R.A. The Rugged Man on Eminem and Obama 

hes older than technique and has been in the game longer lmao

@@magnumopus3518 That has nothing to do with what he said.

@2423 6585 You just call Immortal stupid? Jesus christ, thats funny

For real😂😂😂

🤣💯🙌🏽

How he looks at hip hop as a sport?? Real hip hop heads know the roots and understand the fact that when it comes to battling, 16 for 16 or diss track it has nothing to do with fighting it cones down to skills. Showing ur craft with metaphors, punchlines, delivery, flow, etc...... The rugged man wasnt viewing it as a sport he was talking about how the culture is....the rugged man been around oldschool legends

when u get bigger in your career you would want to try out new things to implement cus at the end of the day youre making music only corny rappers like these stick to only focusing on bars. thats why theyre not as big as lil wayne drake kanye cus theyre stuck in a small fucking box

@@sonnyvernis8675 outside of any form of MMA n boxing, all sports need skill to truly win...

So true lol, perfect.

Yeah RA would def give him a run. It would be a epic song. Are you from Philly?

Jenny Mac Yup, where you from?

philly nation I'm from Philly too. From Kensington but in the NE now. How about you?

philly nation Omg I order from Rising Sun Pizza all the time. I'm up a lil though in Fox Chase

Jenny Mac What's your name?

Paulie Tonoro best verse of the decade.

Its amazing

That was what he was saying, he said he would do a song with him cause he thinks he would sound better on the song and em would think the same. Not talking about against

And immortal technique revives it all for Rakim to lead once again 😂

nah, Eminem is too wack for that...He don't even hang with a lot of underground MCs

@@CAPS0L stop hating he's not wack you know it

​@@debojyotisarkar8256 EMINEM is wack AS FUCK and real Hip Hop heads who don't have EARBOLA know it!!!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FbYQAW-3x5c.html

Brian dead haters here lol

@@debojyotisarkar8256 brain dead? The IRONY here is comical.....

From my understanding, he didn't mean to use record sales as an argument, but tried to show, that it makes no sense to use this argument. This is exactly why he names so many examples, where it doesn't fit. I would even state, that sales are never a good argument, because there is something like a "pop component" or "mainstream component", that influences sales even in a non-mainstream or non-pop genre (this is basically the idea of an own mainstream in every genre).

@@zyx1236 exactly

They don't get it. Plain and simple. Their base emotion to side with one they like and hate the other they don't takes over, without realizing they can like both for different reasons.

Couldnt have said it better myself.

***** exactly my thoughts

+nick broombaugh It's the nature of every fandom. It's okay to think Eminem is the best, that doesn't make you racist or not a fan of "real" hip hop, and it's also okay not to think he's the best...it doesn't make you a hater or ignorant. It's all just opinion. Even if you think either Eminem or RA isn't all that good, that's fine too. I think Nas is technically skilled but I find him dull. That's just my taste. A lot of people think he's a living legend, and I respect that. I think Treach, one of Nas' contemporaries, is way better -- more passionate, more interesting -- but again that's just my opinion.

Himaryous what about AZ? I agree about Nas. He's had a few hits, too preachy for me though.

Should listen to a Vietnam Story: Uncommon Valor by R.A, his first verse in that song just completely MURDERS anything Em has ever came up with. R.A spit fire and I'd like to see Em come up with lyrics like that or even a multi-syllable rhyme scheme.

Jonathan Bonilla Yeah, I heard that verse years ago, it's a track with Jedi Mind Tricks. It's also the first verse that I think of when it comes to R.A. The Rugged Man, it was a very, very good verse, it's amazing. Still, it doesn't change the fact that I prefer Eminem's voice, delivery, and overall charisma more. If you prefer R.A. more, then good for you, what do you want me to say? If you think that murders anything Eminem has done, that's cool too. R.A. pretty much wrote that Uncommon Valor track because of his dad's experience in Vietnam. It was a great verse that told a deep and violent story accompanied by great rhyme schemes. Eminem is mostly known for rhyme schemes, I mean, look at the song 3 A.M. it's an incredible display of multi-syllable rhymes that is not just carried out through just one verse, but it carries through a whole song. If you don't like it, then you don't like it, I'm not going to try to change your mind.

***** Eminem is probably the greatest pure rhymer of all-time in my opinion, and it's not just the 3 A.M., which did come off a decent album, though his first two major releases are his best work. But yeah, Rakim is pretty much the pioneer of advanced rhyming, and then of course Kool G Rap, and definitely Big Pun, and I also like to add Big L to that group, and even Slick Rick had his impressive rhyming moments.

