After so many colorful releases in 2011, Hip Hop fans have a lot to look forward to in 2012. No, we’re not actually basing our hopes on Dr. Dre’s Detox or Jay Electronica’s elusive debut, the mythical merger of Nas and DJ Premier or the long-delayed complete reunion of Goodie Mob. Like any fan, we would love if any or all of those released before we purchased new calendars, but there are a plethora of albums already underway that have a ton of promise in making this year musical.
Younger artists who had powerful impact in ’11 as well as some “golden era” alumni keeping the hardcore alive are slated to make bold statements with their music this year, and the HipHopDX staff sat down and compiled 10 releases that we can count on, and why we think they’ll make 2012 all the more exciting.
The Ecology by Fashawn
Few debut albums in recent memory were as potent and honest as Fashawn‘s 2009 debut Boy Meets World. The independent release, produced entirely by Exile, helped rush the forefront of a West Coast renaissance of music coming from young emcees with wisdom well beyond their years. Late this summer, when the Fresno DXnext alum announced that he was going to uphold the formula with Ex on the boards, the HipHopDX staff rejoiced. Expect colorful sample-driven sounds and common-man themes as the Young Santiago helps expand his legacy as one of the more resonant voices of this time. As Common, Talib Kweli and Mos Def all began as independent artists in the ’90s before reaching mainstream stature, Fash is another poised to have that kind of impact.
Trouble Man by T.I.
2010’s No Mercy felt like a rushed T.I. album, as the Grand Hustle founder was quickly recording as a free man before serving for his latest (and hopefully last) felonious brush with the law. Given Tip’s track record for every-other-album being outstanding (see Paper Trail and King), the album sharing a name with the Marvin Gaye hit sounds audiobiographical and brutally honest before it even nears roll-out. Hopefully the man who made Atlantic Records relevant to Rap music can go in and delicately walk that line with a mainstream-friendly album that still carries plenty of trappings.
The Kolexion by Bumpy Knuckles & DJ Premier
Dating back to O.C.‘s Jewelz, Bumpy Knuckles and DJ Premier share a musical chemistry that reflects their strong personal bonds. Two “kings of the underground sound,” these masons of the East Coast Hip Hop sound have teamed up for a March album that’s fully collaborative. Whereas 2000’s Industry Shakedown was a mosiac from the likes of Pete Rock, Diamond D and The Alchemist, The Kolexion is a project the fans have been asking for and brings Premier back to one of the fiercest emcees of the Gang Starr Foundation glory years. We anticipate a mosaic of wisdom and aggression.
Live From The Underground by Big K.R.I.T.
Few artists have the ability to appeal to the streets and the college campuses as well as Meridian, Mississippi’s Big K.R.I.T. With two mixtapes that easily could have been albums held in the highest regard, the Cinematic/Def Jam emcee, like J. Cole has the ability to make an album entirely by himself that could change the face of Hip Hop. Given K.R.I.T.’s history of working with icons that influenced him such as 8Ball & MJG, Devin The Dude and Ludacris, even if that’s not the case, the expectations for this are high. Plus, with Sha Money XL (who made classic albums with 50 Cent and Game as G-Unit Records’ former President) having a strong hand in the project, this is an album that could prove to be another Def Jam southern game-changer in the line of debuts from Ludacris, Young Jeezy and Rick Ross.
Good Kid In A Mad City by Kendrick Lamar
After making the “album of 2011” (according to us, anyway), Compton, California’s Kendrick Lamar is expected to go right back and drop another one. Good Kid In A Mad City, as its known now anyway, finds Jay Rock‘s lil’ homie dealing with rumors of an Aftermath deal, Tech N9ne, Game, and Drake working with him, as well as a whole different place than he was in just a year ago. We hope the supporting cast is as obscure as they were last time (GLC, RZA, J. Cole, Terrace Martin), but that one of the smartest 24 year-olds you’ll ever meet has more anthems that carry Hip Hop out of its stupor.
God Forgives, I Don’t by Rick Ross
Few superstars have the ear for beats that Ricky Rozay possesses. Just as Teflon Don was one of the best-produced albums in recent years, we expect a refreshed (hopefully healthier) Rawss to make another gem. With the Maybach Music Group compilation and Wale’s sophomore LP being winners of 2011, this seems in the cards to one of the biggest voices and personalities in Rap since the 1980s. Moreover, like Drake and Lil Wayne, Rick’s guest-lists usually pack surprises that change lives, just ask Styles P.
R.A.P. Music by Killer Mike & El-P
Ten years ago, this collaboration would have sounded like a clunky April Fool’s joke. However, Company Flow-meets-Dungeon Family next year, as Brooklyn-meets-Adamsville. Mike Bigga and El-Producto have been at work on this album for years, and two of the smartest guys in Hip Hop music are expected to make joints that sound informed as well as experimental. Hopefully it puts each talent in front of audiences previously not exposed to their greatness. El-P’s track record with producing others’ albums (see Cage‘s Hell’s Winter and Cannibal Ox‘s The Cold Vein) is of the highest level. We are trying to get subs back in the trunk before this rolls out.
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded by Nicki Minaj
The emcee with 2010’s “Verse of The Year” has proved herself to be one of Rap’s most animated lyricists since Busta Rhymes. While her debut, Pink Friday may have been guilty of trying to do too much, after strong appearances with Lil Wayne, Drake and Big Sean, Oneka is the one to watch in ’12. Mainstream Hip Hop fans should tune in to see this 2008 DXnext alum step in and give Lil Wayne a run for his millions as YMCM‘s sharpest spitter.
The Make Believe Album by David Banner
2005 belonged to Houston. 2008 belonged to Detroit. 2012 may belong to Mississippi. The Magnolia State’s Hip Hop pioneer David Banner, along with K.R.I.T. may shake things up with brutal honesty over-top self-produced beats. After making ethery commentary on 2011’s “Swag” 
(an inclusion on The Make Believe Album), expect D.B. to come out vocally swinging. In late ’10, David brought out one of his strongest works to date in Death of A Pop Star. Now removed from the controls of SRC Records, this Rap veteran may do for ’12 what Killer Mike did for ’08.
Godfathers by Kool G. Rap & Necro
For years, Necro‘s rhyme delivery has been compared to Kool G. Rap, and the Psycho Logical Records’ founder will proudly admit that the Juice Crew spitter is a deep influence. As not all G Rap works have sounded cohesive since Roots of Evil, hardcore Hip Hop fans can count on this merging of the musicians to sound grimier than New York in the 1970s. Meanwhile, this is a perfect vehicle for Necro to bring his brand of “Death Rap” and amazing sources for sounds back into the ears of common Hip Hop fans. As Riches, Royalty and Respect went under the radars of most, this is a perfect collaboration for two cult followed icons.
