If it weren’t for a handful of great albums coming in December, skipping to 2012 would be the move. However, that’s not the case. December opens with Amy Winehouse’s final masterpiecing Lioness: Hidden Treasures. Salaam Remi took a bunch of old Amy tracks, reworked some (adding Nas to “Like Smoke” 
) and put together a tight work. Even ?uestlove pops up on the album, so definitely check it out when it drops the first week of December. Speaking of ?uestlove, The Roots come through with their concept album UNDUN. The album is intense, and will surely show a different side of The Legendary.
Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa provide their soundtrack to their film Mac + Devin Go To High School on December 13th, while a week later Jeezy gets it in with TM103 on December 20th along with Common’s The Dreamer, The Believer. Jeezy’s cut with Jay-Z and Andre3000 titled “I Do” got some heavy spins on DX last week, understandably so. That same day, Tyga drops Careless World: Rise of the Last King, which was supposed to have dropped in November.
Jumping ahead into 2012, Strong Arm Steady, Statik Selektah, and Sha Stimuli are the first January announcements with Statik and SAS collaborating on StereoType January 2nd, and Sha’s The Calling on January 12th. Then a week later we finally get that Ja Rule album Pain Is Love 2. Rule’s camp let go of the final version of “Real Life Fantasy” this week along with some diary entries. Kid Cudi and Dot Da Genius close out January 2k12 with their W Z R D project. Check out the first leak “Brake.”
While there are no set dates in March, that’s looking like the month for T.I.’s Trouble Man and Chris Brown’s Fortune. Tip dropped “Pyro” recently, around the same time he announced the album title. Last (but most certainly not least), we may see a new Raekwon project very soon. Technically it’s not his, however, when the song “Ill Figures Remix” with Kool G Rap and M.O.P. dropped last week Wu fans’ ears perked up. Andrew Kelley had a collaborative mixtape with the Chef titled “Dope On the Table” and it never saw the light of day (the aforementioned was a song off it). We learn now that Kelley plans to release it as an EP. A date for that should be coming very soon.
Check HipHopDX’s Release Dates page for all your Hip Hop album needs.
November 29
Curren$y – Jet Life: Jet World Order
Kid Sister – Kiss & Tell EP
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.
Kooley High – David Thompson
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
December 13
Juvenile – Rejuvenation
Snoop Dogg x Wiz Khalifa – Mac + Devin Go To High School
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
Tyga – Careless World: Rise of the Last King
December 31
Waka Flocka Flame – Triple F: Friends, Fans, & Family
January 2, 2012
Strong Arm Steady x Statik Selektah – StereoType
January 12, 2012
Sha Stimuli – The Calling
January 17, 2012
Ja Rule – Pain Is Love 2
Necro – The Murder Murder Kill Kill EP
January 30, 2012
Kid Cudi x Dot Da Genius – W Z R D
February 21, 2012
Monica – New Life
March 2012
T.I. – Trouble Man
Chris Brown – Fortune
That Amy Winehouse joint “Like Smoke” is fire. Is it me or does sound rejuvenated lately?
its all over other sites that bow wow’s album is getting pushed back….may as well take it off that list!
Any Body Ready for that new Ja Rule Album i know i am its Murda
Ja was murdered years ago by 50, its irrelevant wat he does now. And that’s coming from a Game fan.
^^^^ u cant be that stupid…what has ur corny little perception of ja rule’s music got to do with what this guy wants to listen to?
i will be geting that ja rule album
Can Not wait for Chico and The Man, been waiting years for that
Agree 100% man as Tonedeff is one of the illest emcees ever and Tonedeff is one of the 5 best of the last 7-8 years.
Unfortunately what I hear from both Tonedeff and Kno is that this is officially delayed until 2012 so they can get the right promotion for it. Look for it in the first quarter of 2012 sometime along w/ a follow up to archetype later in 2012. Tone swears it’s going to be a big year for him.
Fingers crossed
*KNO is one of the top 5 producers of the last 8 years or so is what I meant to say
Jeezy gona destroy Tyga’s album and YMCMB will be fucking upset.
common, the roots, and possibly nas album…this is going to be a great month for hip hop heads,
Im waiting on Ja’s pain is love 2 for real