R.A. The Rugged Man - Gotta Be Dope (feat. A-F-R-O and DJ Jazzy Jeff) (Official Music Video)
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2020
- “All My Heroes Are Dead” available now: naturesoundsmusic.com/amhad/
R.A. The Rugged Man presents the official music video for "Gotta Be Dope", the latest single off his new album “All My Heroes Are Dead”. Now available worldwide, the album features appearances by Chuck D of Public Enemy, Ghostface Killah, Slug of Atmosphere, Immortal Technique, Ice-T, Brand Nubian, Vinnie Paz, Inspectah Deck, M.O.P., Kool G Rap, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Chris Rivers, Onyx, Chino XL, Masta Killa, and more.
Gotta Be Dope (feat. A-F-R-O and DJ Jazzy Jeff)
Produced by C-Lance and MTK
Scratches by DJ Jazzy Jeff
Additional vocals: Shannon ‘The Cannon’ Briggs
Recorded and mixed by Chris Conway at No Mystery Studio
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
Video Directed, Filmed, Edited, Colored by the Jokerr
/ thejokerrslegacy
Special effects by @LapzeFx
Additional performance shots by EnkryptLA and colored by Susi Dollnig
Special thanks to The Hip-Hop Collector, Jonas Govaerts, Glenn Verdickt 
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Yessir!!!!
A-F-R-O FROOOOO
now it's your turn bro!
God's work
Fool this shits fire as fuck, bumps louder then the riot outside
Why does it sound like Shady bit Rugged Mans bars n flow ???
Seriously RA outdid himself on this whole album. Just the features tells the story of who he really is in hip hop. Legendary status for my man.
hardcore boom bap 100% agree. I love this album. I almost thought I was too old to feel this way about a new record.
Word
Yeah man couldn't agree more. Love to see how much he's taken A-F-R-O in under his wing too
I think this album is one of his best albums he ever put out
It's been dope.
Busta Rhymes: "These dudes are spitting" 🔥😆👌🏾💯
When did he said that?
@@MultiDashing123
He didn't actually say it. I was paraphrasing Busta Rhymes as a joke. Since they were using Busta's fast spitting lyrical delivery and flow on this song.
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@Qunicy Holman
How can they make look Busta Rhymes look busted, if they're using his flow? Ridiculous. 😂
You do realize that fast rapping is a style not attributed to one person. Not all of Busta's shit even sounds fast. It is a style, but not exclusive to Busta
RA went from Basically being blacklisted from music studios to being the king of the underground. The man is too good to ignore
Dude just popped up on my Pandora. I was like what the fuck--who the fuck is this mans dude. 99% of the time you hear fast verses, it's just filler nonsense. This was like....entirely decent. He's saying shit. I love it.
@@davidf2244 Did you check Uncommon Valor yet? :P
@@davidf2244 he's been top 5 for me for nearly 20 years. I love almost everything he's done!
@@slimpickens842 Even his "Crustified Dibbs" era was great :P He did song with Biggie ("Cunt Renaissance") that purposfuly had no chance being on the radio just to spite the label for not letting him release Akinyele joint on his album :P
The song was great, when I hear young R.A. I imagine his chorus from that song
*I RIP YOUR CUNT UP WITH SPOONS* ! Hahaha xD What a maniac in the most positive sense :P
R.A. is my no 1 english spitting rapper. I'm from Poland, and the grammar structure in polish is so different from english than it's hard to compare the rappers from those countries.
For example german language is similar to english (cause they have similar roots, in fact english is germanic language), so the word play can be compared if one speaks both languages. Polish is slavic language and if I knew czech or slovakian it would have been similar thing. I think some languages are more difficult to write than others, and polish is harder than english, mainly because of the lenght of avarage polish sentence, which provides harder challenge when you try to be wordsmith.
I just discovered him he’s incredible
I never lose faith in Hip Hop's future every time I listen to AFRO
And don’t forget who found him aka R.a. bro
I support this comment! Facts.
I love when young dudes have booming deep voices hilarious. Afro should do a song with Chuck D.
@@etotheipi42 throw Mr Mef in there, too :O
Can’t touch is flow , bars etc.. to much fire! But in my opinion it stop there...without Ra thaïs Guy is nothing..to shy no real persona ...a sheap with a gift from God...Master MC that’s it
I feel an A-F-R-O / Rugged Man album needs to happen. I would love Czarface vs. Ruggedfro.
*adds signature to petition*
CZARAFRO ALBUM. NOW.
Would be unreal
This need to be a thing yo
HELL YESSS
RIP Gift of Gab... there will never be another. Pulling Jazzy out was sick. I think you guys could do another trio piece with Blabbermouf, keep the roll rolling. These Collabs AFRO and R.A. are doing are definitely what everyone needs.
