rugged Man, these are SOME fire ass songs.. I got 3 ferrets, one is named RA the Rugged Man (my brother named him and the other two are named Ghostface Killah and the girl is called Mary J. blige)
Please. More RA. He gets very little love in the reaction community, and he's probably your favorite rapper's, rapper. And this track is about his dad in Vietnam.
That's actually a Jedi Mind Tricks song featuring RA the rugged man telling the story from his father'John Thornburn point of view and the deceased offspring are his siblings. Agent orange was a chemical used in the Vietnam war and it affected his offspring except RA. I want your reaction of his song Slayers Club with MOP, Onyx, Chino XL(RIP), Brand Nubian(Lord Jamar group) and Ice T crazy collaboration.
It's him explaining what his father Staff Sgt John A. Thorburn went through when he was in the military, I also share the name last name as him "Thorburn". They are not related to my family tree though, Good looks lookin him up, here's the other version with Paz ua-cam.com/video/OmIH8Sua0Yw/v-deo.html ✌🎶🤙
This is that Jedi Mind Tricks feat. RA the Rugged Man song I asked you to react to. You gotta do the entire song. First verse by Vinnie Paz sets up RA's ill verse. It is a true story. RA interviewed his father before he passed and wrote the verse from his eyes and story of what happened to him. RA's last name is Thorburn. And he starts the verse off going "Call me Thorburn, John A., Staff Sargeant..." His father was John A. Thorburn, a Vietnam vet. My friend told me back in the day that RZA discovered R.A., not sure if that's true or not?
RA’s verse is a true story about his father who was a Vietnam Vet. You should Listen to the entire song with Vinnie Paz verse first… it’s a contrast to the story RA tells about his father and sets the alley oop up for RA to kill it . Two different perspectives on the soldiers experience of warfare.
Too bad he got black listed, he's talented as hell. RA said, at one point when Eminem started getting famous, his label wanted him to start a fake beef with EM, RA was like "Naw, I'm not into all that!"
Bro R.A THE RUGGED MAN is an absolute legend ..dude rapped with biggie smalls...this song is from his dads point of view being that his dad was in veitnam..this an absolute killer verse its actually the second verse the song is a Jedi mind tricks song vinny paz has the 1st verse its an absolute masterpiece of a song💯💯💯💯💯💯you should really hear the whole song it will give you the complete expierence
Hope you check out some more RA. some of his newer stuff would be great like Dragon Fire, All Systems Go, Gotta Be Dope, Who Do We Trust, Legendary Loser
His father it’s about his father and he’s he lost siblings due to this disease attributed to chemicals they sprayed trees with affected children of soldiers years later
his dad was at war and his family went throught a lot of shit cause of "agent orange" like he stated they died cause of this shit and this is just his dad's storie
You need to check out the full version of this song. This verse by R.A. is actually the second verse of Uncommon Valor, which is a Jedi Mind Tricks song that came out back in 2005, The first verse is from Vinnie Paz. And yes, this is a true story that R.A. is telling about his father's experience in The Vietnam War. During the war his father was exposed to the chemical called Agent Orange, which was used by the U.S. military as a defoliate to burn down large areas of forest. Unfortunately many soldiers in both sides of the war and many Vietnamese civilians were exposed to this chemical which is now known to cause cancer and various other problems, both physical and mental. R.A.'s father developed throat cancer which eventually spread to his brain, killing him. R.A. younger sister and brother were both born with severe mental and physical handicaps, his sister Dee Dee passed away at the age of 26, and his brother Max only lived till the age of 10, also his nephew was born with a condition that eventually caused his heart to stop and he died at only 6 months old
Great write-up man. Hope he reads this.
That whole war was crazy.
@@rosch1991 I've watched so many interviews with R.A. that I've got all this info memorized.
Vinnie's verse really adds a lot to the song in my opinion, totally different perspective from someone who is terrified of the war and doesn't want to be there
Yeah damn homie, the whole song is the way to go. I love the song as a whole but the "snippet video" of jsut Ra's verse just drops you in to it with no build up. Plus VInnies verse is great and is the perfect set up for it.
Agent orange was a chemical weapon of the U.S. , R.A.'s father was the soldier in the song and children who died where R.A.'s siblings from side effects of exposure to Agent Orange. This is also only R.A.'s verse off the Jedi Mind Tricks song Uncommon Valor.
Agent orange was a chemical herbicide and defoliant.
It was sprayed in the jungle to defoliate the vegetation. That is, to kill off the leaves etc so it was harder for the North Vietnamese soldiers to hide.
So it was sprayed on a ton of land and both Vietnamese people and American soldiers were exposed to it.
I believe they were told it wasn't harmful to humans
This verse is one of the greatest in hip hop history. Unfortunately this man was blacklisted by the music industry and never became the superstar he should have been. Method Man speaks very highly of him.
Facts
What got him blacklisted??
@@bigd8973he attacked a parasite A and R guy who was holding money back from him. Ultimately a misunderstanding and R A overreacted but the guy was also a scumbag and deserved it.
@@bigd8973 u ever find out?
