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What Happened To This West Coast Lyrical Genius! RAS KASS Stunted Growth Music

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Ras kass is a rapper, songwriter and record producer from Carson California, Watts to be exact, that grew up a hip hop fan, around the gang banging in his neighborhood, but never taking part in it, although his rap sheet suggest he was more than a trouble maker. In 94 he released Remain Anonymous, a promotional single that caught the eye of the source magazine, that feature him in the hip hop quotable section and led to a deal with Priority Records. His Ethiopian stage name derives from emperor Yohannes the IV and drew inspiration not just from West Coast artist, but heavily influenced and intrigued by east coast artist like Nas, Jay-z Ice Cube, KRS One, Rakim, RZA and the list goes on. With his lyrical ability, he was embraced by the east coast all the same, and to this day his word play from over 20 years ago still have the same razor sharp impact it had back then on new listeners. What Happened To This West Coast Lyrical Genius! RAS KASS Stunted Growth Music
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  • As a lyricist Ras Kass was on a different level with his earlier work. He could've had one of the best careers for a lyricist, he just needed a little more maturity and being ready when that one opportunity came about. Still Dope, forgotten artist.

    @stuntedgrowthmusic@stuntedgrowthmusic7 ай бұрын

    • Tha Alkaholiks were apart of this wave #Wrstcoast #StuntedGrowth

      @Thomas-mc8tm@Thomas-mc8tmАй бұрын

  • Nature of threat is hard af never heard it until my 40 recently history lesson like never before

    @brothablade6867@brothablade68677 ай бұрын

  • Miami Life is still my favorite track by Ras.

    @NJGhost34@NJGhost347 ай бұрын

    • Soul on Ice remix

      @drmontano9414@drmontano94147 ай бұрын

    • West Coast Mentality.

      @emanuelespinoza9325@emanuelespinoza932519 күн бұрын

  • Ras Kass is the best lyrical rapper out the West, period

    @A_Dubb618@A_Dubb6187 ай бұрын

    • I mess with Xzibit to

      @EDmazeing10@EDmazeing107 ай бұрын

  • One thing is certain, Rass raised a set of twins that's one half of the group 'Coast Contra' and they are keeping his legacy alive.

    @simbalesliechoto8663@simbalesliechoto86637 ай бұрын

    • I was waiting for him to mention that and maybe show a little snippet of them. If no one has ever heard of them,google them I promise you won’t be disappointed if your a hip hop head

      @gdilla4452@gdilla44527 ай бұрын

    • I thought Teedra raised them after she split with Ras.

      @TheRetroWoman80@TheRetroWoman807 ай бұрын

  • Yes Ras kass isa dope lyrical MC. That soul on Ice album is a hip hop classic in my opinion. The 2nd album was 🔥🔥🔥🔥. He was not a company man and miss oppuntities but still one of my favs from back then

    @Dantana773@Dantana7737 ай бұрын

  • So underrated Kass is fire

    @HeyMissesParker@HeyMissesParker7 ай бұрын

    • FACTS!

      @ohiorichkidbeats@ohiorichkidbeats7 ай бұрын

    • 🔝 5 in my 📓

      @alfredjones9548@alfredjones95487 ай бұрын

    • @@alfredjones9548same💯

      @adriantorres3851@adriantorres38517 ай бұрын

  • Rass kass pave the way for kendrick lamar big push. Underground legend from thecwest coast one of the greatest a time great emcees of all times.

    @maroon9273@maroon92737 ай бұрын

  • He was a raw ass West coast rapper! Those Wake Up Show freestyles he did back in the day was LETHAL! Thank you Stunted Growth Music for this feature! Thanks again for my request for this dope, underrated, raw, lyrical MC!