What albums are you most looking forward to in 2012?
AZ – Doe or Die 2
NAS – Life is Good (pending title?)
slaughterhouse
Other than Kendrick Lamar/Bumpy Knuckles. Im not looking forward to any of these albums. All Im looking forward is:
Tyler the Creator – Wolf
Ghostface w/ MF Doom (if it ever happens)
More Drake shit
Next year is gonna suck if this list you guys have is all we got coming.
Good list, outside the typical/predictable comfort zone. Aside from Necro’s bullshit (maybe G Rap can save him), I look forward to all these.
Here’s hoping Nicki actually raps on her shit.
Slaughterhouses new album in April. SMH come on Dx
The HRSMN – The End is Near
never happening. Canibus’ mom won’t let him outta the basement until J. Cole accepts his apology.
Slaughterhouse shoul be on that list
Az doe or die 2 and GZA’s liquid swords 2
SUROCK’s Cartridge Sound, Madvillainy 2
GhostFaceKillah Supreme -Clientele II
Would be a good look for 2012
how has nobody even mentioned jay electronica? im done with this site.
he doesnt deserve a mention because the chances are he wont release anything this year just like last year
whoever is managing his career, which is probably himself is fucking up bigtimes
congratulations! You’ve managed to reply to a post without reading it; “No, we’re not actually basing our hopes on Dr. Dre’s Detox or Jay Electronica’s elusive debut, the mythical merger of Nas and DJ Premier…”
his baby mama wont let him do shit
RICK ROSS CHANGED STYLES P LIFE?styles is a legend in the game wtf fuck you dx.
yeah that is some bullshit, i dont really notice anything different since that bmf verse, styles always got it in, albums, mixtapes, books, guest verses, rick ross aint change no bodies life
Co-Sign. I didn’t realize that SP’s life even needed a change…
nas and premo az do or die and detox will not see the light of day
G.O.O.D. Music Album, Jay-Z is said to be working on something. NaS. Frank Ocean. maybe…Jay Electronica
I swear the writers for this site must be white.
How the fuck could any legit hiphop fan forget:
Nas-Life is Good
Good Music Compilation Album
Slaughterhouse Album
SMH at this dumbass site
they all are i thought you knew? just click on staff at the bottom of the page
Lol they put David Banner Over nas and slaughterhouse.
This site is fucking wack
nas is not relevant hasnt been since 2004
Actually, you’re not relevant Anonymous….
^ Nas is a Legend, GROW UP
Were the Fuck is Slaughterhouse???
Dude KNOWONE cares about Rick Ross anymore.
And when in the height of your career you only sell 500,000 – 600,000 albums.
YOU SUCK ANYWAY!!!!
I don’t like rick ross but that’s some kind of numbers that Slaughterhouse never had and never will have
Btw it’s no one, not knowone
yeah but Slaughterhouse became relevant again (mostly thanks to Eminem) so they should have a mention on here
Cypher verses, that sick remix with Yela and T.I… don’t wanna shit on other rappers but they’re much more relevant and anticipated than half the niggas on that list
they will sell remember Joe and Royce used 2 be mainstream and have a mainstream fanbase.
Mobb Deep
i agree
Hopsin – Knock Madness and whatever Tech N9ne is bringing to the table this year.
officer rick album should be decent more scarface coke deals on it you already know.
From this list, I am anticipating mostly Big K.R.I.T, T.I. and David Banner. An artist which I feel you wrongly left out, given how strong some of the leaks from his album were, is Ja Rule. I’m anticipating Pain Is Love 2 just as much.
How is Nas- Lost Tapes 2 or Nas- Life is Good, Also Statik Selecktah & Eminem supposedly linking up, I think that might be the best EM project in a long time. Pusha T solo anyone? Earl Sweatshirt? And lastly Watchout for MMG’s Stalley, that guy is most definitely a problem, and Jay Electronica.
Yeah,Pusha T’s solo album is gonna be good but I don’t really know about Earl though.I haven’t heard that much to say I looking forward to it.
TIP’s album “Trouble Man”, Nas’s “Life Is Good”, Slaughterhouse’s album, D12’s album and Obie Trice’s album “Bottom’s Up”.
wzrd (cudi + dot)
Also I love Kool G Rap but people still check him, and is David Banner still relevant?
He’s relevant in the hip-hop community… but i can see why most people on this website wouldn’t know this
thats the problem with so called fans they wait for mass approval before they think somebody is relevant.do you know how many rappers are waiting to hear a kool grap album? you have no idea.
personally i don’t think David Banner is all that good, that joint with 9th wonder was okay though
What the fuck is a “Jay Electronica”? Lazy-ass no-music making CORPORATE coon fraud.
Raphael Bronstein aka “Necro” is a crime against humanity.
LAUGHTERHOUSE stay losing.
Nas 2012!
Can’t waint for Krit nor K.Dot’s debut and T.I and David Banner probably won’t disappoint but how can you not have NaS or the J.Cole/K.Dot project up there.Those are the biggest things I’m looking forward to in 2012
J.Cole is dope but Cole World wasn’t really an album that made loads of people go “can’t wait for the next one”
still I think he’ll make a decent job
William roberts was a much better rapper when he was fuckin with eric sermon.then he went missing and came back as a notorious drug kingpin that likes to make music .ahahah
They made like 2 songs together, bruh.
nah not at all go get his old mixtapes william was NICE.
obie is one of the most consistent rappers out when it comes to his albums to bad eminem is dre and jimmies puppet obie should be on shady records.
I’ll shit on nicki minaj’s face, this bitch ain’t shit as well as her so called music, she’s ugly as fuck with her fake booty and her awful voice
matter of fact I’ll shit on any of YMCMB members
do us a favor : do not come to france EVER
alchemist & kool g rap
gangrene – vodka & Ayahuasca
alchemist & curren$y
alchemist & evidence
Wow, no Meek Mill?
meek should have dropped in 2011
AND no slaughterhouse?
OR Jeezy and TI jawn?
Thats crazy…..
NO BROTHER ALI???
People, nobody listens to nas anymore, and slaughterhouse has no fans trust me.
Your buggin slaughter has a fan base
nas aint been hot since i ruled the world came out
^ Nas is a fucking legend top 5 dead or alive, kill yourself, if u don’t like nas u don’t like hip-hop. Go spread that hate somewhere else
oh shit they got a t-pain mic out at toys r us he about to blow.
sorry but damn dudes… Slaughterhouse became relevant again after years of obscurity and y’all just leave em off the list anyway?
The Cypher verses, “hi rihanna”, and even during the wait towards the album they’re still dropping shit(well mostly Joe Budden, Crooked I), they should by all accounts be named on here
slaughterhouse?
those dudes are nobodies.
