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Man on the Moon III: The Chosen

Man on the Moon III: The Chosen is a 2020 studio album by American rapper Kid Cudi and the third installment of his Man on the Moon trilogy.

Man on the Moon: The End of Day

Man on the Moon: The End of Day is Kid Cudi's 2009 debut album on Dream On/GOOD/Universal Motown, a five-act Common-narrated concept album, distinct from the film Man on the Moon.

Man Up (Ice Cube album)

Man Up (2025) is Ice Cube's twelfth studio album, a companion to 2024's Man Down, released September 12, 2025 on Lench Mob Records; 14 tracks, 41 minutes, led by the single "Before Hip Hop."

MASA (album)

MASA (Make America Slime Again) is the eighth studio album by YoungBoy Never Broke Again, released July 25, 2025 on Never Broke Again/Motown; 30 tracks, debuted No. 6 on the Billboard 200, his 16th top-10 album, first release after his 2025 presidential pardon.

Me Against the World

Me Against the World (1995) is 2Pac's third studio album, released on Interscope March 14, 1995 while he was in prison; it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, went 2X Platinum, and features "Dear Mama."

Megan (album)

Megan (stylized MEGAN) is the third studio album by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion, released June 28, 2024 on her independent label, Hot Girl Productions LLC.

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.

Monica (album)

Monica is Jack Harlow's fourth studio album, released March 13, 2026 on Atlantic: a 10-song, 28-minute neo-soul and R&B record with no rapping, recorded at Electric Lady Studios after his longest career gap.

Montero (album)

Montero is the debut studio album by Lil Nas X, released September 17, 2021 on Columbia Records; 15 pop-rap tracks, executive produced by Take A Daytrip, featuring Elton John, Doja Cat, Jack Harlow, Megan Thee Stallion, and Miley Cyrus.

More Chaos

More Chaos is Ken Carson's fourth studio album, released April 11, 2025 on Opium/Interscope; the follow-up to A Great Chaos debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and drew mixed reviews.

Muddy Waters Too

Muddy Waters Too is Redman's studio album, released December 24, 2024 on Gilla House/Riveting Music. The 32-track, 81-minute sequel to his 1996 album Muddy Waters features Method Man, Snoop Dogg, and a New Jersey posse cut.

Music to Be Murdered By

Music to Be Murdered By (MTBMB) is Eminem's eleventh studio album, a surprise release on January 17, 2020 via Shady/Aftermath/Interscope, titled after Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 compilation, with the song Darkness about the Las Vegas shooting and a Side B deluxe in December 2020.

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.

Nasir (album)

NASIR is Nas's eleventh studio album, released June 15, 2018; a seven-track, 26-minute set produced entirely by Kanye West as the fourth release of the 2018 Wyoming sessions, earning a Metacritic score of 58.

Nastradamus

Nastradamus: Nas's fourth studio album, released November 23, 1999 on Columbia (CK 63930), rushed out after I Am... session leaks; produced by L.E.S., DJ Premier, Timbaland, Dame Grease; singles "Nastradamus" and "You Owe Me."

NDA (album)

NDA, short for Non-Disclosure Agreement, is the sixth studio album by American rapper Trippie Redd, released on August 14, 2026, and followed two weeks later by #NDA.

Nellyville

Nellyville is Nelly's second studio album, released June 25, 2002 on Universal/Fo' Reel. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 714,000 first-week copies, sold about seven million, and produced the Grammy-winning hits Hot in Herre and Dilemma.

Niggaz4Life

Niggaz4Life (Efil4zaggin) is N.W.A's second and final studio album, released May 28, 1991; it topped the Billboard 200, went platinum, and triggered British obscenity seizures before the group disbanded.

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 Limit Top Dogg

No Limit Top Dogg is Snoop Dogg's fourth studio album, released May 11, 1999 on No Limit/Priority. His second No Limit album, 21 tracks, 77:41, with three Dr. Dre productions, his first Dre work since Doggystyle.

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.

No Way Out (Puff Daddy album)

No Way Out (Puff Daddy album), aka No Way Out, is Puff Daddy & the Family's 1997 debut on Bad Boy; a Billboard 200 No. 1, 7× Platinum, Grammy Best Rap Album winner featuring Biggie tributes and hit singles.

Nothing Was the Same

Nothing Was the Same is Drake's third studio album, released September 24, 2013. The standard 59-minute album was the second-highest-selling rap record in the United States that year.

NSFW (Tyga album)

NSFW is Tyga's eighth studio album, released February 7, 2025 on Last Kings/Empire, his first solo LP since 2019's Legendary; 17 tracks with Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Cher, and Shenseea; singles "Slave" and "Pop It Off".

Octane (Don Toliver album)

OCTANE is Don Toliver's fifth studio album, released January 30, 2026 on Cactus Jack/Donnway & Co/Atlantic; 18 tracks featuring Yeat, Rema, Travis Scott, Teezo Touchdown, and SahBabii; his first Billboard 200 number one.

Once Upon a Time in Shaolin

Once Upon a Time in Shaolin: Wu-Tang Clan's one-copy 31-track double album, sold to Shkreli for $2M in 2015, forfeited in 2018, bought by PleasrDAO for $4M in 2021, embargoed until 2103.

One of Wun

One of Wun: Gunna's fifth studio album, released May 10, 2024 on YSL/300 Entertainment; 20 tracks featuring Offset, Normani, Roddy Ricch, and Leon Bridges; debuted No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 91,000 units; partially recorded on a Miami yacht with producer Turbo.

Operation: Doomsday

Operation: Doomsday is MF DOOM's 1999 debut solo album on Fondle 'Em Records, introducing his masked persona after K.M.D.; reissued 2001 (Sub Verse) and 2011 (Metalface, 42 tracks).

Paid in Full (album)

Paid in Full, Eric B. & Rakim's 1987 debut on 4th & B'way, recorded in a week at Marley Marl's studio; a million-selling landmark of hip hop rhyme and funk sampling.