After writing my massive round up of last year’s releases I was intending on doing similar articles monthly going forward. As usual the beginning of the year was a bit slow so I thought I’d wait a little longer so I had more to write about. In that time things have really picked up and there has been a flood of great releases. Below I have listed all the releases I have been enjoying along with a genre description, a link to listen on Youtube (where available) and a link to buy/download the release. I have also put all the Youtube videos in to one playlist here.
Action Bronson – Mr Wonderful
Hip-Hop.
Azizi Gibson – The Last
Synthy underground hip-hop.
BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah – Sour Soul
Modern jazz ensemble collaborating with hip-hop legend.
The Black Market – VLME 1
Laid back and jazzy instrumental hip-hop.
Boldy James – Trapper’s Alley 2 Risk vs Reward
East Coast gangster rap.
Bones & Dylan Ross – SongsThatRemindYouOfHome
Dark, trappy, alternative hip-hop.
Cakes Da Killa – #IMF
Gay rap bangers.
Cannibal Ox – Blade of Ronin
East Coast boom bap.
Chris Travis – Live From The East 2015
Lo-fi trap vibes.
Clear Soul Forces – Cheat Codes EP
Boom bap.
Dawn Richard – Blackheart
Intricate neo soul / RnB.
The Doppelgangaz – Rhyme Over Beats
Jazzy instrumental hip-hop.
EarthGang – Torba
Underground hip-hop.
Esbe – Bloomsday
Smooth trip hop.
Fashawn – The Ecology
West Coast hip-hop.
The Four Owls – Natural Order
UK boom bap.
Future – Beast Mode
Smooth auto-tuned hip-hop.
Future Brown – Future Brown
Futuristic grime / hip-hop.
FWUK Trax Eight
UK footwork / jungle label sampler.
Gucci Mane – Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Trap.
Heems – Eat Pray Thug
Alternative hip-hop.
Hodgy Beats – Dena Tape 2
High energy hip-hop.
Homeboy Sandman – Tour Tape
Alternative hip-hop.
This album was only available on cassette tapes sold on Homeboy Sandman’s recent tour so you’ll have to do some digging to find it.
Infinite Livez vs Stade – Trans Europe Excess
Bizarre UK hip-hop.
John Robinson – We The Prolific
Underground hip-hop.
Johnny Rain – 11
Electronic RnB.
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
Jazzy hip-hop.
Kenn Starr – Square One
Boom bap.
Kiings – WWYDF
RnB infused bass music.
Knxwledge – Hexual Sealings Prt.8
Jazzy RnB remixes.
Knxwledge – WT.PRT.7.5
Jazzy hip-hop remixes.
Lil Scrappy – Merlo’s Way
Trap.
Lofty305 X DJ Complex – Haitian Silk
Psychedelic hip-hop.
Lxury – Into the Everywhere
Crazy electro vibes
DJ Madd – R&F Unlimited EP
Footwork.
Mark Battles & Dizzy Wright – Lost In Reality
Hip-Hop.
MC Eiht – Compton 2 Vienna Vol. 1
West Coast gangsta rap.
Memory Man – Broadcast One
Gritty jazz sample based hip-hop.
Nacho Picasso & Blue Sky Black Death – Stoned and Dethroned
Spacey hip-hop.
Nell – The Screw Tape
Gangster raps over DJ Screw tracks.
Nneka – My Fairy Tales
Reggae infused soul.
OG Maco – 15 EP
Alternative trap.
Open Mike Eagle – A Special Episode Of
“Art Rap”.
Pharoahe Monch – Lost In Translation
Smooth hip-hop.
Phony Ppl – Yesterday’s Tomorrow
Jazzy RnB / hip-hop.
ProtoType – Lost Boy
Electronic RnB.
Ratking – 700 Fill
Underground hip-hop.
Raw Poetic & K-Def – Coll Convos in Quantum Speech
Smooth boom bap.
Rome Fortune X OG Maco – Yep EP
Alternative trap.
SD – Life of a Savage 4
Chicago drill.
Sinitus Tempo & The Regiment – S.O.U.L. Sound of us Living
Boom bap.
Skizzy Mars – The Red Balloon Project
RnB / hip-hop.
Slim Thug – Hogg Life The Beginning
Pimped out Southern hip-hop.
Substantial and The Other Guys – The Past
Boom bap.
THEEsatisfaction – EarthEE
Experimental hip-hop.
Theory Hazit – Fall Of The Light Bearer
Underground hip-hop.
Toro Y Moi – What For?
Chillwave.
Traxman – Tek x Tar Vol. 5
Footwork.
Tree – Trap Genius
Trap.
Zion I – The Sun Moon and Stars EP
West Coast boom bap.
Yeti (ZGRA) – Hip-Hop Collection VI
Bizarre instrumental hip-hop.
Young L – Final Fantasy
Strange trap vibes.
Yung Simmie – Yung Smokey
Smoked out trap.
ZeBaDee – The Way Forward
Scottish hip-hop.
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