2025 in hip-hop

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 2025.

Events

January

On January 1, A.D.O.R. died at the age of 55.^[1]
On January 15, Drake filed a federal defamation lawsuit against UMG over the release and promotion of claims made in Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us".^[2]
On January 20, Nelly, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, and Soulja Boy performed at President Donald Trump's Inauguration Ball.^[3]
On January 21, the trial began for ASAP Rocky on charges of assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly shooting former affiliate ASAP Relli in 2021.^[4]
On January 22, Barry Michael Cooper died at the age of 66.^[5]
On January 24, DJ Unk died at the age of 43.^[6]
On January 31, YFN Lucci was released from prison.^[7]

February

On February 2, the 67th Annual Grammy Awards were held.^[8] Kendrick Lamar won Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Music Video, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Performance for "Not Like Us". Rapsody and Erykah Badu won Best Melodic Rap Performance for "3:AM". Doechii won Best Rap Album for Alligator Bites Never Heal. Roxanne Shante received the Lifetime Achievement Award.^[9]
On February 5, Irv Gotti died at the age of 54.^[10]
On February 7, Naâman died at the age of 34.^[11]
On February 9, Kendrick Lamar headlined the Super Bowl LIX halftime show at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, with guest performer SZA,^[12] which became the most watched halftime show, surpassing the Super Bowl XXVII halftime show with headliner Michael Jackson.^[13]
On February 13, Delcat Idengo was shot and killed in Goma.^[14]
On February 15, the 32nd Hanteo Music Awards were held. RM won the Special Award – Hip-hop.^[15]
On February 18, the MOBO Awards 2025 were held. Darkoo won Best Female Act and Song of the Year with Dess Dior for "Favourite Girl". Central Cee won Best Male Act. Bashy won Best Hip-hop Act and Album of the Year for Being Poor Is Expensive. Scorcher won Best Grime Act. Pozer won Best Drill Act.^[16] On the same day, ASAP Rocky was found not guilty on charges of assault with a deadly weapon.^[17]
On February 21, Khalil Fong died at the age of 41.^[18]
On February 22, the 56th NAACP Image Awards were held. Doechii won Outstanding New Artist. Kendrick Lamar won Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song and Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album for "Not Like Us".^[19]
On February 27, the 22nd Korean Music Awards were held. B-Free & Hukky Shibaseki won Best Rap & Hip-Hop Album for Free Hukky Shibaseki & the God Sun Symphony Group: Odyssey.1. G-Dragon won Best Rap & Hip-Hop Song for "Power".^[20]

March

On March 1, the Brit Awards 2025 were held. Stormzy won Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act.^[21]
On March 3, Beau Dozier died at the age of 45.^[22]
On March 5, DJ Funk died at the age of 54.^[23]
On March 13, J. B. Moore died at the age of 81.^[24]
On March 17, UMG filed a motion to dismiss Drake's federal defamation lawsuit over the claims made in "Not Like Us", stating that "he has sued his own record label in a misguided attempt to salve his wounds."^[25] On the same day, the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards were held. Kendrick Lamar won Hip-Hop Song of the Year for "Not Like Us". GloRilla won Hip-Hop Artist of the Year. BossMan Dlow won Best New Hip-Hop Artist. Future and Metro Boomin won Hip-Hop Album of the Year for We Don't Trust You. Stray Kids won K-Pop Album of the Year for Ate. Nelly received the iHeartRadio Landmark Award.^[26]
On March 19, the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards Japan were held. Yuki Chiba won Best Hip Hop Video for "Team Tomodachi". XG won Best Visual Effect for "Woke Up".^[27]
On March 22, Sayso P was killed and Sauce Walka was injured in a shooting in Memphis, Tennessee.^[28]
On March 24, NBA YoungBoy was released from federal prison.^[29]
On March 28, Young Scooter died at the age of 39.^[30]
On March 30, the Juno Awards of 2025 were held. Snotty Nose Rez Kids won Rap Album/EP of the Year for Red Future. Jessie Reyez and Big Sean won Rap Single of the Year for "Shut Up". bbno$ won the Fan Choice Award. AP Dhillon won South Asian Music Recording of the Year for The Brownprint. Boi-1da received an International Achievement Award.^[31]

April

On April 5, Pasha Technique died at the age of 40.^[32]
On April 16, Drake filed an amended complaint in the defamation lawsuit filed against UMG earlier this year to include complaints about Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance.^[33]
On April 30, the APRA Music Awards of 2025 were held. Lithe won Most Performed Hip Hop / Rap Work for "Fall Back".^[34]

May

On May 13, Rodney-O filed a lawsuit against Metro Boomin, Future and Kendrick Lamar, alleging unpaid royalties and lack of proper clearance of "Everlasting Bass" that was sampled for "Like That".^[35]
On May 17, Werenoi died at the age of 31.^[36] On the same day, Kendrick Lamar and SZA's concert in Lumen Field, Seattle, as part of the Grand National Tour became the highest-grossing hip-hop concert, making $14,811,000 in revenue.^[37]
On May 21, the 2025 Music Awards Japan were held. Creepy Nuts won Song of the Year, Best Japanese Song, Top Japanese Song in Europe, Top Japanese Song in Latin America, Top Japanese Song in North America, Best Japanese Hip Hop/Rap Song, Best Japanese Dance Pop Song, and Best Viral Song for "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" and Best Japanese Hip Hop/Rap Artist. Nujabes won Best Instrumental Song for "Aruarian Dance". Kendrick Lamar won Best International Hip Hop/Rap Song in Japan for "Not Like Us". Megan Thee Stallion and RM won Best of Listeners' Choice: International Song for "Neva Play".^[38]
On May 26, the American Music Awards of 2025 were held. Eminem won Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist and Favorite Hip-Hop Album for The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). Megan Thee Stallion won Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist. Kendrick Lamar won Favorite Hip-Hop Song for "Not Like Us". Doechii won Social Song of the Year for "Anxiety".^[39]
On May 28, NBA YoungBoy, sentenced to 2 years in jail for gun-related crimes, was pardoned by president Donald Trump.^[40]

June

On June 9, the BET Awards 2025 were held. Kendrick Lamar won Album of the Year for GNX, Video of the Year for "Not Like Us", Best Collaboration alongside SZA for "Luther", Video Director of the Year alongside Dave Free, and Best Male Hip Hop Artist. Doechii won Best Female Hip Hop Artist. Future and Metro Boomin won Best Group. Snoop Dogg and Kirk Franklin received the Ultimate Icon Award.^[41] On the same day, the 2025 Libera Awards were held. Shygirl and Saweetie won Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record for "Immaculate". De La Soul won Best Sync Usage for "Say No Go" in the film Civil War. MF DOOM won Creative Packaging and Best Reissue for MM..FOOD (20th Anniversary Edition) and Best Remix for "One Beer" (Madlib Remix).^[42]
On June 11, Silentó was sentenced to thirty years in prison for murder charges relating to the 2021 death of his cousin, Frederick Rooks.^[43]
On June 16, Dave Scott died at the age of 52.^[44]
On June 21, the 34th Seoul Music Awards were held. RM won the R&B/ Hip-hop Award.^[45]
On June 24, XXL released their 2025 Freshman Class, including Ray Vaughn, BabyChiefDoit, Eem Triplin, 1900Rugrat, Samara Cyn, Ian, Gelo, Loe Shimmy, Lazer Dim 700, YTB Fatt, Nino Paid, and EBK Jaaybo.^[46]

July

On July 2, Sean Combs was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, but was acquitted of two counts of sex trafficking and one RICO charge.^[47]
On July 4, Outlawz member Young Noble died from suicide at the age of 47.^[48]
On July 17, Robbie Pardlo died at the age of 46.^[49]
On July 18, Cash Out was convicted of sex trafficking, racketeering and aggravated sodomy; he was sentenced to life plus 70 years in prison.^[50]
On July 31, the AIR Awards of 2025 were held. Miss Kaninna won Best Independent Hip Hop Album or EP for Kaninna and Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year. Nick Herrera won Independent Mix, Studio or Mastering Engineer of the Year for Kaninna.^[51]

August

On August 2, Howie Tee died at the age of 61.^[52]
On August 21, Lil Nas X was arrested for misdemeanor battery on a police officer and briefly hospitalized for a suspected drug overdose in Los Angeles.^[53]^[54]

September

On September 6, the 77th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards were held. Kendrick Lamar and Tony Russell won Outstanding Music Direction for The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar.^[55]
On September 7, the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards were held. Doechii won Best Hip Hop and Best Choreography for "Anxiety". Kendrick Lamar won Best Cinematography for "Not Like Us".^[56] Busta Rhymes received the Rock the Bells Visionary Award.^[57]

October

On October 3, Sean Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison for his Mann Act convictions.^[58]
On October 7, Pooh Shiesty was released from federal prison.^[59]
On October 9, Drake's defamation lawsuit against UMG over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" was dismissed.^[60]
On October 24, P.E.A.C.E. of Freestyle Fellowship died at the age of 51.^[61]
On October 31, Alicia Andrews was found guilty of manslaughter for the murder of Foolio.^[62]

November

On November 1, Young Bleed died at the age of 51.^[63]
On November 3, Blueface was released from prison.^[64]
On November 8, Outkast and Salt-N-Pepa were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.^[65]
On November 9, Max B was released from prison.^[66]
On November 16, Maxon Margiela died at the age of 21.^[67]
On November 20, Pras was sentenced to 14 years in prison on 10 counts, including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.^[68]

December

On December 2, Poorstacy died at the age of 26.^[69]