    @twin78@twin787 ай бұрын

  • Walk these streets with more heat than Alonzo Mourning - Ras Kass

    @KSoloLoso@KSoloLoso7 ай бұрын

  • As dope as Rass is being super lyrical w/ conceptual songs was never going to take him to the top he made a name for himself as an Emcee and he never tried to change up that's why he is still highly regarded as an West Coast legend

    @BKLYN_TZU@BKLYN_TZU7 ай бұрын

  • The nature of the threat song was a real 💭 provoking song about religion and how he views it. After he was released from prison he put out albums "Institutionalized" pts one and 2. Both were pretty good 👍! He has a few mixtapes as well. The last album I have of his is "A.D.I.D.A.S(All, day, I, dream, about, spittin')". But "Soul on 🍦 (96)" is a CLASSIC album! Shout to homie that requested this LEGEND, SALUTE!! Ras Kass is one of the 🐐 s!!

    @anthonymcmillan8273@anthonymcmillan82737 ай бұрын

  • He was my 2nd favorite lyricist in the 90's. 2nd to only Canibus. What impressed me about Ras Kass though was more his content/subject matter than lyricism. He always had something interesting to rap about.

    @shauncameron8390@shauncameron83907 ай бұрын

  • Rass was lyrically crazy. Wasn't he in Four Horseman?

    @camokazi1313@camokazi13137 ай бұрын

    • Yes, with Killah Priest, Kurupt, Cannibus and Ras.

      @NJGhost34@NJGhost347 ай бұрын

    • Yup

      @charlesreed1016@charlesreed10167 ай бұрын

    • Yup yup...2nd to only Kurupts lyrics...

      @xtabolx2425@xtabolx24257 ай бұрын

    • ​@@xtabolx2425bar for bar ras rap better

      @polite80sbaby33@polite80sbaby336 ай бұрын

    • @@polite80sbaby33 I say kurupt because he switched up styles to abstract from gangsta..

      @xtabolx2425@xtabolx24256 ай бұрын

  • He had BARS! And you' stunted growth' I appreciate for putting the spotlight on artists from my' time.. Good Work' 💯

    @ohiorichkidbeats@ohiorichkidbeats7 ай бұрын

    • He had quotables for days. One of my favorites was "Make radio sh-t/Heads criticize it/Underground classic/Nobody buys it/So now rap is f---ed/And everything blowing up sounds redundant."

      @shauncameron8390@shauncameron83907 ай бұрын

  • Great episode but a few stunts missed. 1. Dr Dre actually appeared on the Rassassination album on the first single. Wasn't promoted as nowhere near as well as it should have been. 2. Before Goldyn Child was shelves, his Van Gogh album was shelved. 3. Alchemist selling the beat for his single twice and it became "We Gon Make It$ by jadakiss

    @blobombbaby@blobombbaby7 ай бұрын

    • 💯

      @brynellsidney3983@brynellsidney39837 ай бұрын

    • Damn autocorrect got my Grammer looking crazy

      @blobombbaby@blobombbaby7 ай бұрын

    • Ras used that Alchemist beat for Home Sweet Home.

      @saj8@saj827 күн бұрын

    • @@saj8 alchemist sold the best twice. Ras was ready to release it as his single then found out Jada had the same beat

      @blobombbaby@blobombbaby26 күн бұрын

  • Bro been a beast. I brought soul on ice the first day it came out back in 96.

    @757_Al@757_Al7 ай бұрын

  • Rass was ALWAYS dope. What a Shame he never blew

    @KingJamesKingChaos@KingJamesKingChaos7 ай бұрын

  • Damn. That jay z story is like a movie.

    @AntPerez215@AntPerez2157 ай бұрын

  • Yeah soul on ice was ahead of it's time. He's one of them that was just ahead of the game to me

    @divinedelaware7541@divinedelaware75417 ай бұрын

  • I remember an interview where Ras said he had the opportunity to sign with Def Jam but didn't due to him thinking he was keeping real with the West by signing to priority. He runs into Russell Simmons and Russell told him he should've come to Def Jam he could've at least got him a gold album.

    @therealtoreal@therealtoreal7 ай бұрын

  • PLEASE do a video on the rapper Nine! Also, my first time hearing Ras Kass was on the track Miami Life from The Substitute soundtrack.

