Rap Release Dates: Lil Wayne, Big Boi, J. Cole, Kanye West

    We’re nearing the one-year mark that Lil Wayne dropped Tha Carter IV. While 2012 will not see a release in Tha Carter series, Weezy recently expressed that Tha Carter V was more than likely dropping in 2013. No said date on that yet, but you can read all about it here. While Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music crew will be dropping Cruel Summer on August 7th, it’s been reported that immediately following that release we’ll be getting another Kanye West solo album. We can only imagine how that will sound, but Kanye tends to never disappoint (his fans at least).

    While J. Cole’s Cole World: The Sideline Story is also nearing a year old, another J. Cole release will be arriving in the form of an import. The release is called Better Than Your Average, and it’s coming for you on August 28th. The 28th is a huge day for music releases, but another import is dropping that day too from Jadakiss called Loyalty Comes First. While it’s already been established that the Summer is bringing hot releases, looking into the Fall there will be just as much to look forward to, especially on November 13th. Big Boi will be dropping Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors that day. Now if we can just get an Outkast album we’ll be all set.

    Check HipHopDX’s Release Dates page for all your Hip Hop album needs.

    July 10
    Aesop Rock – Skelethon
    La Coka Nostra – Masters Of the Dark Arts
    Freddie Gibbs and Madlib – Shame EP

    July 17
    8Ball – Life’s Quest
    The Alchemist – Russian Roulette
    Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
    Masta Ace – Ma Doom: Son Of Yvonne
    Nas – Life Is Good

    July 24
    Big Shug – I.M. 4 E-VA
    J Dilla – The Shining
    Parallel Thought – The Art Of Sound
    REKS – REBELutionary

    July 31
    B.o.B. – Music For the Lost Generation (Import)
    Necro – The Murder Murder Kill Kill Double EP
    Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don’t

    August 7
    Bumpy Knuckles x Statik Selektah – Ambition
    G.O.O.D. Music – Cruel Summer

    August 14
    2 Chainz – Based On a T.R.U. Story
    Beanie Sigel – This Time
    Insane Clown Posse – Might Death Pop
    Kreayshawn – Somethin’ Bout Kreay
    Strong Arm Steady x Statik Selektah – StereoType
    The-Dream – Love IV MMXII

    August 21
    Brother Ali – Mourning In America & Dreaming In Color
    DJ Khaled – Kiss the Ring
    Mistah F.A.B. and I-Rocc – Face Off
    Trey Songz – Chapter V

    August 28
    Brandy – Two Eleven
    DMX – Undisputed
    J. Cole – Better Than Your Average (Import)
    Jadakiss – Loyalty Comes First (Import)
    Keak Da Sneak – Cheedacheezisay!
    Madchild (Swollen Members) – Dope Sick
    Meek Mill – Dreams & Nightmares
    Slaughterhouse – welcome to: Our House
    Stu Bangaz & Eric Vanderslice – Diggaz With Attitude (D.W.a.)
    Wiz Khalifa – O.N.I.F.C.

    September 4
    Blu and Exile – Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them
    T.I. – Trouble Man

    September 11
    A$AP Rocky – LongLiveA$AP
    Ludacris – Ludaversal
    Saigon – Bread and Circuses

    September 18
    DJ Drama – Quality Street Music
    Ne-Yo – R.E.D.
    Skyzoo – A Dream Deferred

    October 2
    Bobby V – Dusk Till Dawn
    Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, m.A.A.d City

    November 13
    Big Boi – Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors

    82 thoughts on “Rap Release Dates: Lil Wayne, Big Boi, J. Cole, Kanye West

      1. An import is wen a foreign object is transported to a foreign location. Let me make it easy. Me shovin my dick inside ur mom is probably the best surefire example.

    1. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib – Shame EP
      The Alchemist – Russian Roulette
      Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
      Nas – Life Is Good
      G.O.O.D. Music – Cruel Summer
      Slaughterhouse – welcome to: Our House
      Blu and Exile – Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them
      T.I. – Trouble Man
      Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, m.A.A.d City
      Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1
      Big Boi – Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors

    2. So where is Wayne’s release date u fucken bitches. HHDX editors needs the dogshit smacked outta they faggot asses

      1. Bitch why the fuck u coming at me fag? The did not put the release date but they said so in the headline. I hope u get AIDs before this week runs out

      2. It was to let dumb, immature, inbred, dropped on their head as a baby, closeted, cyber faggots like you know it was coming… I mean it says at the top it’s coming out in 2013 with no specific release date.

        Also, your really stupid.

