Rap & Hip-Hop

2016 release from the Harlem-based hip hop artist, a member of the A$AP Mob (along with A$AP Rocky and A$AP Yams). Always Strive And Prosper is the long-awaited follow-up to 2013's Trap Lord. The album features collaborations with Schoolboy Q, Future,...

2016 release from the Fresno-based rapper. Since debuting nearly 20 years ago, Planet Asia has continued to cement himself as one of the best to ever touch the mic. And that has become especially apparent these past few years as the Fresno, Calif. Rapper...

2016 release from the Australian rapper. With The People is the follow-up to his Demokracy mini album. In the US, Demokracy was picked up by College radio, breaking it into CMJ Hip--Hop charts at #8. In Australia, Demokracy picked up nominations for...

2016 release from boom bap, analog beatmaker/producer/crate digger from Uppsala, Sweden. Distorted Dreams, released by Cold Busted, is an instrumental album by Mac Dusty. This beat tape, produced on the MPC3000, is full of bass-driven hip hop...

2016 reissue. J Dilla is widely regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop producers of all time, having supplied timeless soundbeds for the likes of A Tribe Called Quest, Slum Village, The Pharcyde, Busta Rhymes, Common, de la Soul, The Roots, D'Angelo,...

2016 EP release. J French is a lyricist from Oklahoma City, OK. Music has always been a part of his life. His father (Brother Num) is a multiple Grammy award winning artist and has worked with everyone from Lauryn Hill to Kanye West. Too A.M. is a play...

2016 EP release. After shedding his former pseudonym of A La $ole, Pro Era member Aaron Rose dropped a number of noteworthy singles and killed every guest feature. But with the release of Elixir, the Brooklyn rapper has never sounded more focused or...

2016 debut album from the Greek rhythm rustler. More Is Less is the follow-up to the well-received Diggasmic EP on Cult Classic Records. Released on the prolific Cold Busted label, More Is Less collects 11 top notch beat-heavy jams from the young...

2016 debut album from multi-platinum Dallas, TX artist Post Malone. Stoney contains additional production from DJ Mustard, FKi, Illangelo, Pharrell, and others. Post Malone has spent 2016 blazing towards superstardom. His breakout single 'White Iverson'...

2016 collaboration between hip hopsters C-Murder and Boosie Badazz. Features on Penitentiary Chances include Snoop Dogg, TRU-Bossalinie Records artist Vs and Calliope Bub. The first single from Penitentiary Chances is "Under Pressure". C-Murder is...

2016 album from the rapper. Imperial was both his finest work to date and his best received. The brief, breathless album showcases his near peerless technical skill along with a newfound maturity in his songwriting. "I was going through a dark time,"...

2016 album from the Indie-rap mainstay, his first album in four years. On The Impossible Kid, Aesop continues finding new ways to improve on the skills that have made him one of the kings of indie hip-hop. His creative process now includes a newfound...