{"id":584635,"date":"2026-08-14T16:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/584635\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:02:14","slug":"how-blacc-sam-bino-rideaux-continued-nipsey-hussles-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/584635\/","title":{"rendered":"How Blacc Sam & Bino Rideaux Continued Nipsey Hussle\u2019s Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNipsey Hussle<\/a> once said, \u201cThe highest human act is to inspire.\u201d Seven years after his tragic passing, that inspiration refuses to fade.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen fellow South Central rapper Bino Rideaux<\/a> and Hussle\u2019s older brother and business partner, Blacc Sam (born Samiel Asghedom), pull up to the Billboard office during their NYC press run for Prolific \u2014 Hussle\u2019s collab album with Bino and the late rapper\u2019s first posthumous project \u2014 they\u2019re rolling 25 people deep: a record that won\u2019t be broken anytime soon when it comes to artist visits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWith a lineup large enough to make up an MLB roster, there\u2019s a certain intentionality in making sure everyone from the All Money In family who had a hand in Nip\u2019s journey was there for the ride, as if a piece of Hussle was carrying on through them too, picking up where the rapper, community leader, innovative entrepreneur and upstanding family man left off.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cSeeing the inspiration and how he inspires so many people, that\u2019s what he wanted to do. That was really his mission,\u201d Sam tells Billboard. \u201cHe was really happy to give any type of inspiration, and when he saw people use that inspiration, even if it was a little bit of inspiration from him, and succeed, that [thrilled] him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHussle took a liking to a neophyte Bino, inviting him to the studio for a mid-2010s session, and the fuse was lit from there. Prolific, which Hussle has inked on his right temple, came together in 2017 across three straight months of being locked in at the NoName Studios in the Valley\u2019s Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles. At the time, the building was leased to Ye (formerly Kanye West) and used as a hub for his G.O.O.D. Music label. The rap lore of NoName stretches back to the \u201890s when it was home to Death Row Records, where Dr. Dre and 2Pac made history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOriginally titled Single for the Summer, Bino\u2019s smoky melodies easily mixed with Nip\u2019s spoken wisdom and street savviness to form a potent combination, as they waxed poetic about their romantic escapades and relationship issues, while it was a more experimental Hussle than what was heard on Victory Lap.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe was prepared to be vulnerable on these records and get out of the norm and just experiment a little bit,\u201d Bino says, adding that Prolific was recorded before their 2017 joint project No Pressure. \u201cThis was the initial idea. More songs for women and a project aimed at real-life experiences we were going through at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tThey pushed one another as each day brought something new at No Name. When they weren\u2019t in the booth, Hussle showed Bino documentaries and other days saw the crew gambling outside while playing basketball and All Money In\u2019s Hoggy (BH) grilling crab legs.<\/p>\n

\n\tStudio breaks were traded for rooftop poolside trips to the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, which was captured in the Prolific cover art, approved by Hussle. \u201cIt\u2019s constant workflow every day. Somebody doing something at all hours of the day for sure,\u201d Bino adds. \u201cIt was easy for us to collab. For me, it was motivation to get up and go work with Nip Hussle every day. It was fun, bro.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction is helmed by frequent collaborators such as Mike & Keys, MYGUYMARS, AXL Folie and Rance 1500, while mixing duties were handled by MixedByAli and NOIS. Trunk-rattling drums, woozy basslines and even Caribbean rhythms make up the sonic palette, which doesn\u2019t sound dated to nearly a decade ago when Nip and Bino cooked up Prolific.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s like if you playing basketball, or got a workout partner \u2014 I know [Bino] motivated Hussle to stay on that,\u201d Sam says of Nip and Bino pushing one another. \u201cYou\u2019re getting Hussle and Bino at their finest, and them coming together for something neither could\u2019ve created on their own.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA rising Cardi B, Ty Dolla $ign, Buddy, BH, James Fauntleroy, Leon Thomas and a posthumous lift from the late Static Major are sprinkled in throughout the 15-track effort.