"The lyrical attack in the Attica prison, Genetics, eugenics, a Gattaca vision"....that was a whole of metaphor lot in one line there brother.
This album is the definition of "masterpiece". Take notes.
Absolutely. Well said. Imagine if he hadnt been blackballed for min 10 years
I haven't bought a CD since high school, but, I bought this one... everyone put their heart and souls into this...
@@SportzThotz he was blackballed? I never heard him mention it before.....(/s)
Being black balled by the industry is the greatest accomplishment an artist can achieve. It means you didn’t sell your soul or want to practice to deceive. 👓
Chuuuhch
Don't mean to ruin your comment but you know why he actually got blacklisted right?
Jasper Paape why?
@@amonmoseley5663 sexual harrassment charges
Bars!
The disrespect of RA only having this amount of subs… you ask any rapper alive and they’ll tell you how good RA really is..
criminally underrated. the whole album is a staple of modern hiphop. ra is the perfect synthesis and the embodiment of what hip hop should have become if there would be no instagram and tiktok...
THIS SONG IS SO HARD. A CLASSIC ALBUM. RA PAYING HOMAGE TO HIPHOP.
Nobody is getting close to this level. The layers on this album are incredible
Check K.A.A.N
@@xKing-ky1pn
R.A. The Rugged Man, Afro and KAAN on a track would be amazing..
@@heythere6804 ye
I get through busy of the album once a day at least. Did the same with legends never die. He's just incredible. This album has been a treat.
@@thisislargemouth5566 newly found RA fan and I am so disappointed in myself I never checked out his music. To be fair im in my 20s so he wasn't that known to me growing up but man he's incredible
Jazzy Jeff still probably my favorite hip-hop DJ of all time. People who haven’t listened to him assume he must still be stuck in the 80s on the Fresh Prince sound, but he’s a music historian on the level of somebody like Questlove & it shows.
You should check out DJ Smoove, I estimate his record collection to be worth up to £100,000.
"The Northern Coal Experience" search that up.
I will link you one, one sec.
No.
ruclips.net/video/rnyN2AKsER0/видео.html&pp=ygUcdGhlIG5vcnRoZXJuIGNvYWwgZXhwZXJpZW5jZQ%3D%3D
You hear rappers on social media but, this is not just rap....this is hip hop.
Who's excited to see this after hearing A-F-R-O talk about it on his live stream?
@robinhood123454140 yeah I heard A-F-R-O say that the video was going to be released this week. Also mentioned that his album should be out this year which I'm sure will be incredible
So glad A-F-R-O entered the definition of a rap flow contest and you discovered him and introduced him to a bunch of legends. Fucking love this song.
I remember messaging RA on FB about fro deserving the win
I entered that competition. I still have my track on my SoundCloud. I got mad plays. Afro deserved to win.
Y'all give me faith that Hip Hop will never die.
The verses on this track are incredible! That fast rap by RA on the second verse is just absolutely insane! And this AFRO guy? He is incredible I wanna listen to his album ASAP
Yeah check out more of his stuff
ruclips.net/video/myGj5LWTieQ/видео.html
The way that fro plays with syllables is just insane . The kid just keeps getting better. The support he gets from R.A. just shows how much R.A. understands how special he is
Especially knowing how RA was pulled in as a teenager just like afro, he's really spread the love
He has a great voice too, sounds like Chali2na a bit, even in some of his flows
RA is a legend who never fails to deliver. He'll always be on my GOAT List! Shoutout to A-F-R-O, too!
Me too man word up 100%
Equally brilliant and in a class of his own. Freal
Agree... according to me, these two are far above a at least half of the rappers,which are considered as "OG legends"
Certified legend
All these people talking like he's on the goat list, gimme your top 5 or top 10. Of course it's subjective and he's dope AF but I don't got him quite that high.
Everybody talking about the bars, and for good reason, but it's got to be said that the beat and Jazz's cuts are fucking fire as well. 10/10 track, a real banger.
fr I can't help but sing along to the "got-g-g-g-g--gotta be dope" sample
A-F-R-O and Rugged is so dope.
Best track on the album IMO. To little emphasis on the DJ-skills in hip hop today. That whole album is BANGIN but I got some extra love for the collab w Jazzy Jeff n Afro and Dragon Fire with the only gods I’ll ever recognize - the WU.
A couple years ago, I went to a Ghostface Killah and Killah Priest concert, killah was especially a nice guy, he was excited for the show, for the funs, he had fun. Ghostface on the other hand (I was a big fan of him) was basically a Dickhead worried about money instead of doing a good show. They said they were gonna sell some tees after the show, everyone left before they came out, when ghost came out and saw there was no one, only me and my gf, he got really mad and just fucked off, didn't even give a chance for 2 fans that were waiting in the cold for 2 h to take a photo. Since then, I lost all respect for Ghostface killah. Killah Priest is the man though.
