It’s pretty difficult to remain consistent with Rap Release Dates. Why you ask? Because every time we think an album is an actual album, it becomes a free mixtape. That’s great for fans who may or may not already pay for music, but it’s a bit of a nightmare when it comes to announcing the dates to our DX readers.
We know a few albums are certain, such as Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2: Roman Reloaded happening today, along with De La Soul’s Plug 1 & Plug 2’s concept album First Serve. Dubstep king Bassnectar is dropping his album Vava Voom on April 10th. His title track features none other than Lupe Fiasco. Remember, Lupe sampled Bassnectar’s remix of Ellie Goulding’s “Lights” for the track “Lightwork.” Speaking of Lupe, he announced that Food & Liquor 2 is well on its way, so that’s a plus for fans of the Fiasco.
Meanwhile, Pharoahe Monch is looking to put a little Rock into his life, dropping Rock Vs. Disco sometime soon. We’re seeing that on June 5th, Cam’ron is dropping a project called More Gunz Less Buttah, with Kool Keith dropping Love & Danger the same day. Looking way ahead, Saigon will be delivering Bread and Circuses on September 11th. A week later, Skyzoo’s A Dream Deferred takes the September 18th slot. There are plenty more releases in between, so here’s to hoping they all stick.
Check HipHopDX’s Release Dates page for all your Hip Hop album needs.
April 3
De La Soul’s Plug 1 & Plug 2 Present – First Serve
Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
Obie Trice – Bottoms Up
Ras Kass – Spit No Evil
April 10
Bassnectar – Vava Voom
J. Rawls – The Liquid Crystal Project 3
Moka Only and Ayatollah – Bridges
Monica – New Life
April 17
Azealia Banks – 1991 EP
Blanco x Nipsey Hu$$le – Raw
Future – Pluto
Lushlife – Plateau Vision
Stik Figa – As Himself
SWV – I Missed Us
April 24
Ashanti – Braveheart
Chuuwee – Crown Me King
Quest Tha Youngn – One Night Stand
REKS x Statik Selektah – Straight No Chaser
Sene – Brooklyknight
May 1
Apollo Brown & O.C. – Trophies
B.o.B. – Strange Clouds
Blockhead – Interludes After Midnight
Chino XL – Ricanstruction: The Black Rosary
Juvenile – Rejuvenation
Santigold – Master Of My Make Believe
May 8
Chris Brown – Fortune
I Self Devine – The Sound Of Low Class Amerika
Oh No – OhNoMite
Punchline & DJ Soul Clap – Underground Superstars
May 15
J. Rocc (Beat Junkies) – Taster’s Choice Vol. 6
Killer Mike x El-P – R.A.P. Music
Lil Scrappy – The Grustle
Yukmouth x Blanco – Cookies’n Cream
May 22
1982 (Statik Selektah x Termanology) – 1982
El-P – Cancer For Cure
May 29
Travis Porter – From Day 1
June 5
Big K.R.I.T. – Live From the Underground
Cam’ron – More Gunz Less Buttah
Kool Keith – Love & Danger
Madchild (Swollen Members) – Dope Sick
Ryan Leslie – Les Is More
June 12
Bow Wow – Underrated
Waka Flocka Flame – Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family
Wordsworth – The Photo Album
June 19
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien x Parallel Thought – Attractive Sin
June 26
Eminem – Curtain Call: Hits (Import)
La Coka Nostra – Masters Of the Dark Arts
July 2
50 Cent – Untitled
July 10
Aesop Rock – Skelethon
July 17
French Montana – Excuse My French
September 11
Saigon – Bread and Circuses
September 18
Skyzoo – A Dream Deferred
Can’t wait for F&L2! Damn, May 1st and July 2nd are them days to look out for! B.o.B. and 50 cent!
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jsut wait for the icy movement baby! SIB YMCMB MMG. its getting hoot baby. let the dawgs in. arf! yall gonna beleive in the icy movement. 100 stunna style. lemme hear ya!
how the fuck can you have lupe’s pic and his name as the first one in the title and not give a release date for his album, what shit head runs this part of the site, this always happens
Wow, there are some weak albums coming out this year. Def. not looking forward to hearing any of these.
#smh
Add J. Dilla The Rebirth Of Detroit LP Due May 25th!
Still slaughterhouse is missing
June 5th is gon be the shit!
Cam’ron, Krit, Ryan Leslie and Kool muh fukn Keith
Lets get it!
Damn, I hope Nas’ album drops this summer. I’m not really lookin’ forward to none of those albums, except Kool Kieth, 50, J-Rocc, and maybe that O.C. and Apollo Brown joint.
wow punchline and wordsworth
looking fwd to that Ras Kass – Spit No Evil & Chino XL albums
SLAUGHTERHOUSE ALBUM
KENDRICK LAMAR’S DEBUT ALBUM
LUPE FIASCO’S FOOD & LIQUOR 2
KANYE WEST’S G.O.O.D MUSIC comp. ALBUM
Slaughterhouses album comes out July 12
Lupe Fiascos album comes out in July
go to youtube and look up slaughterhousevideo go the their profile go to their latest video the release date is there and it said July 12th
god damn, how fuckin misleading can you be hiphopDX
“Lupe’s album is comin out soon”..yeah thanks for that
Yeah. Any fan of Lupe knows that he’s currently recording F&LII.
Bullshit move, not actually posting any real news.
Ras Kass, J. Rawls, Reks, O.C., Lupe Fiasco, Saigon, Jay-Z (?), Nas (?), and I can’t believe what I’m reading there, WORDSWORTH!!! What the fuck? This nigga released a fucking masterpiece with Mirror Music and had the nerve to disappear for 4 years til the eMC album came out and now he’s back after another 4 years? I can’t believe it. This could be the best year for Hip Hop in a long ass time.
Nas,Kanye n Jay-z if they release album should all wait til the 4th quarter.
Im not excited about anything on this list besides Obie trice,Madchild,And la coka nostra.Got the Obie 2day.Shit aint 2 bad…..Slaughterhouse is never gunna drop.If it does em’s gunna do em like yelawolf and make em sing a buncha radio tunes 2 get paid….All there good shit is on mixtapes.Anyone that isnt a dumbass knows this