In this never before seen on YouTube interview, BET Music Editor Iyana Robertson sat down with Nipsey Hussle in 2018 to discuss his first studio album, “Victory Lap”.
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“I think that I haven’t been able to fully express my capacity as a musician and a music maker,” he admits. “As a rap artist, people know I can rap. People know that I’m authentic, but just as far as the type of music I can make, the level of creativity we’re capable of in the music space, I wanted Victory Lap to be a step in that direction.” One music maven in particular, Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs, helped take Victory Lap further after encouraging Nipsey to revisit sessions from what he believed was a finished project. For one particular track, Puff sent the Los Angeles rapper back in time for a quick lesson. “He told me to pull up ‘Natural Born Killaz’ by Ice Cube and Dr. Dre and listen to that. And it was louder. We had mastered and mixed the song already, I didn’t understand how that record was louder. He was like, ‘Yeah, it sounds more violent, it sounds more L.A. That’s what you aimin’ for. I see what y’all tryin’ to do.’ So we went back and I told them, ‘F**k the meter, f**k the s**t hittin’ the red, make it loud. Make it to where you feel it in your chest. And make it more violent-soundin’, more aggressive.’” Puff’s last-minute genius – the same genius responsible for sounds on The Notorious B.I.G’s Life After Death and his own solo album No Way Out – was responsible for the impact of “Rap N***s,” Victory Lap’s early statement that Nipsey Hussle is not to be grouped in with any of his peers.
Full article here: https://www.bet.com/music/2018/03/02/nipsey-hussle-interview-feature.html
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