R.A. The Rugged Man and his Father Staff Sgt. Thorburn, John A. exclusive video

[TrueSomename]

you got to love that jesture RA makes when he is spitting hardcore shit.

[MrTeezy214]

key word.."volunteer"...Vietnam was not a conspiracy you America hating faggots

[derekhugh]

@MrTeezy214

LOL

They admitted Gulf of Tonkin incident was a setup so what you want

every war is a ritual sacrifice

you just dont know you tool.

[MrTeezy214]

@derekhugh sacrifce would imply that these soldiers were killed against their will...american soldiers, with guns to their heads, were forced to go to war, just to die in the name of ideals held by a select few. you had enlisted men, who wanted to be their, as you also draftees. you can dodge the draft, its easy to do that. you're not necessarily forced to go to war, you're presence is immediately requested. but as for the enlisted men, are you implying they are all committing suicide

[MrTeezy214]

@derekhugh for WANTING to be there? if you think war is a "ritual sacrifice" then how do you explain the volunteers on both sides? you're logic is completely fucked.

[MrTeezy214]

@derekhugh and you don't even know what the real definition of a tool is

[LK5150360]

everytime I hear this muthafuckin song, my skin gets hot, my pulse races, and im back in the shit. Only a veteran would understand what the fuck im talking about. all you call of duty playing faggots in a circle jerk session, and all armchair faggot generals need not respond.

[grahamdunne]

@LK5150360 You're a retarded pawn.

[ivekilledchucknorris]

its hilarious how everyone start rappin' along with ra on uncommon valor and than he speeds up ... :D

[23seak]

wow thts a great man, rip 

[MrRentmeplease]

they only disliked it cuz they cant rape the shit like him

[chumbucket206]

@MrRentmeplease "Rape" you mean rap ?

[cornflakes510]

babidybabidybabidybabidy, babidybabidybabidy. i can barely understand anything.

[DeadSpaceRebel]

@cornflakes510 you should get off youtube and go back to school, then maybe you will be able to comprehend dope shit when its in front of you.

[cornflakes510]

@DeadSpaceRebel nah i can comprehend dope shit. r.a is dope, but hes not that good

[Damian702lv]

Aww made me sad when he wuz talkin bout his kids:(

[TeKSystemDubstep]

Track at 6:03?

[LeoDopeland]

I can see where R.A. got his trueness "Making love is a lot harder then making war.. making war is easy"- John A. Thorburn

[andyeminem23]

who's the fagot that disliked this!? probably a kid affected by agent orange

[JOSHWF2]

@andyeminem23 Yo, that's disrespect to R.A and his family man, don't you mean a someone who has no taste in music?

[ThrowDownArtists]

@andyeminem23 hey "andyeminem" you best watch what the fuck you say. You clearly know nothing of Agent Orange or how R.A's father and R.A himself have suffered from it. Take your stupid eminem bullshit and fuck off.

[allsop91]

Whats the first song hes performin?..

[venomflows1]

@allsop91 The Renaissance

[tggunning]

@allsop91 Rennaissance by Hell Razah and R.A. The Ruggedman

[MrThcbudzz]

he is siccck

[247football365]

so im guessing the uncommon valor a Vietnam story is about his father nuff respect to R.A

[demonkiller281]

this sound like a track that he did with vinne paz around the three minute mark

[davidmarkley275]

best video on youtube.R.A,you have the absolute best flow I ever heard.I could listen to some vrs.10 times and still be amazed everytime.R.I.P STAFF SGT THORBURN

[TributesToYngwie]

WHY THE HELL IS THE TAG (AOR) ON THIS SHIT?

[MRxxFREESTYLE]

@TributesToYngwie

Art Of Rhyme.

[airborn101st]

whats this talk about RA in a movie with Ali G? hafta know.

[Gocavs1990]

@airborn101st he doesn't say ali g he says "bad biology" which is a movie R.A. worked on

[stonerAJ11]

I have so much respect for this dude. He deff is one of the most underrated people in hip-hop, and his dad really was a hero. I never knew uncommon valor was a true story, that blows my mind. Ra, next time u roll thru Ohio, I don't give a fuck where, ill be there. Everyone should witness a real lyricist once, its like a fucking trip to mecca

[XxPsychoKiidxX]

@stonerAJ11 He states it's a true story before he spits his verse

[toast213]

Respect and R.I.P to Staff Sgt. Thorburn, and also to all who served in 'nam, my Granddad was Infentry in 'nam and fortunetly he came back fine (excluding normal mental strains that come from war) and is still healthy, my condolences to ra's father and family, i wish they could have been so lucky.

