The time has finally arrived. After months of dissection, Drake’s album Take Care is upon us (check out the review). Drizzy has domination a considerable amount of Hip Hop’s conversations lately, a mixed bag of despising Drake’s style, respecting Drake’s style, and wondering what Drake’s style really is. Either way, the album is here, we’ve delivered enough tracks off the album (“HYFR,”
“The Ride,”“The Real Her,” and “Take Care” being the most recent) and now we’re ready to move forward and shift discussions into November/December and early 2012 releases.
Next week Yelawolf comes through with Radioactive. Wolf is crawling up the Shady 2.0 ladder – probably due in part to how reminiscent he really is of Shady 1.0. Last week, another leak off the album came called “Throw It Up” with mentor Eminem and a surprising return from Gangsta Boo. While he prepares a nuclear meltdown of music, Rihanna also drops Talk That Talk. The largely pop-R&B work has only one rap collaboration – the title track featuring Jay-Z. RiRi enjoys teetering on the edge of various genres, while not fulling committing to just one. However, The Queen Of Hip Hop Soul Mary J. Blige knows exactly who she is. MJB delivers My Life II: The Journey Continues next week as well. Mary Jane has a few Hip Hop tricks up her sleeve too in the form of the Drake-assisted “Mr. Wrong,”“Why” with Rick Ross, and “Feel Inside” with Nas. Mary also plans to deliver a My Life II: Act Two in May of 2012. It’s no news that Mary makes everything sound good, but shout out to her first Hip Hop love song she delivered “All I Need” with Method Man.
New dates were announced from polar opposite veterans. Common takes a break from acting and sponsorships to drop The Dreamer, The Believer on December 20th. Com Sense recently reunited with No I.D. on the cut “Sweet” and there’s surely more where that came from. Before that, Juvenile will drop Rejuvenation on December 13th; that’s one week after Mistah F.A.B.’sI Found My Backpack 2: The Lost Notebook comes on December 6th. In newbie news, OFWGKTA DJ/Producer Syd the Kyd also has some singing chops, as she goes by the name The Internet (a Google nightmare) and brings Purple Naked Ladies also on December 20th.
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In limbo news, Wiz Khalifa announced that he’ll be releasing a mixtape and an album pretty soon. The album will be called O.N.I.F.C., with the mixtape “Taylor Allderdice.” Neither have a definitive delivery date. Singer slash sometimes rapper Chris Brown will bring Fortune soon too. Maybe CBreezy will be rapping, maybe he won’t. He has some competition though from semi-sorta-rapping-singer Trey Songz, who is still holding firm to an Inevitable release on November 29th.
Check HipHopDX’s Release Dates page for all your Hip Hop album needs.
November 15
Drake – Take Care
Childish Gambino – Camp
Eligh & Amp Live – Therapy At 3
El Da Sensei – The Nu World Remix EP
Young Jeezy & USDA – The After Party
Locksmith – Embedded
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November 21
Mary J. Blige – My Life II: The Journey Continues
Yelawolf – Radioactive
Rihanna – Talk That Talk
November 22
Kidz In the Hall – Occasion
Doomtree – No Kings
Maino – The Day After Tomorrow
Snowgoons & MOP – Sparta
Statik Selektah x Action Bronson – Well Done
Krayzie Bone – Under the Influence
November 25
Mobb Deep – Black Cocaine EP
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November 29
Curren$y – Jet Life: Jet World Order
Rashad & Confidence – The Element of Surprise
Trey Songz – Inevitable EP
December 5
Amy Winehouse – Lioness: Hidden Treasures
December 6
The Roots – UNDUN
Mistah F.A.B. – I Found My Backpack 2: The Lost Notebook
Bow Wow – Underrated
Naughty by Nature – Anthem, Inc.
DJ Envy – Audio Uprising Vol. 1
T-Pain – rEVOLVEr
Robin Thicke – Love After War
Rap-A-Lot Records – 25th Anniversary Collection
December 10
Masspike Miles – Say Hello To Forever
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December 13
Juvenile – Rejuvenation
Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don’t
Roc ‘C’ – Stoned Genius
Tonedeff x Kno (Cunninlynguists) – Chico and the Man
yU – The Earn
December 20
Common – The Dreamer, The Believer
The Internet (Syd the Kyd of OFWGKTA) – Purple Naked Ladies
Tha Joker – The Phenom
Young Jeezy – Thug Motivation 103
December 31
Waka Flocka Flame – Triple F: Friends, Fans, & Family
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January 17, 2012
Ja Rule – Pain Is Love 2
Necro – The Murder Murder Kill Kill EP
February 21, 2012
Monica – New Life
