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Black Ice - Death of Willie Lynch
- The spoken word artist drops his debut set.
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Blue Sky Black Death Present The Holocaust- Wu Tang artist (The Holocaust) teams up with the production duo for a dark, atmospheric set.
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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Thug Stories - The quintet is now a trio who puts out this indie release in anticipation of their "official" comeback set with Interscope.
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Chingy - Hoodstar - Chingy returns with a critically panned album.
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Chingy - Hoodstar [Bonus CD] - A replica of the above, this set features an added CD of screwed versions of tired Chingy hits such as "Right Thurr."
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Crunchy Black - On My Own - The solo joint from the Three 6 Mafia member comes via the Hypnotize Minds label.
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Curse Ov Dialect - Wooden Tongues - This Australian hip-hop group offers political and thoughtful lyrics with eclectic beats.
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Custom Made - Sidewalk Mindtalk: The Best of the Custom Made Mixtapes - This five-member hip-hop collective from Southern California offers popular mixtapes tracks as well as unreleased cuts. *
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Da Hiphop Raskalz - Da Hiphop Raskalz - These are grade-school (ages 5-10) students in Harlem, who with the help of their classical musician teacher offer rhymes about candy, math and dinosaurs. *
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Dan the Automator - 2k7-the Tracks - The underground production wunderkind returns with artists such as Ghostface, Slim Thug, Rhymefest, Fabolous and more.
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The Dirtball - Raptillion - This sophomore release features Kottonmouth Kings member Daddy X along with Big B, Chucky Styles, and X Clans Brother J.
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DJ Shadow - Outsider - The innovative producer's latest is receiving mixed reviews.
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Daz - So So Gangsta (w/DVD)
- The title of the set references its executive producer, So So Def CEO Jermaine Dupri, and includes a DVD with videos, behind the scenes footage and performances with Snoop Dogg and Kurupt.
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Dem Hoodstarz - Band-Aide and Scoot
- This is the sophomore offering from this Bay Area duo.
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Dru Down & Lee Majors - Cash Me Out
- Guests feature Yukmouth, Rahmean and more.
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Fergie - The Dutchess
- Guests on the Black Eyed Peas singer's solo debut include Ludacris, Rita Marley and Will.I.Am. *
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Hip Hop Bebop Junction - Tonight: Bebop Plays the Music of Ludacris
- Luda's hits go high class in this creative interpretation CD. *
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Intellekt & Dirty Digits - Intellektual Property
- The duo bring solid undergound rap.
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J-Diggs - Bay Commission
- The Bay Area's represented, again. Guests include the deceased Mac Dre, Too Short and more. |
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Jedi Mind Tricks - Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell
- The underground titans bring more lyrical fire with their latest release. * |
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Jern Eye - Authentic Vintage- The Oakland rapper drops his solo project. |
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KGB Records - Buzz, Vol. 2
- This commercial mixtape for unsigned and indie artists comes out bi-monthly. |
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Ludacris - Release Therapy
- Luda's 5th album finds him at the top of his game with a hot new hairdo and guests such as Mary J. Blige, Young Jeezy, Pharrell, Field Mob and more. * |
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Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
- The alternative Chicagoan hip-hopper finally drops his much-leaked debut. * |
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Main Flow & 7L - Flow Season
- Main Flow doesn't do justice to 7L's hot beats on this disappointing collabo. |
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Master P - The Ultimate Master P
- As the name suggests, here's the best from the New Orleans rap mogul. |
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Mr. Marcelo - Son of Magnolia - This New Orleans rapper hosts Cee-Lo, Devin the Dude, Z-Ro, B.G., Pimp C, Da Fam Gang, Malika, Young Fell, and C-Murder. |
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Music Avenue Records - The Roots of Rap- The dual concert that brought together hip-hop icons such as Grandmaster Melle Mel, Sugarhill Gang, Afrika Bambaata, Run-DMC, Kurtis Blow, Erik B & Rakim, L.L. Cool J, EPMD and more is presented here. *
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Muszamil - Reparation Is Due- The Tupac "protege" drops his solo debut... but the "Makaveli Presents Muszamil" in the title is a bit much. |
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Nicolay - Here - The chilled out Netherlands producer drops his solo debut much to the delight of hip-hop fans everywhere. * |
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N.O.R.E. - N.O.R.E. y La Familia...Ya Tu Sabe - Don Omar, Ja Rule, Nina Sky and Daddy Yankee are some of the artists on this 17-track release from the Queens rapper (who raps in broken Spanish). |
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Orishas - El Kilo: Tour Edition [w/DVD] -
The Cubana hip-hop group pay homage to the ancestors while raising the contemporary hip-hop bar.
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Pete Rock - Underground Classics-
This definitive collection of the influential producer's best spans a decade as well as offers unreleased cuts. *
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Phonk Beta - Symplex: The Simple, Complicated World of Phonk Beta Jazz-
The colleague of Brother Lynch Hung is an ex-Julliard student who expresses his jazz soul on this release. *
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Pigeon John - ...And The Summertime Pool Party-
The eclectic, pseudo-Christian, California rapper returns with more off the wall hip-hop goodness. *
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Ras Kass - Eat or Die-
Back from jail, the west coast emcee delivers more heat.
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Skyzoo & 9th Wonder - Present Cloud 9: The 3 Day High-
The critically acclaimed New York emcee drops this highly anticipated set.
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Slapback - The Key-
This West Coast band bends genres such as rap, funk, rock and more.
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Swollen Members - Black Magic - The Canadian underground giants team up with Ghostface Killah, Dilated Peoples, Hieroglyphics and many more.
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Webstar - Webstar Presents: Caught In The Web - The debut from Webstar features the dance craze starter "Chicken Noodle Soup" featuring Young B.
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Luda's 5th album finds him at the top of his game with a hot hairdo, hot lyrics and hot guests such as Mary J. Blige, Young Jeezy, Pharrell, Field Mob and more. *