[agent012]

fucking real life hero.

[The84kids]

R.I.P Staff Sgt. Thorburn, John A. Without your contribution there could be no Rugged Man and for that we salute you for bringing us a man who is as real as he is gifted........ If the world was full of more good folks like yourself, our situation wouldn't be as f**ked as it is....... Peace to the gods!

[ArmyOfThePharaohz]

johns name is my psn name.

[GotFlow5]

r.i.p sir, thank you for bringing us the rugged man

[NewWorldSlaughter048]

i like how in youtube there is ALWAYS 1 dislike, no matter what. lol

[airsoftlove1]

@NewWorldSlaughter048 we can't have 2 much of the good stoof!

[RResistance]

@NewWorldSlaughter048 7 billion people in the world, there's bound to be some assholes.

[fkb123123]

1 misclick..

[ShadowBoxin93]

how is there 1 dislike?

[iLauGHaTbaDTHinGs]

and this is one of the best examples why RA is the real king of rap

[SheddHeadz]

fcking love ra

[SmokiSounds]

True wisdom from Sgt. "It wasn't agent orange, it was God that brought them to me that way, for a reason".

[deweycoxable]

haha how dumb are some of u fools. ra's the man and hes oldboys a legend.

[G0LFMADE]

Nice to see his father's stories. And one person disliked this, WTF?

[datazndood]

Was uncommon valor a story told through his fathers eyes, cuz it all makes sense. Deep shit tho!

[kc307]

@datazndood yea.. its his fathers story

[dHARMa187]

This dude died?

[Draxx1134]

@dHARMa187 his dad did.

[WhatsGoodAlexG]

8:37

"Because he's dirty as shit!"

[GTJames1107]

I dunno whether its just freezing in my house or what but when he started Uncommon Valor I got a shiver down my spine...

[ihaveissues3112]

much respect to R.A's father and all of his family.

[KINGABYSS111]

HOW COME I SEE HIM AND UNCLE HOWIE CHILLIN WIT EACHOTHA?

[Nhilzer]

@KINGABYSS111 Well never bro cause Uncle Howie has passed away :(.

RA, your father seems to be a nice person, would have liked to meet him, he must have so many things to tell, that's probably why you have these rap skills :).

[sweffe96]

Agent orange was some fucked up shit.  :\

[jinunit]

RA's dad seems so humble. =]

[xXx10JaKe11xXx]

ra best rapper ever

[massmedia69]

@ImKingc0n its from renaissance 

[OneManWolfPak]

your father wouldnt have faught in nam if he knew youd be a nigger wannabe

[prose44]

his pops seems like a real guy i see where R.A gets his outlook and personality dude nasty and underrated

[MrCartmansmom]

R.A's verse on Uncommon Valour must be the greatest rap verse of all time

[DemonPiddle]

@MrCartmansmom is the only "source mag" verse of the month that was spit by an unsigned artist. so yea its that good.

[SeePeeee]

What song is he performing at the start?!!?

[TheEOSproductions]

@SeePeeee It's a verse off a Hell Razah album... Just search "Rugged Man Hell Razah", it pops up at the top :D

[funkadelikkullid]

@TheEOSproductions its renaissance 2.0 also on legendary classics vol 1

[funkadelikkullid]

@TheEOSproductions it's renaissance 2.0 on legendary classics vol 1 

[funkadelikkullid]

@TheEOSproductions it's renaissance 2.0 on legendary classics vol 1

[TheRevolutionaryvoic]

it seems that R.A's dad looks positive and seems positive very humble indeed

[IamKooby]

when's "god take, god give" coming?

[sickofallofu]

An amazing man who gave birth to a true hip hop legend

[xflamindeathx]

R.A come to Port Jeff,Long Island!!!!

[JGatz83]

Wow I really like how his pops think. What a nobel and humble man.

[ArmyOfThePharaohz]

i named my ps3 name after ras dads hes the fuckin man.

[DEEWHITERAPPER]

RIP STAFF SGT. THORBURN

[mccabeea]

I am sorry that I left the watermark over the whole video, especially when the father is talking about his children. Rookie mistake but I have learned a lot.

Thanks,

-the person who made this.

[wordailay]

R.I.P.

[aAndersz]

which song is playing at 7.27?