Released albums

January


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	03 Greedo	2025: The Streetz is Over Wiit	Self-released^[70]
Cannibal Ox	Aireplane	IGC^[71]
Duwap Kaine	Nobody Is Coming To Save You	TAF^[72]
Edward Skeletrix	Museum Music	Self-released
Lil Shine	Shine Forever	Self-released^[73]
3	Boldy James & RichGains	Murder During Drug Traffic	Self-released^[74]
Jon Connor	Food for the Soul	Self-released^[75]
Lil Baby	WHAM	Quality Control Music^[76]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Various artists	Death Row Revue	Death Row Records, Gamma^[75]
5	Bad Bunny	Debí Tirar Más Fotos	Rimas^[77]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
8	Ransom	Cabrini Green	Black Soprano Family, Momentum^[78]
Wolfacejoeyy	Cupid	Self-released^[79]
10	Diamond D	The Diam Piece 3: Duo	Dymond Mine Records^[80]
Doseone & Steel Tipped Dove	All Portrait, No Chorus	Backwoodz Studioz^[81]
Quinton Barnes	Code Noir	Self-released^[82]
Rilès	Survival Mode	Self-released^[83]
Rio da Yung OG	Rio Free	#Boyz^[84]	Debuted at No. 157 on the Billboard 200
Skiifall	Lovers Till I'm Gone	Self-released^[85]
The Heatmakerz	The Anti-Social Experiment	Self-released^[78]
Ziak	Essonne History X	Errro, Chrome Castle^[86]
11	Wiley	Boom Bap Vol 4	Self-released^[87]
17	Busta Rhymes	Dragon Season... The Awakening	Conglomerate^[88]
	Logic	Aquarius III	BMG Rights Management^[89]
	Mac Miller	Balloonerism	Warner^[90]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Mick Jenkins	Type Shit	Self-released^[91]
	Myss Keta	Myss Keta	Island Records, Universal Music Italia^[92]
	OMB Peezy	Drifting Away	Overkill, Hitmaker^[78]
	Philthy Rich	Real, Rich & Respected	FOD^[78]
	Riff Raff	Welcome to Shaolin	Castles of Chrome, Black 17^[78]
	Verbal Jint	Happy End	Otherside^[93]
	Wu-Syndicate	Wu-Rona Virus	Self-released^[94]
20	Got7	Winter Heptagon	Kakao
21	YGTUT	Wash My Hands	The House^[95]
22	24hrs & King Kobi	24hrs on Saturn	NORP^[78]
23	Da Uzi	Original Gangsta	Warner France^[96]
Zillionaire Doe	D Boi Dreams	CMG, Interscope^[97]
24	Benjamin Booker	Lower	Fire Next Time, Thirty Tigers
	Boldy James	Permanent Ink	Royal House^[98]
	Central Cee	Can't Rush Greatness	Columbia^[99]	Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200
	Damon Dash & Freeway	365	Self-released^[100]
	Ghais Guevara	Goyard Ibn Said	Fat Possum^[101]
	Homeboy Sandman	Rich 2.5	Dirty Looks^[102]
	Hunxho	For Us	300^[103]
	Jeshi	Airbag Woke Me Up	Because^[104]
	Jordan Adetunji	A Jaguar's Dream	300 Entertainment, Warner UK^[105]
	Krizbeatz	Daddy Daycare	Streets Legend, ONErpm^[106]
	Moka Only & Reckonize Real	More Vibes & B-Sides	Real Deff^[96]
	OsamaSon	Jump Out	Atlantic Records, Motion Music^[107]	Debuted at No. 151 on the Billboard 200
	Uncle Murda	Murda He Wrote	ATM, Empire^[95]
	Young Franco	It's Franky Baby!	Neon^[108]
	Youssoupha	Amour Supreme	99 Revolution, AllPoints^[109]^{[non-primary source needed]}
27	Eunhyuk	Explorer	ODE, Dreamus
Pink Siifu	Black'!Antique	Dynamite Hill^[110]
30	Young Dro & Zaytoven	10 Piece Hot	Grand Hustle^[111]
31	BabyTron	Song Wars	Hip Hop Lab, Empire^[112]
	Canibus	The Almighty Era V2: The Final Chapter	Q&A Logistics, 1332 Records^[113]
	Damon Locks	List of Demands	International Anthem
	Don Trip	Gladiator	MRVL Music Group^[114]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	EST Gee	I Aint Feeling You	CMG, Interscope^[115]	Debuted at No. 97 on the Billboard 200
	Iniko	The Awakening	Columbia, Audio Angel^[116]
	Madrox	More Music You Don't Wanna Hear From Someone You Barely Like	Majik Ninja Entertainment^[117]
	Madvillain	Madvillainy Demos	Stones Throw^[112]
	Mike	Showbiz!	10k^[118]
	The Weeknd	Hurry Up Tomorrow	XO, Republic^[119]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	V Don	Sent For	Black Soprano Family, Roc Nation Distribution^[116]

February

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
4	Nino Paid	Love Me as I Am	Signal, Columbia^[120]
5	Creepy Nuts	Legion	Onenation, Sony Music Associated
Luhh Dyl	Intrude	300^[121]
6	Nardo Wick	Hold Off	Flawless Ent, RCA Records
7	Krept and Konan	Young Kingz II	Play Dirty^[122]	Debuted at No. 86 on the UK Albums Chart
Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist	Life Is Beautiful	The Freeminded Records, ALC Records, Empire^[123]	Debuted at No. 89 on the Billboard 200
Montana 700	700 Reasons	Remain Solid, 300 Entertainment^[124]
Robb Banks	Tha Leak 3	Self-released^[125]
Soulja Boy	The Influence	SODMG^[125]
Sy Ari da Kid	The Last Shadow In The Shade	No I In Team Records, Cinq Music Group^[125]
Tyga	NSFW	Last Kings, Empire^[126]
Yung Fazo	ZO	Capitol Records^[127]
ZelooperZ & Real Bad Man	Dear Psilocybin	Real Bad Man Records^[128]
12	A$AP Twelvyy	I Did More With Less	Two Twelve Technologies^[129]
Capella Grey	U Miss Me Yet?	Allepac the Family, 10K Projects^[129]
Coi Leray	What Happened to Forever?	Trendsetter Studios, Sony Music Entertainment^[130]
Hurricane Wisdom	Perfect Storm	Open Shift Distribution^[131]	Debuted at No. 126 on the Billboard 200
P-Lo	For the Soil	Everywhere Like Air, Golden State Entertainment, Empire^[132]
13	Black Milk & Fat Ray	Food from the Gods	Computer Ugly^[129]
14	Bartees Strange	Horror	4AD^[133]
	Brother Ali & Ant	Satisfied Soul	Mello Music Group^[134]
	D. Savage	We Love D. Savage	Empire^[129]
	Don Trip	King of Hearts	MRVL Music Group^[135]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Dro Kenji	Love Kills	10K Projects^[136]
	Flau'jae	Flau & B	Flauge Entertainment^[137]
	Jacquees & DeJ Loaf	Fuck A Friendzone 2	Yellow World, FYB Records^[138]
	John Glacier	Like a Ribbon	Young^[139]
	M Huncho	U2opia	MYB, 10K Projects^[140]	Debuted at No. 30 on the UK Albums Chart
	Nems	America's Sweetheart	Goliath Records^[136]
	OhGeesy	Paid N Full	Atlantic^[141]
	PartyNextDoor & Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	OVO Sound, Republic Records^[142]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Rizzle Kicks	Competition is for Losers	BMG UK^[143]	Debuted at No. 59 on the UK Albums Chart
	Skaiwater	#Mia	GoodTalk, Capitol^[144]
	Westside Gunn	12	Griselda Records^[145]
	Yung Bleu	What Makes Us Human	Moon Boy Music^[129]
17	Eem Triplin	Melody of a Memory	RCA^[136]
21	BlocBoy JB	The Purple M&M 2	Self-released^[146]
	Blockhead	It's Only A Midlife Crisis If Your Life Is Mid	Future Archive^[146]
	Cartel Bo	Pablo	Big Persona, Warner^[147]
	Elcamino & 38 Spesh	Martyr's Prayer III	Perfect Time^[148]
	Iann Dior	Nothings Ever Good Enough II	Big Noise^[149]
	Mike Posner	The Beginning	Arista^[136]
	Morray	Long Story Short	Empire^[150]
	Nardo Wick	Wick	Flawless Entertainment, RCA Records^[151]
	Paris Texas	They Left Me With The Sword	Self-released^[152]
	Ransom & Dave East	The Final Call	FTD, Momentum^[153]
	Saint Jhn	Festival Season	Godd Complexx^[154]
	Smif-N-Wessun	Infinity	Bucktown USA, Duck Down Music^[155]
	Stalley	Gamla Kyrkogatan	Blue Collar Gang^[156]
22	Dorcci	Young Morvarid	Love6boyz
25	G-Dragon	Übermensch	Galaxy, Empire
27	Boldy James & Chuck Strangers	Token of Appreciation	Self-released^[157]
28	1300Saint	All Hail	YSL Records^[158]
	1900Rugrat	Porch 2 the Pent	Remain Solid, 300^[159]
	Antony Szmierek	Service Station at the End of the Universe	Mushroom Music, Virgin Music Group^[160]	Debuted at No. 68 on the UK Albums Chart
	Busta Rhymes	Dragon Season... Equinox	Conglomerate^[159]
	Desiigner	Be Me	LOD^[161]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Fridayy	Some Days I'm Good, Some Days I'm Not	Lost In Melody, Def Jam^[159]	Debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard 200
	Jim Jones	At the Church Steps	Hitmaker Music Group^[136]
	Lil Tony	Born Again	Priority, UMG^[162]
	Lisa	Alter Ego	Lloud, RCA^[163]	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	NSG	The Big 6	10K Projects^[164]
	Paris Texas	They Left Me with a Gun	Self-released^[157]
	Reason	I Love You Again	Do More Records, 195 Oak^[165]
	Shygirl	Club Shy Room 2	Because^[166]

