It’s been 22 years, 8 months, 18 days since Ras Kass released his magnum opus, Soul On Ice (the album featuring “Nature of the Threat” for you next-gen YouTubers).
HipHopDX can now reveal that the West Coast vet’s long-awaited sequel, Soul On Ice 2 is completed and will be released sooner than later. And to preview the album’s diversity, the first single, “Guns N Roses” featuring appropriately aggressive verses from Styles P and Lil Fame, showcases the same type of East Coast grit that was prevalent during the time of the original album’s heyday.
“I wasn’t even sure I would ever even try to approach Soul On Ice 2 but after nearly 25 years, this is my Silver Anniversary,” Ras Kass tells HipHopDX. “I needed to take inventory and see how I had changed (if any) and how our society had improved (did it really?).”
“I’m thankful to everyone who helped me make a true sequel that really serves as my ‘New Beginning'”.
The upcoming project also sports contributions from the likes of Snoop Dogg, Pete Rock, Diamond D and more. Check down below for the HipHopDX-premiered cover art and tracklist of Soul Of Ice 2 ahead of its July 26, 2019 release date.
1. Silver Anniversary (prod. Twiz the Beat Pro)
2.Grammy Speech (f. viola solo by Christen Lien) (prod. Diamond D
3 Midnight Sun (f. CeeLo Green) (prod. The Olympicks)
4 F.L.Y. (prod. DJ Green Lantern)
5 Street Superstar (prod. J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League)
6 White Power (f. Immortal Technique)
7. Shark Week
8. Wxt Thv Shxts (prod. J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League)
9. The Long Way (f. Everlast)
10 Guns N Roses (f. Styles P & Lil Fame)
11, LL Cool J (f. Snoop Dogg)
12. Trapped Music
13. Gingivitis w/ Jamo Gang (El Gant, J57, Ras Kass)
14. Can U Feel It (prod. Pete Rock)
15. Opioid Crisis
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WONT’ be even close to as good as the first one
I can already see from the tracklisting….too much East Coast dick-riding from Ras as usual……
Maybe you should “hear” it first?
Maybe it will be good, but with those features it clearly doesn’t follow the same formula as SOI, so I don’t see the point in naming it that. Maybe it will have similar beats, but I highly doubt it. Coolio was the only feature on the first one, this looks like it has a ton of features, and not even ones I’m excited to hear like on Blasphemy (where he did a Royce and Xzibit feature and a Pharoah Monch feature all over Apollo Brown production)
East vs. West in 2019? Kill yourself man.
Quit listening to hip hop. You clearly don’t know anything about it.
I can not wait!!! I see is was jot able to get Mos Def, but the the fact that he has immortal technique speaks volumes about the subject matter.
Razzy!
Let the classics be
Not feeling the first single and I’m a huge The Waterproof MC fan
How is this soul on ice 2???? There’s o apparent continuation….