      3. Go rape ur father anally u fucken bitch. I do not need ur opinion cus u aint shit but a hoe ass nigga. Take ur bleeding ass outta here and go get urself a tampon.

    3. wut it do? its cha boi icy! keepin’ it “soooooo icy baby” just wanna let cha’ll know we got a problem with dat Carter V yall. damn. icy’s finna jump on that with a hot beat and dope 16 bars or something. dont sleep either. we got Tyga Careless world 2 coming. Drizzy always got some fire! Waka Flocka is never EVER far behind.
      also. fuck that grandpa nas. his rhymes are really really whack and hes ugly as WUT
      YMCMB OVOXO BRICK SQUAD MONOPOLY

    4. What is an import? I haven’t even heard about J. Cole putting out something new…
      Albums to Wait on
      Nas – Life Is Good
      Rick Ross – God Forgives I Don’t
      GOOD Music – Cruel Summer
      Wiz Khalifa – O.N.I.F.C
      Lupe Fiasco new album
      And saving the best for last….
      Kendrick Lamar – good kid, mAAd city

    5. Wow, Pusha T has no buzz whatsoever. This guy has no album or mixtape in the works. He makes no money through publishing cuase Pharell hasn’t recovered. Pusha T does not own multiple mansions like Wayne and Birdman. He doesn’t have a condo is Biscayne like Drake. He doesn’t own a manhattan penthouse like Nicki. He doesn’t fuck hot 20 year old chicks like Tyga does. He doesn’t have as many classic songs as Busta does. Pusha T has never dated a celebrity. Pusha T cannot be successful on his own…he needs Malice or Kanye.

      Bottom line is, Pusha T is garbage. YMCMB forever!

      1. Who gives a fuck what he has or not? He is still a much better rapper/MC than anyone on YM’s shitty label!!!

      2. Pusha is average. Stop lying faggots. Old wayne, cory gunz, jae mills, mack maine, busta rhymes, Mystikal all shits on pusha’s momma

      3. The reason that Pusha doesn’t have nice things like YMCMB artists is cuase his music sucks and no one wants to buy it. I think that’s pretty obvious. No one on here would give a shit about Pusha T if they didn’t hate on YMCMB so much. Stop riding Pusha’s dick.

        And no, I don’t live with Drake or Wayne. Stunna pays all his employees well so I got my own crib. It’s not a mansion but it’s nice and has a sick view of the French Quarter.

      4. “THEM NIGGAS ANIT DIE’IN FO YA”
        YMCMB A BUNCH OF FAKE BLOODS
        PUSHA COULDN’T HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER LOL
        WAYNE COULDN’T BREW UP A PROPER DISS TRACK? WHATAAAH FAAAACK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YM ? PUSHA KILLED YM JUST LIKE GAME KILLED G-UNOT AND … GLOCK40 PWUAHAHAH
        WITH 1 HANDED JABS AND BOWS WITH AN IPHONE IN THE OTHER HAND CLASSIC

      5. “WITH 1 HANDED JABS AND BOWS WITH AN IPHONE IN THE OTHER HAND CLASSIC”

        And 12 niggas behind him…

    6. Stop sleepin on beans i aint seen nobody mention the broadstreet bully yall wuld ratha hear onifc smh

    7. FUUQQ YEEZ MY NIKKAS

      FINALLY IT HAPPENED – JUST GOT A NEW RIDE – A CAM A RO CONVERTIBLE.GOT APPROVED FOR 26 LARGE. BEEN 5 YRS SINCE IVE GOTTEN SHYT APPROVED, BUT NOW ALL MY CRE-DIT SHEET GONE. ALL OF IT.

      IF YOU STRUGGLING WITH THAT CREDITT HISTORY ISHH, GET RID OF ALL DAT TODAY – CALL THESE PEEPS AT 8^8^8-9-2-7 -3-3-5-6. . THEY DO AMAZING WORK AND THEY ARE CHEAP AS FUQQ. GOT RID OF ALL MY SHYYT IN NO TIME.

      MY HOMEBOY WAS IN THE GUTTA TOO, AND HE CLEANER THAN ME NOW-gettin a condo!!

      Hit em up – THEY WILL HELP U!!