March

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
4	KenTheMan	Kinda Famous	Self-released^[167]
6	Sneakbo & Stickz	Still On Plan A	Self-released^[168]^{[non-primary source needed]}
7	6ix	Homebody	Self-released^[169]
	Apollo Brown	Elevator Music	Escapism Recordings^[170]
	Capo Lee & Big Zuu	Signed & Delivered	Legacy Living^[171]
	Cookin' Soul & Ankhlejohn	The Michelin Man	Self-released^[170]
	De La Soul	Clear Lake Audiotorium (Re-release)	Chrysalis Records^[172]
	Evilgiane & Harto Falión	The Hurtless	Surf Gang^[173]
	Fredo Bang & TEC	8 Legged Gorilla	Create Music Group^[174]
	Icewear Vezzo	Undefeated	Iced Up^[175]
	Ill Tone Beats & Black Soprano Family	The Outcome	Black Soprano Family^[170]
	Jennie	Ruby	Odd Atelier, Columbia	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	Lord Finesse	The SP 1200 Project: Sounds & Frequencies in Technicolor	Underworld Label Group, Coalmine Records^[170]
	Mg Lil Bubba	Bub's Burgers	Create Music Group, GGR^[170]
	Slim Thug & Propain	Double Cup	Hogg Life, Double Trill^[174]
	Steel Banglez	One Day It Will All Make Sense	Mass Appeal, Gifted^[176]
	TobyMac	Heaven on My Mind	ForeFront, Capitol CMG	Debuted at No. 157 on the Billboard 200
	Tokimonsta	Eternal Reverie	Young Art^[177]
	Tory Lanez	Peterson	One Umbrella^[178]	Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200
	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	More Leaks	Never Broke Again, Motown	Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
14	B.G.	Freedom Of Speech	Choppa City, Santa Anna^[179]
	Clipping	Dead Channel Sky	Sub Pop^[180]
	Curren$y & Harry Fraud	Never Catch Us	Jet Life Recordings^[181]
	Dano	Nuevos Trapos	Sony^[182]
	DeeBaby	Ms. Salazar	Already Platinum, Create Music Group^[183]
	Finesse2tymes	Stuck In My Ways	Mob Ties, Bread Gang, Atlantic^[184]
	Insyt	Dancing by Myself	Empire^[182]
	Jasiah	No Holds Barred	New 11^[182]
	K Camp	Built Different	Rare Sound^[185]
	OJ da Juiceman	Oj Da Juiceman, Pt. 2	32^[186]
	Playboi Carti	Music	AWGE, Interscope Records^[187]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Rojuu & Evilgiane	62Starz	Surf Gang^[185]
	Rose Villain	Radio Vega	Warner Music Italy
15	Starlito	Regretfully	Grind Hard^[188]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Young Buck	Renovation	Cashville^[189]
18	Kanye West	Bully V1	YZY
Masiwei	The Lottery	A Few Good Kids^[190]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Saba & No I.D.	From the Private Collection of Saba and No I.D.	ARTium^[191]
Smoke DZA	The Barcelona Tape	RFC Music Group^[192]
19	Kevin Gates	I'm Him 2	Bread Winners Alumni^[193]	Debuted at No. 63 on the Billboard 200
20	PlaqueBoyMax	London	Self-released^[194]
21	Bishop Nehru	Now Or Never	Nehruvia^[192]
	B.U.G Antman	Y'all Ugly	Marki, Warner^[195]
	Goya Gumbani	Warlord of the Weejuns	Ghostly International^[196]
	Gunplay	Almost Free	X-Ray Records^[192]
	Jehkai & Kalan.FrFr	Cost of Love	Grade A Productions^[197]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Masio Gunz	Masey Baby	MNRK^[198]
	Money Man	Insomnia	Black Circle, Empire Distribution^[198]
	Previous Industries	Evergreen Plaza	Merge^[195]
	Scorey	If You Feel Lost	Columbia Records, Sony Music Entertainment^[198]
	Stray Kids	Mixtape: Dominate	JYP, Republic
22	KRS-One	Temple of Hip Hop Global Awareness	R.A.M.P Ent Agency^[199]
24	Sylvan LaCue & Our Heroes Rock	The Heroes of STEM!	Our Heroes Rock^[200]^{[non-primary source needed]}
25	Reuben Vincent & 9th Wonder	H.M.W.Y.G.H. (Hit Me When You Get Here)	Self-released^[199]
27	Joeboy	Viva Lavida	Young Legend, Warner Music Africa^[201]
28	Babyfxce E	M Block	Atlantic^[174]
	Backxwash	Only Dust Remains	Ugly Hag^[202]
	Boldy James & Antt Beatz	Hommage	Empire^[174]
	DaBoii	Heart of a Lion	Empire^[203]
	Deko	Eclipse	DreamsOnline^[204]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Elcamino	Up The Block	Black Soprano Family^[201]
	Lil Durk	Deep Thoughts	Alamo^[205]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Lil' Keke	Legend Hotel	Slfmade 713, SoSouth^[206]
	Lil Nas X	Days Before Dreamboy	Columbia^[207]
	Lord Sko	Piff	Uptown Sh!t, Stimulated, Roc Nation^[199]
	Nav	OMW2 Rexdale	XO, Republic^[208]	Debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard 200
	Nemzzz	Rent's Due	Self-released^[174]	Debuted at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart
	Poptropicaslutz!	The new 925	Epitaph^[203]
	Q Marsden	10 Songs	Boy Meets Euphoria, Columbia^[209]
	Sada Baby	Bridge Kard Blessings	Big Squad, Groundwerk, BMG^[199]
	Termanology & Bronze Nazareth	Things I Seen	Black Day In July^[174]
	Timbaland	Timbo Progression	Mosley Music, Gamma^[199]
	Vory	You Made Me This Way	Ikonic Global^[199]
	Will Smith	Based on a True Story	Rave In The Wasteland, Slang^[210]
	Willie the Kid & Real Bad Man	Midnight	Real Bad Man Records, The Fly^[211]
	Yung Beef & Goa	Traumatismo Kraneoencefalico 2	La Vendicion^[212]
29	Lil' Flip & Z-Ro	Kingz of the South, Vol. 2	1 Deep Ent, Clover G^[213]^{[non-primary source needed]}
30	Kota the Friend	No Rap on Sunday	Self-released^[214]
31	Autumn!	B2MR	Self-released^[215]
Odumodublvck	The Machine Is Coming	Kalacious, Native, Def Jam^[215]

April

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	ABGR Lil Cory	Act Broke Get Rich	Signal, Columbia^[216]
Luh Kel	Better Late Than Never	Different Vibes Only, Frvr^[216]
2	Bloodhound Q50	Long Live My Brudda He Prolly Kilt Yo Brudda	Grade A Productions^[216]
BunnaB	Ice Cream Summer	Artist Partner Group^[217]
Duckwrth	All American FuckBoy	Stem^[218]
3	Black Sherif	Iron Boy	Blacko Management, Empire
Corbin	Crisis Kid	September^[219]
Eladio Carrión	Don Kbrn	Rimas^[215]	Debuted at No. 32 on the Billboard 200
4	2hollis	Star	Interscope^[218]
	Ant	Collection of Sounds Vol. 4	Rhymesayers^[216]
	Boldy James & V Don	Alphabet Highway	Serious Soundz, RRC Music^[220]
	DJ Koze	Music Can Hear Us	Pampa^[215]
	Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals	A City Drowned in God's Black Tears	Self-released^[221]
	Jace!	Greenway	Simple Stupid Records, UMG^[222]
	Jane Remover	Revengeseekerz	DeadAir
	Lou Phelps	Chèlbè	Celestial Morals^[223]
	Mbnel	Epoch	Empire^[224]
	Shoreline Mafia	Back in Bidness	300, Atlantic^[225]	Debuted at No. 182 on the Billboard 200
6	LaRussell & Mike G Beatz	Make Hip-Hop Fun Again!	Good Compenny, Empire^[226]
7	Mark	The Firstfruit	SM, Kakao^[227]
8	Ampers&One	Wild & Free	FNC
Bb trickz	80'z	Sony Music España^[228]
DJ Fokus & Chino XL	Map of Bones	Magician Records, Holy Toledo^[229]
RXKNephew	Slither Not Slime	GetYouKilledRecords^[230]
11	Berner	Carbon	Three Brothers, Compound Interest^[230]
Bliss n Eso	The Moon (The Light Side)	Flight Deck, Mushroom^[231]	Debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Charts
Cortisa Star	E.M.O. (Evil Motion Overload)	Open Shift^[232]
Deante' Hitchcock	Good Things Take Time	Do Better Records, 195 Oak^[233]
KayCyy & Sign Crushes Motorist	Saddest Truth	BuVision, Columbia^[234]
Ken Carson	More Chaos	Opium^[235]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Yung Bans	Before RR	Newilluminessence, 1of1^[236]
12	Del the Funky Homosapien & Thegoodnews	This Just In	Nature Sounds^[216]
Wu-Tang Clan & Mathematics	Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman	Ruffnation Entertainment^[237]
17	Cappadonna	Godly Wealthy & Beautiful	GLF^[238]
18	Bfb Da Packman	That's Brilliant!	The Lunch Crew Company^[239]
	Blu & August Fanon	Forty	Nature Sounds^[238]
	Chip	Grime Scene Saviour	Cash Motto^[238]
	Dave Blunts	You Can't Say That	Listen to the Kids^[216]
	G Perico & DJ Drama	LA Gangster	Empire^[240]
	Kool Keith	Karpenters	Post Up Music, Fat Beats^[238]
	Lupe Fiasco	Ghotiing MIT	Self-released^[239]
	Millyz	Blanco 7	Create^[238]
	Mozzy	Intrusive Thoughts	Empire^[238]
	Scrim	Via Crucis	G59 Records^[241]	Debuted at No. 194 on the Billboard 200
	Swizz Beatz	Godfather of Harlem: Season 4 (Soundtrack)	Epic, Sony^[239]
	That Mexican OT & Sauce Walka	Chicken & Sauce	STB Entertainment^[238]
	The Underachievers	Homecoming	Slang^[238]
	Too $hort	Sir Too $hort, Vol. 1 (Freaky Tales)	Dangerous Music, Empire Distribution^[242]
	Westside Gunn	Heels Have Eyes	Griselda Records^[243]
	Wiz Khalifa	Kush + Orange Juice 2	Taylor Gang, Asylum Records^[244]	Debuted at No. 62 on the Billboard 200
20	Chillinit	The Green Room	420 Family^[245]^{[non-primary source needed]}
23	BabyChiefDoit	Zoo Life	Artist Partner Group^[246]
Warhol.SS	Free Andy III	3200, FRVR^[247]
24	Kai Ca$h	Cash Rules	Generation Now, Atlantic^[248]
25	1300Saint	Saint Season	YSL Records^[249]
	Belly Gang Kushington	The Streets Is Yours	LVRN^[250]
	DaBaby	Please Say DaBaby, Vol. 1	Self-released^[251]
	Fly Anakin	(The) Forever Dream	Lex Records^[252]
	Lil Double 0	IOU1	Freebandz^[250]
	Mike Dean	425	MWA, Decent^[247]
	MoneySign Suede	Mi Familia Por Vida	The Machine Works, Atlantic^[248]
	MRG	It's MRG Not Mr.G	Eastvilla, Empire^[250]
	Ray Vaughn	The Good The Bad The Dollar Menu	Top Dawg^[253]
	Ricky Bravo	TELEGRAM TITAN	IIIXL Studio^[254]
	Vinnie Paz	God Sent Vengeance	Iron Tusk^[255]
29	Pap Chanel	The Girl Next Door	1865^[254]
30	Lloyd Banks	AON 3: Despite My Mistakes	Money by Any Means^[256]

