2023 was full of music choices, but 2024 is set to deliver the albums we’ve been waiting for. Without further ado, we present our list of albums you definitely need to look out for in 2024:
1. ASAP Rocky – Don’t Be Dumb
It’s no secret that A$AP Rocky been busy these last few years, which leaves room for plenty to say.
“I’ve been really experimenting as usual and what I like about this is it feels like my best work yet,” A$AP told DAZED. “I want to leave expectations wide and open. I don’t want to tell you what to expect. I just want people to experience it how they do naturally.”
2. Future – Monster 2
Sequels are always suspect, but with Metro Boomin as a producer, there’s optimism.
3. Schoolboy Q – Blue Lips
The Top DAWG Ent artist announced his new album with a cinematic trailer seen HERE.
4. Tierra Whack – World Wide Whack
The North Philly MC’s last work, Whack World, was six years ago, so fans have been more than patient for the next album.
“I promise. It’s done. It’s finished,” said Whack in UPROXX. “We’re just making it all make sense, putting the pieces together, and we’re giving it to you.”
5. B.G. – Heart of the Streets 3
B.G.’s first release after serving 11 years was the collab with Gucci Mane titled Choppers & Bricks. The Hot Boy announced his next solo project in Hip Hop DX.
“Waaahhh!!!” he wrote in the caption. “I kno y’all wondering where I’m at and what I’m doing, but I’m taking it 1 day at a time. I’m working in silence and ima show up loud. I’m grateful for alllll the love and motivated by the hate… Heart of The Streets 3 coming sooner than y’all think #rns”
6. Baby Keem – Child with Wolves
Keem’s debut album, The Melodic Blue, featured multiple collaborations with cousin Kendrick Lamar, earning a Grammy win for Best Rap Performance for Family Ties. The question with Child with Wolves will be if he can hold his own without assistance from the best rapper on the planet.
7. J.Cole – The Fall Off
With an endless list of impressive features where he embarrassed multiple rappers on their tracks, The Fall Off is easily Cole’s most anticipated album of his career.
8. JID – Forever and A Day
JID’s last release, The Forever Story, elevated the Atlanta MC to new heights; Forever and A Day could make him a Top Five Alive contender.
9. Rapsody – Untitled
Rapsody’s release of Asteroids, produced by Hit-Boy, reminded fans of the quality lyricism by the North Carolina native, yet with plans a different approach for the new album.
“With this album, I wasn’t as focused on what I’m necessarily known for – being lyrical and all these metaphors and similes,” Rapsody said in Yahoo. “It’s going to come out naturally when it does, but it wasn’t a focus. I was focused on being more profound this time. Because especially like as a woman, I would love to be a representation for women and speak for women and have a connection with women.”
10. Megan THEE Stallion – Untitled
With the recent COBRA and HISS songs, the Texas Hotgirl has been giving unapologetic bars, making a release for 2024 worth checking.
11. T.I. – Kill the King
The King of the South plans to bring his almost three-decade career to a close with Kill the King.
“It’s time to evolve beyond a career as a rapper,” T.I. stated in Rock the Bells. “A lot more people who are carrying the torch and pushing the culture forward.