4 losers get together to make a super group?
what?
eminem lost all his selling power yelawolf flopped and jimmy was counting on eminem to power sales. em can only sell his gay shit now.
slaughterhouse will drop and flop hard if it ever comes out. you can’t move units with losers like crooked i and joe buddens. joell has no fans and royce is a washed up dickrider. rap sucks.
funny how slaughterhouse couldn’t wait to sign to shady and now a year later are still sitting on ice.
sign to shady aftermath if you want to flop under eminem and be marked a loser for life.
to anonymous dude who cares about album sales? load of bull if you were a real hip-hop fan you would at least show respect cos their lyrical murders
haha that anonymous dudes life must be pretty bad if your that salty about people you haven’t met. Gte out the house bro, you might not be so angry on the internet
they ran a train on his bitch.
without a doubt. I love seeing them getting the most respect right here… They definitely ain’t ‘4 Losers’… They rhyme harder than any individual artist (arguably)… that’s a feat… they are a super group. I find it upsetting when people do talk trash about an artist just for the hell of it. Slaughterhouse dominates this forum. Obviously they should be considered in this list.
everytime time dx does a post for actual music sheep always on here screaming for shady records, man slaughterhouse is a good group but it’s outright disrespectful to mention them b4 Nasir Jones is mention.
@ anymonous u cant talk I mean Yela has sold more in his debut than Obie Trice was on Shady. His 2 albums only sold about 15k each.
what about METHOD MAN CRYSTAL METH!!!!
yeah i seen that shit you can download music and t-pain that shit up.im gonna t-pain all the jay-z albums and post it on his website ahah
no more mailed in lyrics please fuck the technology get in the studio together and create some gems from the ground up.game album was a copy and paste mess.
Smartest comment so far.
we will get a jay-z solo album this year
god damn does rap music fucking suck now or what?
we look forward to nikki minaj albums?
rap is easily the gayest genre of music out right now. hiphopdx is a fucking nightmare and has turned into a freakshow. b.o.b. lil wayne nikki minaj and mac miller run this gay ass site.
i wanna hear necro g rap album and killer mike and el-p the rest of those albums are gonna suck hard and get the most attention.
btw – kendrick lamar has a gay rap voice and a gay rap style and wack beats. nobody over 21 thinks kendrick is dope other than dickriding snoop dre and game.
if you by chance are 21 and feeling kendrick lamar you probably look like a geek and feel like a nerd.
everyone on dead end hip-hop like him and they are over 21 kendrick and big krit’s albums should be good but necro & g rap is gonna be crazy, listen to more underground and definitley be one of the best this year
also slaughterhouse & nas’s albums are being released this year and allot more great albums this year
Dr. Dre – Detox
T.I. – Trouble Man
Big K.R.I.T. – Live from the Underground
50 Cent – TBA
Game – Soundtrack to Chaos
T.I. & Young Jeezy – TBA
Maybach Music Group – Self Made Vol. 2
Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don’t
Method Man – The Crystal Meth
Wu-Tang Clan – TBA
Brother Ali – Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color
Freeway – Diamond in the Rough
Brother Ali & Freeway – TBA
That’s all I can think of right now, there are a lot more albums where I’m waiting for
DETOX AINT COMING OUT!
no birdman wtf.NO TRIPLE C ALLBUM WTF.
Tyler the Creator’s Wolf, SUROCK’s Cartridge SOUND,Copywrite’s God $ave the king, SLAUGHTERHOUSE
How can you not have slaughterhouse on there…what kinda hip hop site is this?
Ja Rule PIL2 !!!!
dude did u really jus say ja rule ja fool is wack and will never get it back CUT IT OUT
What about the DMX album?
HELL YEAH X NEVER FELL OFF JUST HAD PERSONL PROBLEMS
Looking forward to K.Dot’s album, Slaughterhouse album, Krit’s album, Reks album, Fashawn album, Nas album, Nas/Common collab, Action Bronson collabs Bumpy/premo collab, Brother Ali album, Elzhi album… So there is a lot to be looking forward to
The Elzhi album is definitely most anticipated, the guys hardly put out wack material.
Slaughterhouse! Why is it not on here?! SMH
get off their nuts
E40’s triple album The Block Brosure- Welcome to the Soil.
Also Hopsin, Tech N9ne, Kool G Rap/Necro, Ill Bill/ Dj Muggs, Wu Tang albums & La Coka Nostra
Brother Ali-Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color
Chiddy Bang-Breakfast
B.o.B-Strange Clouds
Ludacris and Big K.R.I.T.’s shit as well
Nas- life is good, Wu block, kool g/alchemist, Mobb deep, slaughterhouse, Aotp, raekwons ob4cl 3, the lox album hopefully
how long does it take you to digest a album? it takes me about a week before i can say how it i. alot of albums grow on you after a few spins.
typo ^^ is
Oops forgot to mention the nas/Mobb deep album
it must be only adults on this post nobody hating on each others musical taste amazing.
slaughterhouse the rest is just gay music
wat? no slaughterhouse? thats a damn joke
SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Where is Nas, B.o.B and 50 cent?…..this article is total rubbish!!!
2012 will be the return of the old heads as you kids say.
Would love to see albums from
GhostFace – Supreme Clientele II
Ghost/MF DOOM –
Styles P –
Wu Block –
Method Man – Crystal Meth
Redman – Muddy Waters II
Wu Tang Clan –
Nas –
Jay Z –
The Roots –
AZ – Doe or Die II
RZA –
Freddie Gibbs –
Freddie Foxx –
Cilvaringz –
Mobb Deep –
Jadakiss –
The Lox –
Raekwon –
Sunz of Man –
Killah Priest –
….OK I know there is a lot of Wu up in my list….thats just how it is!!!
Just skipped through all the comments to find that nobody has mentioned Show & A.G.’s ‘Mugshot Music’ …
goallllllll!!!!
yup
Slaughterhouse that’s it.
…still I forgot to mention…
Ill Bill….GZA with his Liquid Swords II…
Holocoust/Warcloud….Black knights
DJ premier/Nas collabo album…Kool G Rap..
Gangrene
how can you guys forget slaughterhouse !
Nas
L.O.X.
Wu-Block
Detox
T.I.
50 Cent
Diplomats
Redman
Method Man
SlaugtherHouse
Outkast
Wu-Tang Clan
y’all forgot alot. lol
i 4got
Freddie Gibbs
A.Z.