May

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Ben Kenobe	Up In Smoke	Made by God, UnitedMasters^[257]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Benny the Butcher	Excelsior	Black Soprano Family^[258]
	Boldy James & Real Bad Man	Conversational Pieces	Real Bad Man Records^[259]
	DDG	Blame the Chat	Epic^[254]	Debuted at No. 131 on the Billboard 200
	Fatoni, Edgar Wasser & Juse Ju	Bawrs	Warner Music Central Europe^[260]
	Flume & JPEGMafia	We Live in a Society	Self-released^[261]
	Jimmie D & Nicholas Craven	Good Music Hypnotizes	Self-released^[262]
	Key Glock	Glockaveli	Paper Route Empire, Republic Records^[263]	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
	OMB Peezy & FBLManny	OverKrash	Overkill, FBL, Blac Noize!, Hitmaker^[254]
	Ro$ama	Orange Tape	600, UnitedMasters^[254]
	Scarlxrd	Traplxrd	LXRD^[264]
	Teether & Kuya Neil	Yearn IV	Chapter Music^[260]
	Tha Alkaholiks	Daaam!	Cleopatra Records^[260]
	Wretch 32	Home?	AWAL^[265]
	Youngs Teflon	Keep The Change	Warner Music UK, Atlantic^[260]
	Yung Lean	Jonatan	World Affairs, AWAL^[266]
7	Knowledge The Pirate & Roc Marciano	The Round Table	Treasure Chest, Pimpire^[267]
Mike & Tony Seltzer	Pinball II	10K Projects^[268]
9	Billy Woods	Golliwog	Backwoodz Studioz
Lefty Gunplay & JasonMartin	Can't Get Right	OTR, 50million, Futuristic, Empire^[269]
Starlito & Don Trip	Step Brothers 4 Life	MRVL, Grind Hard, Connect^[264]
14	Chuckyy	I Live, I Die, I Live Again	Santa Anna^[264]
15	Snoop Dogg	Iz It a Crime?	Death Row Records, Gamma.^[270]
16	Aminé	13 Months of Sunshine	CLBN, 10K Projects^[271]
	Chuck D	Enemy Radio: Radio Armageddon	Soundspeak, Def Jam^[272]
	DRAM & Ellis Quinn	Leorpio	Waver, OneLand^[273]
	Dyme-A-Duzin	Solely Yours	Making Lots-A-$$$$^[274]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Kilo Kish	Negotiations	Independent Co^[275]
	Lecrae & Miles Minnick	Get Well Soon!	Reach^[264]
	Lucy Bedroque	Unmusique	DeadAir
	Rico Nasty	Lethal	Fueled by Ramen, Atlantic Records^[276]
	Saint-Michel	Les Infinis (Soul Jazz Poetry)	Tonton Max, Believe
	Tee Grizzley	Forever My Moment	300^[277]
	Tha God Fahim & Nicholas Craven	Ultimate Dump Gawd	Self-released^[278]
	Valee & Harry Fraud	Egonomics	SRFSCHL, Fake Shore Drive^[279]
	Xzibit	Kingmaker	Greenback Records^[280]
18	Kodak Black & G6Reddot	Zap Stars	Self-released^[281]
21	Kirko Bangz	Choose Self	APR Blueblood^[282]
22	Rob49	Let Me Fly	Rebel, Geffen^[283]	Debuted at No. 180 on the Billboard 200
23	Boldy James & Your Boy Posca	Magnolia Leflore	Near Mint^[284]
Cola Boyy	Quit To Play Chess	Record Makers^[282]
DJ.Fresh & The Musalini	Live and Let Fly	Perfect Time^[264]
Fredo Bang	The Big Bang	Empire^[283]
G-Eazy	Helium	RCA^[282]
Kuru	Stay True Forever	DeadAir^[283]
Pan Amsterdam	Confines	Heavenly Recordings, PIAS^[283]
PlaqueBoyMax	Atlanta	5$tar, UMG, Field Trip, Capitol^[282]
26	Tha God Fahim & Nicholas Craven	Hyperbolic Time Chamber Rap 12	Self-released^[285]
27	Tobi Lou	Diabolical <3	Free Agency^[286]
30	Aesop Rock	Black Hole Superette	Rhymesayers^[287]	Debuted at No. 171 on the Billboard 200
	Benji Blue Bills & Bnyx	Out The Blue	Self-released^[288]
	Bruiser Wolf	Potluck	Fake Shore Drive, Bruiser House^[289]
	Coyote	Yotelandia	Smoker's Club^[288]
	EBK Jaaybo	Don't Trust Me	Encore^[289]
	GoldLink	Enoch	RBC Records, BMG^[288]
	Luh Tyler	Florida Boy	Motion, Atlantic^[288]
	Masta Killa	Balance	Nature Sounds^[288]
	Molly Santana	Molly and Her Week of Wonders	Victor Victor^[288]
	Ovrkast	While The Iron Is Hot	IIIXL Studio^[289]
	PlaqueBoyMax	Five Forever	5$tar, UMG, Field Trip, Capitol^[288]
	Rome Streetz & Conductor Williams	Trainspotting	The Influenyce Enterprise, Station, Mass Appeal^[289]
	Rx Papi	Sexy Wave for You Girls 2	Dawg Shit Records^[290]
	Yung Bans	Real Rockstar	Newilluminessence, 1of1^[288]

June

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Thirstin Howl III	The Last Shall Be Thirst	Skillionaire^[291]^{[non-primary source needed]}
3	Odetari	Varia 0.5	Artist Partner Group^[292]
5	Day1	4 Now	DB Music, Warner Music Australia^[293]^{[non-primary source needed]}
6	Chicken P	Lights, Camera, Action	Really Rich Empire, 10K Projects^[294]
	Cypress Hill & The London Symphony Orchestra	Black Sunday Live at the Royal Albert Hall	Mercury^[295]
	Jeleel!	Nyash Worldwide!	Real Raw^[296]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Joey Purp & Thelonious Martin	Champagne Seats	Fake Shore Drive^[297]
	Lil Kayla	I'm Just A Girl	Empire^[298]
	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter VI	Young Money Entertainment, Republic Records^[299]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Little Simz	Lotus	AWAL^[300]	Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart
	McKinley Dixon	Magic, Alive!	City Slang Records^[301]
	Quinton Barnes	Black Noise	Watch That Ends The Night^[302]
	Sada Baby	Black Tape N.W.O.	Big Squad, Hitmaker^[303]
	The High & Mighty	Sound of Market	Eastern Conference^[298]
	UntilJapan	Trompe L'oeil	Silence In The Ballroom^[304]
13	AJ Tracey	Don't Die Before You're Dead	Revenge Records^[305]	Debuted at No. 37 on the UK Albums Chart
	EST Gee	My World	CMG, Interscope^[306]	Debuted at No. 155 on the Billboard 200
	Iann Dior	Cycles	Big Noise^[307]
	Juicy J & Logic	Live and In Color	Trippy Music, Stem^[303]
	KayCyy	Before I Was Born	Self-released^[303]
	K.O	Phara City	Sony Africa, Skhanda Republic^[308]
	Leikeli47	Lei Keli ft. 47 / For Promotional Use Only	Acrylic, Hardcover, Thirty Tigers^[309]
	Lil Tecca	Dopamine	Galactic, Republic Records	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Louis Rei	Exhale	It's All Connected^[310]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Onefour	Look at Me Now	Onefour Records^[311]	Debuted at No. 2 on the ARIA Charts
	Skaiwater	PinkPrint 3	GoodTalk^[312]
	Slick Rick	Victory	7Wallace, Mass Appeal Records^[313]
	Smiley	Don't Box Me In	OVO, Santa Anna^[314]
	Spank Nitti James & Hit-Boy	High-Class Wiggler	Wiggle National, R Baron^[315]
	StaySolidRocky	After Party	Self-released^[316]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Tha God Fahim & Nicholas Craven	Dump Gawd: Hyperbolic Time Chamber Rap 13	Self-released^[317]
	Token	I'm Not Supposed to Be Here	Never Too Different^[318]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Yamê	Ébêm	DBS, Naïve^[306]
15	Daz Dillinger	Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back 2	Self-released^[319]
17	Bas & The Hics	Melanchronica	The Fiends^[320]
Ghais Guevara	The Other 2/5ths or: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Trench Baby	Self-released^[321]
18	Isaiah Hull	Pocomania	Young^[322]
19	Vic Mensa	Sundiata	Self-released^[303]
20	Aitch	4	Infinitum, NQ^[322]	Debuted at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart
	Dave East & Yung Chris	Fine Dining	FTD, CDR^[303]
	EsDeeKid	Rebel	XV Records, Lizzy Records^[323]	Debuted at No. 97 on the UK Albums Chart Debuted at No. 131 on the Billboard 200
	K-Trap	When The Dust Settles	Thousand8^[322]
	Kwengface	Victim of Circumstance	Warner UK, Zoned Out^[322]
	Loyle Carner	Hopefully!	EMI Records^[324]	Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart
	Lukah & Statik Selektah	A Lost Language Found	Raw Materials^[325]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Memphis Bleek	Apt 3D	Self-released^[303]
	Midwxst	Archangel	Broke^[322]
	Nick Grant	I Took It Personal	Infinity &^[322]
	Pluto	Both Ways	Motown^[322]	Debuted at No. 190 on the Billboard 200
	Samara Cyn	Backroads	Vanta^[322]
	ScarLip	Scarred B4 Fame	Broken Child, Epic^[326]
	Yhung T.O.	Trust Issues 2	Self-released^[303]
	YTB Fatt	Da Foxprint	Loaf Boyz, 10K Projects^[303]
27	Baby Money	Less Is More	Third Eye, Empire^[303]
	Bino Rideaux	Tha Language	Out The Blue, Create Music Group^[327]
	Bktherula	Lucy	Warner^[328]
	BLP Kosher	Brackish	Dreidel Gang^[329]
	DJ Drama	Long Way From Home	MNRK^[330]
	Felly	Ambroxyde	Everwonder^[331]
	Gashi & Jimi Banks	The Killah Whales of Gotham	Orca Sound^[303]
	Jon Connor & KLC	Twenty Four	All Varsity^[303]
	Kamaiyah & DJ Idea	First Lady Of The Mob	Self-released^[330]
	Kevin Abstract	Blush	Juno^[332]
	King Combs & Kanye West	Never Stop	Goodfellas^[333]
	Lil Double 0	Agent 0	Freebandz^[334]
	Lil Skies	The Evolution of the Rose	Big Noise^[330]
	Lizzo	My Face Hurts from Smiling	Nice Life Recording, Atlantic Records
	Pi'erre Bourne	Made In Paris	SossHouse, Interscope^[335]
	Public Enemy	Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025	Self-released^[336]
	RJMrLA	Ommio 4	Ommio, Empire^[303]
	Rmc Mike	Like Mike	Mine, Empire^[337]
	Russ	W!ld	Diemon^[338]	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
	Sada Baby	Grey Tape Smoke	Big Squad, Hitmaker^[327]
	SSGKobe	No Place Like Home	Ten88^[339]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Tech N9ne	5816 Forest	Strange Music^[340]
	Tobi Lou	Breathing Room <3	Free Agency^[341]^{[non-primary source needed]}

