Ras Kass & M.O.P. Link In Animated ‘How The Block Sound’ Music Video

Ras Kass and M.O.P. have connected for a new action-packed animated music video titled “How The Block Sound.”

On Friday (May 12), Amadeus360 The Beat King released the video featuring the Hip Hop artists. Against the backdrop of Amaeus360’s hard-hitting production, both Ras Kass and M.O.P (Mash Out Posse) went bar-for-bar on the record. The video animation was done by Carlito Way, who also created the animation for the hit TV show, The Boondocks.

“How The Block Sound” is from Amadeus360’s album  The MPC Jedi, which was released on March 12. The 18-track project features a cross-generational lineup of spitters, including newcomers Lil Dee and Nems, as well as legends such as Masta Ace, Sticky Fingaz, Keith Murray, among others. The album follows Amadeus360’s 2020 collaborative album with Ruste JuxxJames Brown of tha Underground, and his 2021 full-length collaboration with Termanology360.

Amadeus360 is a Brooklyn, New York-based Hip-Hop producer by way of Little Rock, Arkansas and Dallas, Texas, who came up under the mentorship of Kid Capri.

Meanwhile, Teflon reunited with M.O.P. and DJ Premier on his song “The Thoro Side” back in April.

The track allowed the New York rap veterans to trade bruising bars over punishing production from Preemo, which is laced with spine-chilling strings and signature cuts sampling lines from Nas and M.O.P. affiliate Foxx.

Billy Danze kicks things off with a typically rugged verse, before Lil’ Fame takes the baton and sprinkles a dose of humor into his hard-hitting rhymes: “We’ll tear this bitch apart/ I got goons that’ll clap for nothing like the kids on ‘106 & Park.’”

Teflon then brings it home by reminding listeners that the Mash Out Posse still ain’t nothin’ to be fucked with. “Hit ’em with the blueprint, the streets approved it/ M.O.P. ain’t just any team, we a movement/ So introducing the new shit from the cats that gave a lot of dudes they influence,” he spits.

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“Nothing like getting back in the lab with my home team,” Tef said of the collaboration. “A whole lot of history in the building with Preem going way back and reconnecting on ‘The Thoro Side.’ It brings back those same dope vibes, lyrical marksmanship and classic fire that the streets been missing!”

“Having the team back together to create more magic on ‘The Thoro Side’ is monumental,” Danze added. “The song is crazy (no surprise there), but the session was like a throwback to the future, with new but familiar energy that can’t be duplicated.”

In 2019, Ras Kass dropped Soul On Ice 2 which is a follow-up to his 1996 offering, Soul On Ice. During that time, HipHopDX‘s Riley Wallace rated the album a 4.2 out of 5.