Bun-B
Mobb Deep
& Jadakiss
What about the best one slaughterhouse c’mon I agree with big k.ri.t and Kendrick tho
And gangsta Gibbs
wtf SCARFACE NOT ON THE LIST.
lets not mistake pure pop music with hip hop, everything moves in cycles… the last few years all that hit selling shit was too cute to be tru, I guess its time for people to recognize real hip hop how it supposed to be….this is not a back in the days statement LOL… but a Return of the real statement LMAO
Kendrick Lamar
Freddie Gibbs
GZA/Genius
Nas
Az
Method Man – Crystal Meth (Rza production)
GhostFace
BIG K.R.I.T.
Kool G Rap
Styles P
Wu Tang Clan
D.I.T.C. Showbiz&AG
Wu Bock
The Lox
Sean P
Boot Camp Click / Blackmoon
Officer ricky always has features and big names on his albums because without them no one would care, even with his new mixtape he got feature feature feature LOL
so true. he cant make one good song by himself. idk why people love him and his music. to me its ridiculous. i guess people think its ok to be fake now a days.
AZ – Doe or Die 2!!!
Nas – Life is Good (or pending title)
there’s too many cd’s coming out as you can tell from these comments.. but that’s what makes the comment section buzz.. i mean if they listed 55 albums to look out for, all the comments would be like. yep.. true… nice..
but instead they name 10, at random i might add, and then gets us going with who we would actually rather hear, or who we’ve been waiting on and so and so…
Is there a hip-hop website for grown-ups. I don’t have a problem with most of this list, but I find it offensive that hiphopdx is anticipating Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj. I’m anticipating clowning those trash ass artists again in ’12.
2hrs before the kids get home then its gonna be YMCMB time
hahaha, 1 hr 57 min. Anonymous, that was a great comment.
hahahh so true
yup no fuck 50 comments yet or fuck these old as broke rapprs well atleast not YET.haha in a hour or so you all will be dickriders haha.
LOL….so true
no Black Star?
where’s blackstar, nas or Nas-Com. In this list i will cop Kendrick, rOZAY, bUMPY kNUCKLE ET pREMIER AND bIG k.R.I.T dx YOU ARE TRIPPIN WHO CARES ABOUT NICKI MINAJ
word up that albums gonna be nuts show and ag are legends
this list 4got a couple albulms:
GOOD MUSIC collaboration
Loso’s way 2(I know Fab dnt make the best albulms but there’s still some good songs)
Slaughterhouse(anticipated debut)
Meek Mill(anticipated debut)
50 Cent(pending delays ofcourse cuz he’s been whining about the label)
Detox(always pending delays)
Jay Electronica(just a guess but dey pushed Cole, now give dis guy a shot)
ASAP Rocky debut (my assupmtion)
Damn just to think about it, this list 4got some of the most highly anticipated albulms(Meek Mill, 50 Cent, Slaughterhouse, GOOD Music Collaboration) of ’12 smh. I think I cud’ve wrote a better article than this.
The ONLY album on this list I’m looking out for is that David Banner joint.. I like where he’s going with this new direction.. I mean I listened to that “play” song but come on man.. wtf was that.. The production on it was nice but I can’t listen to that shit.. “run girl, I’m trying to get that pussy wet.. work that clit” Like seriously wtf..
I like that swag tho.. that shit was tight.
I think the blackstar “Album” is a mixtape. “thats what they said on late night with jimmy fallon and they even got mos def’s “name” right… so thats why its not on here but there is no excuse for not having Nas or Nas-Com or Kdot-J.cole or J.cole
no more we are the world albums cut back on the features.
That means it s gonna be only one platinum album this year – Nicki Minaj. And maybe T.I.
Hope Kendrick keeps it rawin 12, and Dre stops with the steroids/bodybuilding and gets the inspiration back to produce classic tracks again.
haha funny ya old niggas wanting for “good ol hip-hop” loooool it wont come bitches
nah we will tune out your ass this year
Well thats funny, the harsh reality is that we had mutual respect with our old schoolers like Eric B and Rakim, KRS ONE , Public enemy, Run DMC etc….
Many youngsters still respect our class and some artist like Kendrick, J Cole we do respect (speaking for my cypher) but damn its hard to respect this new era of silicon asses see you in the dark room, its all about being so soft emotional la la lala la la look at my catsuit dudes!! HA!
STFU
You’ve gotta have Nas’ album on there. I mean come on. Also looking forward to AOTP and Demigodz upcoming albums.
twenty11 was a big year in hip hop ala Watch the Throne, Carter IV (although it failed my and probably your expectations) Cole World, and Take Care plus the alubm of the year Section.80 if you ain’t know about Kendrick Lamar you best go look him up. This year has big expectations too….God Forgives I Don’t has big expectations..Kendrick Lamar’s debut album Big KRIT’s debut album…XV’s debut album..Jay Z and Kanye suppose to drop new albums and a Watch the Throne 2…Drake’s gone 2 straight years with albums so hope he keeps it going and Wiz is dropping some new stuff too…20tweleve is here legooo
Asher Roth? Method Man? Brother Ali? SLaughterhouse? OBIE TRICE!? Wow. Disappointment HHDX.
Let’s not forget J Cole’s sopohmore album. I expect more of the traditional and hardcore J Cole in his second-go-round. He has proven to his label that he can sell records off his fan base alone with no need to reach commercially. I expect them to get the hell out his business and let him make music how he wants to for the most part on this one. Cole World.
How can they forget DMX his album undisputed gonna be a classic
really lookin forward to sounds of chaos too
Detox ???
Talib Kweli – Prisoner of Consciousness
Hopefully he and Yasiin Bey put out a new Black Star album too.
it lookes cool but how can you forget nas
Nas’ Life Is Good??
DMX’ Undisputed??
C’mon guys… step it up.. Bump Knuckle?? for real?? Killer Mike?? A Big K.R.I.T??
I ain’t a T.I or Rick Ross fan either.. but at least I understand the anticipation
are you guys into grafitti and all that white stoner stuff?
where’s the G.O.O.D. Music album, I don’t give a fuck about Nicki Minaj and T.I. The only person that is on the list that I’m waiting to hear his album is K.R.I.T.
b.o.b-most slept on in the game
rick ross? fuck that shit
oh yeah, expect two more albums from the goat. tech n9ne!
what about slaughterhouse? tht shit will be the album of 2012. and get rick ross off tht list will u?
couldnt agree with you more SSSLLLAAUGHTERHHOUSEEE
Cuban Linx III
We Sell Drugs Too : Goodie MOB, a return to true music.
Looking forward to TI album, wanna see how Nicki’s album will sound, a new OutKast album along with BigBoi and Andre 3000’s solo albums…hopefully Andre3K will definitely release somethin this year!!…and KRIT’s album
I’m dying to listen to Nas new LP! It has to legendary. Just listen to this song. http://q.gs/1267418/nas-ghetto I LOVE IT!
