R.A. The Rugged Man Talks White Rappers, “Uncommon Valor”, & Tells The Story Of His Track With Biggie Meant To Troll Record Execs

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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🗓️ 27 December 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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You’ve been waiting for this one. So have we. Ever since we started this show, we knew we’d be having R.A. the Rugged Man join the People’s Party and today is that day. So what do longtime friends and collaborators R.A. and Kweli get into during this expansive interview? Everything. Including old beefs, the dynamics between white rappers, R.A.’s Biggie stories, and a deep dive into the legendary track “Uncommon Valor.” Seriously, if you go for that old school NYC rap and like to know the subplots and stories told in that era, this episode is an absolute must-listen.

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0:00.0	Peace and love party people. This is Talib Kuala Lee to BKMC, the MCEO.
0:03.8	You are about to hear an excerpt of People's Party hosted by me and my lovely and talented co-host,
0:08.6	Ms. Jasmine Lee. What up Jasmine? What up Peeps to hear our entire combo and all of our episodes.
0:13.6	We've started from the game to Lil Kim, to Anthony Anderson, to my sister Tiffany Hattish,
0:18.5	subscribe to the Luminary channel on Apple Podcasts. Let's talk about a fucka man to ask,
0:24.0	which is now called Kunt Renaissance. What was your relationship with Biggie Light?
0:29.2	Well, we were both coming up at the same time and he was friends with Red Hat Love Aton who ended
0:34.4	up doing really big things with the track masters. And track masters produced that.
0:38.6	Yeah, they did stuff, right? Yeah, yeah. But I was in my wild days. I was so fucking wild then.
0:44.8	But yeah, and then when they were producing big records like TLC, they'd be like,
0:49.2	you stand a lobby while we're in with TLC. Come on, when we're going to do go crazy with TLC,
0:55.6	you know, like it was always that, you know, like they owe it was crazy times. But yeah,
0:59.5	yeah, so you stand a lobbyist. Yeah, TLC be up in the, you know, I was like, I'm not going to go
1:05.9	say crazy. Yes, you are. Yes, you are. Let's say, yeah, yeah. But it was mainly my mouth, you know.
1:13.4	Yeah, but, but, um, yeah, no, the, the, the Biggie record was kind of, uh, it was a jab at the label.
1:22.6	It was, it was, I did it to be a dick because, um, I had no biggie already. And then when he started
1:30.2	blowing a little bit, you know, he's like, yeah, of course, I'll rock with you on your shit.
1:34.1	So, um, they were like, oh, juicy and just hit the radio. And he said, listen, you've got to give
1:39.1	us something like juicy. You got to give us something like juicy. So, you know, we'll get a plan
1:43.1	big or give us something like juicy. So, so being an asshole ignorant teenager, I'm like, yeah,
1:48.8	all right. Cut Renaissance. I was thinking of the like the worst line possibly that I could say
1:54.7	to piss off the label when I handed it in. They're like, it's such a piece of shit. There's a
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