[puremikeg943]

@aAndersz The song is called "Stanley Kubrick"

[aAndersz]

@puremikeg943 thanks bro

[yebomata]

The greatest rapper alive!

[krazyindian187]

His dad looks just like him

[9alex]

RIP 

[zemerrs]

simply the best=)

[udubfatnuts]

RIP wish my pops could come close to this

[jacobcrofts]

Word play, flow and timing= RA smashes it!

[opninaninanajninanaj]

when he began to show the tattoos I fell in tears...so bad:S...

respect...R.A. the Rugged Man the sickest rapper there is...

[MatterMadeMusic]

R.I.P. Staff Sgt. John A. Thorburn he raised one of the best and his story inspired one of the illest verses of all time.

[RakimAllah777]

what happened to him?

[brakerbrak]

That first verse he spit is ABSOLUTE MURDER!

[JoZuko]

He jiggles his head as he spits ahaha it's funny.

[DaAlphaOmega]

Wow,so he was rappin about his dad in this song,i wondered why he said its a true story in the begginning and what his source was,thats cool!

[InTheMoodForMuzik91]

R.A. looks like a yeti but he can spit

[0urlasthope]

RIP Sgt

[yofancy]

R.I.P.

[206maze]

R.A RUGGED MAN COME TO SEATTLE

[Ch1ldsplay]

Rest in peace

[alecrubin69]

RA had a real cool dad

[superlyrical1987]

he did a show here in toronto the day after his pops died wasnt there but theres a couple vids of him doin uncomon valor dude could barely keep it together may his dad rest in peace and ra come back to canada!

[opninaninanajninanaj]

@superlyrical1987 do u have some of does vids? damn, those are pure emotions right there...

peace

[realhiphop69]

fuckkk he spits fire one of the illest iv heard

[DaGanjaSamurai]

@realhiphop69

"I thought I was the illest."

-Biggie on RA

[TheRapResurrection]

Amazing

[akacahlm]

best show i've ever seen. @ the independent in SF.

[iziot1]

His dads a hero... you piss him off and he'll knock ya out... he can box!!

Uncommon Valour, what a tune and great tribute to his dad.

[Frikaleotatos]

he died like two weeks ago

[reynaldod7]

he has a point is officially pointless

[mattbane]

RIP True Legend who spawned a beast. Much respect

[hankheavy]

Doesn't matter what anyone says, R.A The Rugged Man, you are the best rapper that ever lived, and no one is ever gonna top you. Your reign of supreme is gonna last a 100 years forward.

[vmanvolk]

RIP Sgt. J. Thorburn prayers and respect for poppa RA !!!!

[BloodPigggy]

u gay

[heHASaPOINT]

You're sexy.

[BloodPigggy]

gimme yo DICK

[heHASaPOINT]

brb, pissing in an oceon of piss.

[hotpinkpumps]

Pop Rugged was and will always be the "Real Deal" A true real hero to all. We lost an Angel of a man but Heaven gained another. Even at his funeral he went out in style, 21 Guns, helicopters, motorcycles The original O.G.

[SidKid321]

@hotpinkpumps nicely said

[pigbenis201]

@hotpinkpumps Truer words can't be spoken. If this vid doesn't hit you in some way, no matter who you are...your humanity is lost. Much repsect to father and son. One of the greatest stories told through lyrics of all time.

[bropey]

@hotpinkpumps haha true shit man, not to mention he has one of the best songs of all time written after him, best of all, by his son.

[threelias]

: (

[RUSSTRADAMUS]

(R.I.P)

r.a the rugged man

dad - max - sisters kid

r.a the rugged man

will c u when he gets thier

which is no time soon cuz

I & we need this real hip hop

Im sorry im selfish

[754Sean]

uncommon valor must be one of the best rap songs ever been done

[biggreg77]

Staff Sgt. Thorburn, John A.

21 gun salute

R.I.P.

[wantedones]

R.I.P. Pappa Rugged!

[frediablo]

R.I.P Staff Sgt. Thorburn, John A (R.A's Father)

[IndivisiblePrinciple]

no wonder RA is so fuckin dope. his pops is the shit.

...and what the fuck, RA dont smoke or drink? could of fooled me, shit...

[DrLapy90210]

i know nikki lee the last name on his arm she goes to my school

[88antonela]

best of all time

[NewWorldSlaughter048]

just so you know, the first song is not uncommon valor, it is the song on the Hell Razah album featuring tragedy.

