Ras Kass-Institutionalized.

Orizio

Anyone got this mixtape yet or listened to his other stuff?

Ras Kass "Institutionalized"

Intro - MTV News (feat. Sway)
It's The Bizness
Air Em Out
Slap Season (feat. Jellyroll)
Flood
Expect Me (feat. Xzibit)
Put Ya Glass Out (feat. Killer Mike)
Write Where I Left Off (feat. E-40)
Shine (feat. Vis A Vis)
No Love Intro (feat. DJ Whookid)
No Love (feat. Xavie)
My Apology
U Ain't Me (feat. Chamillionaire, Xzibit & Krondon)
Look Alive (feat. Strong Arm Steady, Young Buck & G-Unit)
Life & Bull****
Clayton Bixby Skit
Unconditional (feat. Mystic)
We Run The Streets (feat. Crooked I, El Dog, Spiderloc, 40 Glocc & Cali Casino)
Welcome


Air 'em Out is explosive.Expect Me,Unconditional,My Apology and We Run The Streets are the rest of the best on the mixtape but its suprisingly strong throughout considering his sometimes dodgy beat selection and the fact that there is 19 tracks.Lyrically and flow wise its far better then your average rapper,the beats hold up well and there us a couple of classics.No Chino,Killah Priest or Canibus feats though.:(

Saying that his two best verses so far this year are on the Wu-Tang meets Indie Culture album with GZA where he out shines just about everybody.

ubu

Yea, its probably one of the best mixtapes ive ever heard, as he says in one of the lines on it, "my mixtapes hotter than all the albums dropped this year" or something to that effect, and its not far off the truth.

The only thing that puts me off him is the seemingly racist lines in some of his songs, on Soul On Ice forget which song but he says something like " all white people should be perceived as a threat" , i can understand artists being angry about oppression and repression of the black race but that sort of attitide does nothing to help "the cause" imo.

Orizio

Compared to some(or most) hardcore rappers,Ras Kass is a saint when it comes to racism and particurly homophobia.In truth that line didn't bother me at all.You've got to admit his charisma on the mic and more then anything else his lyrical prowess.I'm not excusing him or anything but it just doesn't really bother me and such racist refences disapeared after the rather brilliant Soul on Ice.There is some classic tracks on that abum like 'The Evil That Men Do' and 'The Nature of the Threat'.

Seriously right now he is the most on form MC out there,along with Ghost,Doom and Nas.Pity he wasted so long of his life in jail or in dispute with Priority records.

ven0m

This is one of the SICKEST joints to drop this year & is really slept on. People talk alot about the Nu Jerzey Devil mixtapes & the G-Unit ones, but this possibly is the best one to drop for the '05...


::: ven0mous :::