Loaded Bases

"Loaded Bases" is a song by American rapper Nipsey Hussle. It was released as the thirteenth track from his debut and only studio album, Victory Lap (2018). It features guest vocals from American musician CeeLo Green.
== Background ==
Hussle told NPR:
That's a real life moment I describe. I remember being 19. I had reached all my adolescent goals. It was 10 years, 15 years ago almost. I had touched two bricks for the first time, and I felt myself getting pulled into a direction. Once you cross these invisible lines, it's hard to go back. So I felt myself make a decision: "What you gonna do, homie?"
I had given up on music because I went broke so many times trying to do music when I was a teenager. I wasn't one of them types; I wanted to have money. I'd felt what it feels like to be independent and celebrated in my area — even on such a shallow level. For the girls to love me, having cars and having jewelry and being a young teenager; I was adolescent ballin'. I liked that feeling.
That train of logic drove my thought process. I don't know nobody in the streets that ever made a hundred million dollars. I'm looking at Jay-Z, Puffy, Master P — these guys have a $100 million. And it's a marathon; it's a long haul. But I don't know a man hustling that made a hundred mill. I know n***** that made it to $1 million, $10, maybe five. But none of them avoided the Feds. All of them got told on. They were the man for five summers and they gave the state or the Feds 20 summers. So the risk versus reward didn't pan out. That same day, I went and sold all my equipment and sold my jewelry. Sold my Lincoln; I had these rims, these Alpina rims that everybody in L.A. kept asking me [about]. I did not want to sell it, but I made a decision. That was one of the best decisions of my life. Sold the Lincoln and I went to Guitar Center and my brother met me up there and matched me. We bought all the equipment.
So that's what that line [comes from]: I was sitting on my Lincoln, I started thinking / N**** I ain't gon' make a hundred mill off in these streets and / more than likely I'm gon' end up in somebody's precinct / or even worse, a horse and carriage in front of the church laid off in a hearse.Carmichael, Rodney (February 16, 2018). "Nipsey Hussle Tells the Epic Stories Behind 'Victory Lap,' Track by Track". NPR.
== Personnel ==
* Adam Aderbraun executive producer
* CeeLo Green featured artist, vocals
* Cyrus "NOIS" Taghipour assistant mixer
* Dave Kutch masterer
* Derek "MixedByAli" Ali mixer
* Ermias "Nipsey Hussle" Asghedom lead artist, vocals, writer
* Garnett "G" Flynn additional engineer
* Jake "Jake One" Dutton writer, producer, programmer
* Joya Nemley A&R administrator
* Larrance "Rance" Dopson writer, additional producer, additional programmer
* Matt Jacobson assistant mixer
* Mike & Keyz producer
* Ralph Cee additional engineer
* Samiel Asgehdom executive producer
* Sean "Diddy" Combs executive producer
* Sean Phelan additional engineer
* Stephen Donelson executive producer
* Steven "Steve-O" Carless writer, executive producer
* Thomas Callaway writer
* Tyler Page assistant mixer
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== Lyrics ==
== References ==
Category:2018 songs
Category:Collaboration songs
Category:Explicit songs
Category:Songs
Category:Victory Lap