And the with Atmosphere and G Rap on Dragon Fire plus the track with Chuck D
All that and a cameo by Robert Davi...100% Excellent!!!
Thought that was Lloyd Kaufman.
Would've been a perfect scene with their d.i.y. costumes.
@@dvilbooking5920 Haha...kinda looks like him, too tall tho.
That third step up in speed from R.A. made me loudly exclaim to myself. That shit is fucking insane and AFRO just keeps getting better and better!
A-F-R-O and R.A. are fucking RELENTLESS on this. Every second of their 1st verses they're just spitting rhyme after rhyme like it's easy. Definetely one of the most impressive songs when it comes to speed rap.
A-F-R-O hitting us with the Sean Price line brought a big smile to my face! Loving R.A’s new album and the music videos are incredible
Listen to this Album over and over again , Angelic Boy hits hard though.
Ladies and Gentlemen, HIP HOP IS BACK!
This entire album was/is 2020's best album the features, 90's nostalgia and social commentary blow my mind everytime
This album is a masterpiece!!! Hands down, fkn killed it!!! This tracks one of my favs... AFRO and RA just mash lyrics!!
these guys like to get together and make costumes out of cardboard. hell yes.
Lol they did it for the Gift of Gab video too
But did they blow up Nick Cannon in that video?
This is hip hop, lyrical aggressiveness on the mic, complemented by a legendary DJ ripping the grooves off the record and a dope beat; youngsters, take note!!!!
Nice to see my man JOKERR finally get some props, he deserves it.
Who else has already bumped this nuff times but needed to peep the video? Loving it. All Flows Reach Out!
RA def one of the hardest lyrical-beasts in the underground!
JESUS PURE LYRICAL SKILL
This album will live on... longer than any of us....
legends never die
Legends will never die, but, all my heroes are dead..
@@ericblust5923 Eric power!!! Good luck with the ride
Awww Yeah. One of the Hypest joints on the album. Love this track.
Fro playing the game wit cheat codes fr
These 2 playing with an action replay
Hit that turbo button
Is that like a round about DOOM bite?
Infinite Breath mode activated.
A-F-R-O Please. Don't stop now. I can say you are one of the best ever. You are one of a kind. Me and my brother and some friends helped push Hip Hop on the South coast of Puerto Rico in late 80s and early 90s by mostly Break dancing. You and RA have everything we looked back then when choosing which songs we were using in a given show. Voice, Skill, Substance, Style.... I think you got the message. RA, we need an AFRO album and more from You. Simply AMAZING... Hip Hop is still ALIVE
Knowing RA's origins it makes seeing him and afro together that much cooler. The king and Prince of the underground
R.A. will always be true to the art, he always emphasizes the importance of keepin shit real and this track alone speaks volumes
One of the dopest joints I've heard in a while. R.A is slept on.
R.A is in my top 10 dead or alive.
I remember back when A-F-R-O won that contest...man, this kid adapted so well! Wonder if he ever thought he'd be leaps ahead of cats in the game who have been trying to capture following even on a local level. Congrats bro!
i remember that. Jarv was a pretty close second in my opinion.
@@sirmarksalot100 jarv is fire
I know I'm two years late but I'm very curious, what contest are you talking about? This backstory sounds crazy.
@@jterror420 its been a long time but i believe RA The Rugged Man posted a beat and there was contest on who can rap the best over it and AFRO smashed that shit.
This Kid is only into music pure hard and soul in his craft + highly underrated and unappreciated
nice to see RA and A-F-R-O back at it ;)
This will be on repeat for the rest of this year for me. Afro and RA need to do a full album together! Shout out Dj Jazzy Jeff, killed it! #realhiphop
Will Smith doing a track with Joyner Lukas and Jazzy Jeff with RA and Afro. What kind of sorcery is this?!
Fuck will Smith 🖕😂
@@christophertanner7757 what the fuck is wrong with you
@@nilanavesa will smith and big bang hank plagiarized grandmaster caz and sold sold out hip hop to big labels. so yeah fuck will smith
@@theo7491 Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit.
Plus DJ Jazzy Jeff on the SCRATCH. WOW
A.F.R.O gives me hope for hip hop! RA passing the torch!
R.A you out did your self with this album!! You have always been to n my top 5 list but damn.... after this masterpiece you have finally came into a hole new realm. You are undeniably untouchable. Took the top spot with force and paid tribute to my all time number one in the process R.I.P Sean P!!! Thank you for this album I preordered this joint months ago and it didn’t disappoint every song is a boom bap banger. Just what I needed in my life right now non stop play over and over again since the album dropped. All my heroes are dead is all that gets to played at work, at home, and in the whip. Once again thank you legend
Straight paying homage to hip Hop. Unbelievable flows, unbelievable features, unbelievable lyrics. Thanks for bringing the boom bap back!!!!!!!