This is an actual true story about his father’s experiences in Vietnam. I was out in New York with R.A and got the privilege of hanging out with his dad for a whole day just listening to stories and this one in particular but he mostly spoke about how proud his was of his son! It was an honor to be able to have that experience. His dad was such a nice person and so is R.A.
RA is one of the GOATS
nah chill
@@ElectrikNYCfunK self proclaimed legend lmao
R.A. is an absolute MONSTER. He needs more play. He's Hip-Hop incarnate.
This is verse 2 of a Jedi Mind Tricks song
Check out RA's latest album "All My Heroes are Dead" it is fire, so many legendary features throughout the album (Ghostface, Masta Killa, M.O.P, Ice T, Kool G Rap, etc.) Great album.
Check out these songs from R.A. The Rugged Man
1. Legendary Loser
2. Dragon Fire (Featuring Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa, and Kool G. Rap)
3. Legends Never Die ( Daddy's Halo)
4. Wondering (How To Believe)
5. Definition of a Rap Flow
can't believe you didn't metion "lessons" which got him banned from the industry
R.A. said that he made this verse using real stories that his father told him from his experience in Vietnam. His father was staff sgt John thorburn. He was poisoned by agent orange and his kids,(r.a.'s brother and sister) were born with all kinds of medical problems. I heard h say in an interview that the sorry ass government gave his dad $1200 a year for 4 years for "compensation". I love that verse tho. One of my fav all time
One of the few verses that to this day, still gives me chills.
I like listening to it with my eyes closed and let it paint a picture in my head.
For real this is one of the dopest verses of all time. This was from a Jedi Mind Tricks album and Vinnie Paz had a dope verse first but RA was so sick they had to make a video just for his verse. He's was an underground legend before this track, after this he was on another level. Aloha Yall 🤙🏽✌🏽️
His dad went to Vietnam, he's rapping partially from his dad's experience.
I have successfully rapped R.A's part in 1 breath! And was "forced" to do it again during a funeral 😂
It's about his dad. 100% true story including R.A.'s brothers and sisters dying years later from the effects of Agent Orange.
100000% true story. It’s about his father and his siblings. I got to see him perform this live in front of his father before he passed
This is his dad’s story
So glad you finally got to him. He deserves soooo much respect. He a real spitta!
Glad you checked it finally. One of the dopest verses ever. He is actually spitting about his real father and brothers.
Songs I recommend are “Holla loo yah” “The Dangerous Three” and “The Peoples Champ”
BRO I LOVE YOU FOR THIS! R.A. is a Hall of Famer! Lyrics, voice, heart.. the whole package!
Ra the Rugged Man ft Ghostface Killa, Masta Killa and Kool G Rap "Dragon fire"
Ra the Rugged Man ft Immortal Technique "Who do we Trust"
Ra the Rugged Man ft Inspectah Deck and Timbo King "EKNY"
Gift of Gab ft Ra the Rugged Man and A.F.R.O "Freedom Form Flowing"
Hell Razah ft. Tragedy Khadafi, Timbo King , R.A. the Rugged Man "The Renaissance"
if you wanna check out some Ra the Rugged Man, these are SOME fire ass songs.. I got 3 ferrets, one is named RA the Rugged Man (my brother named him and the other two are named Ghostface Killah and the girl is called Mary J. blige)
Please. More RA. He gets very little love in the reaction community, and he's probably your favorite rapper's, rapper. And this track is about his dad in Vietnam.
This was a true story about his Dad.
That was a dope podcast you was on Ahmad 💯
Appreciate u like always my guy 💯💯
I still have the same reaction everytime and that was his family...and he is talking through his Dad's perspective of the Vietnam war.
That's actually a Jedi Mind Tricks song featuring RA the rugged man telling the story from his father'John Thornburn point of view and the deceased offspring are his siblings. Agent orange was a chemical used in the Vietnam war and it affected his offspring except RA. I want your reaction of his song Slayers Club with MOP, Onyx, Chino XL(RIP), Brand Nubian(Lord Jamar group) and Ice T crazy collaboration.
Wish it was the full version with Vinnie Paz. Also this was a story on the perspective of his father that was in Nam
Yoo Salute from Spain! Always looking forward to what your gonna drop next. Ya gotta do Ras Kass Nature of the Threat or Interview with a Vampire..
He’s actually rapping about his dad. Who was in Vietnam. His brother was microcephalic.
Check out his song called "who do we trust" with Immortal Technique.
I only post when you find/dig up hidden gems. Amazing and very underrated song.
Keep those coming bro👍
his dad was in the vietnam war its a dope song
R.A. one of the most slept on.. His flow is immaculate
RA..... STILL GET THROUGH THE DAY
He's describing someone in his family that was in the Vietnam War (I think his dad). You definitely need to react to the full joint with Vinnie Paz.
Seconded.
