Aug 18, 2010

PAVI Students Film and Record Famous MC for Twenty Three Productions

AEP Students Tim Watkins and Cody Ouellette filmed and recorded the RA Rugged Man live performance for Twenty Three Productions at the Tonic Nightclub.

Ray Star, Producer for Twenty Three Productions comments, " Both Cody and Tim were punctual, professional and were an absolute pleasure to work with. At one point during our shoot, Tim took over from the F.O.H. engineer (who was a paid professional) and was able to get us a board tape. Something the actual F.O.H. engineer didn't even know how to do! It's apparent to me that P.A.V.I.'s students are not only very well trained, they are also taught to think on their feet and improvise. There are no constants in television. "

R.A. the Rugged Man, is an emcee from New York. At 18, R.A. signed with Jive Records and then in the mid 90's signed with Priority Records/EMI, his contract was later absorbed by Capitol records before going independent in the early 2000s. Throughout his career he's worked with various artists including the Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, Sadat X, Akinyele, Chuck D of Public Enemy, Jedi Mind Tricks, Kool G Rap, Wu-Tang Clan, Masta Killa, Killah Priest, and producers Trackmasters, Erick Sermon, DJ Quik, Buckwild, Snowgoons, Alchemist, and Ayatollah. He was featured on all three of Rawkus's Soundbombing albums, as well as the platinum-selling WWF Aggression album, performing the theme song for Chris Jericho. In Ego Trip (magazine) Vol. 1, Issue 3, the Notorious B.I.G. was quoted as saying, "I thought I was the illest," when referring to R.A. In 2004 he released the album "Die, Rugged Man, Die" on Brooklyn based label Nature Sounds. R.A. has cameos in several music videos including Havoc from Mobb Deep's "I'm the boss," and Sadat X's "Throw the Ball", Jedi Mind Tricks' "Heavy Metal Kings" and "Old Man" featuring Wu-Tang Clan's RZA, Masta Killa and Ol' Dirty Bastard in one of ODB's final video appearances.