Nipsey Hussle – “Racks Within the Center” (feat. Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy)
Hit-Boy is an award-winning producer and rapper from LA. He’s considered one of my all-time favourite producers, from “Backseat Freestyle” by Kendrick Lamar, to “Sicko Mode” by Travis Scott, to tracks he’s made for Beyonce, Nas, and the Jay-Z & Kanye album Watch the Throne. So I used to be actually excited to speak to him, and after I requested him which music from his unbelievable catalog he wished to speak about, I used to be actually moved by his selection. He picked “Racks in the Middle” by Nipsey Hussle, that includes Roddy Ricch. Nipsey Hussle was a rapper and group activist from LA whose profession was minimize quick, tragically, when he was murdered in 2019. He’d launched only one album, Victory Lap. “Racks within the Center” was the final music launched in Nipsey’s lifetime. It went platinum, and a 12 months after his demise, it won the Grammy for Best Rap Performance, in 2020. This episode options a number of quick clips from a video that Nipsey Hussle made for the website Genius, back in 2019. However right here within the studio, to inform the story, I spoke to Hit-Boy about how “Racks within the Center” got here collectively.
You should purchase or stream “Racks Within the Center” (feat. Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy) here.
Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
For a transcript of this episode, click here.
Dustin James Corbett – co-writer
Greg Allen Davis – co-writer
“Die Young” – Roddy Ricch
Data Smith, Future, and Chalice Recording Studio
Mailbox Money – mixtape by Nipsey Hussle
“A Hunnit a Show” (feat. Rick Ross) – Nipsey Hussle
“Alert” (feat. Hit-Boy & Nipsey Hussle) – HS87
“Thuggin” (feat. Lil Boosie & Lil Cali) – Nipsey Hussle
