@@whywomenhatemyforeskin1412 yes. Unfortunately Ras never blew up like he was supposed to. He was Dre's first project after leaving the Row. Look up Ghetto Fabulous
because he is not versatile enough---too underground. its almost all lyrical underground sounding music and not enough funky rhythmic tracks or 808 hitters
He could've been better. He has lyrical skills but as the other poster mentioned he need versatility. I listened to the debut album and its a bunch of metaphores and too much name checking celebrities.
It almost sounds like Ras kass wanted 2pac to diss him to!! Like he would have been honored to be dissed by Pac. Exactly like Havoc said he was honored Pac dissed Mobb Deep because it meant they was validated and important in the game.
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@@sunset2798 It makes perfect sense if east coast rappers move in silence the public wouldn't know about Nas and Jay Z beef. If the east coast moved in silence the public wouldn't know about the 50 Cent and Ja beef.
I always thought Eminem earlier in his career reminded me of a mix between Chino XL, Masta Ace and Redman Chino's first album "Here to Save You All" is criminally slept on; every track is dope Pac dissing him in Hit Em Up gave Chino better promotion than Def American Recordings could afford As far as Rass Kass, Soul on Ice is a bonafied classic If Rass was from NYC, that jawn would've been considered neck-and-neck with Illmatic It's a shame that east coast publications downplayed the beats when not one song is skippable The track "Ordo Abchao (Order Out Of Chaos)" speaks about what's going on today as far as covid-19 and the pandemic...and that dropped in '95! The double meanings on that jawn is crazy Dude was clearly ahead of his time 💯
Yep. And for those that don't know, Em spent A LOT of time in his early days around NJ artists. The Outsidaz, Chino and Redman are all connected, and Em was around that.
That's why I don't get in the WHO IS THE BEST/GOAT, because I understand that there are so many great emcees that seem to disappear, or never brung up in the mentions of great emcees. There are far too many emcees kicked to the curb, forgotten, and never mentioned who deserve their credit due. I feel you on that one!
Let's not forgot that Ras was also tight with Saafir. Saafir and Pac were staying together whilst touring with digital underground but eventually fell out. Saafir would later link up with Chino XL and record a few records together
@KinnyMack I hear he's still in a wheelchair struggling with day to day tasks but he has his family and loved ones with him to help. Hoping that he gets the medical help he needs to make things easier for him and improve his quality of life
Art you the 🐐 with this content but you true to the craft I wouldn’t expect nothing less 💯 keep stepping I’m a kid in a candy store with this platform 🔥🔥🔥
Ras Kass is so underrated with a respectable catalogue. People ask why he didnt blow up but those of us that kno underground hip hop kno and love Ras. Labels sometimes dont do their artists justice and I dont think they knew how to deal with his style and talent at the time. "Soul on ice" is a hip hop classic that many have never gotten a chance to hear. Ras is a true lyricist and fan of hip hop and his approach is pure love and respect for the art form. West coast had so many amazing artists during the golden age of the 90s hip hop scene and Im not talkin bout Coolio. lol. Souls of mischief, Del da funky Homosapien,Evidence,J5 just to name a few. I was fortunate to catch some great live shows and meet many of those artist, Ras was always humble and having the time of his life. Back in 96, I ran into him in old town Pomona after one of his shows and eventhough he had his hand full w two girls,he still took the time to say thanks for showing up to his show. Classy mf!
I knew rass was cold on the lyrics back in the day too..after watching this interview he said he was glad pac didn't diss him....it would have helped his career and he doesn't even seem like he knows that...smh
Coolio helped Ras get his break. Why is it cool to hate on Coolio? Ras said it himself - Ras knew how to rap, Coolio knew how to sell rap records. He'd been rapping since the late '70s and when most would've given up he did not and ended up winning a Grammy. He was an OG who tried to bring all his people up with him and who most reputable artists in the game loved and respected.
@JV facts, I hate when people say dumb shit like that with pride lol. imagine someone saying they’ve never watched a Steven Spielberg movie because another director didn’t like him... 😕
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That isn't a great interviewer. He needs to ask good follow up questions and pay attention better. Smh. Imagine if you heard a great interviewer? You wouldn't believe it.
I never knew how severe the hate for Pac was as a kid. But there's alot of people that's quiet that had beef with fam too. Whenever I think Im having it rough I think. Pac must've had it rougher.
pac was dealing with all this before 25..also don't forget about the cops wanted his head for that shooting which I think led to him being setup for rape charge..
@@brooksfleming7643 In my experience it's the people that haven't recovered from drama that do the worst. It's those that haven't really been through much that have to take guesses, because their experiences come from observation. They'll try you, because they have to see something. Evil people will try you, because they want something.