What no Mobb Deep? Dx someone needs to go back to the drawing board…like now!smh
jadakiss – top 5 dead or alive
Ghostface killah – supreme clientelle 2
nas – life is good (he should change that title)
dmx – undisputed
pusha t – dont know the title
obie trice – cant remember the title
DETOX!!! (but i dont think its ever gonna get released )
DMX, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Raekwon, Black Star, Wu-Block, Tech N9ne, Slaughterhouse, Nas, Mobb Deep, whatever MF DOOM has planned (at least 3 albums apparently) and anything Madlib has going on, plus some mentioned on the list.
1) Dre- Detox
2) Raekwon- only built for cuban linx 3
3) Method man Redman- blackout 3
4) Onyx- black rock
5) Busta Rhymes- ELE 2 end of the world
6) Method Man- crystal meth
Once I saw Nicki Garbage on ur deck I closed the tab.
food and liqour 2? Nas? Good Music Album? Strange Clouds? 50 cent?
Wheres SlAUGHTERHOUSE!
I was going to say the same thing
although i anticipate that album a lot, i think with not even a title or a hint at the release date theres too little information too put it here
Tonedeff & Kno – Chico and the Man
all other answers are invalid.
Hopefully this album drops, I have been dying for it to come out. Kno is on top of his fucking game right now.
KILLER MIKE IS A BEAST
BANG BANG BANG!!!
Killer Mike and David Banner need to do a album
PL3DGE makes these other pop artists look like bitches
Rick Ross really dropped Pill, he’s gonna be sorry when Pill blows and he’ll be begging for him to come back to Fantasy Gangster Music, i mean Maybach Music
lol thats just never gonna happen
pill sucks
GRIND TIME RAP GANG
BANG
BANG
BANG!!!!!!
is T.I. gonna be on Killer’s new album?
When is Killer Mike gonna come back to NYC?
eher is nas life is good? hiphopdx u sleeping man…
There;s this kid from Toronto – Admiral Crumple. I can’t wait for his record. It’s called Dark Sentences and it’s officially dropping in April ’12. It’s on some dark, hardcore and advanced lyrics hip hop. The whole album is produced by his boy Anonomix – they’ve knwon each other for 15 years – that’s rare – that kind of crew loyalty. The Sampler sounds grimey as fuck! Search it on youtube – admiral crumple – Dark Sentences – Crumple’s putting alot of people in their place!
and where’s slaughterhouse? sometimes i think hiphopdx are so careless sometimes, yall need to be more thorough with ur bullshit lists, or dont do them at all..
yes someone who makes sence on here!!!
SSSLLLAAAUUGGGGHHHTTTEERRRHHHOOOUUSSSSEEE!!!!
good music collaboration album…….
I’m sorry but Fashawn is the most boring fucking rapper after Wale. For some reason those 2 have always put me to sleep with everything they do.
You can add Fab to that list.
CUBAN LINX 3!!! BLACKOUT 3!!! LIQUID SWORDS 2!!!
Knock Madness – Hopsin
Nas-Life Is Good Album Mothafuckas
New Wu Tang Clan album, Liquid Swords 2, Cuban Linx 3, Supreme Clientele 2, Blue & Cream, Crystal Method, The Rebellion, Loyalty is Royalty. Bong Bong Bitches!!! SUUUUU!!!
Wu Tang Clan Forever!
Wu Tang Is Done
wu-tang is forever you faggot
Wu-tang is real hip-hop they’ll always be relevant. Raekwon just had the best album of 09′ ghost had a top 10 album last year trust me they still have alot of music in them
Kendrick Lamar album should be a classic comparing that his mixtapes
Are crazy to start off with.
Nas – Life Is Good
Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele 2: Blue and Cream The Wally Era
GZA – Liquid Swords 2: Return of the Shadowboxer
Raekwon – OBFCL3
The Large Professor – Professor at Large
Method Man – Crystal Method
Nas & Common – Nas.Com
Freddie Foxxx/preemo, La Coka, Demigodz, AOTP and the G Rap/necro collab
detox dr. dre
My Top anticipated…
1. Life Is Good-Nas
2. Live From The Underground- Big K.R.I.T.
3. The Ecology-Fashawn
And If Nas & Common are droppin a Collabo then thats on my list too.
in no order
DMX-Undisputed
Slaughterhouse-(No Title Yet)
Nas-Life Is Good
Big K.R.I.T. – Live From The Underground
Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid In A Mad City
Nas/Common – Nas.Com if it drops this year
Dr Dre – Detox if it drops this year
GZA – Liquid Swords II if it drops this year
Raekwon – OB4CL3 if it drops this year
GFK – Supreme Clientele II
Wu-Tang Clan – (Currently Untitled)
Immortal Technique – The Middle Passage if it drops this year
Wu-Tang Clan and the Lox – Wu-Block
Jadakiss – Top 5 Dead Or Alive
Black Star – (Currently Untitled)
B.o.B – Strange Clouds
Obie Trice – Bottoms Up
thats all i can think of right now
would of liked to see tonedeff’s and kno’s chico and the man, but overall pretty straight list. it’s hard to do only ten so it comes down to their opinion and cant complain about that.
My List No Order.
Nas Life Is Good
DMX Undisputed
Slaughterhouse- Untitled
Big K.R.I.T- Live from the Underground
Kendrick Lamar- Good kid in a mad city.
Shit I hearrd dat, Whoa I didnt know DMX was droppin an album hall yeah!! I miss dat realness & aggression (pause)
Good, job!! But I would put DMX to the first
LUDAVERSAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brother Ali >>nuff said
no slaughterhouse in your list but you have nicki minaj are you serious you just lost a fan hiphopdx goodbye
Good riddings.
i agree no slaughterhouse wtf !!
rick ross??? minaj?? smh…
goodbye
yo wtf is a riddings? lmao its riddance. lmao im dying over here
Yall spelled nickis name wrong its onika not oneka show respect to the biggest rap star in the game dummys!
10,000 Bars
My mistake… RTJ2
No infinity symbol? WTF…
who cares how they spell nickis name what are you some kind of homo
KRS One (Just Like That*) – *20th Album
BDP (The BDP Album)
http://www.ReverbNation.com/KingZulu if you like good music.
did this dude merch just say nicki minaj was the biggest rap star based on what a bunch of pop hits nigga please
nas life is goood or nas and dj premei collabortaive
Detox is easily the most anticipated album of 2012
http://hhpov.com/POV/Dr.Dre-detox-release-date-2012
Who cares about you bitches list? You have to come to someone elses site to express your opinions and yours are expressed in a lower case caps< the editors in big caps, headlines. Go make your own sites and quit making wack ass sites like this more important than they are.
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded by Nicki Minaj?
