With the first half or so of the year done and gone, it's clear 2025 has been almost as crazy as this time last year. With albums such as billy woods' macabre masterpiece, GOLIWOG to PremRock's simply outstanding, Did You Enjoy Your Time Here...? to other monsters such as a few Boldy James projects, Rome Streetz & Conductor Williams' tremendous Trainspotting, and Lloyd Banks' AON3: Despite My Mistakes, it's not hard to imagine that the rest of the year could easily match, if not outdo, the first half of the year. With this list, we will explore these forthcoming expected projects, especially the most anticipated top twenty. Keep in mind, there are PLENTY of other albums that are having people sweat with anticipation, but these are just several of the biggest ones that have people clamoring by the week. With that being said, let's begin shall we?
20. Boldy James & Futurewave
The Pop Catcher LP
Production: Futurewave
Guests: unknown
We start this with yet another Boldy album. As if he hasn't already dropped effort after effort after effort with projects collaborating with the likes of Chuck Strangers (Token of Appreciation), V DON (Alphabet Highway), Real Bad Man (Conversational Pieces), and Nicholas Craven (Late to My Own Funeral), he will be collaborating with Canada's Futurewave for The Pop Catcher LP. These two are no strangers to each other, as these two delivered quite the dope effort in Mr. Ten08 in 2022. While not as mentioned as high as his album with Real Bad Man of that year, Killing Nothing, this was still a dumb dope effort that further showed the game that Futurewave was not to be slept on. Three years after that project, these two will reunite for The Pop Catcher. Futurewave has been putting in work lately with frequent collaborators Raz Fresco, Daniel Son, and Rome Streetz over the past years since. His brand of dark and eerie boom-bap will match well with Boldy's monotone and deliberate delivery, similar to the likes of V DON to a degree. There's little to no doubt that this album will be mentioned among his other hot albums this year, plus along with his much-anticipated reunion with Uncle Al later this year, Boldy could, and possibly should, win MVP for most consistent quality hip-hop, and this will be another example of this feat.
19. Reuben Vincent & 9th Wonder
Untitled
Production: 9th Wonder
Guests: Unknown
Charlotte's Reuben Vincent has been a boy wonder of sorts within the Jamla camp. His mentor and producer, 9th Wonder, has presented Vincent to the masses His debut from 2017, Myers Park, was promising and highlighted his penchant for witty wordplay and confident penmanship. He followed this up in 2020 with Boy Meets World, only with other Soul Council members, Khrysis, Eric G., and Tane Runo was also pleasant to listen to and showed more promise in his emceeing abilities. He showed his most potential with his 2023 effort, Love Is War, and showed he was up to be at the standard that Jamla had presented with the likes of GQ, Add-2, and Grammy Award-winner, Rapsody. This time, he will be delivering an entire project with 9th and will be the main entrée to follow their mixtape teaser, Hit Me When You Get Here, and if this yet to be titled full-length sounds anything like this free mixtape, this may be THAT album from Reuben. 9th has already established his legacy as one of the game's most influential and studied producers over the past two-plus decades, and along with Reuben's growing pen game could make this the album Reuben and 9th have been waiting to cook and deliver since his days of kicking it on Albemarle Rd in his hometown.
18. Masta Ace & Marco Polo
Untitled
Production: Marco Polo
Guests: Unknown
Anytime we hear that longtime veteran emcee, Masta Ace, and his frequently collaborated board partner, Marco Polo, are dropping an effort, you can believe it will be thunderous. Their first collaborative effort of 2018, A Breukelen Story, showed their chemistry and excellent cohesion with Ace gliding over overall hard-hitting production from the Toronto native. They followed this up with 2023's Richmond Hill, and it was easily as dope and head-nodding as A Breukelen Story, and the faith is that these two will create more magic with their third outing to officially establish themselves among the best emcee/producer duos around. The mid-fifties Brooklyn emcee has long been known as an emcee to be reckoned with lyrically, and after thirty-plus years, he still has it and has a lot of it, while Polo is one that is considered among the most underrated producers out here and keeps the rep of dumb dope Canadian producers (Futurewave, Nicholas Craven, Wondagurl, Boi-1nda, Gold Era, 40, and KAYTRANADA among others). One could easily see this being another victory for these two greats at their respectable crafts.
