Single You Out: El Gant – Pageants (ft. Ras Kass) (prod. by Marco Polo)

New single out from lyrical powerhouse, El Gant, called Pageants. The cut features other acclaimed talent in the legendary Ras Kass and Marco Polo on the boards. There is a lot of weight on this track so to speak.

The production endeavers to be a little soulful as the emcees forsake the “pageantry” of today’s game for the roots of that made them want to be artists and emcees in the first place.

This single will be found on the upcoming El Gant album, O.S.L.O., which will be out in September!

HRSMN (Canibus, Kurupt, Killah Priest, Ras Kass) – Believer/False Profits (Video)

The HRSMN’s album, The Last Ride, is coming on June 18th. For years, this super group was heralded as one of the greatest lyrical gathering of talents of all time. These guys have over a hundred years of rhyme experience in the game, and if you look at their collective careers, it’s easy to see why folks would get excited about the union of talents in Kurupt, Ras Kass, Canibus, and Killah Priest. Legendary by ANY standards. But they never pushed this agenda, and after a long hiatus, they ride again. And as you can see and hear, the skills are sharper than ever, and this video is pretty impressive.

G Stats x Raf Almighty x Rawmatik – The Ruler Gods (Feat. Ras Kass & DJ Sonnykraft) (Video)

G-Stats (Bankai Fam) , Raf Almighty (Dirt Platoon), and producer Rawmatik are The Ruler Gods and they just dropped a project today which you can find digitally…everywhere. On this, the title track, they join forces with the legend Ras Kass. I love coming across something dope and unexpected, and this is exactly that. I am definitely going to have to cop the project.

Single You Out: Jamo Gang – Belushi & Akroyd

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Holy shit!  This is super dope!   I am highly anticipating this album from Jamo Gang, Walk With Lions, even more so now!  The combination of El Gant, Ras Kass, and J57 seems like an unstoppable force and you and this cut is a prime example.  This track defines ferocity.   J57 puts together a head nodder that infuses a rock rhythm into some boom bap and Gant and Ras Kass put on a verbal demolition for all of us to hear.

Album drops on April 10th!

Single You Out: B Leafs – Reaganomics (ft. Elzhi, Ras Kass, M-Dot, and Large Professor)

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I was reminded today when B Leafs’ new album, The Horizon,  dropped this morning that I had yet to post this incredibly dope single.   The talent level incorporated with the likes of Elzhi, Ras Kass, M-Dot, and Large Professor is going to be hard to surpass when it comes to lyrical firepower.

I am a little better than halfway through the whole project by the way and it’s solid!  But this the marquee moment thus far through my listen.

Ras Kass – SOI3 (ft. K-Rino) (prod. Apollo Brown) (Video)

Man,  I love this reworking of a classic!  You’ve got K-Rino joining Ras Kass trading verses over an Apollo Brown reworking of the Diamond D classic remix of the original which is a sacred treasure of mine and many.

I really do love the addition of K-Rino to the track as he is one of the illest emcees, and also amongst the most underrated.  His bars here are primo.  Respect!

Can’t wait for the new project!