    @beejay271@beejay2717 ай бұрын

  • 2:59 this how I felt the first I heard Big L …. Only to feel soooooooo sad after realizing he was gone for at least 10 years already!

    @hoodhippie7117@hoodhippie71177 ай бұрын

  • Bro, you bringing more light to some 🔥 azz emcees, focusing on barz, we need a stunted growth on Chino XL asap!!!

    @AD3Basketball@AD3Basketball7 ай бұрын

  • I never heard of Rass Kass until today. I am going to go listen RN

    @ADyani6@ADyani67 ай бұрын

  • Definitely been Rocking with Ras Kass since way back when he first stepped up on the seen back in 95 ,96 💯💯💯

    @82Brooklyn7@82Brooklyn77 ай бұрын

  • Not forgotten, saw him live in 2019 in the Netherlands with X to Z , James Savage and Demrick. It was 🔥🔥🔥

    @farao22@farao227 ай бұрын

  • About time you did Ras! Been asking you for months for this. Salute

    @doodiemac100@doodiemac1007 ай бұрын

  • YES!! Thank u for this

    @kbtitan2464@kbtitan24647 ай бұрын

  • Miami life still🔥💯💪🏾‼️

    @skinnyminnieog@skinnyminnieog7 ай бұрын

  • His sons are next up. Extremely talented.

    @aperson2943@aperson29437 ай бұрын

  • The way Dre did him after Ghetto Fabulous was cold🥶

    @xtabolx2425@xtabolx24257 ай бұрын

  • I Still Rock his album soul on Ice to this day. My boy was speaking mad truth

    @davehardenburg2924@davehardenburg29247 ай бұрын

    • Listened to it yesterday twice. Dude is in my top 10 for that album alone.

      @plantbasedministries9233@plantbasedministries92336 ай бұрын

  • I was waiting for this one

    @HieiDaHellSpawn94@HieiDaHellSpawn947 ай бұрын

  • You run a hip hop channel but had never heard of Ras Kass, that's wild.

    @leesmith5265@leesmith52657 ай бұрын

  • Thank you.

    @dannylambouths2542@dannylambouths25427 ай бұрын

  • Nature Of The Threat is my favorite Ras Kass joint

    @GHOST91141@GHOST911417 ай бұрын

  • I met ras kass not just a dope mc but a dope person

    @oaklandwarriors9129@oaklandwarriors91297 ай бұрын

  • I remember first hearing about him on Chino XL's debut album.

    @WLowry@WLowry7 ай бұрын

    • I remember the promo video for his 1st album where he rapped acapella and the one line that stood out was "I'm thuggish-ruggish to the bone/And I'ma diss everybody."

      @shauncameron8390@shauncameron83907 ай бұрын

    • Here To Save You All had some bangers on it

      @mackvelly8899@mackvelly88997 ай бұрын

    • @@mackvelly8899 yes it did

      @WLowry@WLowry7 ай бұрын

    • ​@@mackvelly8899💯

      @x_VineM_x@x_VineM_x7 ай бұрын

  • This is good. Love Ras. Where's the stunted for Camp Lo?

    @brothernearyahyasharal6682@brothernearyahyasharal66827 ай бұрын

  • Ras Kass is very underrated and speaking of west coast, how about doing Whoridas

    @coreyhendricks9490@coreyhendricks94907 ай бұрын

  • Ras is a stellar wordsmith. His beat selection has been terrible for the majority of his career. His collabo album 'Blasphemy' with Apollo Brown is super dope though.

    @ThaMizphit74@ThaMizphit747 ай бұрын

    • That is a very hot album.

      @daboolaj@daboolaj7 ай бұрын

  • The song Miami Life was my introduction to Ras Kass & i've been a fan of his every since. Please do the following artists: Richie Rich, Jayo Felony, Warren G, Tha Luniz & Tha Alkoholics.

    @therealmarlonbellamy@therealmarlonbellamy5 ай бұрын

  • Rap careers are like running back careers. Here today gone tomorrow.

