19 New Hip-Hop & R&B Albums You Should Be Listening To (Week of June 11)
This week’s list of new albums include a Guapdad 4000 deluxe edition, a new Blu EP, and more.
The era of streaming has made finding new music a full-time job. With every week there’s new albums, deluxe editions of older albums, new EPs, re-issues, vinyl releases, and more. That’s why every Friday here at Okayplayer, we round up the best new releases from your favorite artists as well as newcomers.
This week, Chicago MC Polo G coronates himself with his third studio album, Hall of Fame, while Los Angeles underground legend Blu offers fans the For Sale EP. Oakland-via-Atlanta rapper Larry June keeps feeding his fans with Orange Print, while Guapdad 4000 drops the deluxe edition of his last album, 1176. The week also brings new albums from names like Pete Rock, Ransom, and Your Old Droog.
Stream all your favorites as well as any new artists that stand out below.
Polo G – Hall of Fame
Source: Columbia Records
Your Old Droog – TIME
Source: Mongoloid Banks/Nature Sounds
Bobby Sessions – Manifest
Source: Def Jam
Lil Gotit – Top Chef Gotit
Source: Alamo Records
Larry June – Orange Print
Source: The Freeminded Records
BabyTron – Luka Troncic
Source: TheHipHopLab
Emotional Oranges – The Juicebox
Source: Avant Garden/4th & Broadway
Skyzoo – All the Brilliant Things
Source: Mello Music Group
brainorchestra – Message to You
Source: Brainorchestra
Jaydayoungan – 23 is Back
Source: Atlantic
Pi’erre Bourne – The Life of Pi’erre 5
Source: Interscope
Kezia – claire
Source: NEVER SEVEN/Kezia LLC
Chino Cappin – F*cc It, Bacc to the Basics
Source: Alamo Records
Ruth B – Moments in Between
Source: Reb Music
Kodak Black – Happy Birthday Kodak
Source: Atlantic Records
Blu & Sirplus – For Sale
Source: Nature Sounds
Ransom – Se7en
Source: Momentum Entertainment
Guapdad 4000 & !llmind – 1176 (Deluxe)
Source: Paradise Rising
Pete Rock & AMXXR – 21 Grams: Worth Its Weight in Soul
Source: Tru Soul Records