17. Freddie Gibbs & KAYTRANADA
Untitled
Production: KAYTRANADA
Guests: Unknown
Speaking of KAYTRANADA, the Grammy Award-winning producer is said to have an album on deck with the notorious Freddie Gibbs dropping later this year. Having just dropped possibly his best album since his Madlib-crafted masterpiece, Bandana, in the Alchemist-reunited, Alfredo 2, Gibbs has quite the task of putting up the same numbers on the board as Alfredo 2. Also, one would think how these two would mesh together considering KAYTRAN is typically known for his fusions of hip-hop, EDM, and house, but one good indicator of what could be goes back to the tracks "Insecurities" from Shadow Of A Doubt and "Alexys" (along with BADBADNOTGOOD) on Freddie's head-nodding album, You Only Live 2wice, and this ended up being one of the more dope cuts on an overall very solid album. They would later collaborate again on the track "Zipper Bags" from $ouls $old $eperately. Don't get it confused: KAYTRAN can definitely make shit as ugly-faced as the next man behind the boards based upon his work with the likes of Quelle Chris, Mick Jenkins, Mach-Hommy, and even the infamous ones themselves, Mobb Deep (R.I.P. Bandana P) on the HARD cut "My Block". Will KAYTRAN and Gangsta Gibbs deliver one that will surprise the game? Will it measure up to the instant excellence of Alfredo 2? This will be a tag team to keep an eye on when their joint project drops.
16. J. Cole
It's A Boy
Production: artist, The Alchemist, others
Guests: unknown
Jermaine Cole has been somewhat polarizing over the past couple of years. While undoubtedly one of his generation's most talented emcees, the bowing out of the Kendrick/Drake issues had him looking like someone that was a lukewarm emcee in terms of competition. Whatever your viewpoint of him from that point, one can't deny how much Cole has meant to the culture and the game. With a very respectable discography and Grammy nominations, Cole can still create infernos from candlelit fires on the mic if/when need be. Cole has stated this album, It's A Boy, will be his last studio album, and it's possible that this could be the best work of his career if this truly is the case and decided to put the mic down full-time. His last effort, Might Delete Later, was received with mixed reviews, chances are he's learned from whatever mistakes he made, and went back to his 2014 Forest Hills Dr. and 4 Your Eyez Only days, in which his pen game was dumb nice and focused. If we get that Cole and somewhat of a level higher, this could be very well the fantastic project he could bow out to gracefully.
15. Big L
Harlem's Finest: Rise Of the Forgotten King
Production: Unknown
Guests: Unknown
On February 15, 1999, the hip-hop world was stunned and shocked over the senseless murder of one of the industry's craziest lyricists and up-and-comers, Lamont "Big L" Coleman. In what was supposedly a case of retaliatory situations, Big L was gunned down under very suspicious circumstances in his hometown of Harlem. The former Children of The Corn-turned-D.I.T.C. member was among the most feared lyricists in all of hip-hop due to his incredibly witty punchlines and effortless technical delivery. L was on the cusp reportedly of signing with Roc-A-Fella before his tragic murder, and who knows how far in the stratosphere he would've gone had this happened. His debut of '94, Lifestylez Uv Tha Poor & Dangerous, was a lyrical warship over ridiculous tracks provided by his D.I.T.C. bredrin, Lord Finesse, Buckwild, Showbiz, and Diamond D. After his murder, Rawkus Records delivered a posthumous album in 2000 entitled, The Big Picture, and took L to a bigger audience. Those that slept on him and his debut were more open to the mystique of Big L, and they were treated to why he was such an exceptional emcee. Just the DJ Premier-powered intro title cut showed his deadly pen game, and the album ended up going gold. However, there were cuts that were either left on the cutting room floor or were relegated to B-sides and mix shows. With Mass appeal's Legend Has It program in place already with releases from Slick Rick and Raekwon thus far, Nas let it be known that there would be another posthumous album from L as well entitled Harlem's Finest: Rise of the Forgotten King. While it's not clear what all will make the final cut for this album, one cut that is really being anticipated being on it is his insane, Showbiz-produced cut, "Devil's Son", which for whatever reason was left off Lifestylez... and has been among his true favorites in the underground. There's a rumor saying that Nas will add a verse to a cut on the album. Imagine Nas and L on the same track? YUCK...in the best way possible!
