Music Tracking 2026: Hip-Hop
These are 2026 releases that I've taken note of, listed alphabetically
by artist, with VA comps at the bottom. My grades, where available, are
in brackets at the end of the line (stars in B+ range). Lines in
blue indicate that I have a physical copy
(albeit sometimes just a promo CDR); in green
are records that I graded based on a Rhapsody stream or other such
source. Most records have release dates and a brief generic note.
Unheard records are prioritized 0-3 (graded records are 4-5).
The priotization is based subjectively on personal interests,
reviews I've noticed, reviewers I particularly respect, what
I know about the artists, etc. Roughly speaking: 0 is something
I have no reason to consider (default page omits 0); 1 has been
noted as having some cred somewhere; 2 is something I have some
specific reason to search out; 3 is something I'll listen to
ASAP.
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New Releases
- A-F-R-O & Motion Plus: Frequencies (Fro Thizzle Productions) [06-26] - hip-hop [***]
- Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman: Miami Lice: Season Four (Rhymesayers Entertainment) [03-11] - hip-hop [***]
- Aesop Rock & Blockhead: Trouble Mountain (Rhymesayers) [11-13] - hip-hop
- Akhavelli: Moorthodox Psyence (Below System) [05-29] - hip-hop [***]
- AZ: Doe or Die III () [05-08] - hip-hop
- B0YG1RL & Novagang: Exit 2B (Surf Gang) [05-26] - hip-hop
- Teller Bank$: Hate Island ($357ENT) [03-29] - hip-hop [**]
- MC Paul Barman & Kenny Segal: Antinomian Pandemonium (Fused Arrow) [02-26] - hip-hop [**]
- Blu & Exile: Time Heals Everything (Dirty Science) [04-20] - hip-hop [***]
- Bop Alloy: Masters of the Artistry (Bop Alloy) [03-20] - hip-hop [A-]
- Apollo Brown: No Pressure, No Diamond (Escapism) [07-24] - hip-hop
- Buck 65: Do Not Bend (Handsmade) [02-26] - hip-hop [A-]
- By Storm: My Ghosts Go Ghost (Dead Air/By(e) Storm) [01-30] - hip-hop [*]
ERR: stream no grade: Curly Castro: Yaphet - Curly Castro: Yaphet (Backwoodz Studioz) [09-18] - hip-hop
- Rasheed Chappell: No Era for Margins (Perfect Time) [06-12] - hip-hop [**]
- J. Cole: The Fall-Off (Cole World/Dreamville/Interscope) [02-06] - hip-hop [**]
- Denzel Curry & Kenneth Blume: II (Loma Vista) [08-21] - hip-hop
- Czarface/Frankie Pulitzer: Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer (Silver Age) [08-28] - hip-hop [A-]
- Dälek: Brilliance of a Falling Moon (Ipecac) [03-27] - hip-hop [***]
- Defcee & Steel Tipped Dove: We Will Be Brief (Fused Arrow) [08-07] - hip-hop [A-]
- Mickey Diamond & Big Ghost Ltd: Blood of the Lamb () [06-08] - hip-hop
- Doseone & Height Keech: Wood Teeth II (Hands Made -EP) [07-04] - hip-hop [**]
- Open Mike Eagle/Kenny Segal: Doomed! (Backwoodz Studioz) [08-14] - hip-hop [**]
- Elucid & Sebb Bash: I Guess U Had to Be There (Backwoodz Studioz) [03-13] - hip-hop [**]
- Fakemink: The Boy Who Cried Terrified (EtnaVeraVela -EP) - UK hip-hop [*]
- Fatboi Sharif & Child Actor: Crayola Circles (Backwoodz Studioz) [04-24] - hip-hop [B]
- Fatboi Sharif & Elucid: Invasion Body Camera (Fused Arrow -EP) [08-12] - hip-hop [*]
- Finale: The Good () [04-10] - hip-hop
- Homeboy Sandman/Jack Splash: Resonance Frequency (Dirty Looks) [07-31] - hip-hop [A-]
