YG: Stay Dangerous review – solid gangsta rap keeps it blood simple

(Def Jam)On the release of his 2014 debut, California’s YG was credited with revitalising west coast gangsta rap. My Krazy Life provided an icier, more spacious version of the genre’s funk-cushioned 90s acme and detailed the rapper’s long-standing involvement with the Bloods. Content-wise, YG has stayed very much on topic in the intervening years. Stay Dangerous, his third album, features a track called Bomptown Finest – a reference to his Compton roots (Bloods avoid usin