14. Pharoahe Monch
External Affairs
Production: artist, Lee Stone, others
Guests: Unknown
Highly revered Queens lyricist, Pharoahe Monch, has been away from the mic for a full-length album for a staggering eleven years. In 2014, he dropped the quite enjoyable, P.T.S.D., and showed why he was one of hip-hop's most incredible talents in penmanship and delivery. Since then, he's taken a back seat and even dabbled into rock music, forming a rap-rock group called Th1rt3en. They dropped their debut album, A Magnificent Time for An Exorcism, in 2021, and while the response was lukewarm to decent, the heads were wondering when we hear Pharoahe finally deliver the sequel to his outstanding solo debut of '99, Internal Affairs. He has stated for the past 3 years that he was working on it, but clearing samples was the biggest obstacle at the moment. According to Mr. Monch, the sample burdens are becoming less and less of an issue so it's very possible we MAY actually see External Affairs see the light of day. Although there's no set date or guest list, Eminem has stated that he has recorded with Monch some years back. Having Em and Pharoahe on the same track would be ungodly. In any case, reaching the critical heights of Internal Affairs will be no easy task, as that album was among the single best debut solo albums of the nineties end. After eleven years, here's to hoping the wait is more than worth of it. It wouldn't be wise to bet against him.
13.JID
God Does Like Ugly
Production: Metro Boomin, The Alchemist, others
Guests: unknown
Atlanta's JID has become one of hip-hop's most technical emcees. His varied range of flows from double and triple time patterns to multisyllabic cadences that will make the most veteran emcee stand up and applaud, JID has become a low-key phenomenon making appearances alongside the likes of Eminem, J. Cole, and Ab-Soul. His 2017 debut, The Never Story, was a dope introduction to this dynamite talent and his follow-up albums of DiCaprio 2 and The Forever Story only further exemplified his tremendous pen game but even more so his very fluid and textured flows and delivery. Anticipation has been high for his next album, God Does Like Ugly, and rightfully so. He delivered a teaser EP, GDLU (preluxe), to give us a very minute appetizer of what to expect (here's to hoping there's a sequel to "Animals" with Eminem because that would be epic). This summer, it's very possible that JID could become the star he's always been meant to be. It's definitely his time.
12. Westside Gunn
Flygod Is An Awesome God 3
Production: Denny LeFlare, Daringer, Conductor Williams, others
Guests: Stove God Cook$, others
You know when Westside Gunn talks about dropping an album, all heads of his are immediately anticipating the album to be full of that lo-fi, gritty, and grimy hip-hop that Gunn is known for. While ever the luxurious gangster, Gunn is also an unapologetic wrestling fan from way back, and his and Smoke DZA's 4th Rope wrestling promotion shows this with successful turn out of their PPVs called Heels Have Eyes. With the third installment of his acclaimed mixtape series, Flygod Is an Awesome God approaching, one can expect more of the same from Gunn: coke bars, wrestling name drops, his notorious ad-libs, and likely a WS Pootie appearance. Already causing smoke alarms to go off with his earlier albums of 12 and Heels Have Eyes, Gunn ain't screwing around this year whatsoever. With virtually an undefeated discography, Gunn is sticking to an age-old formula: if it ain't broke, don't fix shit.
