Hoop Life

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Hoop Life
Lil B - Hoop Life cover art.jpg
Mixtape by
Lil B
ReleasedJune 1, 2014 (2014-06-01)
Genre Hip hop
Label BasedWorld
Producer
  • 333 Boyz
  • 808 Mafia
  • Certified Hitz
  • Cool & Dre
  • Eskay
  • Giorgio Momurder
  • HNRK
  • Jamz
  • Jay Ant
  • Keyboard Kid
  • Laerec
  • Lazy Kev
  • Lilken138th
  • Mark Gee
  • Metro Boomin
  • Napszbeats
  • Prada Bwah
  • Schwarz
  • Slavery
  • TD Cruze
  • The Heisman
  • TheOnlyCasanova
  • Uptown Greg
  • Vitamine Dave
  • Young Chop
Lil B chronology
Basedworld Paradise
(2014)		Hoop Life
(2014)		Ultimate Bitch
(2014)

Hoop Life is a mixtape by American rapper Lil B. It was digitally released on June 1, 2014, through Lil B's own record label, BasedWorld Records. The mixtape mainly features basketball-themed songs. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The song, "Fuck KD", a diss track to Kevin Durant following their feud, was released on March 8, 2014 along with an accompanying music video. [4] Notably, the mixtape was released the day after Durant's Oklahoma City Thunder was eliminated from the 2014 NBA playoffs by the San Antonio Spurs. [5] [6] The music videos for the tracks "Fuck KD", "Gotta Make the NBA", "Katy Perry", and "Hoop Life" were also released throughout March, April and May 2014. [7] [8] [9] On December 7, 2020, a sequel to Hoop Life was released using YouTube titled "Hoop Life 2." Hoop Life 2 was later made available for streaming platforms on November 30, 2020. [10] [11]

Reception

In a positive review, Billy Haisley of Deadspin praised Lil B's handling of basketball related themes and topics, though pointed out that some unrelated songs on the project were derivative of his previous work: "...Hoop Life is a typical Lil B mixtape, from the celebrity songs to the ignorant, crass, and often great cooking songs to the positive and explicitly #based ideological songs... Other tracks, however, uphold the narrative promise of 'Gotta Make the NBA'... the "player on the come-up" stories have the most depth". [12] Phil Witmer of Vice considered Hoop Life an "essential" Lil B mixtape, acknowledging the basketball concept and dubbing the production "Bay Area-styled post-hyphy that's as warm and inviting as a summer day" [13]

The diss track "Fuck KD" was singled out for particular praise. The Fader considered the track "better than it needed to be" [14] while also praising the songs "NBA Live" and "Real Based".

In 2021, the song "Ski Ski BasedGod" was widely used in the viral "devious lick" TikTok trend where students would record themselves stealing or vandalizing items from their schools.

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Pass the Ball"
  • 333 Boyz
  • Schwarz
3:36
2."At the Freethrow"Jay Ant4:14
3."NBATV Commercial"Giorgio Momurder2:46
4."Off da Bench" 5:01
5."Material Mindstate"Lazy Kev2:49
6."See Me in the Game"HNRK3:07
7."Pass the Roc"Napszbeats2:40
8."Hoop Life"Laerec2:54
9."Call Me Coach"Vitamine Dave3:25
10."Lockdown" 3:45
11."Foul Out"Jay Ant4:06
12."Peyton on Broncos Jordan on Wizards"Jamz3:26
13."Marbel Floors and Pain"TD Cruze3:37
14."Hall of Fame"Certified Hitz2:54
15."Your Going to the League"Keyboard Kid5:31
16."Only Time I Slow Down" 4:12
17."Good Day"Uptown Greg4:04
18."Living My Life"Mark Gee2:56
19."Don't Go Outside"TheOnlyCasanova4:23
20."Ski Ski BasedGod"
  • Eskay
  • Slavery
3:00
21."Pretty Boy Anthem"Eskay3:28
22."NBA Live"
2:08
23."Scouts Report"Uptown Greg4:31
24."Gotta Make the NBA" 4:02
25."Real Based" 3:08
26."Fuck KD (Kevin Durant Diss)" Cool & Dre 3:42
27."NBA Stole My Swag"Lilken138th3:50
28."I Got Bitches 2014"
  • Keyboard Kid
  • The Heisman
4:12
29."Katy Perry" 4:02
30."Mack Maine" 3:58
31."Who I Want"Prada Bwah3:49
32."I Choose Her"Keyboard Kid4:35
33."Clink Clink (Clean Version)"Certified Hitz3:13
Total length:121:04

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  2. ↑ Minsker, Evan (June 1, 2014). "Lil B's Hoop Life Mixtape, Featuring "Fuck KD", Has Arrived". Pitchfork . Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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  7. ↑ Minsker, Evan (April 8, 2014). "Lil B Plays More Basketball in His "Gotta Make the NBA" Video". Pitchfork . Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  8. ↑ Gordon, Jeremy (April 30, 2014). "Lil B's New Song "Katy Perry" Inspires the Real Katy Perry to Ask Lil B to Prom". Pitchfork . Retrieved June 2, 2014.
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  10. ↑ Hoop Life 2, 2020-11-30, retrieved 2024-12-25
  11. ↑ Hoop Life 2 by Lil B on Apple Music, 2020-11-30, retrieved 2024-12-25
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  13. ↑ Witmer, Phil (2018-04-24). "7 Essential Lil B Mixtapes to Get You Started on the Based Path". Vice. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  14. ↑ "Stream: Lil B, "Real Based"". The FADER. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
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