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Lotus (Little Simz album)
Lotus is the sixth studio album by British rapper Little Simz (Simbiatu Ajikawo), released 6 June 2025 on AWAL, produced entirely by Miles Clinton James after her lawsuit against former producer Inflo over a £1.7 million loan, peaking at No. 3 in the UK.
Madvillainy
Madvillainy is a 2004 hip-hop album by Madvillain, the duo of rapper MF DOOM and producer Madlib, released by Stones Throw Records to wide acclaim.
Mercy (Armand Hammer and the Alchemist album)
Mercy (2025) is the second collaborative album by New York rap duo Armand Hammer (billy woods, Elucid) and producer The Alchemist, released November 7, 2025 on Backwoodz Studioz; 14 tracks, 41 minutes, guests include Earl Sweatshirt, following 2021's Haram.
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (MBDTF) is Kanye West's fifth studio album, released November 22, 2010 on Def Jam. Recorded over six months in Hawaii with Pusha T, Nicki Minaj, RZA, and Justin Vernon, it scored 94 on Metacritic, topped the 2010 Pazz & Jop poll, and earned Pitchfork's 10.0.
My Ghosts Go Ghost
My Ghosts Go Ghost, debut album by By Storm (RiTchie and Parker Corey, ex-Injury Reserve), released January 30, 2026 via deadAir; 9 tracks, 46:06, billy woods feature, Metacritic 80/100.
No Hands (album)
No Hands (styled NO HANDS) is the 2024 second studio album by Pennsylvania rap duo Joey Valence & Brae, self-released on JVB Records with guests Danny Brown, Terror Reid, and Z-Trip, and compared to the Beastie Boys.
No Love Deep Web
No Love Deep Web: second studio album by Death Grips (MC Ride, Zach Hill, Flatlander), self-released free on October 1, 2012 via Third Worlds against Epic Records, with an explicit cover; 13 tracks, Metacritic 76.
Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'
Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin' is Kid Cudi's sixth studio album, released December 16, 2016 on Republic/Wicked Awesome after a sample-clearance delay; 19 tracks in four acts, guests André 3000, Pharrell, Willow Smith, Travis Scott; Metacritic 70.
Punk Tactics
Punk Tactics is the debut studio album by the American rap duo Joey Valence & Brae. It was self-released on JVB Records on September 8, 2023.
Quaranta (album)
Quaranta is Danny Brown's sixth album (Warp, November 17, 2023), also called Quaranta; Italian for 40, written during COVID lockdown, a somber, introspective spiritual sequel to XXX featuring MIKE, Bruiser Wolf, and Kassa Overall.
Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge
Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge is the third studio album by Ghanaian-Australian artist Genesis Owusu (Kofi Owusu-Ansah), released May 15, 2026 on Ourness; a 14-track, 50-minute political genre-blender produced by Dann Hume, scoring 88 on Metacritic.
Right Place, Wrong Person
Right Place, Wrong Person is BTS leader RM's second solo album, released May 24, 2024 by Big Hit Music. The 11-track alternative record, title track "LOST!", debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and No. 37 in the UK.
Run the Jewels 2
Run the Jewels 2 (RTJ2), 2014 second album by Killer Mike and El-P on Mass Appeal; 11 tracks produced by El-P with Little Shalimar; Metacritic 89; named 2014 Hip-Hop Album of the Year by Rolling Stone and NME.
Samurai (Lupe Fiasco album)
Samurai (2024) is the ninth studio album by Lupe Fiasco, released by 1st & 15th/Thirty Tigers. The eight-track, 30-minute Soundtrakk-produced concept album imagines Amy Winehouse as a battle rapper, inspired by her Salaam Remi voicemail in the documentary Amy.
Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven
Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven, Kid Cudi's fifth studio album (December 4, 2015, Republic/Wicked Awesome), a 26-track double album of lo-fi grunge and alternative rock with Beavis and Butt-Head skits, debuting at number 36 on the Billboard 200.