@@gangstamack8397 Thats right, it motherfucking was 👍🏽. A lot of those beats didnt have the standard Death Row typical west coast sound to them, so Id speculate that Death Row didnt really kno what to do with those beats and just dismissed those producers as "wack'. To be real, it probably would have taken someone like Pac to make those beats iconic. I love Snoop but I doubt he coulda done anything good with, for example, the 'Hail Mary' beat. And only Pac coulda done 'Krazy' 🔥🔥
@@earlyreed357 if you do your homework they had producers in one of the death row studios labeled as the wack room. That shit all stopped when pac gave them a chance man was always messing with the underdogs threat is history pac hummed every beat out of exactly what he wanted.
He just hyped about going back in time remembering how dope the era was. You can see it’s still wild to him that he was there and MC’s and producers were droppin banger after banger, and he was one of em.
We heard the "Hit em up" without the edit/pause where he said "F little Ceasar, lil Kim, & Jay-Z. When he was killed & Makaveli dropped he said Jay-Z again on Bomb 1st so we all went researching (going to a record store back then) & Reasonable Doubt was full on the shelves. My cousin bought a Cassette the rest is history.
@@quann06 if there was no Chino XL, Eminem would have stolen someone else’s style. He is needed. He is an originator and one of the greatest MC’s like MF that you don’t regularly hear about or from
It's funny that some of the giants of west coast rap are from the east coast. Obviously Tupac is from N.Y., but Chino XL arguably one of the best pure rapper/spitters ever is from East Orange, N.J. Kurupt one of the best rhymers is from Philly. And the FATHER of west coast gangsta rap Ice T is from my hometown of Newark, N.J.
Yea that's crazy, when you say it like that it makes me think who are the best spitters that are really 100% from the west coast? Some who come to mind are Crooked I, Gift of Gab, Aceyalone, Myka 9, Abstract Rude, the rest of freestyle fellowship and hieroglyphics, but I'm not even sure if all of them were born on the west too
Good interview! I heard about the 2Pac & Xzibit issues. But, I didn't know the issue stemmed from the How do you want it/ Paparazzi songs. I agree with his opinion about Hail Mary❤🔥🔥🔥💯
I remember when I first heard that line from Edi on Makaveli and I thought to myself this beef is beyond the East Coast. He just dissed a dude reppin the West Coast.
I dont even think Chino dissed Pac. I always took that line not that he was saying 'Pac got fucked in jail', but that Pac was trying not to get fucked in jail. Has Chino XL ever commented on what his intent was?
It was a diss. Hence why ras didn't like the line. That album was ful of name drops and disses so yes it was diss. Chino was a punchline shock rapper and he knew what he was doing.
Pac was not thinking about no damn xzibit on how do you want it. Those rhymes where so real and tight pac was talking bout his life political stuff on a whole other level of rapping straight classic. Xzibit was a nobody and not even worthy of pacs attention.
I guess you didn't watch the whole interview. Xzibit song came out after how do you want it. Pac heard it and thought he was dissing him even though Xzibit made the song two years earlier.
@@Marlin0077 I watched all the interview and pac didnt think that foh it's a interview out there where edi told pac he though xzibit dissed pac. And edi made a comment on xzibit you just heard rass kass say one of the outlaws said something on makaveli album he talking bout edi.
@@Manny-nm8dh That's what Jay-Z said in one of his lines on the song "Blueprint 2"...."just because you don't understand him, don't mean that he's nice, just means you don't understand all the bull**** he writes"
That line was taken out of context. When he said “You’ll be fucked like Tupac in jail,” he meant that Pac was fucked (in a bad space) because he’s in prison. That came from Chino himself.
Soul on ice was one of my favorite albums growin up. I use to bump that from beginning to end. Salute to one of the most underrated lyricists of all time
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i´ve been saying this for years!! y'all need to do an interview with Chino XL !! he´s a member of Mensa, and he´s one of the illests punchliners ever!! That Tupac diss was hard !!
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@@koffiged absolute truth . Pac only dissed chino bc he felt he was coming at him trying to attack his manhood. Chino never meant it as a diss. No one tried pac in jail like that besides early on. He told people straight up you think this is a game or some kinda made up shit I'll have you touched. Pac was never afraid to fight. Dude was not playing.
Had no idea Pac had an issue with Xzibit. Anyway, Edi Mean is the one who said that Paparazzi line. And honestly it wasn't even viscious to the point of causing a feud... Also, it's funny when I hear some rappers clearly in retrospect felt honored or wished 2pac dissed them. So what's the fuss!
In my opinion, the Makaveli Album is the greatest, controversial, deep, thought provoking and raw album. From the intro to outro, no rap album in history covers beef, politics, the black nation, slavery, the industry, religion, death, life, the LORD's prayer, pain, history and the media. Listen to 'blasphemy' with your ears open. Listen to 'Hold Ya Head' with your eyes closed. Listen to 'To Live And Die In LA' with a smile on your face and listen to 'Against All Odds' with the volume loud. "These felonies be like prophecies begging me to stop cause these lawyers getting money every time they knock us. Snatch they pockets lyrically suckas flee when they notice, switched my name to Makaveli had the rap game closed." Exit Tupac Enter Makaveli.