11. Ab-Soul & Roc Marciano
Soul Burger: The Odyssey
Production: Roc Marciano
Guests: unknown
TDE loner stoner, Ab-Soul, is among hip-hop's most underrated talents, despite his work with the likes of The Alchemist, DJ Premier, 9th Wonder, Lupe Fiasco, The Game, and J. Cole, not to mention his TDE brethren of Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q, and of course King Kendrick. Known for his thought-provoking rhymes mixed with honesty and definitely intelligent structures within his lyrics and delivery, Ab-Soul is one that people always look forward to hearing new music from. His 2024 effort, Soul Burger, was a dope, yet highly undervalued album that was slept on even by a lot of traditional fans of his. While albums such as Longterm Mentality, his outstanding Control System, and the equally fantastic, Herbert, received quite a bit of critical acclaim, Soul Burger was not a weak album to say the least, but the lack of marketing and promotional push made this album not as checked for as his prior work. Openly expressing his frustrations about the lack of critical response for an album that was totally dedicated towards his deceased best friend, Doeburger, the word got out that Soulo was collaborating with Roc Marciano to deliver a sequel of sorts to Soul Burger, in the form of Soul Burger: The Odyssey. Based on the brief teaser he put out with Marci on the boards, this could be a different kind of animal. Marci is not just among the most prolific and acclaimed emcees around in hip-hop, but he's also very known for his tremendous soulful sampling production that Soulo could very well skate over. This album will be very interesting.
10. Conway The Machine
Can't Kill God with Bullets
Production: Daringer, Conductor Williams others
Guests: unknown
It's Machine time folks. After dropping the crazy dope, Slant Face Killah, in 2024, along with the collab album with lyrical sprayer, Ransom, Chaos Is a Ladder Too, Conway is back prepping for his return after touring the world and seeing the globe. It's now time to light that booth up again, and it comes on the form of Can't Kill God with Bullets. Based on the title, this looks to be a continuation of the growth series he's been doing since The Devil's Reject and especially Look What I Became. Truly, SFK was more sinister than his previous album, Won't He Do It, this also seems to be an extension of SFK and with Conway's discography of consistency and flammable material, expect another fiery album from The Machine. Hopefully we get another Machine/Butcher/Gunn track, as the original three-headed monster of Griselda always is known to bring the entire ruckus on a track. As of now, there's no word on guests although there are expectations of guests that will work greatly alongside Conway. It's a safe bet Can't Kill God with Bullets will be another smash for an artist that continues to establish himself among the best and most consistent emcees in the game today.
9. Evidence
The Unlearning Vol. 2
Production: artist, The Alchemist, Sebb, Conductor Williams, Graymatter, Beat Butcha, others
Guests: The Alchemist, Blu, Domo Genesis, Larry June, others
West coast flagbearer, Evidence, is certainly among the most respected producers and emcees out the west. The former Dilated Peoples member has been known for putting out a consistently excellent discography consisting of such knockers such as The Weatherman LP, Cats & Dogs, and Weather or Not. His previous album, The Unlearning Vol. 1, was a vivid, honest, and poignant album that highlighted Ev's ability to admit mistakes and the concept of growth and development. Four years after that album dropped, the sequel, The Unlearning Vol. 2, looks to continue this process of growth and thought. With singles and videos already dropping like the Alchemist-assisted/crafted, "Rain every Season", "Nothing to See Here", and "Outta Bounds", this album looks to be easily another successful album for Uncle Al's "stepbrother", and one should expect "Mr. Slow Flow" to expand his already highly respectable catalog with Unlearning Vol. 2.
8. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist
HARAM 2
Production: The Alchemist
Guests: unknown
We've already an album of the year (or half-decade) candidate from one-half of Armand Hammer already with billy woods' UNBELIEVABLE masterwork, GOLIWOG. Whenever one hears that woods, E L U C I D are dropping albums solo-wise, ears are immediately perked up, but when it's an Armand Hammer album, there's an entire rumble. Up until 2021, the NY duo dropped incredible, yet very apocalyptic and afro-anxious, material such as Shrines, Rome, and Paraffin, which all put them in places with Run The Jewels left off at in the 2010s. However, it was in fact in 2021 where they took things to an entire other level when they collaborated with an all-timer like The Alchemist to drop HARAM, a fourteen track world filled with morose imagery, eerie metaphorical rhymes, and murky undertones. Uncle AL, who knows how to adapt his sound to fit any emcee's overall flow, style, imagery, and cadence better than possibly anybody in the business, provided sounds that were as chilling and haunting as the mental pictures woods and E L U C I D were eloquently painting. The word is, on top all the other projects Alan Maman has in store, that he will be commanding another album with AH for HARAM 2, and if this is ANYTHING like the previous work of brooding art that was delivered to us in 2021, we're in for another psychedelic and atmospheric uppercut from perhaps the most intriguing duo to emerge from the NY underground, with one of the best to ever do it behind the boards. In the words of the late, great Michael "Hawk" Hedgestrom of the world famous Road Warriors, "We've been a runaway train. Nobody driving it. Scarier now, look who's driving the train? (in reference to their longtime manager, Paul Ellering, when he reunited with them in '92)" Take this same approach with AH and Al. If you thought AH was scary before as a runaway train, picture Alchemist driving this train!
7. Mach-Hommy & Conductor Williams
Conductor, We Have A Solution
Production: Conductor Williams
Guests: unknown
One of hip-hop's most intriguing and allusive emcees over the past two decades has been Haitian-born-Jersey native, Mach-Hommy. His discography of over thirty efforts overall, Hommy is certainly one of the most prolific emcees in all of hip-hop. Plus you add to this, his penmanship is that of scholars and complex literary storytellers. His reputation for charging hundreds to even thousands of dollars for what he considers his "art" is something that has both garnered him praise and recognition as well as side-eye looks. The former Griselda member has been on fire since his departure from Griselda when he dropped his cult classic, H.B.O. Since then, he's dropped quite the barrage of outstanding releases such as Bulletproof Luh, The G.A.T., Wap Konn Joj, Mach's Hard Lemonade, his brief Griselda return, Pray For Haiti, and his most recent, the excellent 2024 offering, #RICHAXXHAITIAN. It's been said that he's delivering a new project with Griselda in-house producer and highly in-demand beat-crafter, Conductor Williams and that, according to those that were in attendance for a private listening party, and stated that this was a monster. The album, rumored to be called, Conductor, We Have A Solution, is quite anticipated for the pairing alone, as Conductor provided most of the production for the aforementioned #RICHAXXHAITIAN, as well as some tracks for his Pray For Haiti album and his Balens Cho album. If this does drop, one can be sure that this will be in discussion for AOTY, as with most Hommy albums. You put Conductor (who already dropped a crazy album with Rome Streetz earlier this year with Trainspotting) on top of this, and this has smash written all over it.
6. Roc Marciano & DJ Premier
The Coldest Profession EP
Production: DJ Premier
Guests: N/A
When the hip-hop gods unleashed the announcement of a collaborative EP between Roc Marci and the almighty, legendary DJ Premier, the streets went NUTS! We all know Marci has basically an undefeated discography, with multiple albums that are at or near classic status within the underground especially. As for Preemo, his resume speaks for itself. Among the most revered deejays/producers in hip-hop history, Preemo is as influential as his iconic within hip-hop circles. Putting these two together is a mind-fuck, but it's happening in the form of The Coldest Profession. The first single and video, "Armani Section" was a knocking teaser as to what to expect from these two monster artists of their respective crafts. Although we obviously would prefer an entire full-length project between them, if an EP is what we can get these two, we will be GLAD to take it, and the reported seven cuts on here will likely cause this to be among the single top efforts in the entire career of Marci, which considering outstanding albums such as both Alchemist-crafted albums, The Elephant Man's Bones and The Skeleton Key, Marciology, Marcberg, Reloaded, and Marci Beaucoup, this is saying an entire mouthful. Be scared of this one folks! This isn't the last time you'll see Preemo on this list by the way.