- Joshua Idehen: I Know You're Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got to Try (Heavenly) [03-06] - UK hip-hop [A-]
- IDK: E.T.D.S. A Mixtape by .IDK. (Rhymesayers Entertainment) [01-23] - hip-hop [***]
- Anthony Joseph: The Ark (Heavenly Sweetness) [04-24] - spoken word [A-]
- JPEGMafia: Experimental Rap (Peggy/AWAL) [05-21] - hip-hop [*]
- KJADE: On Everything I Love (self-released) [02-21] - hip-hop [**]
- Kneecap: Fenian (Heavenly) [05-01] - UK hip-hop [A-]
- Steve Lacy: Oh Yeah? () - hip-hop
- Lizzo: Bitch (Nice Life/Atlantic) [06-05] - hip-hop
- M.I.A.: M.I.7 (Ohmni) [04-17] - UK hip-hop [**]
- Roc Marciano: 656 (self-released) [01-23] - hip-hop [**]
- Rico Nasty: RX (Sugar Trap -EP) [07-24] - hip-hop [**]
- Navy Blue: Sir Render (Freedom Sounds) [06-05] - hip-hop [***]
- Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon: As of Now (Lex) [01-30] - hip-hop [A-]
- Genesis Owusu: Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge (Ourness) [05-15] - hip-hop [***]
- Nino Paid: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Signal/Columbia) [08-04] - hip-hop [**]
- Queen Herewin & PA. Dre: DOTOM: Death of the Old Me (Matic) [08-28] - hip-hop [***]
- Rapsody: God Gotta Afro & Gold Hoops (We Each Other/Roc Nation) [08-21] - hip-hop [A-]
- Sha Ray and DJ Haram: Critical Thot (Backwoodz Studioz) [06-19] - hip-hop
- Ren: Vincent's Tale (Freckled Angels/Rebel Creator Services) [01-29] - UK hip-hop [A-]
- RJD2 & Supastition: According To (RJ's Electrical Connections) [02-27] - hip-hop [A-]
- Rome Streetz: Sock It 2 My Pocket (Mass Appeal) [07-17] - hip-hop [**]
ERR: stream no grade: Ray Russell: Dangerous Bends - Serengeti: Symphony of Psalms (CC King) [05-23] - hip-hop [*]
- Serengeti: Shark Attack () - hip-hop
- Serengeti: KennyV (CC King) [06-07] - hip-hop [*]
- Aktu el Shabazz: As Seen on TV (766303 DK) [01-04] - hip-hop [**]
- Sideshow: Tigray Funk (10k) [02-27] - hip-hop [**]
- Jae Skeese & Ill Tone Beats: The Good Part, Vol. 1 (Griselda) [03-06] - hip-hop [**]
- Skyzoo & Apollo Brown: Luxury Tax (First Generation Rich/Escapism) [09-25] - hip-hop [**]
- Vince Staples: Cry Baby (Loma Vista) [06-05] - hip-hop [A-]
- Chuck Strangers: Glory of the King's Hand () [07-10] - hip-hop
- Cletus Strap: Rappers Suck (Tan Cressida) [08-07] - hip-hop
- Stu Bangas & Wordsworth: Chemistry (1332) [01-30] - hip-hop [A-]
- AJ Suede: Atomic Justice (Knowhatimean -EP) [07-14] - hip-hop [*]
- Earl Sweatshirt/MIKE/Surf Gang: Pompeii//Utility (10K/Tan Cressida/Surf Gang) [04-03] - hip-hop [**]
- Teller Bank$: Hate Island () [03-29] - hip-hop
- Unagi: Western Mass Hysteria (442) [05-01] - hip-hop
- Tierra Whack: Whack's Museum (Interscope) [06-18] - hip-hop [***]
- Wiki: Ancient History (Wikset) [06-21] - hip-hop [***]
- Saul Williams: Leap Life (Big Dada) [08-28] - spoken word [**]
- Jay Worthy and George Clinton: Generation P (Empire) [08-28] - hip-hop
- Xaviersobased: Xavier (1C/Surf Gang/Atlantic) [01-30] - hip-hop [**]
- Zel: Still Right Here (self-released) [02-12] - plugg [***]
ERR: stream no grade: : Concrete Rock: New York DIY
Reissues, Etc.
Priority Counts
- Priority 1: 13
- Priority 2: 4
- Priority 3: 0
- Priority 4: 55
- Priority 5: 0
Total: 72
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