    @matthewstanley2627@matthewstanley26277 ай бұрын

  • You should definitely do a "Stunted Growth" vid, on 40glocc, that'd be interesting

    @187rebellious@187rebellious7 ай бұрын

  • First heard Kass on the Street Fighter soundtrack along with Ahmad & Saafir "Comwiditt".

    @melvinchavers4116@melvinchavers41165 ай бұрын

  • Damn Ras!

    @PlatPodMediaCEOSean@PlatPodMediaCEOSean7 ай бұрын

  • Soul On Ice album top 10

    @necrophagiakc@necrophagiakc7 ай бұрын

  • Ras never told me that he was going to get with Jay when I u=interviewed him anyway Ras Kass has nothing to prove he still got his core fan base that is what all an artist need

    @GRINDETHIKSMIXTAPESHOW@GRINDETHIKSMIXTAPESHOW7 ай бұрын

  • I first heard him through Revenge of the Spit, then went back to Soul On Ice.

    @AudioGAWD@AudioGAWD7 ай бұрын

  • I was wondering when you would do a video on him

    @andresciahooten9598@andresciahooten95987 ай бұрын

  • Rass is respected by the goat's bc he is the a GOAT. C-ARSON

    @bigran_outbound2262@bigran_outbound22627 ай бұрын

  • He is a beast

    @THEREALGULLYTV@THEREALGULLYTV7 ай бұрын

  • He didnt sell. Because he was marketed as this Anti-Gangsta West Coast rapper with East Coast skills who was the opposite of the status quo of West Coast rap. West Coast fans didnt support him. Because he didnt look or sound like us. East Coast fans didnt support him. Because they didnt f&&& with the West. That bs flopped. Then he tried to come back with Dre and Mack 10 on the song with Ice T in the video on his lead first single off his 2nd album. I guess he had them on the first single to capitalize off that West Coast gangsta rap s&^^. But Pac was dead for 2 years. West Coast gangsta rap was dead. Dre denounced Gangsta rap two years before the release of the song. Ice T was irrelevant af. It was a good song. But two years too late. Plus it went against Ras Kass whole sound and image. Even with Aftermath Entertainment producer, Stu, producing the majority of the 2nd Rass album. No one cared. That bs went wood. He f&&& up his own career for being inconsistent and aliening the West Coast from the jump.

    @dianevrules@dianevrules7 ай бұрын

    • This is nonsense! He was never marketed as a non-west coast artist, especially with his crew being called “Western Hemisphere” and his many rhymes about being from “C-arson.” All the artists from the Good Life, Pharcyde, Hiero, The Likwit Crew, Anotha Level, Freestyle Fellowship, etc. is an indictment of the west coast fanbase, not these artists. Smh!

      @Bugger22@Bugger227 ай бұрын

  • Well "Rass Kass" still recording....his debut album "Soul On Ice" was a certified classic banger. Songs like."Miami Life fea.Coolio" is a romantic classical harp sample over a lofi - Ish vibe...Next come "Nature Of The Threat". His more conscious storytelling about the evil story of How America became America...Then his more braggadocios songs like "Soul On Ice", "Anything Goes", "Come Wid It fea Saafir & Ahmad". Then his second album hit..."Rassasination". That album is his more mature album. "Ghetto Fabulous" a hypnotic Dr Dre produced track guarantee to get any head to bop at it. Fast forward...he did joints with the "RZA". He colab with "Apollo Brown" whole album together....He was featured along with Canibus on a "Health Skeltah" joint for the rhyme or reason soundtrack....I mean "Rass" one of the best not just for West Coast but Hip Hop period ! You got to give it up ! 🎤🎧🎤🎧🎤🎧🎤🎧

    @khingofswordz43@khingofswordz437 ай бұрын

    • You and I think alike 👍😉! I was going to say the same exact thing! An album that is pretty good imo is "A.D.I.D.A.S(All, day, I, dream, about, spittin')" which came out on 2010.