[ecpruthless]

you are correct, but the song at 2:47 is called uncommon valor. Which is what the question was.

No offense but think before you try and correct someone.

[NewWorldSlaughter048]

@ecpruthless i was answering the question as to what the first song was, not the one at 2:47. But even if i was, I am some idiot on the internet, screw what i think.

[ecpruthless]

@NewWorldSlaughter048

My bad....heat of the moment. 

[thesoundsofJAGX]

what's that first song he's rapping?

[ganjalovers]

Renasence

[YreneY]

song at 02:47?

[ecpruthless]

only the single best verse ever in any rap song ever....you need to learn yourself son...

Jedi Mind Tricks - Uncommon Valor ft. RA the Rugged Man

[jacobcrofts]

FLOW, IS HENCH!!!!!!

[threelias]

rescue me alive,i see my whole life, back in the arms of my mother, i see Christ i see bright lights israelites muslims and christians at peace no fights, black whites asians, people of all types, i escaped the war came back . couldnt escape AGENT ORANGE , two of my kids born handicapped. i survived arrived glad to be alive cuz i cant spit the rest i cried. i realized then if god takes GOD GIVES. 1 time. peace

[threelias]

Victor Charlie, hit trigger hit it IM IN IT TO WIN IT GET IT, till the I SEE THE PILOT GOT HIT AND WE ABOUT TO HIT SOME TREES ,the rotator broke we crash land, Cambodia, American men right in the enemies hand. Take a swig of that whiskey to calm us, dem yellow man wearing black pajamas they want to harm us BANG BANG bullet hits my chest felt no pain, to my left the captain caught a bullit right through the brain, i must have died than i woke up surprised im a live in the hopsital bed

[PortugalTheAccount]

you forgot like a whole 20 lines lmao.

[CptBubblez]

Rip to your children ,RA is the shit.

[nptstanjones11]

song is stanley kubrcik @ howudoin820

[howudoin820]

wats the song at 7:28 ?

[THEBURNZINATOR]

its parents just dont understand by the fresh prince

[incontrol11]

I really felt that song uncommon valor,first song that I heard of R.A.

[coughsyrupyum]

Wow, what an interview! RA rocks! And so does his pops, God bless our troops!

[trigger575707]

rugged is SOOOOO sik

[StOnEz6one7]

whats agent orange ?

[AndyRulzzzz]

Agent Orange is the code name for a herbicide and defoliant used by the U.S. military in its Herbicidal Warfare program during the Vietnam War. More than 21,000,000 US gallons (79,000,000 L) of Agent Orange were sprayed across South Vietnam.

[CptBubblez]

criminal!!!stolen from wiki.....=3 but thats why it's there right?

[AndyRulzzzz]

google does wonders

[PortugalTheAccount]

it was a herbicide that stripped the leaves off all the plants so that we (the US tropps) could see Charlie hiding in the jungles.

It was very very potent and fucked you to shit if you got any on you. My uncles whole left arm is the color of paper because of an exposure to Agent Orange.

[ScoobySport91]

@StOnEz6one7 chemical

[dawgyo]

song at 6:14?

[BigL721]

Lessons

sick track!

[Clearlywarlike]

lessons is the name of the song

[egoodrich2]

song is lessons i believe

[MrDvddrive]

r.a=the real godfather of hiphop realtalk

[GodsWingz]

420fmx- You're a fucking idiot. Staff Sgt. Thorburn was a Green Beret in the army and a decorated Helicopter gunner in the 101st Airborne Division of the airforce. Google JOHN A. THORBURN and read about the many awards and medals he has received. Why talk shit about things you have no idea about?

[GSKonCrack]

...... 2 words

Agent Orange

now GTFO!

[IMILLMATIC]

holy fuck that freestyle!!!!!!!

[threelias]

fucking no one will come up with a realer verse than Uncommon Valor , the stoupe beat, with Vinnie pre flow and Rugged Man coming in and spitting a bi op on his father... amazing, had his flow memorized for 2 years now on that joint. no rapper, black or white, can spit a more genius , heartfelt and memorable flow than RA ... ever. I SEE ISRAELITES MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS AT PEACE NO FIGHTS BLACK WHITES ASIANS PEOPLE OF ALL TYPES.... fucking cant wait for God Take God Give the movie.

[steve0mac]

paz sucked balls on that track but RA had one of the best flows I've ever heard.