    8. Slaughterhouse – welcome to: Our House and Nas – Life Is Good imma def buy…the other stuff is a secondary choice

    9. La Coka Nostra – Masters Of the Dark Arts
      Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
      Nas – Life Is Good
      Necro – The Murder Murder Kill Kill Double EP
      Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don’t
      Beanie Sigel – This Time
      G.O.O.D. Music – Cruel Summer
      DMX – Undisputed
      Meek Mill – Dreams & Nightmares
      Slaughterhouse – welcome to: Our House
      T.I. – Trouble Man
      Ludacris – Ludaversal
      Saigon – Bread and Circuses
      Ne-Yo – R.E.D.
      Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, m.A.A.d City

    10. LUPE Sep 25th F&L2… biatch

      Trouble Man, Life is Good, Slaughterhouse album, Good Kid m.A.A.d City… Big Boi album, rest is secondary

      1. Fuck my bad how didn’t I notice there was no Lupe when I was bangin on about it to my peoples yesterday also where the fuck is Cube?

    11. So, is J. Cole’s “import” CD going to be an official album or just a retail mixtape? The fact that it’s called an “import” confuses me though since he’s an American artist. I hope it’s not a free mixtape though since he needs to stop releasing good music for free like Friday Night Lights.

    12. FUUQQ YEEZ MY NIKKAS

      FINALLY IT HAPPENED – JUST GOT A NEW RIDE – A CAM A RO CONVERTIBLE.GOT APPROVED FOR 26 LARGE. BEEN 5 YRS SINCE IVE GOTTEN SHYT APPROVED, BUT NOW ALL MY CRE-DIT SHEET GONE. ALL OF IT.

      IF YOU STRUGGLING WITH THAT CREDITT HISTORY ISHH, GET RID OF ALL DAT TODAY – CALL THESE PEEPS AT 8^8^8-9-2-7 -3-3-5-6. . THEY DO AMAZING WORK AND THEY ARE CHEAP AS FUQQ. GOT RID OF ALL MY SHYYT IN NO TIME.

      MY HOMEBOY WAS IN THE GUTTA TOO, AND HE CLEANER THAN ME NOW-gettin a condo!!

      Hit em up – THEY WILL HELP U!!mm

    13. Nas – Life Is Good-this shit better get pushed back
      Masta Ace – Ma Doom: Son Of Yvonne
      Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, m.A.A.d City-better not move either
      Big Boi – Vicious Lies and Dangerous Skyzoo – A Dream Deferred
      Saigon – Bread and Circuses
      A$AP Rocky – LongLiveA$AP
      Blu and Exile – Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them
      T.I. – Trouble Man
      Slaughterhouse – welcome to: Our House
      Brother Ali – Mourning In America & Dreaming In Color
      Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don’t
      REKS – REBELutionary
      G.O.O.D. Music – Cruel Summer
      -And I ain’t downloading shit. Buy albums or don’t defend the artists. Simple as that

    14. lil wayne is a bore i can come up with e.t phone home concept and dont need drugs to do it. fuck him with drugs he is boring if aint getting high again i expect nothing.

    15. Lookin forwards to
      Masters Of the Dark Arts (which was pushed to the 31st)
      Life is Good (obvious, a few tracks out and theyre already callin it a classic)
      God Forgives, I Dont (have a feeling this will be pretty good for a Rozay standards)
      Cruel Summer (*face palm* @ new god flow, but the beat was dope, and theres no reason why this shouldnt have some badass music)
      Based On a T.R.U. Story (LOL JK, but a lot of ppl I kno fuck with 2 Chainz, I dont find the appeal tho)
      Dreams & Nightmares (dont know much about this one, but it sounds good)
      Welcome to: Our House (lets hope they have some epic concepts up their sleeves)
      ONIFC (hopefully it will be more like the first half of Rolling Papers and not the second. Though he says its a whole different sound, so thats even better. First single was too radio friendly tho, even Taylor Gangsters dont fuck wit it as much.)
      Trouble Man (Cant be worse than his last album, minus the Eminem feat)
      Ludaverse (hopefully well see some disses?)
      Good Kid, m.A.A.d City (hmm everyone is hyping it up, but Im still skeptical. We need a new single soon to have a better idea of whether or not its worthy of all the hype)
      Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors (fuck yea)

    16. lupe better come hard after that pop ass album he put out. but i have been waiting months for freddie gibbs and madlib- madgibbs. and wtf end of next month how come i havent heard shit about the cole “import” before today…..?

      1. Who cares Slaughterhouse, Jadakiss and DMX are all dropping on the same day. I might even cop that J.Cole.

    17. J. Coles manager confirmed that there is nothing from J. Cole coming out in August… HHDX is trying to get dem website hits. Fuckfaces

      1. you should work for the press…

        “j cole’s managet said that “better than average” isnt being released” TRUE

        “and that it was a rumor made up by hiphopdx.” NOPE, NO HE DIDN’T

    18. wtf is an import? is it an album released in another country then imported to the u.s.? why not just release it in the u.s.

    Leave a Reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *