Although Nipsey Hussle's slick, funky early singles like “The Life” featuring Snoop Dogg and “Feelin' Myself” with Lloyd suggested potential crossover success like Snoop's, he's charted his own course as a homegrown hero of L.A. rap. Even 2013's Crenshaw—a mixtape Hussle audaciously sold on CD for $100 a pop—catered to his core fanbase with his conversational flow on sneering street anthems like “Checc Me Out” and “U See Us”. “Bullets Ain't Got No Names” shows that Nip is capable of gangsta rap menace, but more often he comes across as a flinty, uncompromising truth-teller.