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4 Jahre nach dem Release des Songs im Rahmen des Jedi Mind Tricks-Albums "Serveants In Heaven, Kings In Hell." erscheint anlässlich des Todes von R.A. The Rugged Mans Vater (Anfang diesen Jahres) ein Video zu "Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story".
Vinnie Paz, der zu Anfang des Originalsongs (LINK) aus der Ich-Perspektive eines jungen, verängstigten U.S.-Soldaten in Gia Dinh rappt, wurde rausgeschnitten, denn der Fokus liegt ganz klar auf R.A., der das Leben seines (realen) Vaters und Kriegshelden im Vietnam-Krieg, Staff Sgt. John A. Thourburn, nacherzählt.
AllHipHop.com schrieb u.a. in einer Review: "the most insightful track JMT has done in years" und "This record will be remembered most for R.A.'s robotic flow recounting his own father's story of war while absolutely murdering the beat."
Die Reaktion seines Vaters war laut allhiphop.com:
"Thorburn “loved the idea” of sharing his Vietnam experience with him and was “blown away” after listening to “Uncommon Valor.”
“He couldn’t believe it. He was blown the f**k away, like, “Holy s**t, it’s like you were there.” It brought some of his friends to tears. They were really happy and impressed with it,” R.A. revealed in a 2007 interview with The Smoking Section."
“As far as talking about his experience, he was ok with it. He told me all the stories in the past. But there is one part of his story that he doesn’t talk about. My dad’s gun shot 4,000 bullets a minute," the rapper stated. "He was shooting 30,000 bullets a day sometimes. When I say, 'Hey pops, how many people did you kill while you were there?' he’ll say, 'Oh son, I didn’t kill nobody. I didn’t take lives I saved lives.' He looks at it like he wasn’t killing; he was saving the lives of his people. So he’ll never tell me how many lives he took. But the rest of it he’s totally open about.”
Quelle: allhiphop.com
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