***** Well, I was being generous when I said "decent". It's okay if you're a huge Eminem fan, but overall, yeah, it's not very good. I think the Eminem Show was the last very good album he's made. I though Recovery had some flashes, but mostly eh, and I thought Marshall Mathers LP 2 had some very good moments, but once again, inconsistent. I enjoyed Rugged Man's Legends album, it's a very good Hip Hop album, bouncy boom bap beats, and he spits a lot of rhymes, but that's really about it, the album is a very good head nodder. Like I stated on an earlier comment, I'm not too big on Rugged Man's voice, or his charisma, he's a very good rhymer, but he doesn't really tell interesting or detailed stories or says anything thought provoking or has very clever lines, though he does have his moments as well. I just feel songs like Stan, and especially Lose Yourself tell a story without sacrificing rhyming ability, he pretty much rhymes almost every word on a bar sometimes while still telling and moving a story along. It's just opinion.

***** Yes, I mentioned Uncommon Valor in my earlier comments. And yeah, Eminem is not as good as he used to be, but he is still better than a lot of mainstream artists. And yeah, some have said that Eminem is overrated because of Dr. Dre, and yeah, they might have a point, but I heard of Eminem way before Dr. Dre, and even remember the Unsigned Hype article about Eminem on the Source, way before Dr. Dre, and before the internet was the norm. But of course, Dr. Dre gets people a bigger audience, he did it for Snoop, Eminem, and now Kendrick Lamar. Again, Rugged has a dirty and raw style, but Eminem just has a better and unique voice, bouncier flow, and just more pleasing to my ears. Eminem's Infinite album is one of the more impressive displays of rhyming I've heard.

So true EMINEM IS extremely overrated EMINEM sold a lot because he is pop rap and sad to mention it melle mel is right it is because EMINEM is white also EMINEM is just a mediocre rapper the only people who say EMINEM is goat are the one that hate rap and hip hop Stan be like I like eminem but I hate hip hop and rap 😂😂😂😂

Bullshit, Em is just better and I love underground artist, RA might even be the best underground artist of all time but no hes not in Em's universe as an Emcee. Em has much better wordplay, muli syllable rhyme schemes, better flow, and better delivery. You obviously haven't listened to all his discography. Em is in the big leagues for a reason, you can't just hate him because he was good with marketing himself, he also came from the underground. He just had a way bigger influence and impac than RA, it's not even close. That's like saying a street basketball player with all time skills was better than Jordan even though he never played professionally. RA has never been on Em's level, I love his competitiveness because that's what it's about and he's one of favorite underground rappers of all time but he isn't just a better lyricist because you prefer underground music to mainstream. Em is more talented, hes the superior artist

+Professor Koi Yeah, Em really started to pander to mainstream tastes with "the Eminem Show"-- doing shit like sampling Aerosmith's "Dream On". But his first two LPs (not counting 96's "Inifinite") were absolutely brilliant.

Nope never,but ok ur opinion :)

@@aleksastamenkovic5526 who is in your opinion, normie?

@@lyrics2challenged Honestly i dont know.I can teel you my personal favourite which is Nas.No one can say who is the best,but in my opinion Nas is better than Em.

that's fair. My #1 is Rakim. Honestly, I feel my top 5 can be rotated around at any time. Ra/G/Pun/AZ+3K. These are my top 5. People act like it's a sin if Pac, Nas, Big, or Em ain't in your top 5 or 10. Who do you have as 2-5 in your opinion?

@@aleksastamenkovic5526 ^ read that. It wouldn't let me tag you.

Fucking truth has been spoken

Slug is corny

I'm cool with that. He's currently my favorite rapper.

Everyone always sleeps on Em's later work. Yeah, it may not have the "soul" that SSLP, MMLP, and TES had, but lyrically and technically Eminem has only gotten better. I think MMLP2, Revival, and Kamikaze in terms of Em's technically ability and overall "woah, holy shit this guy is insanely good!" factor are some of the best he's ever done.

If Em was undeground hed get slaughtered more. the only reason hes so famous is becoz he got big and had skill unlike everyone else who got big. why is everyone backwards Ems lyrics are nice but nothing deep or extremely clever. hes simply no minaj.

@@frshgeebz The reason Em is famous now is because he was underground, slaughtered enough competitors to work his way up and place second at the '97 Rap Olympics, and got noticed by Dr. Dre because of it. Yes, He got big because he had skills unlike anyone else at the time, what with his lyrical content and delivery. "...nothing deep or clever." I don't think you've listened to as much Eminem as you think you have if you say that. Go listen to the two albums he's released in the last two years. If you can't find anything deep or clever on either, then I don't know what to tell you. The wordplay alone is insane on both Revival and Kamikaze, not to mention the metaphors and double, triple, or quadruple/quintuple entendres.

You missed his point he wasnt comparing drake to big l. He said if you say a rapper is better than another because of record sales that'd be like saying drake is a better rapper than big l. Meaning he's saying big l is leagues better than drake. Drake just has more album sales. That's what he was basing all those comparisons on.