July

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Lazer Dim 700	Sins Aloud	Santa Anna^[342]
2	Young Buck	Target Practice	Street Flavor, Cashville^[343]^{[non-primary source needed]}
3	Mello Buckzz	Hollyhood	No More Heroes, Santa Anna^[344]
Ramirez	The Playas Manual II	Velvet Note, Empire^[345]
Smoke DZA	On My Way to Berlin	RFC^[345]
Trae tha Truth	Angel	Self-released^[346]
4	Arrested Development	Adult Contemporary Hip-Hop	Vagabond^[344]
JID	GDLU (Preluxe)	Dreamville, Interscope^[347]
Kae Tempest	Self Titled	Island^[348]	Debuted at No. 25 on the UK Albums Chart
Tragedy Khadafi & Recognize Ali	The Past, The Present and The Future	Greenfield^[344]
Tyla Yaweh	I Can Be Petty Too	Rager Boy^[349]^{[non-primary source needed]}
7	Duki	5202	Dale Play, SSJ
9	Tobi	Elements Vol. 2	Allwon^[350]
11	360	Out of the Blue	Teamwrk Records^[351]
	81355	Bad Dogs	Joyful Noise^[352]
	Boldy James & Nicholas Craven	Late to My Own Funeral	Self-released^[353]
	Burna Boy	No Sign of Weakness	Spaceship, Bad Habit, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 200 on the Billboard 200
	Chinese Man	We've Been Here Before 2	Self-released^[354]
	Clipse	Let God Sort Em Out	Roc Nation	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Deante' Hitchcock	Just a Sample 3	Do Better, 195 Oak^[354]
	FCG Heem	Mz. Tania Baby	New Era, 100k, Create^[344]
	Justin Bieber	Swag	ILH, Def Jam^[355]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Larry June & Cardo	Until Night Comes	The Freeminded, Empire^[344]	Debuted at No. 149 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Tony	Tkey vs. Tony	Priority^[354]
	Medhane	Offering	Never Panicking, 16^[356]
	Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire	Vol. 2: The Y.O.Uprint	Old Soul^[356]
	Open Mike Eagle	Neighborhood Gods Unlimited	Auto Reverse^[357]
	Still Fresh	No Man's Land	Nouvelle Ecole^[354]
	Yelawolf & J. Michael Phillips	Whiskey & Roses	Slumerican^[344]
12	Bizarre	HGG5 Basement Jazz	Street Flavor Records, Redhead Records^[358]
13	JackBoys & Travis Scott	JackBoys 2	Cactus Jack Records, Epic Records	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
16	Benny the Butcher	Summertime Butch 2	Black Soprano Family^[359]
18	Ace Hood	S.O.U.L.	Hood Nation^[360]
	Anycia & DJ Drama	Grady Baby	UnitedMasters^[361]
	Che	Rest in Bass	Self-released^[362]
	Gelo	League of My Own	Def Jam^[344]
	Hard Life	Onion	Island^[363]
	Jackson Wang	Magic Man 2	88rising^[364]	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
	Jim Legxacy	Black British Music (2025)	XL^[363]	Debuted at No. 29 on the UK Albums Chart
	Joyner Lucas	ADHD 2	Twenty Nine, Tully^[365]	Debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard 200
	Kahukx	Syd To Ldn	Aura^[366]
	Kanii	#Blue	Masked, Warner^[344]
	Loe Shimmy	Rockstar Junkie	Open Shift^[363]
	Raekwon	The Emperor's New Clothes	Mass Appeal^[367]
	$ilkMoney	Who Waters the Wilting Giving Tree Once the Leaves Dry Up and Fruits No Longer Bear?	Lex^[368]
	Young Deji	When Are You Coming Back to Houston	Taylor Gang^[363]
21	Tyler, the Creator	Don't Tap the Glass	Columbia	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
22	Lelo	New Detroit	10K Projects^[344]
23	Penomeco	RNSSNC Tape	Ego, Kakao^[369]
24	Homeboy Sandman & Sonnyjim	Soli Deo Gloria	Dirty Looks, We Buy Gold^[370]
25	Apollo Brown & Bronze Nazareth	A Funeral for a Dream	Escapism^[344]
	Bay Swag	Damaged Thoughts	Nothing Bout Us Regular, Standard, UnitedMasters^[344]
	Booter Bee	True Stories 2	Zeromileage	Debuted at No. 50 on the UK Albums Chart
	Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist	Alfredo 2	ESPN, ALC Records, Virgin Music Group	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
	Hanumankind	Monsoon Season	Capitol, Universal, SLDM^[371]
	Paul Wall & DJ.Fresh	The Tonite Show	Perfect Time^[344]
	Peysoh	FinallyFed	Empire^[372]
	Quadeca	Vanisher, Horizon Scraper	X8 Music
	Sada Baby	The Green Tape DX	Big Squad, Hitmaker^[373]
	Snoop Dogg & DJ Green Lantern	Live from the Mothership II: Emergency Landing	Self-released^[344]
	Tommy Genesis	Genesis	Ultra^[371]
	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	MASA	Never Broke Again, Motown	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
30	Curren$y	7/30	Jet Life^[344]
Father	Patricide	Father's Darlings^[374]
Ski Mask the Slump God	The Lost Files	Very Rare & Co, Empire^[375]
31	Demahjiae	What Do You Hear When You Pray?	Empire^[376]
Wolfacejoeyy	Summer Songs	Self-released^[376]

August

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	24hrs & MadeinTYO	24hrs in Tokyo 2	Private Club^[377]
	AraabMuzik	Electronic Dream 2	Genre Defying, D Productions^[378]
	BabyTron	Luka Troncic 2	The Hip Hop Lab, Empire^[379]
	Boosie Badazz	Words Of A Real One	Badazz Syndicate^[375]
	Chuuwee & Trizz	Quarter: AMB4	Making Lots-A-$$$$^[380]
	Desiigner	II	LOD Entertainment^[377]
	Domo Genesis & Graymatter	World Gone Mad	Things Happen^[374]
	Hilltop Hoods	Fall from the Light	Island Australia, Universal Australia^[381]	Debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Charts
	Homixide Gang	Homixide Lifestyle 2	Opium, Interscope^[382]
	Juicy J	Head On Swivel	Trippy Music^[375]
	Lil Poppa	Almost Normal Again	CMG, Interscope Records^[379]
	Mal Devisa	Palimpsesa	Topshelf Records^[379]
	Metro Boomin & DJ Spinz	A Futuristic Summa	Boominati	Debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200
	Montana 700	Greatest of All Traps	Remain Solid, 300^[379]
	OT The Real & 38 Spesh	Possession With Intent	TCF^[377]
	Rexx Life Raj	In Rhythm	Empire^[377]
	Rucci	Don't Kross Tha Bone	Mackk & Company, Empire^[377]
	Saweetie	Hella Pressure	Warner^[383]
	Suicideboys	Thy Kingdom Come	G59	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Xaviersobased	Once More	1-chance, Atlantic^[379]
	Yeat	Dangerous Summer	Field Trip Recordings, Capitol Records	Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200
	Young Chop	King Chop 3	Chop Squad^[377]
8	Big Freedia	Pressing Onward	Queen Diva^[384]
	Bryson Tiller	The Vices	RCA^[385]
	DJ Premier & Roc Marciano	The Coldest Profession	TTT (To The Top)^[377]
	Dro Kenji	Pt.2	10K Projects^[377]
	Gunna	The Last Wun	YSL^[386]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	JID	God Does Like Ugly	Dreamville	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
	Kaash Paige	KaashMyChecks	Rostrum^[377]
	Mozzy	Intrusive Thoughts 2	Empire^[384]
	Remble	Juco	Warner^[377]
	Young Nudy	Paradise	RCA^[387]
10	Rio da Yung OG	F.L.I.N.T. (Feeling Like I'm Not Through)	Mine, Empire^[377]
Tragedy Khadafi & DJ Supa Dave	Fund-The-Mental	Thuphora^[388]
11	Skillz	Words for Days Vol. 1	Big Kidz^[377]
12	Insane Clown Posse	The Naught	Psychopathic Records^[389]
YoungBoy Never Broke Again & DJ Khaled	Deshawn	Never Broke Again, Motown Records^[390]	Debuted at No. 135 on the Billboard 200
13	Kevin Gates	Luca Brasi 4	Bread Winner Alumni, Artist Partner Group^[377]	Debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard 200
15	Asco	Perfect Timing	Mulli Music Group^[391]	Debuted at No. 51 on the UK Albums Chart
	Babyface Ray	Codeine Cowboy	Wavy Gang, Empire^[392]
	Chance the Rapper	Star Line	Self-released	Debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200
	Evidence	Unlearning Vol. 2	Rhymesayers^[392]
	Joey Valence & Brae	Hyperyouth	RCA
	Juicy J & Endea Owens	Caught Up In This Illusion	Trippy, Stem^[388]
	K Camp	Kiss 6	Rare Sound^[388]
	Kal Banx	Rhoda	Top Dawg Entertainment^[393]
	Kaytranada	Ain't No Damn Way!	RCA^[394]
	Loski	Be Right Back	Aplco^[395]
	Murs	Love and Rockets 3:16 (The Emancipation)	Mello Music Group^[392]
	Preservation & Gabe 'Nandez	Sortilège	Backwoodz Studioz^[396]
	Rich Brian	Where is My Head?	88rising^[392]
	That Mexican OT	Recess	Good Life, Capitol Records^[388]
	Various artists	Highest 2 Lowest (Original Soundtrack)	A24 Music^[388]
	Zillionaire Doe	Mr. 14 Months	CMG, Interscope^[377]
	Zoe Osama	Mr. Nobody	Tha New Cartel, Empire^[394]
22	2 Chainz	Red Clay (Official Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Game Bread, Empire Distribution^[397]
	BigXthaPlug	I Hope You're Happy	UnitedMasters^[397]	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	Danny Towers	Sinners Club	TC Music, Empire^[397]
	Earl Sweatshirt	Live Laugh Love	Warner Records^[397]	Debuted at No. 184 on the Billboard 200
	Ghostface Killah	Supreme Clientele 2	Mass Appeal
	J.P.	Took A Turn	Roc Nation^[398]
	Kalan.FrFr	California Player	Roc Nation^[397]
	Kid Cudi	Free	Wicked Awesome, Republic	Debuted at No. 192 on the Billboard 200
	Lecrae	Reconstruction	Reach^[399]
	Offset	Kiari	Motown	Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200
	Soulja Boy	Draco Season	SODMG^[397]
	Us3	Soundtrack	Self-released^[400]
26	D Smoke	Wake Up Supa	WoodWorks, Death Row^[401]
Eminem	Stans (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records^[402]
28	Westside Gunn	Heels Have Eyes 2	Griselda Records^[403]
29	Duke Deuce	Rebirth	Made Men Movement, Hitmaker^[404]
Joey Bada$$	Lonely at the Top	Columbia Records
Miles Minnick	Via Dolorosa	Glo, Empire^[401]
OMB Peezy	Diary of a Crashout	Overkill, Hitmaker^[401]
Rakim	The Re-Up	Holy Toledo, Compound Interests, Big Ghost^[377]
Tobi Lou	Dirty Synthesizer <3	Free Agency^[405]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Yvngxchris	I Havent Been The Same Since 2019	Self-released^[406]^{[non-primary source needed]}
30	Currensy	8/30	Jet Life^[407]

