LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 24: Nipsey Hussle performs onstage at Live! Red! Ready! Pre-Show, sponsored by Nissan, at the 2018 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 24, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for BET
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Nipsey Hussle and Bino Rideaux’s anticipated joint album PROLIFIC is set to be released Aug. 14. The collab effort serves as Nipsey’s first posthumous project since the Crenshaw rapper’s passing in March 2019.
However, none of PROLIFIC was recorded posthumously, as Nip and Bino recorded the entire joint project in 2017. Producers include Mike & Keys, Mixed By Ali, Cyrus Taghipour, Axel Folie, Larrance Dopson, Lamar “Mars” Edwards and Garnett “G” Flynn.
Hussle’s estate and Bino released the second single from PROLIFIC on Friday (June 12), with “Sacrifices” hitting streaming services. The track follows lead single “Reckless” featuring a lift from the late Static Major.
“We’re proud to present PROLIFIC, the collaborative project Nipsey created with Bino and brought to life sonically by Mixed By Ali,” Hussle’s brother, Samiel “Blacc Sam” Asghedom, said in a statement. “We are honored to be able to release the PROLIFIC album in the exact way my brother envisioned it.
He continued: “This isn’t something that our team compiled together, this is the body of work Nipsey created with Bino top to bottom. He was very proud of this project and we feel blessed to finally be able to share it with the world.”
Fans can now pre-order the album, which boasts 15 tracks in total, and arrives Aug. 14, a day before Nipsey Hussle would’ve celebrated his 41st birthday.
“This is a project built by fellowship,” added Bino Rideaux in a statement. “To have these records in my notes for so many years it felt good to link up with the team to see it through. It’s an honor to have footprints alongside the greatest.”
Nipsey Hussle (born Ermias Asghedom) was shot and killed in front of his Marathon clothing store in Los Angeles by Eric Holder on March 31, 2019. Hussle was 33 years old. Holder was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to a minimum of 60 years behind bars in 2022.
Nipsey’s long-awaited debut album Victory Lap arrived just over a year before his death in February 2018. The project debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and picked up a nomination for best rap album at the 2019 Grammy Awards.