He was literally saying all these trash rappers ain't shit compared the the others he put them next to they just have more album sales

Chris P. Bacon nah RA always been into the more underground music so it don't shock me he wouldn't mention eminem, its not an attack tho

Chris P. Bacon every rapper other than em? if any hip hop head names one hundred artists, and one of them isn't eminem then he must be hating right? don't get me wrong i think eminem is great. but there is so much underrated stuff out there!

RA has always been bitter and jealous of Em's success, he feels he shouldve been that level. He feels he got blackballed from the industry. I like RA but Em is just the superior emcee and it's not even close

eminem wasnt king of the underground..he was nice but he was just another nice dude in an insanely talent rich scene if ur lookin outside detroit at the whole rawkus squad eastern conference,def jux ,mos,talib,non phixion,thirstin howell..i could go on and on u cant just pretend like noone had his level of talent or that he was killin the underground...juice washed him..twice.he aint invincible and r.a. is as nice as anyone on earth..he had a bigger name in the grand scheme of things until em hooked up with dre..until then em wasnt the king of the underground..he was a talented underground dude.nothing more

eminem was capable of getting destroyed by juice at scribble, and then going on to make a movie about winning a rap battle. I like to call the movie the eyedea story.

*Em wasnt no king of the underground he got his ass whooped by juice lol*

MUGZ MON3Y I highly doubt that! 😂

No, not even close and I think RA might be the best underground rapper of all time but hes no Eminem. Hes just salty and bitter that Em was the white rapper to blow up and not him

True true

you can't deny that they both kill it

RA is a better rapper, but EM makes better songs.

You're high dude.. Yeah R.A. is super intelligent and talented and is for sure one of the best. But he is not "better" than Eminem. Eminem has the whole package, flow, wordplay, lyrics, presentation. Which makes Em the better Mc

RA is a better rapper. Eminem is a better artist.

90% of eminems disses are garbage

Erich Reiter tell that to 50, Crook, Rakim, Tech, Hop, Jarren Benton, Murda Mook, Sway, Nas, Game, Jay, Biggie, Royce, Joell, Joey Budden, Earl, Everyone in Horseshoe Gang, Krizz, Brotha Lynch Hung, Rza, Obie, Sticky Fingaz, D12, Kendrick, DMX, X, Dre, Cole, Havoc and Prodigy, Pharoahe Monch, Doom, Snoop, G-unit(especially Banks), and Mos Def

+Jordan Stormcloak Don't go by quantity, it's about facts and not who thinks what.

***** Every rapper I mentioned is a straight legend

+Erich Reiter eminems disses are garbage? Boy wtf is wrong with you haha

Armando Aadoui i would bet half your house and all of the air between your ears

Ben Dover HAH!!!

***** You're a fanboy of RA. Hypocrite?

MrGladBEASTftw *cries*

Thats cause u dont know shit about hip hop

nah

+dilldshs haha people like you are exactly what hes talking about in this video. what a fucking joke

+Carter Haye LOL

are you shitting me?

lmao. you heard a lot? from who, Cash Money gtfoh. I LOVE Eminem. And I ain't gonna say he better than Pun, Redman, Meth, Chef, Ghost, GZA, Nas, Tech 9, MF Doom, Phaoroh Monch, Immortal Technique or even RA. I think you need to listen more.

He just dropped one if the best albums in the past 20+ years.

@@lyrics2challenged the record is fire !! One of the baddest MCs ever

Lyra San That's an opinion, nothing wrong with it but it's still your opinion.

Lyra San you obviously don't know hip hop. I could list 10 mc's who would destroy em. he is dope no doubt but he has nothing you can hold a candle to compared to r.a

Lyra San mulits aren't based on opinions. You can use math to see who uses more multis. there is a ton of mc's more technically dope.

well i prefer to listen to legends and new stars like rakim nas jay z ice t ice cube big daddy kane logic kanye etc than fans like myself or you. becuz we are just fans not rappers

There is no such thing as "the best rapper". It's all subjective. All opinion based.

RA knows just as much hip hop as those guys.

I love Rakim, and I think Eminem is dope, but if he was black, I honestly believe he wouldn't get half the hype or promotion he does.

^ How is that related to skills on the mic or talent?

It's not. Eminem is a dope MC. But if he was black, I think he'd be talked about in the same vein as a Rass Kass, Canibus, or Planet Asia. He'd have huge respect within the hip hop community but I don't think he'd have the massive pop culture appeal he does.

Em is insane but I think RA is a little better, in my opinion if Eminem was black he would be less famous.

Honest and in denial, hardly humble! He's always been bitter and jealous of Em's success because he feels like he got blackballed from the industry and thinks he shouldve been the white rapper that blew. Em is superior in all aspects as an Emcee