Ras Kass
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He released his debut album Soul on Ice in 1996. The album built up considerable hype through the release of several independent singles, including “Remain Anonymous” and “Won’t Catch Me Runnin’.” Soul on Ice saw little commercial success but was adored by the hip-hop underground, which appreciated both his sharp battle rhymes and his militant Afrocentricity. The latter also caused controversy due to the songs “Ordo Abchao” and “Nature of the Threat,” which were tracks detailing the history of white-on-black racism, the latter lasting for well over seven minutes and likely his best-known song. Some claimed that Ras was extreme to the point of racism against Caucasians.
Ras Kass made a big push to make sure his second album Rasassination was commercially successful. As well as securing guest appearances from Xzibit and the Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA, he received considerable assistance from superstar West Coast producer Dr. Dre, who rhymed on the lead single “Ghetto Fabulous,” the video for which was supported by an extravagant video shot on a luxury yacht.
The album contained some of his most intellectual material to date (“Interview With A Vampire,” a theological and spiritual exploration that featured Ras rhyming from the perspectives of God, himself, and the Devil) and occasionally addressed very personal subject matter (“It Is What It Is,” concerning his relationship with his mother). Despite the single, his album didn’t sell well.
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Soul On Ice
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Rasassination
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Soul On Ice (Explicit)
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Rasassination (The End) (Explicit)
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CocaineCity
very intelligent rapper he speaks nothing only but the truth
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NeedsDeodorant
I'm surprised how low is the plays. After all Soul On Ice is one hell of a album, classic (with a reason)!
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TheAbbott
Canibus is more aggressive, plus more abstract in general, Ras Kass is more socially aware in a way and when spittin battle rhymes his style is different, often sarcastic rather than aggressive. Kass had less consistency but Soul On Ice is ten times better than anything Canibus ever dropped. Still, fair analogy.
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SimonePerrota
The west coast equivalent of Canibus (and vice versa) in many respects...
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jay-z33
Best mc ever!!!
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Pacaveli25
http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Ras+Kass/+images/76460504 vote this one, the freshest and great as a main picture
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VanjaC
BEST OF THE BEST: RAS KASS http://dorkmustache.com/bestof/best-of-the-best-ras-kass/
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jay-z33
SPit no evil is fire!!!!!
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thomas23000
OOOOHHH!!! SOUL ON ICE arrived 3 days ago!!! hope it will not evaporate from constant repeating...
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D0nzoe
western civilization means white domination
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jay-z33
Jack Frost is fuckin awesome!!!!!
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lucian_atcq
new EP: The Yellow Snow. http://raskass.fanbridge.com/campaigns/show.php?id=798732&sid=123432342
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jay-z33
He deserve more listen!!!
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jmj540
why couldn't this extremely talented cocksucker ever learn how to make another album as good as Soul on Ice?
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mk741
IN 96 I SUPPOSE ANYTHING GOES
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MiloMiranovic
CAPITALISM IS ALL ABOUT PIMPS AND HOES
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Chingy314
nigga razzy kazzy is underground legend...
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Pure_Greenwood
Van Gogh - simple great
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Music-Ninja
V It's Great but the sound quality is piss poor.
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mrwhite5
if you want real raw kass, search out the original demo tapes of soul on ice....they are raw as shit and are different cuts for the most part than the actual album. insanity. [2]. it's incredible how awesome the demo version of Soul on Ice was. High IQ and Core Audience are the stand-outs from that.
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