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Ras Kass - Release Yourself
Artist: Ras Kass
Producer: DJ Rhettmatic
Album: A.D.I.D.A.S. (All Day I Dream About Spittin')
Label: Re-Up Entertainment
The setbacks that have plagued Ras Kass’ career to date would have convinced a lesser emcee to throw in the towel, but jail time and label issues don’t seem to have discouraged him in the slightest. His secret? Judging by newly-released single Release Yourself, the slept on West Coast vet is simply having way too much fun to consider quitting. Here, DJ Rhettmatic‘s brass samples and old-school cuts set a fittingly triumphant mood as Kas comes out swinging, flaunting his “creative flow” as he proves he can still go toe-to-toe with anyone in the game: “Give me your Top Ten BET, I’ll make ‘em my main course. And this ain’t designed to sell, this designed to give you sickle-cell and burn in hell.” It’s crystal clear that Ras Kass remains as dedicated to his craft as ever. Those craving more new material from the underground mainstay should keep it locked for all the latest on A.D.I.D.A.S. (All Day I Dream About Spittin’), which has yet to receive a solid release date.
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If Ras turned his mic on mute and just let this DJ Rhettmatic beat ride out for 4 minutes, we'd still have a dope record on our hands.
After listening to records like "Release Yourself," its incredibly obvious when artists/producers actually work together on the material, as opposed to just getting "placed" with production. Ras plays perfectly off the breaks and scratches. I hope this is a sign of things to come. 
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| Posted on May 02, 2010 |
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DJ Rhettmatic's production is dope, but I'm not feeling Rass. He's not bad, but not for me to listen to.
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| Posted on May 03, 2010 |
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rass kass is a guy i havnt heard much from and well what a way to to reintroduce me too the styles and character of the grungy, the beutiful, the ugly the ras the kass.
that beat is way jumpy into the punchlines it sounds so sweet but theirs way to much going on too enjoy much until it settles down which is truly enjoyable but why confuse this track us so much??? 3 stars dissapointment in production none can be found in the artist great great job just wish i could focus more on rass then the mess of a beat(sorry to those who dont agree with me. im SUPER SORRRY :)) |
| Posted on May 03, 2010 |
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Ras Kass is great and the beat knocks too. Emma likes
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| Posted on May 03, 2010 |
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The horns go nice here, and horns usually get annoying on a track but they work here. Rass kinda gets off tempo with the beat, atleast it sounds like it to me.
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| Posted on May 03, 2010 |
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I was hesitant in the beginning, as I felt the beat was out of sync, but I quickly got used to it as the brass hit hard and Ras Kass heroically caught my attention in such a banger screaming beat.
Solid delivery from Ras! |
| Posted on May 03, 2010 |
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Maing, that's some sweet cuts!! Ras Kass and Dj Rhettmatic came at it to cause some static!!! Ya'll rocked it yo!! Diggin' it, maing!!!
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| Posted on May 03, 2010 |
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This has all the making of a dope track, but something is not clicking with me. I feel the production doesnt match his energy on this at all.
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| Posted on May 03, 2010 |
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This sounds like a beat Jay-Z would have loved to get his hands on. Unfortanately for him Ras got it and did it justice!
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| Posted on May 03, 2010 |
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i couldnt agree more @Z, a classic beat from dj rhettmatic. some realy energy from ras kass here- i havent heard of him before but im certaily impressed wuth this effort. great track!
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| Posted on May 03, 2010 |
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I need to homey Richard to break down the time structure for me on this. It's obviously not a classic 4/4, but it works. Crazy how a small change can flip things so completely.
On the rhyme side, Kass delivers nothing but solid rhymes. They may not blow you away, but you could build a house on the foundation of his flows. The man's been doing it for a minute, and we can see why.
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| Posted on May 03, 2010 |
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Fight music production better be put to good use and Ras gives it a good look. Lyrics are decent but product. stood out (long live producers!)
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| Posted on May 03, 2010 |
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This is real underground
Diggin it drum patter is a lil odd dogh |
| Posted on May 03, 2010 |
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Ras Kass without a doubt has a handful of potential. This track was clearly proof of that. However, production on this really started to get annoying after a while for me. Instrumentals were nicely worked in, but combined with Ras Kass' vocals and flow, I had to stop the song short of finish. Couple little easter eggs worked into though, which was kind of cool. "Release the Kraken" haha it was so random.
Ras Kass can rap, but I wanna hear more from him before I make a final assumption. Track was pretty tight. |
| Posted on May 03, 2010 |
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Beat is headnodic on this one. Liking the horns on this. Haven't really ever listened to Ras Kass, but his flow is nice on this one.
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| Posted on May 03, 2010 |
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Not really the type of voice I always like to listen to. He's got good flow and an okay production behind him. Decent song but not my type.
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| Posted on May 04, 2010 |
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The beat almost banged! ALMOST. Kass killed it, wanna hear a different approach on the beat though, something harder.
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| Posted on May 04, 2010 |
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Not quite a banger partly because of what was already said about the repetitive baordwork. BUT I will have to say to those of you who are not familiar with Ras, du' used to kill everything he touched in booth on The Wake Up Show, check him on almost every one of their freestyle volumes. Glad he's still spittin.
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| Posted on May 04, 2010 |
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iDoont know bout thaa beats sounded kindaa off synced but othaa theen that ihts a BIGGIE ok ! Keep SPITTN Rassy :P
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| Posted on May 06, 2010 |
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This at most is average just ain't feeling it nice shout to Cypress Hill and "Release the Kraken" i suppose from Clash of the Titans.
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| Posted on May 08, 2010 |
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Solid production and Ras Kass does every bit justice to it, dropping entertaining rhymes at every turn. 3.5
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| Posted on May 10, 2010 |
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