Die, Rugged Man, Die is an East Coast rap album by rapper R.A. the Rugged Man

R.A. The Rugged Man

R. A. Thorburn, better known as R.A. the Rugged Man, is an emcee from Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.-Career:At 18, R.A. signed with Jive Records and then in the mid-1990s signed with Priority Records/EMI. His contract was later absorbed by Capitol Records but he began recording...

, released in 2004.

This debut was over a decade in the making. R.A. the Rugged Man recorded his first album, Night of the Bloody Apes, for Jive Records

Jive Records

Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...

 in 1992 and "American Lowlife for Priority Records

Priority Records

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 in 1999. Although it is the Rugged Man's third album Die, Rugged Man, Die became the first album he released commercially. Guest appearances include Masta Killa

Masta Killa

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, Killah Priest

Killah Priest

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 and Timbo King.

Track listing

Personnel

• Ayatollah – producer
• Juhi Baig – stylist
• Big Earth The Midget Face – vocals
• Chris Bittner – engineer
• Calogero – producer
• Phil Cassese – vocals
• Chris Conway – mixing
• Eugine "Mean Gene" Crocket – executive
• Dan the Man – engineer
• Dev One – producer, engineer
• Sumner Dilworth – cover photo
• L. Dionne – vocals
• DJ Luciano – producer, engineer
• DJ U-vex – scratching
• Darryl Jenifer – vocals (background), producer
• Sacha Jenkins – producer
• Jocko – producer
• Marc 'Nigga' Nilez - producer
• Michael Sarsfield – mastering