Nipsey Hussle announced his Mailbox Money project today (December 4) via Instagram. The post reveals the cover art and says the release is slated to drop this month.
Nipsey Hussle also discussed the album with MTV today, and says that 100 hardcopies of Mailbox Money will be available to purchase for $1,000 apiece via Proud 2 Pay. Those who purchase the hardcopy version of the album will also be able to attend a listening session for his long-awaited Victory Lap album. In addition, Mailbox Money, which he calls an “album before the album,” will be available free on iTunes. Slated production credits include Hit-Boy and DJ Mustard and guest features are said to include Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug.
“It’s all original music,” Nipsey Hussle says of the project. “Being honest, these ain’t mixtapes. They’re albums. These original songs, concepts, the biggest producers, the biggest rappers in the game are a part of [it] and bringing creativity to [it]. I don’t want to devalue it by calling it a mixtape. It’s really just music — more conversations for my people.”
The Los Angeles rapper released his Crenshaw mixtape in a similar fashion. Through Proud 2 Pay, he reportedly made $100,000 from the sales. Hussle said that Jay Z showed his support by purchasing 100 of the 1,000 copies.
The MTV clip and Instagram post is below:
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FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!!!!!! a 1000$ for a Nipsey Hussle album??? no way!
So he’ll four copies of his album
*sell four
Nicca PLEASE!!!! Enough already, the $100 was a ‘cute gimmick’, but you said YOUR ALBUM was ‘next’! NOW you’re gonna gank fools for a $1000 for something they can get for FREE?! That’s not customers, THOSE are called ‘suckers’, ‘tricks’ or ‘idiots’! WHERE’S THE ALBUM? Let’s see HOW MANY of those you can actually SELL!…………..
Damn Nip, I been a fan for years now but you pushin this to me for a G?! C’mon cuh, as a hustler myself I understand the grind but I AINT finna let u tap my pockets for a rack.
Im’a still cop for free tho
lol i was gonna make a joke about him charging 1000 for another weak mixtape but i see hes really following through. its funny because no one buys this shit. jay-z bought 10/100 and im sure his rich friends and family bought most of the last one. he probably has about 30 real fans willing to pay that.
If you saw his instagram today I think alot of them shits just posted up sitting there, lmao
snoop dogg and prodigy’s genetic love child is delusional
Man I’ll say this… I respect his hustle, but let be real whos gonna spend $1000 on a Mixtape. Especially on this time of the year… Christmas time.
damn. this nigga treatin his fans like knocks.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!This guy is a GENIUS!!! I mean people dont buy his albums for $1 so he then thinks he`s gonna sell it for a $1000?!?And WHO THE FUCK IS THIS GUY AGAIN?!?
You may be ON TO SOMETHING HERE NIPS!!!! GET RUSSELL ON THE PHONE!!!
Heeeeell yeeees!!Smart move!!!If you come to Harlem tomorrow around noon you`ll be seing me sell my hoooooot mixtape out of my trunk of my car for just a modest price of $2395 since its christmas.
WOOOOOOW!!!! I was thinking about sponoring my mothers heart surgery this christmas,but now theres no doubt about where my money goes!!!! How often do you get to buy a album SOOOOO CHEAP and especially since its from the dalai lama of music!!!MR NIPPSY HIMSELF!!!!
What the fuck is Estatic my nigga? Is that a new vap brand or somethin? E-static?
Wow missed a c in there,but hell,like the sound of it anyway!!HEEEY!Maybe i can be a rapper!Call mysel E-STATIC,make an album,have me holding a high voltage power line on the cover,charge 1495 DOLLAZ for it!!OOOOOOOOH SHIIIIIT!I`m ON TO SOMETHING HERE!ITS GOONA BE BIG!!!Thanks nippsy for pavin the way for us unknown shitty rappers tryin to make a living!!BIIIIIIG Kiss on the cheek from me!E-STATIC!