September

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
4	El Snappo	Not Fa Da Industry	300^[408]
5	310babii	Webkam	High IQ, Empire^[409]
Erica Banks	Ain't Shit Stopped	1501, Create^[409]
Jabari	Ultra	Epic^[409]
Kashdami	Paper Trail	Infiniti^[409]
Mazza_L20	Different Times	EMI^[410]^{[non-primary source needed]}	Debuted at No. 42 on the UK Albums Chart
Roc C & Ariano	Homegrown	Urbnet, Fontana North^[408]
Saigon & Buckwild	Paint the World Black	Point Blank^[408]
SL	Block Tales	Believe UK^[411]
Statik Selektah, Wais P & The Musalini	Choose or Lose	Perfect Time^[412]
9	Ho99o9	Tomorrow We Escape	Deathkult, Last Gang, MNRK^[413]
10	Raq Baby	I Never Gave AF	Santa Anna^[414]
11	Daz Dillinger	Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back 3	Self-released^[412]
12	4Batz	Still Shinin	BuVision^[415]
	A!MS	Peak Season	3fifty7^[416]
	Connie Diiamond	Underdog Szn 2	Def Jam^[417]
	Fredo Bang	Kreature Muzik	Bang Biz, Empire^[417]
	Ice Cube	Man Up	Lench Mob, Hitmaker^[417]
	Jermaine Dupri	Magic City	So So Def, Hybe America^[417]
	King Iso	Ghetto Psycho	Strange Music^[415]
	Strandz	Diaspora Dance Music	Self-released^[415]
	Tony Shhnow & Mike & Keys	Self Portrait	Create^[415]
	Twenty One Pilots	Breach	Fueled by Ramen	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
13	Viper	I'm Evil As Fuck, Nigga / Tha FBI Can't Decipher My Mufuckin' Rhymes	9518514^[418]
15	Currensy	9/15	Jet Life^[419]
16	Locksmith & The Heatmakerz	Wine & Circus	Landmark^[418]
17	Chris Webby	88 Milligrams	EightyHD^[408]
Willie the Kid & Soop	A Fly in the Soup	The Fly^[418]
19	Atmosphere	Jestures	Rhymesayers^[420]
	Cardi B	Am I the Drama?	Atlantic	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Deniro Farrar & Marc Spano	Stellar Reputation	Old Soul Music^[418]
	Derek Minor & Canon	Vigilante	Reflection, Vigilante^[418]
	Destroy Lonely	Broken Hearts 3	Opium, Interscope Records^[421]	Debuted at No. 64 on the Billboard 200
	Hunxho	For Her 2	300^[421]	Debuted at No. 61 on the Billboard 200
	Jay Electronica	A Written Testimony: Leaflets	Roc Nation^[422]
	Joell Ortiz	Love, Peace & Trauma	Hitmaker^[421]
	Kojey Radical	Don't Look Down	Warner, Asylum^[423]	Debuted at No. 59 on the UK Albums Chart
	Lazer Dim 700	Gangway	Santa Anna^[418]
	Lefty Gunplay	Ghetto Heisman	OTR^[418]
	Lil Scoom89	Forever Scoomin	Signal, Columbia^[418]
	Mick Jenkins & Emil	A Murder of Crows	Self-released^[418]
	NorthSideBenji	Misery Loves Company	Nrthrn^[418]
	Payroll Giovanni	If Not Me Then Who	Bylug, Empire^[418]
	Savage Ga$p	Nightcrawler	October Forever, RBC, BMG^[418]
	Sho Baraka	Midnight of a Good Culture	Lions and Liars^[418]
	Various artists	Him (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Universal, Loma Vista^[423]
	Vic Spencer	Trees Are Undefeated	Old Fart Luggage^[418]
21	Killah Priest	Abraxas 2	Proverbs^[424]
23	Carrtoons	Space Cadet	+1^[424]
24	Cardo Got Wings	Sigan Viendo	MadHouse, Empire^[425]
Saucy Santana	Haute Sauce	SteamCut^[426]
Zelooperz	Dali Aint Dead	Self-released^[427]
26	Bankrol Hayden	Middle Of Somewhere	Self-released^[424]
	Bliss n Eso	The Moon (Dark Side)	Flight Deck, Mushroom Records^[428]	Debuted at No. 3 on the ARIA Charts
	Connor Price	About Time	4 of clubs^[429]
	Demrick	Ooowee	Ineffable^[424]
	Doja Cat	Vie	Kemosabe, RCA^[430]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Human Error Club & Kenny Segal	Human Error Club at Kenny's House	Backwoodz Studioz^[424]
	Jay Worthy	Once Upon A Time	GDF, Empire^[427]
	Jehry Robinson	Hella Highwater	Strange Music, FBA Management, Virgin Music Group^[424]
	Lil Mosey	Fall City	Love U Forever, Cinq^[431]
	Lord Apex	Smoke Sessions 4	Self-released^[424]
	Peezy	Still Ghetto	#Boyz, Empire^[427]
	Sol Chyld	Rebirth.Theory	Urth2Saturn, MNRK^[424]
	Spyro	The Men, The Boys & Your Guy	Tap, Cinq^[431]
	YFN Lucci	Already Legend.	Think It's A Game^[432]	Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
	Young Thug	UY Scuti	YSL, 300	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
28	Jeezy & DJ Drama	Still Snowin'	JWJ^[433]
30	Femdot	King Dilla 2	Delacreme^[434]
Jev.	Lonerwrld, Vol. 2	Payday^[434]
J.I the Prince of N.Y	Septembers Finest	G*Starr^[435]
Yhung T.O.	Yhung & Rich	Self-released^[435]

October

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Jace!	A New Fantasy	Simple Stupid, UMG^[434]
Klein	Sleep with a Cane	Roc Nation^[436]
Luhh Dyl	Hear My Cry	300^[434]
2	Bryson Tiller	Solace	RCA^[433]	Debuted at No. 52 on the Billboard 200
3	03 Greedo	Another Night Out	Alamo^[433]
	Alfa Mist	Roulette	Sekito^[437]
	Autumn!	Rolling Stone	Self-released^[434]
	Bandmanrill	Fine$$e Father	Self-released^[438]
	Dame D.O.L.L.A	Y.A.G.I	Front Page^[435]
	Dizzy Wright & Kxvi	Soul Searching	Ineffable^[434]
	Don Trip	Forgiveness Is God's Job... Part 1	MRVL^[437]
	Jackzebra	Hunched Jack Mixtape	Surf Gang^[437]
	Lil Tjay	Focus On The Music	Self-released^[439]
	Myka 9, Blu & Mono En Stereo	God Takes Care of Babies & Fools	Nature Sounds^[437]
	Niko B	Cheerleader	Ditto^[437]
	RXKNephew, MVW & ChaseTheMoney	Whole Lotta RXK	GetYouKilledRecords^[440]
	Stevie Stone	No Blueprints	Ahdasee Records^[441]
	Thirteendegrees°	Black Fridayz	Island^[442]
	Thouxanbanfauni	Arsonist	Create^[434]
	X-Raided	A Prophecy in Purgatory	Strange Music, Bloc Star Evolution, Virgin Music Group^[434]
5	Odumodublvck	Industry Machine	Kalacious, Native, Def Jam^[443]
8	BAK Jay	Letters I Never Sent	10K Projects^[444]
Doe Boy	Last Hope	RBMG^[445]
10	Baker Boy	Djandjay	Island^[446]	Debuted at No. 13 on the ARIA Charts
	Bia	Bianca	Epic^[447]
	DDG	Moo	Epic^[447]
	JasonMartin & Mike & Keys	A Hit Dog Gon Holla	50 Million, Futuristic^[443]
	Jay Worthy	Once Upon A Time 2	GDF, Empire^[448]
	Jnhygs	Her Jams	25/7^[443]
	Kent Jamz	Fear	Epic^[449]
	Makaya McCraven	Off The Record	International Anthem, Nonesuch^[446]
	Mobb Deep	Infinite	Mass Appeal	Debuted at No. 90 on the Billboard 200
	OsamaSon	Psykotic	Motion, Atlantic^[444]	Debuted at No. 81 on the Billboard 200
	Pluto	Pluto World	Motown^[446]
	Princess Nokia	Girls	Artist House^[449]
	Rich Amiri	Grit & Grace	Internet Money, 10K Projects^[447]
	The 046	Legacy In Motion	ONErpm^[443]
	The Cool Kids	Hi Top Fade	Fool's Gold, Reservoir^[449]
	TiaCorine	Corinian	South Coast, Interscope^[449]
14	Wynne	Say Wynne	Self-released^[450]
15	Curren$y	10/15	Jet Life^[451]
Dave East	Karma 4	FTD^[452]
17	Ashnikko	Smoochies	Parlophone^[453]	Debuted at No. 158 on the Billboard 200
	bbno$	bbno$	Broke	Debuted at No. 140 on the Billboard 200
	Gucci Mane	Episodes	1017, Atlantic^[454]	Debuted at No. 195 on the Billboard 200
	HeadHuncho Amir	50 Year Run	Only Sun, 300^[454]
	Hurricane Wisdom	Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain	Rebel, gamma	Debuted at No. 54 on the Billboard 200
	Kocky Ka	Street Therapy	Define The Era, Quality Control^[455]
	Monaleo	Who Did the Body	Stomp Down, Columbia^[456]
	Money Man	30 Days	Black Circle, Empire^[457]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	PartyOf2	Amerika's Next Top Party!	Def Jam^[456]
	Ty Dolla Sign	Tycoon	EZMNY, Atlantic^[456]
22	Anik Khan	Onēk	The Foreign Affair, Thirty Tigers^[458]
Bruiser Wolf & Harry Fraud	Made By Dope	Fake Shore Drive, Bruiser House, SRFSCHL^[459]
23	Bri3	18	B3D, Atlantic^[458]
Conductor Williams	Conductor We Have a Problem, Pt. 2	Station^[458]
24	Bnyx	Loading...	Data Club, Lyfestyle Corporation, Field Trip Recordings, Capitol^[460]
	Culture Jam	Legend in My Hood	CJFM^[461]
	Cupcakke	The Bakkery	Self-released^[462]
	Dave	The Boy Who Played the Harp	Capitol	Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart
	Dinos	AAA	SPKTAQLR^[462]
	DJ Scratch & Planet Asia	Kings Dominion	Albany Park Records^[462]
	Hit-Boy & The Alchemist	Goldfish	Surf Club, ALC Records, Empire^[460]
	Ian	2005	BuVision, Columbia^[463]
	Kankan	#F.E.B	Empire^[462]
	Kxllswxtch	Eyesore	Empire^[462]
	Mike Shabb	Fight the Power!	Blk^[464]
	Monie Love	Love Notes	iKonic^[462]
	Monte Booker	Noise (Meaning)	EQT^[460]
	Niko Is & J. Rawls	The Optimist's Son	Javotti^[461]
	Planet Giza	The Sky Is Recording Me: 100 Years Later, Vol. 3	Quiet Note^[462]
	R.A.P. Ferreira & Kenny Segal	The Night Green Side of It	Ruby Yacht, Alpha Pup^[465]
	Reuben Vincent & 9th Wonder	Welcome Home	Jamla Records, Roc Nation Distribution^[461]
	Rilès	The 25th Hour	Self-released^[462]
	Rim'K	RUN Evolution	MB^[462]
	Russ Millions	Personal	APLCO^[466]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Sheek Louch	Gorillaween V.7	D Block^[467]
	Slim Thug & Lil' Keke	Double Cup, Pt. 2: Da Re-Up	Hogg Life, Slfmade 713^[461]
25	Aesop Rock	I Heard It's A Mess There Too	Self-released^[468]
DocturDot	Howl at the Moon	Free Graffiti^[469]
Master P	No Limit 5K Mix: Lost Tapes	No Limit^[470]
27	Berner	09	Bern One^[469]
Jace & DJ Drama	Gangsta Grillz: Eastside Jace	Ebony Son^[471]
28	DeeBaby	Until This Is Over.	Allready Platinum, Create^[469]
30	Big Moochie Grape	Nightmare on AB	Paper Route Empire^[471]
Naza	Masta Degat	Capricarolesque Industry, AllPoints^[471]
Saba	C0ffee!	Pivot^[472]
Icewear Vezzo	Purple Passion	Iced Up^[473]
31	Armani White	There's a Ghost in My House	Legendbound, Def Jam^[472]
	Big Boogie	Pain on Paper 4	CMG^[472]
	Big L	Harlem's Finest: Return of the King	Mass Appeal
	Big Opp	Big Opportunity	Drenched Gang, Geffen^[469]
	Chuckyy	Bloodbathh Vol. 2: Violate We Demonstrate	Santa Anna^[472]
	Cities Aviv	The Revolving Star: Archive & Pratice 002	Black Iron Gate^[471]
	CEO Trayle	Happy Halloween 7	The Freeminded, Empire^[474]
	Hariroc & Lil Tony	Discernment	Squid1luh^[475]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Johan Lenox	Full Speed Nowhere	Self-released^[469]
	Josman	Dom Perignon Crying	Sideline, Sony France^[471]
	JT Money	Day Party	Undeniable^[474]
	KayCyy	Mixtape V1	Self-released^[476]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Knucks	A Fine African Man	No Days Off^[472]	Debuted at No. 42 on the UK Albums Chart
	Kodak Black	Just Getting Started	Vulture Love, Capitol^[472]	Debuted at No. 77 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Bushwick	Lil Bushwick	Vomit Face^[477]
	Lil Gotit & Lil Keed	Fraternal	ONErpm^[478]
	Lloyd Banks	HHVI: The Six of Swords	Money By Any Means^[473]
	Masta Ace & Tom Caruana	Natural Forces	Tea Sea^[472]
	Offset	Haunted by Fame	Motown^[472]
	Ransom & DJ Premier	The Reinvention	To The Top^[477]
	Sauce Walka	Splatt Mafia	Empire^[471]
	Shad	Start Anew	Secret City^[472]
	Shlohmo	Repulsor	R&R^[469]
	SosMula	Kamp Krystl Lake	Atlantic, Limosa Nostra^[474]
	South Strip	Do or Die	AB6, Empire^[474]
	Westside Gunn	Heels Have Eyes 3	Griselda^[472]
	YoDogg & Cardo	Raised by Wolves 2	Epic^[477]