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI Just Wanna Know\u201d finds Nip and Bino joining up with Cardi and Ty Dolla, while Hussle delivers a raunchy yet sleek chorus, part of which was first used on Ty and Ye\u2019s Vultures album.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSam remembers Nipsey championing Cardi from an early stage. \u201cI didn\u2019t really know who Cardi B was. So then, as we were seeing her go crazy, I was like, \u2018We need to put that record on Victory Lap,\u2019\u201d he recalls telling his brother. But Nip was intent on the track\u2019s fit on Prolific.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s just cool when you see somebody do what they say they\u2019re gonna do. That is like the coolest s\u2013t ever \u2014\u00a0because there\u2019s so many people that just talk, and nothing ever happens,\u201d Ty Dolla $ign says of his Hamilton High School classmate. \u201c[Nipsey] set it up to where we\u2019re still talking, and it still matters. It\u2019s bigger than rap, it\u2019s bigger than a song. It\u2019s bigger than all the generic bulls\u2013t you hear today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe long-awaited \u201c500 Horses\u201d lives up to the hype as worthy of the pantheon of Nipsey Hussle gems, while \u201cAll Summer\u201d is the perfect drop-top cruise tune to survive the sweltering West Coast heat. Prolific comes to a fitting close on \u201cBacc of the Bach,\u201d with Nip explaining his definition of The Marathon and how he felt he needed to reinvent himself as a hustler, pivoting from his Bullets Ain\u2019t Got No Name series.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom the sequencing to the artwork, Prolific is essentially as Hussle intended, outside of a few later production tweaks and Leon Thomas\u2019 soothing assist, which was a welcome addition to the fold. \u201cSomebody new walked in there trying to get on the mic, and I didn\u2019t know who it was, and so we was like, \u2018Nah, we\u2019re not doing this,\u2019\u201d Sam recalls of Thomas\u2019 contribution. \u201cOnce we seen what he did, it was dope as f\u2013k!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHussle personally delivered Prolific to Blacc Sam circa late 2017 and raved about the project and intended to release it as his next endeavor post-Victory Lap. Following Nipsey\u2019s death in March 2019, Sam couldn\u2019t even listen to his brother\u2019s music. As time passed, he became more open to delivering on Hussle\u2019s vision, and Prolific arrived on Friday (Aug. 14) \u2014 a day before what should have been Nip\u2019s 41st birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tFor Bino, who\u2019s now 33 \u2014 the same age Hussle was when he passed \u2014 he\u2019s gone from emerging L.A. rapper to established act. Personally, Bino\u2019s become a dedicated father, sporting a Victory tattoo on his right temple, which doubles as his daughter\u2019s name and a tribute to Hussle.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s crazy [Hussle] has the opportunity to inspire after he\u2019s gone,\u201d Bino continues. \u201cI feel like Hussle\u2019s going to inspire future generations forever. His music is timeless. Just through music, business and the streets, it\u2019s solidified. I just feel like Hussle\u2019s going to live and inspire forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe next order of business for Blacc Sam when it comes to the Hussle enterprise is releasing the heavily anticipated Nipsey Hussle documentary, which he estimates is about \u201c90 percent\u201d finished.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSam is still searching for the right partner on the docuseries that will let him and his team execute their creative vision to the fullest extent, no shortcuts. Optimally, Sam wants to have the doc live on Netflix and run for eight episodes \u2014 but there have been disagreements on the length of the series.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOur partner couldn\u2019t really spend any more money than we\u2019ve been spending our own money, like $100,000 at a time, just trying to keep the edit going,\u201d he explains. \u201cBut I think we may be close to getting back in motion. Once we get greenlit, it\u2019s probably six or seven months to finish it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNew Hussle music will serve as the doc\u2019s soundtrack, giving fans a time stamp into different eras of his life and career. \u201cIt just got to be done right. The thing is, don\u2019t f\u2013k this up,\u201d Sam asserts. \u201cThat\u2019s my main goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI compare Nip to 2Pac, I compare Nip to Bob Marley, I compare Nip to Michael Jackson,\u201d Ty Dolla $ign says. \u201cIt matters years after, and it\u2019s going to keep on mattering 20 years, 30 years after because of what he did for the people and where his heart was at.\u201d<\/p>\n


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