ONLY FAGGOTS ARE ANTICIPATING THAT.
WHERE THE FUCK IS NaS Life Is Good?
FAGGOTS!
NAS LIFE IS GOOD
DO YOUR HOMEWORK
^^^rite on, forgot to add Nas on my list.
S l a u g h t e r h o u s e.
Slaughterhouse! Real Hip Hop lyricism. Come on DX your dropping the ball, again.
correction…they never had the ball
DMX, T.I., Slaughterhouse>>> the rest of’em. Maybe 50 Cent if he can get his shit together.
no nicki minajs album is not anticipated by hip hop heads
Co-sign, fuck nicki minaj
define hip hop heads? nonconformists that hate everything thats popular and never buy albums? and then call their favorite rappers sellouts once they blow up? right, fuck hip hop heads
That’s not it at all, wack fucking “music” by wack fucking “rappers” is just that, wack fucking “music” by wack fucking “rappers”, Minaj is the worst, a horrid and embrassing talentless ugly bitch that spreads like a cancer.
dam, how can i forget Obie Trice “Bottoms Up”, been waiting on that one for few years since Obie parted ways with Shady. Hope it sounds just as good as “Second Rounds On Me”
nobody checking for him thats why!
These are the albums I’m looking forward to:
Nas life is good
Big Krit Live from the Underground
Kendrick Lamar: Good Kid from A Mad City
Jay Electronica: Act II
Everything is i’ll probably hear on youtube or something! After these drop, i’ll be good to go!
Where is Ja? We need JAAAA!
PIL2 28th February…
pretty bad list tbh, forgot kanyes 6th album, food and liquor 2, and nas’s album, also nas.com and the good music collabo, and the next big sean/j cole albums, half of the albums on the list i dont give two shits about.
for the record i anticipate nicki minajs album and i see myself as a real hiphop fan i am just more open minded then most of yhe jr high jackoffs on this site i grew up on lyte,janet,and loved missy .nicki minaj is a hybrid of all three.you don’t have to be hard and broke to be hiphop
Oh I see, your a real hip hop fan, eh? So what would you classify as real hip hop?
Bison we have a mission right? The fuck are you doing talking to trolls?!
agree with tina 100
Im not a fan of Nicki Minaj but I dnt see her as garbage but she just chooses to make music that’s geared towards the mainstream instead of hip-hop fans..There’s no way she cud (argubaly)have the best verse Monster (Kanye,Jay) and then hold her own on Roman’s Revenge (eminem) and be completely garbage. She can spit when she wants but for right now, her & YM r cashing in off this mainstream music
BULLSHIT she is.
how can you forget Slaughterhouse’s LP and OB4CL3?
wow. i cant believe they forgot the slaughterhouse album and 50 cents album.
yeah this site is very bias all the time there review skills are complete shit. they over all should just get rid of who ever writes most of their articles cause they are not hip hop and everyone knows it but them. i hope they get to read this cause someone needs to let those pompous uppity negroes know that no one gives a fuck what they think Nas is number one period then slaughterhouse these idiots wouldn’t know real music if god gave them his iPod
you put nicki minaj there just to cheap plug her , and you didn’t put 50 cent or nas there? WTF , fuck you
50 cent you cant be serious brah
Everyone is entitled to there own opinion, but I just don’t understand why you would be waiting on a 50 Cent album. 50 has no relevance in any way shape or form WHATSOEVER to hip-hop nowadays, he’s awful!!! And this is from someone who had every album he released, Power of the Dollar onwards…Com’on give it rest, 50 Cent is garbage now, he’s a businessman and nothing else. Not heard one good verse, never mind song in anything he’s put out for years!
WGHAT?? THAT BIG 10 MIXTAPE is the best thing out at the moment.im not the biggest fan of 50 but i love hiphop i cant even hate on the music i dont get into the gossip.
Your deluded if you think ‘THE BIG 10’ mixtape is the best out there. 50 fell the fuck off, just reading through the DX news feed to find “Jersey Shore’s DJ Pauly D Speaks On Collaborating With 50 Cent”, its an embarrassment, try telling me this guys credible anymore. Try checking out Raekwon or even T.I’s new tape if you think fif’s the best out there!
RAE MIXTAPE IS OK THE BIG 10 IS BETTER
1.Nas
2.Jay Electronica
3.Rick Ross
4.AZ
5.Nicki Minaj
Only ones I care about…And maybe if Ghost or someone from Wu drops, but I doubt they will.
damn this art is gone looks like it another shity year. i would jump up and down for bumpy knuckles but premier can’t produce any more.
you niggas crying about nas who knows if this project will even see the light of day. they push back for promote. calm the fuck down.
Damn thats it so far for the year that doesn’t excite me in any way. I will download all of them i have no motivation to buy any of the albums………………
PLZ CHECK OUT THE MUSIC
http://soundcloud.com/inevitable-success/sets/taste-of-success
your an idiot im going to dl all your beats on soundcloud and sell them for money and make sure i pick the lamest rappers in the world to spit on them…oh and ugh…fuck you too by the way
im just checkin for nas life is goood and kendrick and az
say what you want about slaughter house ,nas, j elect or whoever i bet my last dallor nicki minaj outsells all of them put together.shes the only one on this list with a platinum plus fanbase. men lie wemon lie yadayadayada!
Yeye KRITs on here. But no Big Boi?
how is noone talking about lupe’s next album? or nas? instead we wanna here about nicki “looks like a man” minaj? get the fuck outta here that bitch is more overrated than tim tebow and that’s saying alot lol
saying a woman you dont like looks like a man is the same way women say a nigga got a small dick when she dont like him. Just child petty ass bullshit. grow up nigga
you think she look like a man…. life’s good that I don’t know you!
there’s too many cd’s coming out as you can tell from these comments.. but that’s what makes the comment section buzz.. i mean if they listed 55 albums to look out for, all the comments would be like. yep.. true… nice..
but instead they name 10, at random i might add, and then gets us going with who we would actually rather hear, or who we’ve been waiting on and so and so…
Show & A.G: Mugshot Music. Easily the album I look most forward to.
Tyler, the Creator – WOLF
MellowHype – Numbers
No “Million Dollar Story”? This list is hereby invalidated. (Actually, I’ll consider it invalid for whatever numb-fuck suggested “That bitch I wouldn’t mind sticking my dick in but sounds like a man”) Silly faggots, that music is for losers.
KRIT & Lamar on the list is a good start though, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH!
D to tha M to tha X last i heard u niggas were having sex with the same sex. UNDISPUTED March 27th 2012 end of the world BITCH
This guy is right, b*****s!!!!!!!!1
HRSMN (The Horsemen) – Hip Hop’s Most Quotable Mc’s Eva…this will be the gr8est lyrical massacre
Nas – Life Is Good
AZ – Do or Die 2
nas/common album
wu block
You slipping again in 2012 DX!!!!!
yeah! And Bumpys & Premiers album should be dope!
