Nipsey Hussle - Victory Lap 2LP

Debuts are usually albums of firsts, but Victory Lap is full of sequels and standards. When it isn’t heavily indebted to his West Coast forebears Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, and Dj Quik, or literally adding a follow-up in a song series—“Blue Laces 2,” “Keyz 2 the City 2”—it is returning to Nipsey’s well for hard-nosed bully rap. The hour-long album honors all the work he’s put in and looks back at all he’s achieved. His tactics can be tone-deaf and without nuance, but he knows exactly who he’s speaking to and for.

•  Victory Lap (Feat. Stacy Barthe)
•  Rap Nggas
•  Last Time That I Checc'd (Feat. Yg)
•  Young Nigga (Feat. Puff Daddy)
•  Dedication (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)
•  Blue Laces 2
•  Hussle & Motivate
•  Status Symbol 3 (Feat. Buddy)
•  Succa Proof (Feat. Konshens and J. Black)
•  Keyz 2 the City 2 (Feat. Teeflii)
•  Grinding All My Life
•  Million While You Young (Feat. The-Dream)
•  Loaded Bases (Feat. Ceelo Green)
•  Real Big (Feat. Marsha Ambrosius)