5. Mobb Deep
Infinite
Production: Havoc, The Alchemist
Guests: Nas, Big Noyd, The Alchemist, Santana Foxx, others
It's been almost a decade since the world lost one of the game's most impeccable emcees in Albert "Prodigy" Johnson of Mobb Deep. The duo has been credited as being of the biggest influencers in the hardcore, gritty NYC sound of the nineties, especially due to their undisputed classics, The Infamous, Hell On Earth, and Murda Muzik. The Queensbridge connection, through good and bad times, are still considered legends to the game, even with P's passing. Since then, Havoc has been flying the Mobb flag and has been putting together the finishing touches on the final Mobb Deep project. Entitled Infinite, this album, much like DJ Premier did with lost/unreleased Guru verses for their final album, One Of The Best Yet, will feature lost verses rom P, and with help from frequent collaborator, The Alchemist, as well as Nas, this album could be the return, albeit bittersweet, return of the old Mobb sound that got them the acclaim they had earned throughout the mid to late nineties. Video footage surfaced of a track called "M.O.B.B. D.E.E.P." with childhood affiliate, Big Noyd, in the style of BDP's classic cut, "Jimmy", and if this is anything to expect from the album, the original stick up kids will be forever memorialized with one final album showing why they were indeed the pioneers of "this violent nigga rap shit."
4. Boldy James & The Alchemist
Untitled
Production: The Alchemist
Guests: unknown
To close off the Boldy James anticipatory projects, we conclude with his forthcoming project with the almighty Uncle Al, which is tentatively scheduled for a Fall release. When you look at their history together, there are literally no misses. None. Their first bit of work together was My 1st Chemistry Set, and it was then when Boldy got onto the radar of many. However, their follow-up albums of The Price of Tea in China, BoFace EP, Bo Jackson, and the complimentary successor to Bo Jackson, Super Techmo Bo, played major roles in the star that Boldy would eventually become. There's no doubt that this forthcoming release would be the perfect close to what has subsequently been a Boldy James year. Although he has delivered excellently overall with his collaborative efforts with the likes of Chuck Strangers (Token of Appreciation), Nicholas Craven (Late to My Own Funeral), and V DON (Alphabet Highway), this album will certainly be the icing on the cake for James. As for Alan the Chemist, it'll continue to be another example of why he's rightfully starting to be mentioned among the greatest beatsmiths to ever exist in hip-hop.
3. Yasiin Bey & The Alchemist
FORENSICS
Production: The Alchemist
Guests: N/A
Speaking of Mr. Maman, earlier in the year, it was announced that Alchemist was doing a project with the always intriguing and multi-talented emcee, Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def). The thought alone gave chills as well as through the roof excitement considering the amazing (ahem) chemistry these two are poised to have together. The album, FORENSICS, was livestreamed on Bandcamp with Bey performing cuts from the album, and just based off the rough, unmixed sounds of this project, this album could be an album to be remembered for many more years to come. No word as to whether or not there will be any additional or subtracted cuts from the album, but just from what was heard, especially once the cuts get mixed down and mastered, clean room for the number one spot on your AOTY list. Rumors are that the ever-exquisite Erykah Badu will appear on a track with Bey (whom also is delivering an album with Mr. Maman in August entitled Ali & Alan), and if this is true, what is already poised to be quite the stunning album to even higher heights. This could legitimately be a career defining album for both artists.
