American Gangster

Jay-Z

2007

Inspired the 2007 film of the same name, American Gangster details a young man looking into the game, looking into the perils and all the corruption and the things that he has to go through. But this is the only thing he knows.

He has little faith and little hope because this is what he sees and drug dealing is his only way out. It’s essentially the ultimate hustler album as we see the rise of a kingpin and his eventual downfall.