      @anthonymcmillan8273@anthonymcmillan82737 ай бұрын

    • @@anthonymcmillan8273 My sentiments exactly.....! You brought up some great new Rass Kass albums. He never seems to disappoints....yes...you & I we say in the East Coast. We "A-alikes" 2 minds think alike .....

      @khingofswordz43@khingofswordz437 ай бұрын

    • Stu-B-Doo produced "Ghetto Fabulous" fam.

      @ThaMizphit74@ThaMizphit747 ай бұрын

    • @@ThaMizphit74 Yeah Dr Dre did the video mix version.....

      @khingofswordz43@khingofswordz437 ай бұрын

  • Heyy, caan you please do The Beatnuts next?? Plzzz

    @omega_thadon401@omega_thadon4016 ай бұрын

  • NATURE OF THE THREAT IS IN MY TOP 10 GREATEST RAP SONGS OF ALL TIME

    @mankind8088@mankind80885 ай бұрын

  • Nice! How about Camp Lo?

    @Ric-E...Ricardo@Ric-E...Ricardo7 ай бұрын

  • Hey at least his son is keeping the legacy going... Via coast contra

    @LELABTV@LELABTV7 ай бұрын

  • Hey stunted growth! Will you do a "Tyga" video next?

    @matthewstanley2627@matthewstanley26277 ай бұрын

  • In 2008 I use to write this guy in jail and he was really dope to talk to....I kept all of his letter responses to me.

    @TheValentineGuy@TheValentineGuy7 ай бұрын

  • Kendrick Lamar before Kendrick Lamar lol 😂👑🎯🔥💯

    @milagrosbreijo628@milagrosbreijo6287 ай бұрын

  • C-Arson City’s Own Golden Chyld Rass Kass 🤴🏽!!!

    @hassanburton669@hassanburton6697 ай бұрын

  • I remember him being called the west coast nas

    @seanlamar29@seanlamar297 ай бұрын

  • His joint SUSHI is DOPE!!! 💯💯💯💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

    @jerrahianschenck2233@jerrahianschenck22336 ай бұрын

  • His twin sons are fire

    @andrebradley1924@andrebradley19247 ай бұрын

  • Hello Can you do one on Three Times Dope Thanks

    @tiabowman8483@tiabowman84837 ай бұрын

  • Met bro recently he still got flows

    @Smokinfreely@Smokinfreely7 ай бұрын

  • Please do Master Ace

    @Torrey-de2su@Torrey-de2su7 ай бұрын

  • Met him out here in Dallas...hella cool OG. Taking in at a live band spot with my homie. F****** with people in the club, I talk to these chics , trying to set something up... Get back to my brother... Explaining to him about the two chicks... He inquires "where", and my response was "next to this Rass Kass looking mf." and lo behold who it was.😂😂😂😂 Hella down to earth....and still a goat. Him and my homey chopped hip hop the rest of that evening. 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

    @RohgishSun@RohgishSun7 ай бұрын

  • Definitely got to do Bankroll Freddie

    @carlosthomas8073@carlosthomas80737 ай бұрын

  • Do the Chicago group "Do Or Die" next.

    @amandadunn7678@amandadunn76787 ай бұрын

    • That was my suggestion

      @adresebyndumthabasedgod1991@adresebyndumthabasedgod19917 ай бұрын

  • C Arson!! Been there lived in LA 6 months!!

    @kundanlini1@kundanlini17 ай бұрын

  • When u gonna do (nonchalant) 5 o’clock in da morning where u gonna be✌🏾

    @scorpiostingstung@scorpiostingstung7 ай бұрын

  • Why didn't you bring up his song Ghetto Fabulous with Dr. Dre and Mack 10?

    @chrisgibson2106@chrisgibson21067 ай бұрын

  • Son is nice I met him downtown bk werid cause he from the west coast

    @jameseu4486@jameseu44867 ай бұрын

  • Don’t feel too bad about not being up on Ras, my brother had his ‘Soul On Ice’ and ‘Rassassination’ albums in the 90s and he still didn’t make me want to listen(I did like Ghetto Fabulous track ft. Mack 10 and Dr. Dre though)until I heard him over an Alchemist track that they had a dispute over. I feel that LOUD records would have been a better fit for him instead of Priority records especially since their focus was more on Cube and letting No Limit sneak in(as to why Jay-Z would not have lasted with them with RD album).

