Nipsey Delivers a Street Classic
Nipsey Hussle fans have waited years for the debut of his first studio album and now the wait is over. The California rapper/businessman released his anticipated album titled Victory Lap a power packed ‘Hood Inspirational’ 16-track banger that speaks to the heart of all hustlers. The album features some major hip-hop collaborations that includes YG, P Diddy, Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius, Cee Lo Green, and more.
Victory Lap is a true testament to where dedication, hard work, and knowing your worth pays off. Victory lap is an inspirational story of his journey from being a former street entrepreneur to a fully legit businessman. Who not only made it out the streets but is helping make his community a better place.
Nipsey was recently interviewed by NPR on why he decided to name his album Victory Lap and this was his response:
If you check the stats — the murder rates and incarceration rates in the years I was a teenager in L.A. — in my section of the Crenshaw District in the Rollin’ 60s, none of my peers survived. None of my peers avoided prison. None of ’em. Everybody got bullet wounds and felonies and strikes. So to make it out mentally stable and not in prison and not on drugs, that’s a win. That’s a victory in itself. Then to be in the position I find myself in as an artist and entrepreneur who has respect around the world; that’s legendary. And I say it in the most humble way.
That’s what I was talking about in that line. When I reflect on it, it’s unbelievable. It’s gotta be evidence of a divine presence, because it wasn’t that I’m just the smartest dude or just wiggled my way through. It had to be a calling on my life and I started to see that.
Victory Lap is the first release from his multi-album deal with Atlantic Records, and it was definitely worth the wait.
Check out the tracklist below. Watch his album listening concert on Tidal X above.