2. Common & Pete Rock
The Auditorium Vol. 2
Production: Pete Rock
Guests: unknown
In July of 2024, two of hip-hop's most legendary artists, Common and DJ/Producer extraordinaire, Pete Rock, delivered arguably the album of the half decade so far with The Auditorium Vol. 1. The album marked the first time these two worked together for a whole project despite the fact that both have been around since the very early nineties. Not since perhaps Common's 2005 extraordinary effort, BE, had we heard Common in such a fundamentally sharp and confident zone of writing and emceeing with simply flawless production, at that time provided by a then-consistently phenomenal Kanye West. Don't get it twisted folks. Brother Rashid's discography since then has been overall tremendous. From the excellent Finding Forever to the stunning Black America Again and his gorgeous group effort with Grammy Award winning musicians, Robert Glaspar and Karreim Riggins, August Greene, Com hasn't lost a step, just got more grown and mature with his content and subject material. With The Auditorium, he went back to the basics and dipped back into his BE bag for fiery rhymes and, especially on the cut "Stellar", a damn near impeccable freestyle-like flow that serves as one of the finest efforts in his entire thirty year-plus career. Now, in 2025, it was confirmed by Pete that The Auditorium Vol. 2 was definitely happening and was getting worked on. Folks, if they even come close to the magnificence of what the first installment of the album was, this will be an album that will set the new standard for the year and quite possibly for years to come. Can they capture lightning in a bottle twice? Don't bet against them.
1. Nas & DJ Premier
Untitled
Production: DJ Premier
Guests: Kendrick Lamar, Black Thought, others
Yes kiddies. We're still waiting with hollowed breath for the VERY HIGHLY anticipated album between two of the most legendary artists in hip-hop history, Nas and DJ Premier. The announcement was made when Nas delivered the Preemo-powered "Define My Name" in 2024, and they delivered the announcement, "It's album time" at the end of the already knocking cut. It has been almost a year and a half since the announcement, but in all due respect, you can't rush perfection, which is exactly what this album is primed to be. Known for their cuts together like "NY State of Mind (parts 1 & 2)", "I Gave You Power", "2nd Childhood", "Nas Is Like", and "Memory Lane", these two are simply magic together. With the Legend Has It album program from Nas' Mass Appeal Records (just the irony of the label title considering it's a nod to arguably Gangstarr's most known track, "Mass Appeal") perceiving it to be the final album to drop from it this year, it could likely see an October/November date, which means if artists and emcees were smart, they need to deliver the best work of their careers before then, because once the as-of-now-untitled album drops from them, much success to you TRYING to top the blemish-less effort this will likely be. As an added bonus, word has it there's a track that will feature Black Thought AND Kendrick Lamar ON THE SAME CUT alongside Nas and Preemo. The image alone will bring a tear to a hip-hop purist's eye. This won't be a stretch to possibly put this as potentially the greatest album of the 2020s thus far, much less AOTY, and considering the prior album mentioned, that's saying a whole lot.
Others To Check Out For
Rome Streetz & V DON- untitled
Che Noir & The Other Guys- untitled
Che Noir & 7XVETHEGENIUS- untitled
Ghostface Killah- Supreme Clientele 2
De La Soul- untitled
Domo Genesis & Graymatter- World Gone Mad EP
Westside Gunn- Heels Have Eyes 2
Cormega & Havoc- Mega Havoc
Jay Rock- Eastside Johnny
Nicholas Craven- Craven, Inc.
Jericho Jackson- JJ2
Domo Genesis & Conductor Williams- untitled
GREA8GAWD & Roc Marciano- GAWDTALK
CRIMEAPPLE & V DON- untitled
Bone Thugs N Harmony- All 5 Live
August Fanon- Black Kids Vol. 1
Joey Bada$$- Lonely at The Top
Roc Marciano- Criminal Jazz
Kool G. Rap- Crook Audio Book
The Alchemist & Budgie- The Good Book Vol. 3
The Alchemist- untitled
Kid Cudi- untitled
Big Boi- untitled
Statik Selektah- Expensive Taste
Vic Spencer & August Fanon- untitled
Preservation- untitled
Rakim & Big Ghost LTD- The Re-Up
Ransom, Boldy James, & Nicholas Craven- untitled
E L U C I D & Sebb- untitled
Don't let these limited titles fool you. There are PLENTY more projects that are in store this year that will make you feel the burn of them. These are just the known projects. Imagine the ones that haven't been told and are top secret. Enjoy the rest of the year with all this musical heat. Until next time folks!
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