    @justeevee81@justeevee817 ай бұрын

  • Great value Nas

    @yikes3198@yikes31987 ай бұрын

    • Don’t do that…

      @fairgamewithtjorum@fairgamewithtjorum7 ай бұрын

  • “Nature of the threat” is mandatory

    @Tacana_Redd_Sox@Tacana_Redd_Sox7 ай бұрын

  • Do a Stunt Growth video on Chinx

    @theheroinu@theheroinu7 ай бұрын

  • Fun fact: Some people are happy with where they are and not what you expect from them

    @TYBO-xl1xz@TYBO-xl1xz7 ай бұрын

  • Do a video on new york emcee named Nine 9mm

    @tumishomogano1574@tumishomogano15747 ай бұрын

  • His sons are just dope ras and Taj Austin

    @RightHandKam@RightHandKam7 ай бұрын

    • The whole group coast contra

      @RightHandKam@RightHandKam7 ай бұрын

  • Do ray cash

    @mdronbray7@mdronbray77 ай бұрын

  • Can you do Half a mil ? Frm the Firm team they were jerkin son, Son was madd Hott and he was God body and stayed dropping jewels 💎

    @The_Blackman_is_God@The_Blackman_is_God7 ай бұрын

  • Do Special Ed or Little Shawn

    @mostwantedjames@mostwantedjames7 ай бұрын

  • Lowkey I didn't even know he was from the West Coast. Never looked into him that much back then. He was nice though.

    @Henry.P@Henry.P7 ай бұрын

  • Stop sleeping ras Kass is mad nice

    @Seanljohnsonsr609@Seanljohnsonsr6097 ай бұрын

  • Do a video on Brotha Lynch Hung Sacramento legend

    @brothablade6867@brothablade68677 ай бұрын

  • Can we get K-Camp please?!

    @kaythevirgo89@kaythevirgo897 ай бұрын

  • one reason I quit rapping, too many people and too many flows sound the same. Soul on ice is still my shit.

    @jjtiojohn12@jjtiojohn127 ай бұрын

  • I ride with Ras(his sons are DOPE too)Prince Kass....Golden State Worriors Van Ghoh Soul on Ice DOPE catalog Nature of the threat is ILL and true😂😂😂

    @xtabolx2425@xtabolx24257 ай бұрын

  • Devin the Dude should be next.

    @user-xl6jl9ws7e@user-xl6jl9ws7e7 ай бұрын

  • This might be the most important one of these you ever did...

    @MEEZLEMONSTER@MEEZLEMONSTER7 ай бұрын

  • Ras is dope bc he's lyrical but he had asshole humor that kept him grounded for me. Soul on Ice is incredible, and he's dropped some nice late career albums.

    @reylopez8433@reylopez84337 ай бұрын

  • I got heads dividing faster than nerds at a calculus convention

    @OGStoneVegas@OGStoneVegas7 ай бұрын

    • "I got niccas looking for Webster's like George Popadopolous..." 😜

      @MEEZLEMONSTER@MEEZLEMONSTER7 ай бұрын

    • Reality bites like bad blow jobs/The b---- is a lesbian/How she married to the mob?

      @shauncameron8390@shauncameron83907 ай бұрын

  • Say it with me Ra-sass-a-nation. Good video though

    @2k7digga@2k7digga7 ай бұрын

  • No mention of coast contra, huh?

    @markosclark@markosclark7 ай бұрын

  • How do you do somethin' on Ras Kass and not mention The Four Horsemen?

    @gregholmes6083@gregholmes60837 ай бұрын

  • If/Then was the freestyle he was rapping in the beginning.

    @TheJoe676767@TheJoe6767677 ай бұрын
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