November

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Baby Smoove	Help	Forever Franchise^[479]
5	BunnaB	Sweet Lick	Ice Cream Girl, Artist Partner Group^[480]
6	Joey Purp	Alaska	LemonTree, Fake Shore Drive^[481]
7	1up Tee	How To Move	GoodTalk^[482]
	1900Rugrat	Big Ah Kidz	Remain Solid, 300^[483]
	Aarne & Toxi$	Slaang	Self-released^[484]
	Armand Hammer & The Alchemist	Mercy	Backwoodz Studioz^[485]
	Blk Odyssey	Mood Control	Earthchild, Empire^[481]
	Bun B & Cory Mo	Way Mo Trill	C Mozart Muzik, II Trill, Hitmaker^[486]
	Casey Veggies	Caught Up In The Game: Disc 2	Self-released^[487]
	Danny Brown	Stardust	Warp^[488]
	DJ Snake	Nomad	Interscope^[483]
	Domo Genesis & Graymatter	Scram!	Things Happen Records^[483]
	G Herbo	Lil Herb	Machine, Republic^[489]	Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200
	JasonMartin & Mike & Keys	Mafia Cafe	50 Million, Futuristic^[479]
	Jim Jones	The Fall Before the Rise	VL, Hitmaker^[486]
	Lefty Gunplay	I Told You So	OTR, YouSeeLA^[487]
	Leto	Thug Ceremony	Winterfell, Allpoints^[484]
	MexikoDro	Still Goin the EP	Republic^[490]
	Mickey Factz & Awsme J	One Above All	Museum Mick^[486]
	Orelsan	La Fuite en avant	7th Magnitude, Strong Ninja, Sony France^[484]
	Real Bad Man & Boldy James	Adu 2	Self-released^[479]
	Reason	Everything In My Soul_Blue	Do More, 195 Oak^[483]
	Shungu	Faith in the Unknown	Lex^[491]
	Smiley	Never Box Me In	OVO, Santa Anna^[483]
	Termanology & Nef	Shut Up and Write	ST^[479]
	Thatboykwame	In A Matter of Time	Self-released^[492]
	UnoTheActivist	Troy	Silent Hills, Omega^[487]
	VisionPlay	The VZN SZN Disc 1	MNRK^[480]
	Yeonjun	No Labels: Part 01	Big Hit^[484]	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
	Young Miko	Do Not Disturb	The Wave^[493]
11	Navy Blue	The Sword & The Soaring	Freedom Sounds^[494]
14	24kGoldn	Icarus II	Columbia^[495]
	2Slimey	High Anxiety	Self-released^[496]
	Apollo Brown & Ty Farris	Run Toward The Monster	Escapism^[497]
	Aries	Glass Jaw	Wunderworld^[498]
	Bay Swag	Swiggity	Standard, Nothing Bout Us Regular, UnitedMasters^[499]
	Boldy James & Nicholas Craven	Criminally Attached	Roc Nation^[497]
	Boosie Badazz & YoungBoy Never Broke Again	225 Business	Badazz Syndicate^[500]
	B.U.G Antman	Y'all 2 Ugly	Marki, Warner^[501]
	Chika	Wish You Were (T)here	ONErpm^[499]
	Cory Gunz	Loosie Pack 4	Militia^[499]
	D-Block Europe	PTSD 2	Self-released^[497]	Debuted at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart
	FearDorian & Osquinn	Before You Press Play	3500^[497]
	Flau'jae	One of a Kind	Flage^[501]
	Jorjiana	Project 219	Self-released^[502]
	Lazer Dim 700	The Formula	Self-released^[503]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Lil Gnar	In My Glory	43B^[501]
	Lithe	Euphoria	GSL^[497]
	Lola Brooke	Iight bet!	Arista^[497]
	Meek Mill	Indie Pack (Vol. 1)	DreamChasers, Stem^[500]
	Mg Lil Bubba & King Hendrick$	Bub & Hundo	Create^[504]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	NF	Fear	Self-released^[505]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	No Savage	For the Streets	300^[506]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Oh No	Nodega	Disruption Productions, Nature Sounds^[500]
	Siete7x	Misunderstood	Empire^[505]
	Tee Grizzley	Street Psalms	300^[500]
	Tobi & Real Bad Man	The Perfect Blue	Real Bad Man Records^[497]
	Valee & MVW	Where Were We	Riveting^[501]
	Wale	Everything Is a Lot	Def Jam^[507]	Debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200
	Yung Bans & Highway	Mudd Bruddas	Newilluminessence, 10F1, Good Morning^[508]
20	Ransom & Conductor Williams	The Uncomfortable Truth	Momentum, Station^[509]
Philthy Rich	Heart of the Hood	FOD Ent^[510]
21	1300Saint	Savior	Young Stoner Life^[511]
	Awich	Okinawan Wuman	And Music^[511]
	Blanco	Paradise on a Lifeboat	Believe^[512]
	De La Soul	Cabin in the Sky	Mass Appeal
	Emmeline	Liftgoingup	Lewis Recordings^[511]
	Nemzzz	From Me 2 U	Self-released^[509]
	Shordie Shordie	Love Lost	Trippers, Empire^[509]
	SoFaygo	Mania	Cactus Jack^[511]
	Sonnyjim & Morriarchi	Golden Parachute	Self-released^[513]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Stray Kids	Do It	JYP, Republic	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Tommy Richman	Worlds Apart*	ISO Supremacy, Pulse, Concord^[514]
23	Daz Dillinger	Rowtation	Self-released^[515]
25	Fendi P & DJ.Fresh	World's Freshest P	Jet Life^[515]
Mavi	The Pilot	Loma Vista^[516]
MNRK	The Snowball Effect	MNRK^[517]
26	Lazer Dim 700	Stikkz N Stonez	Self-released^[518]
Your Old Droog	Anything Is Possible	Self-released^[519]
27	Hit-Boy & Spank Nitti James	Yeast Talkin'	Surf Club^[520]
28	9th Wonder	Zion XI	Jamla^[519]
ASAP Ferg	Flip Phone Shorty - Strictly For Da Streetz Vol. 1	Trillagan Island^[517]
BlocBoy JB	T.B.C	Self-released^[515]
Papoose	Bars on Wheels: A Journey To Save Hip Hop	Wynn^[517]
29	Yuno Miles	Album	Hallwood^[521]