Why would anybody buy this guys mediocre music for… 1000 dollars?! I heard the Crenshawn mixtape and there’s no way I would have paid anything for it.
thats whats up, i cant wait til someone buys it and uploads it so i can burn it free! always liked nipsey
2014 and you’re still burning cd’s? Huge throwback.
THE ALBUM WILL BE FREE ON ITUNES. YOU’RE BASICALLY PAYING A RACK TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE LISTENING SESSION FOR VICTORY LAP.
MY GOD YOU NIGGAS CANT READ!!!
what happen to the Nip from bullets ain’t got no name. This new slow flow weak af
Nipsey is pretty dope one of the few new artists making decent music still the Crenshaw mixtape was nice you niggaz stay hatin!!!!!! Game And Nipsey Got some dope ass songs together check out they roll shit is a banger!
i wouldnt pay 25 cents for this dudes music..average rapper that will never blow up big..these young guys are stupid
I fuck with Nipsey but this $1000 cd not about to work
It’s not, its self indulgent bullshit.
I have heard a lot of your music nipsey and it sounds like my lil cousins rapping in the car it sounds like you just freestyle a lot of your songs very simple same ole shit everybody else talking about. If you gonna charge your fans a 1000 dollars a copy you gotta step your game up nobody in the rap right now album should cost 1000 not even Eminem and you couldn’t do his numbers even if you died today you not that hott I respect your hustle but only PAC could come back and charge this Micheal Jackson any dead icon What Is u Smoking out there in Cali I know it’s the best but u got your hands on some shit I fill bad for anybody that drop a 1000 to hear you freestyle #forgetaboutit. I’m not a rapper but I would battle you for that 1000 and scrape you shot out crooked I my fav west coast artist and u ain’t even in his class yet not even close u ego tripping
what songs are u listening to cuz nipsey drops gems
“never vocalize my visions actions was my spokesperson”
That didnt make any sense,he just as well should have said “60% of the time it works every time”.BANGER!!MILK WAS A BAD CHOICE!!#OVERPRICED!#NIPPS#TONSOFCALIWEED#BADCHOICE!
To the White boy in the first comment,fuck Nipsey whatever the fuck his name is, why the fuck y’all always gotta bring ElMvis’ name in whatever article on this bullshit site?
for 1000 he better hop out the cd case and give me some fuggin head nah mean?
his rich friends and family will buy it (with his money) and jay-z might cop a few out of pity and Nipsey will deem this a success because he knows he can’t push no real units.
why did he steal officer rickys album cover?
he gonna sale 5 and act like it sold out.. maybe Jay will buy 100 more
I would never support someone who rides with a certified snitch like Slowbucks who holds press conferences with lawyers when he gets his chain took. Meanwhile Nipsey continues to rap about snitches, rats and fakes while associating with those very people.
get the fck out of here nipsey.
nigga want me to give him a thousand dollars for an album with young thug n rich homie quan on it… youd have to pay me a thousand to listen to that shit….
Wow, I have to agree on that
I feel Nip’s ambition I really do especially being from L.A. where niggas is always tryna hustle to get money however, think about it… you pay $1000 to really go to the studio and hang with nip and all his 60 friends who poppin bottles low key laughin at you cus you paid them to just kick it with them at the studio… I’d feel like a groupie as a grown man doin that. It have to be like NaS Raekwon Quik – LEGENDS that I looked up to as a kid.
Crenshaw was hard BUT I feel like nip used to talk about money AND the struggle. Now its all benz, cash, etc.
Nip u nyc n all but 1000 dollars is a bit too much to ask plus ur music isn’t that powerful….
This nigga here… Recycling bars on every other track and only talking about cars, bitches and money. Real talk, ain’t no real niggas gonna buy this for a grand. He’ll prolly end up selling every cd to some rich ass mothafuckas with too much money.
He charging his fans to be fans, $1000 to buy and expeirience? No hotel and accomidations with that, you listening to Victory Lap but that album is not included?