Ras Kass has opened up about his beef with The Alchemist, including him wanting to do bodily harm to the producer over the instrumental for Jadakiss’ 2001 hit single “We Gonna Make It.”
In a recent My Expert Opinion interview, the Soul on Ice rapper elaborated on their complicated relationship over the last 20 years.
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Ras Kass started by saying the California producer “keep lying” and “changing the story” about what actually occurred with the high-energy instrumental that was sold to him for his “Home Sweet Home” track which appeared on his 2001 album, Van Gogh.
He then revealed that at one point, he was paying The Alchemist “$3,000 a beat,” because they were already cool and had an established bond.
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After the hosts asked if Ras Kass talked to The LOX members about the famous instrumental being sold to them, he said that there was no problem with the Yonkers rappers at all.
Ras Kass continued by revealing that The Alchemist said he never paid him for the beat, which he disputed and said he could go retrieve the paperwork from Capitol Records to prove he did.
Once Matt Hoffa asked if he and The Alchemist squashed their beef, Ras Kass broke down where their relationship is as of today.
“We got cool for a while, then he bunnied out again,” he said. “And then he started telling that narrative again and my whole thing is, don’t tell the narrative, because it’s not true. Just say, ‘I did some shit, don’t want to go into it too much, but I’m grateful, and I learned something, but Ras handled his business,’ because he tried to make it sound like me or my company are bitter or mad at Jadakiss.”
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He added: “Like, get out of here. I’m my own n-gga my G. I’m good at what I do. And I can still be fans with people. Trust me, if I went in a different way, he would’ve got killed. I’m more than sure his face would not look the same if I would’ve ceased and desisted that record.”
“We Gonna Make It,” from Jadakiss’ debut album Kiss tha Game Goodbye remains one of the most quintessential Hip Hop records to come out of the early 2000s.
Within the same interview, Ras also spoke about fumbling a Roc-A-Fella West deal with JAY-Z after throwing down too much brown liquor.