1 nas life is good
2 wu block
3 Slaughterhouse
4 dmx
5 jadakiss
6 ja rule pill 2
7 rick ross god forgives i dont
8 ti troubled man
9 Kendrick Lamar: Good Kid from A Mad City
10 fabolous loso way 2
also looking forward to red cafe debut album under bad boy
JA RULE – PIL2
Where’s Lupe’s Food & liquor 2 ???
Terrible list !!!
DMX- UNDISPUTED
Lupe Fiasco- Food & Liquor
Nas- Life is Good
Fuck the Rest !!!
Nas – Life is Good
asher roth – is this too orange…..
nas, dmx, j cole/kendrick lamar album, slaugherhouse, lupe,…? wtf
Thought I’d be scroll threw pages upon pages to find someone with a decent list of artists !
Big Boi: Daddy Fat Sax
Ja Rule Pil2!!
best album the past years and the future albums!! check him out, no hate my peeps
Here is my list:
Kool G. Rap & Necro – The Godfathers
Army Of The Pharaohs – In Death Reborn
ILL BILL – The Grimy Awards
La Coka Nostra – Masters of the Dark Arts
Bumpy Knuckles & DJ Premier – The Kolexion
Vinnie Paz – The Priest of Bloodshed
Nas – Life Is Good
+R.A. The Rugged Man, AZ, Diabolic albums.
now this is a man who knows whats good, real rap shit
Wow nobody said Ludacris “Ludaversal”?
because he’s wack
How is Waka Flocka: Triple F Life not on here? Don’t nobody want to hear a goddamn Killer Mike LP…
You, sir, are a fucking idiot.
Ludacris – Ludaversal
B.o.B – Strange Clouds
Nas & Common – Nas.Com
Nas – Life Is Good
Wu-Tang – Untitled (I don’t know the name).
Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor Part 2
50 Cent – Untitled
Ice Cube – Untitled
come on guys, Slaughterhouse,
Obie Trice and 50 Cent and D12 all have albums coming out soon that promise to be dope!
You disappoint me Hiphopdx, DMX, Nas, Slaughterhouse, Lupe, Common, AZ, you know good rappers, rappers who bring out decent music. Instead you’ve got two massively over rated people (Rick Ross & Nicki Minaj) in your list, shame shame. Well, everyone has their own opinion
shame on minaj fans dont know how u minage to listen to that
i would have to say ja rule-pil2. I mean the dude is mad talented/versatile and is making a comeback while in jail. How is that not interesting enough to look forward to?
I will now provide the list for real hip hop fans:
Slaughterhouse – untitled
Army of the Pharaohs – In Death Reborn
Vinnie Paz – God of the Serengeti
Celph Titled – Fresh Prince of Hell’s Lair
La Coka Nostra – Masters of the Dark Arts
Immortal Technique – Middle Passage
RA the Rugged Man – untitled
Jus Allah – Meanest Man Alive
Chino XL – The RICANstruction
The Demigodz – not sure of the name
Godfathers by Kool G. Rap & Necro
Bumpy Knuckles \ Premier
New WU album and Liquid Swords 2 and Cuban Linx 3
I’ll fuck with DMX’s new shit .. thats all i got right now but im sure theres more. also, hiphop DX you’re fuckin pathetic for putting Manoj in this list over real hip hop. Have a little class.
Forgot about my man Obie Trice, his album will be amazing, hopefully.
Nice list, add T.I. and it’s complete. Yea, Obie’s been quit for some time now.
wu block, supreme Clientelle 2
Give this man a job.
Yeah Slaughterhouse would be at the top of my list..good list
NASIR JONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW U LEAVE OUT NAS!!!!
Yo…like word…No Nas these cats trippin..Lupe, Blu…Jay Electronica…oops homey too ill for these lames…damn can we at least get a mp3(i hate saying that)Jay Elect?…damn…the streets is waiting!
lfe is good
acid da savage – unexpected
necro g rap – Godfathers
ROSAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FLEXIN
ROSAY!!!!
ROSAY!!!!Flexin
how could you forget the G.O.OD. Music album?
I don’t know who in 2012 is “anticipating” a David Banner album? But the fact that you left out De La Soul, Nas, and Asher Roth from a list is a travesty.Oh and Nicki Manaj I have no comment for after claiming she had the “verse of the year”. So called hip-hop journalist better start digging a little deeper with the content.
No way niki is on this list like really shes a joke!
Really? Nikki Minaj over Is This Too Orange? Okay, literally sweet.
camron killa season 2
Half of the albums they list I’ll be peeping (G Rap & Necro could be ill even both past prime…K.L., Krit, Freddie Fox aka bumby knuckles and Primo will be dope, and Fashawn).
On my personal list and EVERY hip hop head with any sense:
Diabolic’s 2nd solo LP (Liar & a Thief was FIRE)
Elzhi’s 2nd solo LP (following classic 08 The Preface and 2011 Elmatic mixtape among alot of other ish)
Slaughterhouse on Shady Records. 4 dope emcees, some dope production (hopefully), some dope features hopefully (Em flowing/rhyming like he did @ most recent BET cypher’s maybe? Elzhi?) and @ least 7-8 of 13 songs raw and lyrical as fuck
Tonedeff & Kno’s Chico The Man (been waiting on this CLASSIC combo for 6 years!) and Tonedeff’s new solo LP following 05’s Archtype
RA the Rugged Man Untitled
Possessed (of UK’s Rhyme Asylum) dropping solo
also Nas, AOTP
Jay-Z, The Blueprint 4. Enough said. Also Rick Ross sucks, so do the majority rappers I see on this site, can’t blame the site though, the rap news is the rap news, good rappers or not. But honestly Rick Ross is a terrible artist.
Macklemore/Ryan Lewis …
P.O.S.
oustide of kendrick and krit
nineteen ninety more-celph titled
ricanstruction-chino xl
fila-ras kass
knock madness-hopsin
wolf-tyler the creator
Pharrel & Lupe Fiasco!!!!!!!
Here is the real list
Dead Prez-Information Age
Immortal Technique-Middle Passage
Talib Kweli-POC
Nas-Life is Good
Paris-Untitled as of right now
DOE OR DIE 2 – AZ
MC EiHT – Which Way Iz West
I want to see Outkast make a comeback their need in hiphop best duo ever!!!! Goodie Mob and TIP and Luda
Forgot Nas also great mc
nas
slaughterhouse
good music
immortal technique
raekwon
and i think wu-tang has a album coming out aswell this year
what happened to jay elec??