It's him explaining what his father Staff Sgt John A. Thorburn went through when he was in the military, I also share the name last name as him "Thorburn". They are not related to my family tree though, Good looks lookin him up, here's the other version with Paz ua-cam.com/video/OmIH8Sua0Yw/v-deo.html ✌🎶🤙
The verse is about his father in Vietnam
Kool G Rap is RA big influence
G Rap influenced everybody tho
@@PLF... can't deny that
You got to listen to the full version Youngster
Check out Jedi Mind Tricks
*Before The Great Collapse
*Razorblade Salvation
*Shadow Business
Best verse in all of hip hop idt ill ever change my mind
You should do an album reaction to “All My Heroes are Dead” his most recent album. The entire thing is a classic.
Youre going a good direction in hop hop listening too this...
He sounds like 1 of Big Pun’s babies… no disrespect. First time hearing him. That song was fired🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Damn man. Salute to you for doing this review. RA is a great, slept on emcee!
I love your channel ❤️🙏
💙💙💙
R.A is a underground legend. He was blackballed by the industry unfortunately
Yea man ra Is dope that's a whole different kind of artist matter of fact dope enough to spank tech nine and eminem ra stans is a thing now..
This is that Jedi Mind Tricks feat. RA the Rugged Man song I asked you to react to. You gotta do the entire song. First verse by Vinnie Paz sets up RA's ill verse.
It is a true story. RA interviewed his father before he passed and wrote the verse from his eyes and story of what happened to him.
RA's last name is Thorburn. And he starts the verse off going "Call me Thorburn, John A., Staff Sargeant..." His father was John A. Thorburn, a Vietnam vet.
My friend told me back in the day that RZA discovered R.A., not sure if that's true or not?
RA’s verse is a true story about his father who was a Vietnam Vet. You should Listen to the entire song with Vinnie Paz verse first… it’s a contrast to the story RA tells about his father and sets the alley oop up for RA to kill it . Two different perspectives on the soldiers experience of warfare.
Yo this song is about his dads experience!
Ra - no face no prints. That's a fire verse
Ra the rugged man - supah is one of his illest tracks
Too bad he got black listed, he's talented as hell. RA said, at one point when Eminem started getting famous, his label wanted him to start a fake beef with EM, RA was like "Naw, I'm not into all that!"
Check out Chains by Ra the Rugged man featuring Masta Priest from Wu!!!
You should check out
Timbo King featuring RA the Rugged man-High Ranking
Thornburn is ruggedmans dad
Definition of a Rap Flow is a song I’d suggest. R.A has a ton of quality songs.
R.A. the rugged man is legit one of the greatest MCs
He's telling the story of his father in Vietnam
Shoot, check out Mr. Lif "Earthcrusher"!
Ive seen him live bro hes one of the best mcs in the world
Check out the Peoples Champ by R.A The Rugged Man
Bro R.A THE RUGGED MAN is an absolute legend ..dude rapped with biggie smalls...this song is from his dads point of view being that his dad was in veitnam..this an absolute killer verse its actually the second verse the song is a Jedi mind tricks song vinny paz has the 1st verse its an absolute masterpiece of a song💯💯💯💯💯💯you should really hear the whole song it will give you the complete expierence
a Hip hop Classic
The song was about his father
That verse is about his Father who was exposed to agent orange.
that one bit reminded me of Big Pun
Listen to his song definition of a rap flow lol crazy
RA the Legend!
Based on a true story of his father and his brother's.
i would love to see your reaction on „best me“ by sylvan lacue. Very lyrical and im 100% you will love it.
Keep up the good work!
Blood in blood out by Jedi Mind Tricks is hard
Hope you check out some more RA. some of his newer stuff would be great like Dragon Fire, All Systems Go, Gotta Be Dope, Who Do We Trust, Legendary Loser
RA is SO NICE he makes Eminem seem like he never learned how to rhyme in the first place...
RA is em's idol
The lyrical G.O.A.T
React to RA The Rugged Man "Definition Of A Rap Flow", "Bang Bang Boogie", and his Taylor Swift remix!!!
Check out his verse on Hell Razah’s Renaissance
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His father it’s about his father and he’s he lost siblings due to this disease attributed to chemicals they sprayed trees with affected children of soldiers years later
Based on his father’s Vietnam experience
He talking about his dad😎
Ahmad Please react to Common and Lauryn Hill's "Retrospect For Life". Beautiful song.
Check out Cage " agent orange"
It is a true story about his father who went to Vietnam during the war. The two kids where his siblings. R.A is the real deal.
RA a legend
It's about his pops and siblings
This ain't the full version. This is Jedi Mind Tricks, Vinnie Paz. But RA stole the show for sure.
Agent orange is a chemical weapon
This song is about his father.
Ra talkin bout his pops
his dad was at war and his family went throught a lot of shit cause of "agent orange" like he stated they died cause of this shit and this is just his dad's storie
The time out is funny
Do reaction on “High ranking”- timbo king feat. R.A
u missed the beginning when he says what its about
Yessssssuhhhh
react to reflection eternal - four woman
Check out Little Brother ft. Mos Def - Let it Go
I didn’t know who Agent Orange was 😂😂😂😂😂 sorry but that’s funny
Hold up, only 377 viewed a R.A. review? Travesty. R.A. The Rugged is legit.
Check out That's Dope.