Underground rapper and Sacramento native X-Raided has released his new single and video entitled “It’s Up” featuring Ras Kass and KXNG Crooked via Strange Music. Over a horn loop and mid tempo beat these three West Coast rap stalwarts deliver heat.
Representing South Central, Ras Kass spits: “When you too scared to go outside, I live in the wilderness, psychopaths live to kill, everybody kill to live, I’m somewhere in the middle trying to build a bridge.” X-Raided lives up to the claim of being “one of the dopest rappers on earth you never heard of no matter who you may be” with a rapid fire flow. Lastly, Long Beach’s own KXNG Crooked kills the production as he warns, “I don’t rap; I just speak violently as I read from a street diary. Long Beach is on each side of me.”
In the accompanying video, Strange Music labelmate Tech N9ne makes an appearance and bids the trio farewell as they take an intergalactic elevator up to levels unknown, reaching a room with fast cars and models sipping cocktails. Check out "It's Up" below.