Star Line (album)
Star Line is Chance the Rapper's second studio album, self-released August 15, 2025, named after Marcus Garvey's Black Star Line; 17 tracks, Metacritic 75, first album since 2019's The Big Day.
Stardust (Danny Brown album)
Stardust is Danny Brown's sixth studio album, released 7 November 2025 on Warp Records. His first fully sober album, it embraces hyperpop and U.K. dance with guests including Jane Remover, Quadeca, and Frost Children.
Sulfur Surfer
Sulfur Surfer is Bladee's (Benjamin Reichwald) eighth solo album, released May 20, 2026 on Trash Island; 13 rap tracks, 46 minutes, fully produced by Whitearmor, sole guest David Tibet of Current 93.
Syre (album)
SYRE (A Beautiful Confusion) is Jaden Smith's debut studio album, released November 17, 2017 on MSFTS Music/Roc Nation; 17 tracks, about 70 minutes, three years in the making, titled after his middle name, with guests A$AP Rocky and Raury, Metascore 69.
Terrified (Fakemink album)
Terrified . is the 2026 album by English rapper-producer Fakemink (Vincenzo Camille), released May 22 on EtnaVeraVela: 19 self-produced tracks, about 55 minutes, a sleazepop concept record about fame, homesickness and spiritual decay.
Testing (album)
Testing (TESTING) is A$AP Rocky's third studio album, released May 25, 2018 as a surprise digital drop on A$AP Rocky Recordings/RCA: 15 songs, 52 minutes, first album without the late A$AP Yams, featuring Frank Ocean, Skepta, FKA Twigs, Moby, and Kid Cudi.
The Life of Pablo
The Life of Pablo is Kanye West's seventh studio album, released February 13, 2016 on Def Jam/GOOD as a Tidal exclusive after earlier titles So Help Me God, Swish, and Waves; it was the first Billboard No. 1 driven mostly by streaming and was repeatedly updated after release.
The Low End Theory
The Low End Theory: 1991 second album by A Tribe Called Quest on Jive Records, 14 tracks fusing jazz and hip hop; gold 1992, platinum 1995, National Recording Registry 2022.
The Naught (album)
The Naught is the seventeenth studio album by Insane Clown Posse, released August 12, 2025 on Psychopathic Records; the sixth and final Joker's Card of the second Dark Carnival deck, 17 tracks, horrorcore, produced by Mike E. Clark and others. Distinct from other albums titled Naught.
The Powers That B
The Powers That B is Death Grips' fourth studio album and first double album, released March 31, 2015 on Third Worlds/Harvest. It pairs Niggas on the Moon, built on Björk vocal samples, with the noise-rock Jenny Death.
Thy Kingdom Come (Suicideboys album)
THY KINGDOM COME is the fifth studio album by New Orleans duo $uicideboy$ (Ruby da Cherry and Scrim), released August 1, 2025 on G59 Records; 10 tracks, about 29 minutes, guests BONES and Night Lovell, US chart peak number 4.
Watching Movies with the Sound Off
Watching Movies with the Sound Off is Mac Miller's second studio album, released June 2013 on Rostrum Records, self-produced as Larry Fisherman with guests Earl Sweatshirt, Ab-Soul, and Tyler, The Creator.
Wolf (Tyler, the Creator album)
Wolf (2013) is Tyler, the Creator's third LP and second major-label album, released April 2, 2013 on Odd Future Records; 18 tracks including "Answer", "Rusty", and "Lone", UK Albums Chart peak No. 17, over 1 billion Spotify streams.
XXX (Danny Brown album)
XXX is Danny Brown's 19-track second album, released free by Fool's Gold on August 15, 2011; a concept record about turning 30, Detroit, and addiction, it scored 83 on Metacritic and ranked #3 on Pitchfork's 2016 mixtapes list.
Year of the Snitch
Year of the Snitch is Death Grips' sixth studio album, released June 22, 2018 on Third Worlds/Harvest. A 13-track, 37-minute experimental hip-hop record featuring DJ Swamp, Justin Chancellor, Andrew Adamson, and Lucas Abela; Metacritic 69.