{"id":223787,"date":"2026-02-17T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=223787"},"modified":"2026-02-16T14:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:17:29","slug":"ras-kass-returns-after-5-years-with-leopard-eats-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/ras-kass-returns-after-5-years-with-leopard-eats-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Ras Kass Returns After 5 Years With Leopard Eats Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?si=-UNzyeIwr0WZKeDu&amp;list=OLAK5uy_m_t7zhTGeuKlr_zu8zJ_y4GJginI8cfU8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nearly 30 years into his career, West Coast Rap legend\u00a0Ras\u00a0Kass\u00a0is as sharp and incisive as ever with his\u00a0pen. His long-awaited new album\u00a0<i>Leopard Eats Face<\/i>\u00a0reasserts his uncompromising voice, offering sociopolitical commentary and critiques of both American politics and the music industry.\u00a0The title itself is a provocation, pointing directly to real-world consequences of voting for the current administration\u2014 from aggressive and violent ICE and Border Patrol tactics, to the erosion of civil liberties. Across the project,\u00a0Ras\u00a0interrogates power, complicity, and survival, reminding listeners that none of this is accidental\u2014or surprising.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<i>I said some harsh things [on this album] about certain people, including the West Coast, and certain individuals that I&#8217;ve been around. Everybody&#8217;s always so politically correct, or trying to appease whoever&#8217;s popular. I felt like I just kind of said what I needed to get off my chest about this industry and about people I know, and even people I&#8217;m related to.<\/i>\u201d &#8211; Ras Kass<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Released today (2\/13\/2026)\u00a0on all digital streaming platforms\u00a0via Soulspazm\/HillTop Ave, <i>Leopard Eats Face<\/i> serves<i>\u00a0<\/i>Ras&#8217;s first full-length solo album in five years and features\u00a0cross-generational guest verses from\u00a0Ab-Soul,\u00a0Inspectah Deck,\u00a0Coast Contra,\u00a0Onyx, and more.\u00a0 Singles include\u00a0&#8220;42&#8221; with\u00a0Smif-N-Wessun; &#8220;Scar Tissue&#8221; with\u00a0Treach of Naughty By Nature, and\u00a0Wais P;\u00a0&#8220;Miss Me Yet?&#8221; with\u00a0Timothy Bloom; and the bonus\u00a0&#8220;Mapongo Lions&#8221;, as heard in\u00a0Dave Chappelle&#8217;s new Netflix special <i>The Unstoppable.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Stream\/purchase <i>Leopard Eats Face<\/i>\u00a0<a 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