Is Ras Kass “Soul On Ice” the GOAT lyrical West Coast album?

[Sunalmighty]

One of the most. That 2nd verse on H20 Proof .....My Lord

 

[The_Hillsta]

This shyt is still a personal favorite..E-40 musta walked in on the session like



Not a car key...a brick.....

 

[Majestyx]

Thread has me revisiting rassassination. Conceited b*stard is

 

[King Sun]

Xzbits 2nd lp and this one goes head to head tbh. Forget about all the cornball shyt hes done 00s and up.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

When Rasassination dropped he caught hella flack for going the jiggy route, but to me....that’s a superior album lyrically, and obviously production wise. It’s like he found his real style on there

No.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

im 26 but it was always one of my favorite albums top to bottom when my cousin put me on to it in 2001

You were jamming soul on Ice at 7 years old?

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

album just so good, i don't know if im versed in west coast lyrical albums enough to call it the GOAT but i do have it above other ones like book of human language

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Xzbits 2nd lp and this one goes head to head tbh. Forget about all the cornball shyt hes done 00s and up.

Nah, Xzbits first album is by far his best but lyrically still just below what Ras was on.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Soul on ice was the first record i heard where i was like. wtf did i just stumble upon. It was like a buried treasure.

Even the album cover made me think. Behind those bars, trapped. That talent and truth would never escape to the masses. It was forever incarcerated.

Rasassaination was a disappointment. He just lost what made SOI so special. Better production did not improve his song writing. He got lazy on that record. And it plagued him for the remainder of his career.

 

[Renegade47]

You were jamming soul on Ice at 7 years old?

with my cousin who was 16. he’s the one that got me into hip hop. me and him were the only boys around in the family so he was always cool with me being around.

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

Miami Life

 

[LevelUp]

Anniversary is tomorrow I believe. He mentioned on ig live that he would like to do a live rendition of the songs and put it out as a album.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Anniversary is tomorrow I believe. He mentioned on ig live that he would like to do a live rendition of the songs and put it out as a album.

Love Ras. One of my fav rappers ever.

shyt, been bumping SOI the last week while we at it.

 

[KingsOfKings]

 

[Ziploc]

Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Freestyle Fellowship - To Whom It May Concern
Souls of Mischief - 93' Til Infinity
Saafir - Boxcar Sessions
Ras Kass - Soul On Ice
Aceyalone - A Book of Human Language

D.O.C is from Texas that's why I didn't mention his 1st

Those two are my go to lyrical classics but this list isn't complete without Below the Heavens by Blu.