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3.15.20
3.15.20 (album) is Donald Glover's fourth studio album, released March 22, 2020 as Childish Gambino via Wolf+Rothstein/RCA; 12 tracks, most titled as timestamps, later replaced by Atavista in 2024.
And Then You Pray for Me
And Then You Pray for Me is Westside Gunn's October 13, 2023 album on Griselda/EMPIRE, a 21-track sequel to Pray for Paris with Virgil Abloh cover art, trap and boom bap production, and a Metacritic score of 74.
Atrocity Exhibition (album)
Atrocity Exhibition is Danny Brown's fourth studio album (Warp, September 27, 2016), named for a Joy Division song and J.G. Ballard novel, mostly produced by Paul White, 15 tracks, Metacritic 85, guests include Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, and Earl Sweatshirt.
Balloonerism
Balloonerism, also styled Balloonerism (Mac Miller album), is the second posthumous studio album by Mac Miller, recorded in 2014 between Watching Movies with the Sound Off and Faces and released January 17, 2025 by his estate via Warner Records with a companion animated short film.
Bando Stone & the New World
Bando Stone & the New World, also styled Bando Stone and The New World, is Childish Gambino's sixth and final studio album, released July 19, 2024 on RCA Records: 17 tracks serving as the soundtrack to Donald Glover's unreleased same-named film.
Because the Internet
Because the Internet is Childish Gambino's (Donald Glover's) second studio album, released December 10, 2013 on Glassnote; a 19-track transmedia project with a 72-page screenplay and the short film Clapping for the Wrong Reasons, recorded at Chris Bosh's mansion.
Big Fish Theory
Big Fish Theory is Vince Staples's second studio album, released June 23, 2017 on Blacksmith/Def Jam. A 36-minute, 12-track hip hop record built on house, Detroit techno, and UK garage production from Zack Sekoff, SOPHIE, Flume, and others, it debuted at number 16 on the Billboard 200 and earned a Metacritic score of 89.
Blush (Kevin Abstract album)
Blush is Kevin Abstract's fifth solo studio album, released June 27, 2025 via Juno, X8 Music, and Virgin Records. Named for his open-ended Houston collective, it features Dominic Fike, Danny Brown, JPEGMAFIA, Quadeca, and Ameer Vann.
Bottomless Pit (album)
Bottomless Pit is Death Grips' fifth studio album, released May 6, 2016 on Third Worlds/Harvest; 13 tracks in 39 minutes, following Interview 2016, with Nick Reinhart guitars, free stems, and a Metacritic score of 80.
Bully (album)
Bully (BULLY) is Kanye West's (Ye's) twelfth solo studio album, released March 28, 2026 on YZY/gamma: 18 tracks, guests Travis Scott and CeeLo Green, an AI-use controversy, and a James Blake credits dispute.
Call Me If You Get Lost
Call Me If You Get Lost is Tyler, the Creator's 2021 Columbia rap album, hosted by DJ Drama in Gangsta Grillz mixtape style; it won the 2022 Grammy for Best Rap Album and spawned the 2023 Estate Sale deluxe.
Cherry Bomb (album)
Cherry Bomb is the third studio album by Tyler, the Creator, surprise-released April 13, 2015 on Odd Future; a 13-track, 54-minute experimental rap record with Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Pharrell, Metascore 69.
Chromakopia
Chromakopia (CHROMAKOPIA) is Tyler, The Creator's eighth studio album, released October 28, 2024 on Columbia Records; 14 tracks, 53 minutes, narrated partly by his mother Bonita Smith, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and nominated for the 2026 Album of the Year Grammy.
Cold Visions
Cold Visions is Swedish rapper Bladee's 2024 Trash Island album, a 30-track, 63-minute return to hip-hop produced chiefly by F1LTHY, praised by Pitchfork as his most realized project and ranked #8 in its 2024 year-end list.
Dead Channel Sky
Dead Channel Sky is a 2025 cyberpunk concept album by experimental hip-hop trio clipping. (Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes), released March 14, 2025 on Sub Pop; its title quotes Neuromancer, and an expanded Plus edition followed in September 2025.
