did Nas & Ras Kass have beef ?

i was wondering because i was listening to both today and i noticed this ....

Nas spits this bit on 'Book of Rhymes' ....

Soul On Ice death threats given by clowns
I guess livin' is prison when you live around clowns
I'm hexed cursed worse I been blessed first
I thought I was abnormal cause I would overcome any tasked called to
So there it is I'ma prince I'ma get slain
Some do minor shit swear they on the top of they game
Ya rhymin' is called "Vagina Monologue"
It kinda supports theories of scary niggas who should lie in the morgue
Rarely y'all come in contact with the real
Since Pun passed he was the last shine of sun I could feel
Yo said there's a few left since music's expressions of life
Damn I wish I took more time to write in my book of rhymes

then Ras Kass spits this on a freestyle ...

Some of the these niggas is suspect, like poppin outta birthday cakes
But next to they bitch, they ain't worth they weight
Worse, wait--
They claim all this weight they worth in murder
But the only servin you did was "would you like cheese on that burger"?
"Or supersize those fries"
Nigga, Supersize the lies in your rhymes
Dramatize your crimesand drop dimes
My homies sodomize snitches with 9s
I'm vicious with spittin, It Was Written
but niggas is ignorant, and don't read books
So take a picture trick, and look
Life's a Bitch, so I'ma fuck her til she comes and niggas is shook
Don't forget me in the top 5 of all-time rappers..


i maybe looking to much into it but its sounds as if they going at each other ...

I highly doubt it, I've read recent interviews where Rass gives Nas props in reference to the track Killah Priest featured Nas on.

Come to think of it, that'd be a dope ass collab. right there!

^ Yea, they're two of my fav emcees in the game.

Nas, Ras Kass, Common & K-Rino

^Sick collab. Best of all coasts.

Based on those verses, it certainly sounds like it. I've heard that Ras Kass dissed Nas subliminally a few times.
Definatly not much of a public beef though...

i always thought it was Nas and AZ that had each others throats at one time :/

Yeah AZ and Nas did have some bumps in their relationship at times..and if I was AZ I would be hella resentful of Nas cause AZ roughly = Nas lyrically especially in his early work but never got that commerical success even though his lyrics and flow were wild.

Damn, two insightful and smart people should not beef. I thought they would be better than that. :/