December

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	Brother Ali	Brother Minutester 2: Üsküdar Sessions	Mello^[522]
2	Deniro Farrar & Child Actor	Raw Materials	Old Soul^[523]
3	Lil Baby	The Leaks	Quality Control, Motown^[524]	Debuted at No. 150 on the Billboard 200
4	Ghais Guevara	A Quest to Self-Mythologize	Self-released^[525]
Munna Ikee	Hope In My Hood Vol. 1	Drenched Gang, Geffen^[526]
Redveil	Sankofa	Fashionably Early^[523]
5	1504 MuteBaby	All Said And Done	Epic, Slaughter Gang^[526]
	9lives	Unity	Pulse^[527]
	Bankroll Ni	Who Is Bankroll?	Columbia^[526]
	Big K.R.I.T.	Dedicated To Cadalee Biarritz Vol. 1	ONErpm^[528]
	Declaime & Der Brxwnsxn	Flatulent	Urbnet^[522]
	Erick Sermon	Dynamic Duos	Def Squad, DNA, Hitmaker^[528]
	Homeboy Sandman	Turns Out I Can Sell a Few More of These	Dirty Looks^[528]
	Infinite Coles	SweetFace Killah	Don't Sleep, PIAS^[526]
	Lil Crix	Kill For Crix	Vulture Love, Capitol^[526]
	Mike Shabb	Melted Faces, Vol. 1	Blk^[529]
	Money Man	Predator	Black Circle, Empire^[530]
	PlaqueBoyMax	Too Much Music	5$tar, UMG^[522]
	Pressa	Press Machine II	Blue Feathers^[531]
	Skyzoo	Views Of A Lifetime	FGR, Hipnott Records^[528]
	The Game & Mike & Keys	Every Movie Needs A Trailer	STB^[524]
	TM88	F.I.L.A. 25 (Forever I Love Atlanta)	Crash Dummy, Empire^[528]
10	Blu, MED & Bane Capital	Good Men Die Like Dogs	Self-released^[532]
11	Bun B & Statik Selektah	TrillStatik 5	Showoff^[533]
12	21 Savage	What Happened to the Streets?	Slaughter Gang, Epic Records
	BEO Lil Kenny	BEO Status 3	Quality Control^[534]
	Bfb Da Packman & Rio da Yung OG	Olympic Shit Talking	Lunch Crew Company, Mine, Synrgy^[533]
	Bones	DeathBecomesHim	TeamSesh, Empire^[535]
	Chris Patrick	Pray 4 Me	Def Jam^[536]
	Conway the Machine	You Can't Kill God With Bullets	Drumwork^[534]
	FattMack	McKenzie	Great Day, Santa Anna^[534]
	Fridayy	Everybody Got Somebody	Lost In Melody, Def Jam^[534]
	Lil Noonie	51 Days & 54 Nights Walkin’	Born With Motion, Create^[532]
	Moka Only	Martian Xmas 2025	Urbnet^[532]
	Nas & DJ Premier	Light-Years	Mass Appeal
	Shy Glizzy	I Was Actually Being Humble	Glizzy Gang^[536]
	Snow Tha Product	Before I Crashout	Self-released^[537]
	Wee2Hard	Flight Risk	Quality Control^[534]
	Lil' Flip	Fear of Going Broke	Clover G, GT Digital^[538]
19	Z-Ro	Unappreciated	^[539]^{[non-primary source needed]}

Highest-charting songs

United States

Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2025 Top 40 of the *Billboard* Hot 100^[540]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"4x4"	Travis Scott	—	1
"Luther"	Kendrick Lamar and SZA	GNX
"Nokia"	Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	2
"What Did I Miss?"	Iceman
"Evil J0rdan"	Playboi Carti	Music
"Rather Lie"	Playboi Carti and The Weeknd	4
"All the Way"	BigXthaPlug featuring Bailey Zimmerman	I Hope You're Happy
"Gimme a Hug"	Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	6
"Anxiety"	Doechii	Alligator Bites Never Heal	9
"30 for 30"	SZA and Kendrick Lamar	Lana	10
"Outside"	Cardi B	Am I the Drama?
"Dum, Dumb, and Dumber"	Lil Baby, Young Thug and Future	WHAM	16
"Fat Juicy & Wet"	Sexyy Red and Bruno Mars	TBA	17
"Good Credit"	Playboi Carti and Kendrick Lamar	Music
"Crush"	Playboi Carti and Travis Scott	20
"Denial Is a River"	Doechii	Alligator Bites Never Heal	21
"Which One"	Drake and Central Cee	Iceman	23
"Backd00r"	Playboi Carti featuring Kendrick Lamar and Jhené Aiko	Music	25
"Safe"	Cardi B featuring Kehlani	Am I the Drama?	26
"Mojo Jojo"	Playboi Carti	Music	27
"Philly"	Playboi Carti and Travis Scott	28
"Dark Thoughts"	Lil Tecca	Dopamine
"Jealous Type"	Doja Cat	Vie
"Tweaker"	Gelo	League of My Own	29
"Big Poe"	Tyler, the Creator featuring Pharrell Williams	Don't Tap the Glass	33
"Fine Shit"	Playboi Carti	Music
"Toxic"	Playboi Carti and Skepta	34
"Hell at Night"	BigXthaPlug featuring Ella Langley	I Hope You're Happy	35
"Fear"	NF	Fear
"Hip-Hop"	Lil Wayne and BigXthaPlug featuring Jay Jones	Tha Carter VI	36
"Magnet"	Cardi B	Am I the Drama?	37
"Lover Girl"	Megan Thee Stallion	TBA	38
"K Pop"	Playboi Carti	Music
"Money on Money"	Young Thug featuring Future	UY Scuti	39
"Small Town Fame"	Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	40
"WGFT"	Gunna featuring Burna Boy	The Last Wun
"Killin' It Girl"	J-Hope featuring GloRilla	TBA

United Kingdom

Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2025 Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart^[541]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Victory Lap"	Fred Again, Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax	USB	4
"Raindance"	Dave and Tems	The Boy Who Played the Harp	5
"GBP"	Central Cee and 21 Savage	Can't Rush Greatness	6
"CRG"	Central Cee and Dave
"History"	Dave and James Blake	The Boy Who Played the Harp	9
"Century"	EsDeeKid	TBA	10

Highest first-week consumption

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of September 2025 in the United States
Number	Album	Artist	1st-week consumption	1st-week position	Refs
1	Music	Playboi Carti	298,000	1	^[542]
2	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	PartyNextDoor & Drake	246,000	1	^[543]
3	JackBoys 2	JackBoys & Travis Scott	232,000	1	^[544]
4	Am I the Drama?	Cardi B	200,000	1	^[545]
5	Don't Tap the Glass	Tyler, the Creator	197,000	1	^[546]
6	WHAM	Lil Baby	140,000	1	^[547]
7	Let God Sort Em Out	Clipse	118,000	4	^[544]
8	Tha Carter VI	Lil Wayne	108,000	2	^[548]
9	Balloonerism	Mac Miller	81,000	3	^[549]
10	The Last Wun	Gunna	80,000	3	^[550]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Kojey Radical	Don't Look Down	92	4 reviews	^[551]
2	Jim Legxacy	Black British Music (2025)	90	6 reviews	^[552]
3	Saba & No I.D.	From the Private Collection of Saba and No I.D.	90	4 reviews	^[553]
4	Antony Szmierek	Service Station at the End of the Universe	89	4 reviews	^[554]
5	Wretch 32	Home?	89	4 reviews	^[555]
6	Billy Woods	Golliwog	88	17 reviews	^[556]
7	John Glacier	Like a Ribbon	87	8 reviews	^[557]
8	Dave	The Boy Who Played the Harp	87	7 reviews	^[558]
9	Little Simz	Lotus	86	14 reviews	^[559]
10	Backxwash	Only Dust Remains	86	5 reviews	^[560]
11	Kae Tempest	Self Titled	85	8 reviews	^[561]
12	Earl Sweatshirt	Live Laugh Love	84	10 reviews	^[562]
13	$ilkMoney	Who Waters the Wilting Giving Tree Once the Leaves Dry Up and Fruits No Longer Bear?	84	4 reviews	^[563]
14	Clipse	Let God Sort Em Out	83	11 reviews	^[564]
15	Loyle Carner	Hopefully!	83	9 reviews	^[565]
16	Ho99o9	Tomorrow We Escape	83	6 reviews	^[566]
17	McKinley Dixon	Magic, Alive!	83	5 reviews	^[567]
18	Clipping	Dead Channel Sky	82	10 reviews	^[568]
19	Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist	Alfredo 2	82	7 reviews	^[569]
20	Open Mike Eagle	Neighborhood Gods Unlimited	82	4 reviews	^[570]
21	De La Soul	Cabin in the Sky	81	11 reviews	^[571]
22	Mike	Showbiz!	81	7 reviews	^[572]
23	Pink Siifu	Black'!Antique	81	4 reviews	^[573]
24	Aesop Rock	Black Hole Superette	79	8 reviews	^[574]
25	Armand Hammer & The Alchemist	Mercy	79	8 reviews	^[575]
26	2hollis	Star	79	5 reviews	^[576]
27	Doja Cat	Vie	78	12 reviews	^[577]
28	Quinton Barnes	Black Noise	78	4 reviews	^[578]
29	Tyler, the Creator	Don't Tap the Glass	77	11 reviews	^[579]
30	Mac Miller	Balloonerism	77	10 reviews	^[580]
31	Ghostface Killah	Supreme Clientele 2	76	4 reviews	^[581]
32	Danny Brown	Stardust	75	18 reviews	^[582]
33	Chance the Rapper	Star Line	75	5 reviews	^[583]
34	Cardi B	Am I the Drama?	74	13 reviews	^[584]
35	Playboi Carti	Music	73	10 reviews	^[585]
36	JID	God Does Like Ugly	73	7 reviews	^[586]
37	Central Cee	Can't Rush Greatness	72	10 reviews	^[587]
38	Mobb Deep	Infinite	72	5 reviews	^[588]
39	Rico Nasty	Lethal	71	6 reviews	^[589]
40	Ken Carson	More Chaos	71	5 reviews	^[590]
41	Raekwon	The Emperor's New Clothes	63	4 reviews	^[591]
42	Lisa	Alter Ego	58	6 reviews	^[592]
43	DJ Premier & Roc Marciano	The Coldest Profession	59	5 reviews	^[593]
44	Lil Baby	WHAM	55	4 reviews	^[594]
45	PartyNextDoor & Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	54	7 reviews	^[595]
46	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter VI	50	6 reviews	^[596]
47	Young Thug	UY Scuti	50	4 reviews	^[597]
48	JackBoys & Travis Scott	JackBoys 2	48	6 reviews	^[598]
49	Will Smith	Based on a True Story	41	7 reviews	^[599]

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