Don't Tap the Glass
Don't Tap the Glass (DON'T TAP THE GLASS) is Tyler, The Creator's ninth studio album, released July 21, 2025 on Columbia Records: a 10-track, 28-minute dance-rap record urging listeners to put phones down and move; it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 197,000 units and was nominated for the 2026 Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.
Donda
Donda is Kanye West's tenth studio album, released August 29, 2021, named for his late mother Dr. Donda C. West; 27 tracks, record-setting listening events and streams, mixed reviews (Metacritic 53).
Donda 2
Donda 2 is Ye's (Kanye West's) eleventh studio album, released February 25, 2022 exclusively on the $200 Stem Player as the V2.22.22 Miami version, executive produced by Future, and released to streaming April 29, 2025.
Donuts (album)
Donuts is the second and final lifetime album by Detroit producer J Dilla, released by Stones Throw on February 7, 2006. An all-instrumental, 31-track sample-based record begun as a beat tape, it appeared three days before his death and became a benchmark of instrumental hip hop.
Doris (album)
Doris is Earl Sweatshirt's debut studio album, released August 20, 2013 on Tan Cressida/Columbia: 15 tracks, 44 minutes, guests Frank Ocean, Tyler, The Creator, RZA, Vince Staples, and Mac Miller, named for his grandmother.
Experimental Rap (album)
EXPERIMENTAL RAP is JPEGMAFIA's sixth solo album, released May 21, 2026 on AWAL: 25 tracks in 52 minutes, written, produced, and mixed entirely by the Baltimore-born rapper, with Pitchfork scoring it 5.5.
Fenian (album)
Fenian (FENIAN) is the second studio album by Belfast Irish-language rap trio Kneecap, released 1 May 2026 on Heavenly Recordings, produced by Dan Carey, made during Mo Chara's terrorism case, and their first Irish number-one album.
Fine Art (Kneecap album)
Fine Art, debut studio album by Belfast Irish-language rap trio Kneecap (Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvaí), released 14 June 2024 on Heavenly Recordings, produced by Toddla T, a bilingual Irish-English concept album set in a fictional pub.
Flower Boy
Flower Boy (Scum Fuck Flower Boy), Tyler, The Creator's fourth studio album, released July 21, 2017 on Columbia; a self-produced, introspective turn that scored 84 on Metacritic, earned a Grammy nomination, and was RIAA-certified Gold in 2018.
Ginger (Brockhampton album)
Ginger (stylized GINGER) is Brockhampton's fifth studio album, released August 23, 2019 on Question Everything/RCA; a self-produced 12-song follow-up to Iridescence, scoring Metascore 75.
I Lay Down My Life for You
I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU is JPEGMAFIA's fifth studio album, released August 1, 2024 via AWAL; 14 rap-metal-leaning tracks with Vince Staples, Denzel Curry, and Buzzy Lee, plus a 2025 Director's Cut deluxe.
Igor (album)
IGOR (2019) is Tyler, The Creator's fifth solo album on Columbia, a 12-track, 39-minute breakup concept record sung more than rapped, with guests Playboi Carti, Charlie Wilson, and Kanye West; it debuted at US number one and won the 2020 Grammy for Best Rap Album.
Jonatan (album)
Jonatan is the fifth studio album by Swedish rapper Yung Lean (Jonatan Leandoer Håstad), released 2 May 2025 on World Affairs; 13 tracks, 38:51, executive produced by Rami Dawod with contributions from Oneohtrix Point Never and Beck, abandoning cloud rap for indie rock and post-punk.
Kala (album)
Kala is the 2007 second studio album by British artist M.I.A., named after her mother, recorded across India, Africa, Trinidad, Australia, and London, produced mainly by Switch, scoring 87 on Metacritic and yielding the triple-platinum hit Paper Planes.
Live Laugh Love (Earl Sweatshirt album)
Live Laugh Love is Earl Sweatshirt's 2025 rap album on Tan Cressida/Warner, about 24 minutes over 11 tracks, produced mainly by Theravada, centered on fatherhood and marriage, with Pitchfork 8.5 Best New Music.