Prosecutor: "So Afro, how dope are you?"
Afro: Spits verse
Court stenographer: "I quit."
That boom bip , fu schnick line was sick!
One of my favorite tracks on a very dope album. R.A. killed it on this track!
R.A. has the album of year so far. A classic album. So many great songs. Keep up the great work R.A.
Forget so far, it will be album of the year. Only Run The Jewels 4 will have a slight chance of topping it.
R.A verse on this Blows rap God out the water
Holy moly A-F-R-O. That hurt my tiny brain.
Five Mic album hands down!!
A-F-R-O is on track to be the G-O-A-T
Real hip hop still exists..deep underground. So glad I got to see these guys live
This my neighbors' favorite track whether they like it or not, full blast speakers is mandatory for this track blended into "Legendary Loser"! Awesome video too. Big ups, RA and AFRO & Jazzy Jeff, your new album is MUCH APPRECIATED! PEACE EVERYBODY!
One of the best hip hop songs in this year
So excited about this. I appreciate RA’s video making skills as an artist almost as much as I do his skill on the mic. When I recommend RA to new people I always pick music video tracks.
Should check out The Jokerr
The Jokerr is usually in charge of doing his best videos, and what a team they make!
I like the Jokerr ones but my favorites are Sam Peckinpah and the one he did with Freshly Squeezed the The Greatest with Marcella Puppini.
@@etotheipi42 Wait, you really show Sam Peckinpah to people you like to introduce them to RA? Every single person I showed that clip ran as fast as they could out of my life.
Fuck Jokerr compared to RA and Afro. These dudes smash that joke. Not even on the same level
this is top-tier and AOTY, hands-down, props to A-F-R-O
Oh I finally get it, we not supposed to compare these 2 as they just bodied the industry in 2minutes
This reminds me of early beastie boys music videos and i freaking love it!
Intergalactic
@@isthatyoumax8397 which is late beasties :)
Big up from France, its my favorite track. I played this shit in my radio show in Caen, Normandy. Peace
Gotta be gotta be gotta gotta be dope dope dope dope dope dope dope
Passe du kaan et du locksmith vieux la France à besoin d entendre ces types là aussi
How in the flying fuck did I miss RA in the past 20+ years of me listening to hip-hop, rap and r&b. Afro too! Like damn man!!!! This slaps
"Okay Fro, you got a minute. If you got something to say, say it fast."
The most impressive thing I've ever heard!
Favourite song of the album big fan of afro
Kid is the future.
Gotta be dope 👐
I dont know if another two rappers can touch this duo
This one of the hardest songs on the album 😳🔥 Whole album hard though 💪🏽
How is this not more popular.. Absolute fire
I love how he says F you to the whole mainstream and still keeps it real hip hop and is one of the best ever.
Damn I've been sleeping on em... You know out the gate I'll consume any classic hip hop flavor.
“The pen game of Mark Twain” ♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️
I fuckin felt that
I love that
You can’t hate RA..you can’t mention hip hop and not mention RA..never lost his craft only mastered rap
A-F-R-O just fucking slays everyone in the game on this track
I show this to everyone.. R.a and afro have been my fav rappers for a min now I'm grateful to have this music in my life!!! Thanks guys if u even see this!!!
I gotta say I had high expectations with a title of the track “gotta be dope”. Y’all blew it out the park! Killed it 🔥
Hip hop still lives in every R.A song
These guys are on a superior level of lyricism and precision.
Pure unadulterated hip hop. It doesn't get more pure than this!
Love the reference to fu schnickens. Not enough people know about the origins of real hip hop
Y’all killed this! So good. Great work.
A-f-r-o you need more music man you’re dope and r.a keep getting these door tracks out man you guys are awesome keep it up
dj jazzy jeff still cuttin it up on the turntables
Ok. I'm listening to this for the first time in 2023. Best track in years.🥳🥳🥳🥳
As of today it is 23-2-2024, and your comment was 12 days ago. That would mean you were watching in 2024.
No the first time i saw the Video was in 2023. I do the comment after i watch this 100 Times. And i watch it since then every Day. Afrobis the best and also the rugged man. And Jazzy Jeff Show also his best skills in my opinon.
Hell yeah!!!
DJ JAZZY JEFF ON THE CUT YO
I was doubtin' until the "breath"....... These boys are choppers!
Daaaaamn!!!! Flow is sick They killed it
Those cuts by Jazzy Jeff though! The art of scratching is truly one of a kind; beautiful!
I don't know which one I like more - the song or how much fun these two are having.
Crazy shish