Nas – Life is good
King Mathers – Eminem
get a load of this shit haha, other than krit kendrick fuck that. Curren$y will cook up some shit, cole will, ye will, and Is This Too Orange? will be album of the year. did you all hear pabst and jazz that shit cray
Who made thia list? How is there no mention of RTJ2oo… this is insane all of these are normal LPs canibus dropping something thar every artist and producer could never even grasp with their minds for minutes let alone create it. This is sick person who puts the most individual effort gets no shine not even a bit
I hear new J.Cole is set to release in June and Slaughter house sometime soon from Shady records will be lyrically the best album all year
DMX undisputed
Method Man crystal meth
Cam’ron killa season 2
Raekwon only built for the cuban linx 3
GZA liquid swords 2
Ghostface killah supreme clientele 2 : blue cream
Brotha lynch hung Silent supper
Lookin out for Ja Rule’s upcoming album PIL2 (aka P.ain I.s L.ove II)..from the singles I’ve heard so far, PIL2 gon be a CLASSIC
Ja Rule PIL2 why isn’t it on the list? Dude didn’t drop an album for YEARS, it MUST be anticipated!
Where is the Ja Rule album u serious??? Dude has been in your hottest singles with both his tracks yet his album aint on here… Ima get that before anything u got on ur list!!! u falling off HipHopDx get wit it
Ja Rule… DMX…. NAS… These the peeps to watch for in 2012!!! support it Hip Hop needs that change
ja 22222
Ja Rule’s PIL2!
Pil 2 by Ja Rule, 2.28.12!!!! Thats whats most anticipated!!
but out of this list looking forward for Rick Ross.. Also DMX and Nas
Kendrick Lamar is probably on the top of my list. The new Ja Rule joint intrigues me too (even tho it aint on your list). Its been a minute since he put out an album, should be interesting to see if he still got it.
why isnt 50 cent on the list ?
Im waiting for ja rules album the most , sounding like a classic realtalk pil2 2.28.12 support real hiphop #freeja
Lmfao gtfoh ja rule and 5o . Fuck both them lames
Nicki Minaj? Really? And for all you other fools on here…Ja Rule? Really? 50? C’mon now. They stink. This is a decent list and I’m sure there were more they would’ve liked to add but couldn’t.
replying to Dale, thats not change for hip hop thats repetition those ppl have had there shine and although i like DMX and NaS Hip Hop can not change unless there’s a new cycle of hungry emcees constantly entering the game. Thats the real change that needs to be made not the same rappers over and over again
umm why isnt slaughterhouse on here, thats a given, but i cant wait for kendricks album section 80 was amazing an he said “its just a warm up” 2012 is lookin good for hip hop
nicki minaj is on here but no slaughterhouse? i am done with this site.
Nicki Minaj and David Banner?
LOL YALL DIDN’T HAVE MEEK MILL ALBUM UP THERE?? HIS ALBUM IS GONNA SELL MORE THAN EVERYONE ON THAT LIST!!!!!
The future is back to tell you it flopped.
Fuck Necro
Entileck-Nasty NaS Remix(necro DISS) on Youtube
1. Vinnie Paz- God of the Serengeti
2. Action Bronson- the album w/ Party Supplies
3.Sean Price- Mic Tyson
4.AOTP- In Death Reborn
5.Jus Allah- MMA
6. La Coka Nostra- Masters of the Dark Arts
7. Ill Bill- The Grimy Awards
8. Heavy Metal Kings- Heavy Metal Kings 2
9. Action Bronson- Alchemist album
10. Immortal Technique- The Middle Passage
best list on here, though I would put the middle passage higher
Dre-Detox, Nas-Life Is Good,GZA-Liquid Swords 2, Slaughterhouse, DMX-Walk with me now, Lupe, Kanye, Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Eminem, Waka Flocka, Weezy, Wiz Khalifa
Slaughterhouse – Welcome To : OUR HOUSE
J. Cole – Sophomore
Joe Budden – The Great Escape
Dr Dre – Detox
Obie Trice – Bottoms Up
IF BIG KRIT IS NOT ON YOUR LIST YOU FAIL
G.O.O.D. Music album
BIG Sean
J. Cole
Nas-Life Is Good/Lost Tapes II
Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album (Hopefully)
Nas/Common-Nas.Com
what about Prodigy and Mobb Deep album ???
S l a u g h t e r h o u s e .
Umm, the only ones I agree with are Big K.R.I.T and Kendrick Lamar. But c’mon! Busta is bringing back that real hip hop sound with his next one. Nas’s Life is Good is gonna be great! Mobb Deep is dropping a new one. Public Enemy is supposed to be dropping 2! I’m thinking Dre’s Detox is just a myth tho. How many times has it been delayed? Anyhow, with that lineup, hopefully hip hop isn’t dead its just been sleeping…
MC Eiht Which Way Is West only album i really wanna hear
degeg
For those of you who complain about what is on the “most anticipated” albums list, be reminded that the select albums are meant to touch certain rap and (not really) hip hop listening demographics to keep a diverse list of visitors to the site. Don’t get mad, put your analytical (YTF is this word saying I’m spelling it wrong?) money glasses on and you will see what THEY see when they put this list together!
SLAUGHTERHOUSE WELCOME TO OUR HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!
Masta Ace – Son of Yvonne :}
Dr Dre “DeTox”
Kool G Rap “Godfathers”
haha detox is never coming out
The Game’s Jesus Piece sounds pretty interesting.
Didn’t hear Bumpy Knuckles + Premo, Banner or Kool G. Rap (so irrelevant)
This year was K.Dot’s.
KRIT flopped.
Nicki Minaj is no longer Hip-Hop so that was a disaster.
T.I. sounds rejuvenated but Trouble Man doesn’t look exactly outstanding.
God Forgives, I Don’t was solid, pretty decent and slick
Fashawn as nice to hear.
Killer Mike and EIP sounded pretty cool together, but the album as a whole wasn’t fantastic.
1. Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.a.a.d. City
2. Nas – Life is Good
3. Plan B – Ill Manors
4. Ab-Soul – Control System
5. The Weeknd – Trilogy
6. GOOD Music – Cruel Summer
7. Slaughterhouse – Welcome to Our House
8. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – The Heist
9. Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don’t
10. Meek Mill – Dreams and Nightmares
Honourable Mentions
Lupe Fiasco – Food and Liquor 2
RZA – The Man With Iron Fists (soundtrack)
Not yet released
Wiz Khalifa – O.N.I.F.C.
T.I. – Trouble Man
Game – Jesus Piece
It clear DX Staff sucks balls they’ve lost an ear for music and are also responsible for this massive boom of senseless music
The editors are Israeli descendants now, and not the young hip-hop journalist that we would prefer