''Mailbox Money'' is the ninth

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by American rapper

Nipsey Hussle Airmiess Joseph Asghedom (August 15, 1985 – March 31, 2019), known professionally as Nipsey Hussle (often stylized as Nipsey Hu$$le), was an American rapper, entrepreneur, and activist. Emerging from the West Coast hip hop scene in the mid- ...

. The mixtape was released as a free digital download on December 31, 2014, on mixtape hosting websites. It was also released in a limited first edition of 100 copies for $1,000 each including other incentives via his All Money In record label, which followed-up

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, that was sold under the same schema but rather 1,000 copies for $100. The mixtape features production by

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, Ralo Stylez and Wizzo, among others.

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s on the mixtape came from

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and many others. The mixtape was supported by the singles "A Hunnit A Show" featuring Rick Ross, "Between Us" featuring

, "Where Yo Money At", "Count Up That Loot", and "50 Niggaz".

Background

After releasing

, October 2013, Nipsey quickly diverted the critical acclaim and success towards his Crenshaw Tour. Where he went on a 31-city trek, which started on January 9, 2014, and ended on February 13, 2014. While on his tour, Nipsey Hussle also released a plethora of songs which were considered freebies that were eventually added onto the 'Mailbox Money' project, such as "Count Up That Loot", "Between Us", "Be Here For A While", and "Where Yo Money At". Upon the end of his tour, Nipsey created the idea to "Mailbox Money", after reading an article from the EzineArticles, to which describes the details of passive income and equity. From there, he emulated the same idea for his follow-up project, and announced that it would be released some time in December. On December 29, 2014, he revealed the track list for ''Mailbox Money'', which contained guest appearances from

, J. Stone,

, GI Joe, Pacman, Conrad, and Vernardo.

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was handled by,

, Ralo Stylez and Wizzo, among others.

Release and promotion

On December 3, 2014, Hussle announced his 2015 European tour vi
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to which after the release of the 'Mailbox Money' project, he would travel around 11 countries, such as France, England, Germany, and many other countries around Europe, from January 14, 2015 to February 1, 2015.

Sales

According to Nipsey Hussle, he has sold 60 copies of the limited retail version of the album (which cost $1,000) as of 1/24/2015.

Singles

On December 4, 2014, Nipsey released his official debut single, "50 Niggaz", for the forthcoming project, 'Mailbox Money', and explain the motive and direction of the track and project in its entirety by saying,

''It's crazy because that record is a year and a half old. I was going to hold it but felt like it made sense with everything that's going on. We've seen this before, especially in L.A., where we felt like we didn't get any justice. I was a little kid during the Rodney King riots. I remember it. There were tanks on Crenshaw and Slauson. The grocery store my grandparents shopped at was burned down. It seemed familiar, and I have a voice now. I didn't want to take to Twitter and all that. I did feel a way about it and wanted to say something.''

The following week, he also released the second single, entitled "A Hunnit A Show", alongside

, which was produced by

Track listing

Track notes * signifies an co-producer

Charts

References

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