Tuesday Rap Release Dates: Rick Ross, Trey Songz, Finale

On May 18, Madlib will release the fifth installment in his Madlib Medicine Show series, The History Of Loop Digga. The project is comprised of previously unreleased, made-for-cassette ‘90’s work, including that of the cadre known collectively as CDP, those rappers who worked side-by-side with Madlib during the days of his Crate Diggas Palace studios. Also scheduled for the 18th is fellow Californian Keak Da Sneak’s next LP, Mob Boss, which is entirely produced by multi-platinum producer Big Hollis and features a guest spot from Welcome To Scokland collaborator San Quinn. The following is the upcoming release schedule:

April 13
BLESTeNATION – Welcome To MBugout City
LMNO – Next In Line
Masta Killa – Live
MGMT – Congratulations
Murs & 9th Wonder – Fornever
Spectac & Amiri – Almost Famous
yU – Before Taxes

April 20
9th Prince – Revenge Of The 9th Prince
Andre Nickatina – Khan! The Me Generation
Approach & Ill Poetic – Aloe Park
Cognito – Automatic
Cypress Hill – Rise Up
Danny Boy – It’s About Time
Dark Time Sunshine – Vessel
Devin The Dude – Suite #420
Fashawn – Boy Meets World (Deluxe Edition)
Goldtoes N Berner – R All N Ur Pockets: The Soundtrack
Kottonmouth Kings – Long Live The Kings
Kurupt – Streetlights
Little Brother – LeftBack
Madlib – Madlib Medicine Show No. 4: 420 Chalice All Stars: All Jamaican Sounds
Messy Marv Presents The Shooting Range
Opio & Unjust – Mark It Zero: Big Lebowski Tribute Album
Ozomatli – Fire Away
Roc Marciano (of U.N.) – Marcberg 12” EP
Sleepy D – Sleep Deprivation
Soul Mafia – MK Ultra
TRUTHLiVE – Patience

April 27
Ana Tijoux – 1977
B.o.B. Presents The Adventures Of Bobby Ray
Braille – Weapon Aid
Daddy Yankee – Mundial
Kon & Amir Present Off Track Volume III: Brooklyn
Twin Perils – World Supremacy
Yo Gotti – Live From The Kitchen

May 4
8Ball & MJG – Ten Toes Down
Blacastan – Blac Sabbath
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Uni5
Brown Bag AllStars – The Down Under Remixes
Chipmunk – I Am Chipmunk (Platinum Edition)
DoItAll – American Du
Dudley Perkins (as Declaime) – Fonk
Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
Focus… – The Avant Garde Project
Panacea – 12 Step Program
Sapient & Ethic (of Sandpeople) (as Debaser) – Peerless
The Temptations – Still Here
Toni Braxton – Pulse
Trina – Amazin’
X.O. – 28 Days Later: The Album
YahZarah – The Ballad Of Purple Saint James

May 11
Boondox – South Of Hell
LMNO & Kev Brown – Selective Hearing Part 2
Sage Francis – Li(f)e

May 18
Dam-Funk – Adolescent Funk
Digital Underground – The Greenlight EP
Esoteric – Fly Casualties
Factor – Lawson Graham
Guilty Simpson & Madlib – OJ Simpson
Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
Keak Da Sneak – Mob Boss
Madlib – Madlib Medicine Show No. 5: The History Of Loop Digga
Nas & Damian Marley – Distant Relatives
Necro – Die!
Reflection Eternal – Revolutions Per Minute
Rhymefest – El Che
Roc Marciano – Marcberg
Taio Cruz – Rokstarr
The Black Keys – Brothers
The Jacka & Lee Majors – The Gobots 2: D-Boy Era

May 25
Apollo Brown – ReSet
Bizarre – Friday Night At St. Andrews
Chosen Few – New World Symphony
Common – The Best Of Common: Go!
Finale & Oddisee – Odds & Ends
Jermiside & Danny Diggs – Middle Classic
Leela James – My Soul
Nelly Furtado – Lifestyle
Opio – Vulture’s Wisdom Vol. 2
Plies – Goon Affiliated
Potluck – Greatest Hits
Quincy Jones – Q: Soul Bossa Nostra
Run-D.M.C. – Music Of Run-D.M.C.
Tha Dogg Pound (as DPG) – Keep On Ridin

The following are additional release dates announced during the past week:

Chiddy Bang – TBD [June 1]
Black C (of RBL Posse) – 70’s Baby [June 8]
MF Grimm – You Only Live Twice: The Audio Graphic Novel [June 8]
Ratatat – LP4 [June 8]
C-Murder – Tomorrow [June 15]
Esham – Suspended Animation [June 15]
Game – The R.E.D. Album [June 15]
Capone-N-Noreaga – The War Report II [June 29]
Hell Razah – Heaven Razah [June 29]
Lord Infamous – Futuristic Bounty Hunter [June 29]
Rick Ross – Teflon Don [June 29]
Big Boi – Sir Luscious Left Foot: Son Of Chico Dusty [July 6]
Kelis – Flesh Tone [July 6]
King T – Tha Krown [July 6]
Roc C – Scapegoat [July 13]
Chiddy Bang – TBD [August 17]
Trey Songz – TBD [September 14]