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Ras Kass - Soul On Ice --review pls

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Lord Funk:
Tight review man - I was thinking in work today that I'd put a review together when I got in, but you spoke my mind for me on most of these tracks.

It's hands-down one of the most intelligent albums in hip-hop. Thematically Ras can't be touched here - he has a gift that most people mention when talking about Pac, and that's to cover every conceivable emotion and topic without compromising his character. Anyone that can go from analysing street life in biblical language on "As It Is In Heaven" to narrating a lazy day on "Marinatin" and then discuss his own life as honestly as "Evil That Men Do" just refuses to be pigeon-holed.

I can't see why people hate on the beats. They're perfectly understated - Ras doesn't need flashy production gimmicks of wack club tracks (like he used way too many times on the follow-up CD, unfortunately). In my opinion, the beats on "Marinatin", "Sunset" and "Evil Men Do" are all five-mic hits.

Like Tash says y'all - five out of five, ten out of ten, five mics, two thumbs up, however you say it. It pushed the envelope. After the wackness that was 80% of Rassassination, I don't think dude will ever reach this height again, but with "Nature of the Threat" alone his legacy is cemented. Classic

caTASHtrophe:
I agree with you all the way Lord_Funk.

Its amazing coz he covers so many topics in a single track so effortlessly and the beats and his flow are spot on.

Rasassination was one hell of a disappointment but it still had some great tracks on it but i've read so many interviews and articles about ras. Fact is "Soul On Ice" sold very badly and i'd even go as far as to say DAZ will sell more copies of "This Life I Lead" by the end of this year than ras has sold copies of Soul on ice since its release. THAT IS BAD.

I'm probably one of those few ppl who still respects ras even though he is trying his hardest to go commercial. Coz in reality thats all he's got left, soul on ice sold nothin but lyricaly imo is better than your "Ready to Die", "illmatic" or "Reasonable Doubt".

We'll never see another album like this off ras, coz ppl don't care. Ras has no choice but to make albums like rasassination and van gogh (bootlegg). I wish he wouldn't but im gonna support him all the way..

This album is straight up classic, regardless what people say.

Lord Funk:
Damn; thinking about this has just made me want to analyse Ras's whole career. My mind's spinning between all my deadlines at work and putting together a review of Rasassination.

Fuck it, give me til the end of the weekend , and I'll have one done.  ;)

AlerG:
damn, i've always slept on ras...i'm going out and buying both his albums asap, peace.

Instant_Killa:
Thanks a lot for the dope reviewe catastrophe, that was a dope review, im really feeling Soul On Ice lyrically, its a dope album that ppl should listen to.

peace

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