10 Rap Albums to Look Ahead to in 2024

Don’t Be Dumb, the long-awaited follow-up to A$AP Rocky’s 2018 album Urgent has supposedly been within the works for a number of years. In October, he informed Dazed “I’ve been actually experimenting as standard, and what I like about that is it seems like my greatest work but.” This was after he dropped the only “Our De$tiny,” that includes Playboi Carti, with a beat from the buzzing New York producer Evilgiane, in addition to the only “D.M.B.,” in 2022. The latter professes his adoration for his associate Rihanna in the best way one imagines solely Rocky can. The 35-year-old rapper has turn out to be a father within the years since his final launch, and we think about this subsequent album will give us a peek into what fatherhood has taught Rocky. Maybe he’ll comply with the pattern of rap’s different latest dads and share a verse along with his son RZA.

Not too long ago, Future cleared the entire posts on his Instagram, indicating one thing imminent. The rapper’s been teasing a joint mission with Metro Boomin for a number of months, and Metro himself has confirmed, posting a flick within the studio with Future in September. The pair have simple chemistry, having linked up on a number of of Future’s largest hits resembling “Masks Off,” and the Drake-assisted “Jumpman.” A joint mission in 2024 could be the primary collaboration between the 2 Atlanta rap titans since 2017’s Hndrxx. Simply earlier than Christmas, Future and Metro each shared notes teasing new music on Instagram, so it’s absolutely only a matter of time earlier than we get what’s positive to be one of many largest rap albums of the yr.  

Carti’s been teasing his third studio album I Am Music with a surprisingly clean rollout of singles and music movies, together with the Travis Scott-assisted “Backrooms” which dropped on New 12 months’s Day. Thus far, his new sound seems to depart from the vamp aesthetic he launched with 2020’s Entire Lotta Crimson, aligning considerably with the early 2000s resurgence within the air, besides from the vantage level of aughts-era Atlanta rap. His principally younger, principally internet-savvy fanbase has expressed nothing however approval up to now and Carti’s new album is poised to be one of many first main rap releases of the yr. After the style’s drop within the charts in 2023, Carti may dispel a lot of the discourse round rap’s supposed lack of mainstream affect.

Final yr Child Keem and Kendrick Lamar teamed as much as shock drop their collaborative monitor “The Hillbillies,” that includes a stuttering, infectious beat courtesy of Evilgiane, and a continuation of Kendrick’s playful streak alongside Keem (Who can neglect “Prime o’ the Morning”). The duo would go on to carry out at Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw below the title The Hillbillies, a reality they barely teased within the tune’s music video. For all of this, one would hope a full mission from the pair would materialize or, maybe, a follow-up to Keem’s 2021 debut The Melodic Blue. The rapper not too long ago launched a visible accompaniment to the mission, maybe setting the stage for a brand new chapter.

Final October, Megan Thee Stallion introduced that her subsequent album could be launched independently and that she was not signed to any label. Not lengthy after, she launched the searing and confessional “Cobra,” a single that rapidly consumed media discourse because it dealt so brazenly with psychological well being. Meg’s additionally been busy elevating her performing chops, as she’s set to star within the Safdie brothers’ upcoming Netflix movie. She’s additionally set to play a handful of festivals this summer season, which may imply that someday this yr, we’ll get to listen to Meg’s first launch as an impartial artist.

Lil Yachty’s Concrete label continues to turn out to be a formidable power inside the rap business. Late final yr, one among his signees, Karrahbooo rapidly grew to become an artist to observe with the discharge of a string of spectacular freestyles which rapidly took maintain of social media. The Atlanta rapper’s laid-back, rhythmic stream, has a mesmerizing high quality to it, not not like Veezee or Icewear Vezzo. In December she launched the only “Operating Late,” carrying on the success of her viral freestyles. The tune is proof that Karrahbooo is the true deal and that she’s simply getting began. Hopefully this yr listeners get to listen to a full mission.   

Not so much of artists can say they’d a greater yr than Lil Yachty who, after a left-turn experimental album in Let’s Begin Right here, continued to maintain his foot on the fuel when it comes to rap releases, dropping a bevy of loosies that would have made for at the least a brief EP. Yachty’s been outspoken about what he sees as a considerably stale panorama in hip-hop all whereas he continues to launch music from among the style’s brightest younger acts and persistently go viral along with his personal tracks. If 2023 meant Yachty bought his experimental rock aspirations out of his system, then maybe 2024 would possibly ship Yachty’s reply to his critiques of the style. If anybody was going to infuse the style with one thing new, why not Yachty?

Flo Milli’s new album Advantageous Ho, Keep was initially slated for a launch someday final yr, however as every introduced launch date got here and went, it appeared that the ultimate a part of the Alabama-born rapper’s trilogy of splendidly titled tasks had been delayed. The wait has absolutely solely heightened the anticipation. Flo Milli’s 2022 launch You Nonetheless Right here, Ho?, was a welcome jolt of vitality because of Flo’s dynamic stream and slick songwriting. In December, she dropped the scorching scorching “By no means Lose Me,” which rapidly grew to become a web based sensation, and he or she even dropped an alternate model that includes Lil Yachty. If Flo Milli’s easily assured stream on the monitor is any indication, her subsequent launch is bound to make a mark.

Thus far Ice Spice’s meteoric rise since 2022 has unfolded with tasteful precision. The Bronx-born rapper has thus far dominated each main vacation from Halloween to Christmas, and New 12 months’s, managing to hit simply the appropriate word on social media. Final yr, she dropped an expanded model of her debut EP Like…? that includes the bonafide hit “Deli.” This yr, she’s already began teasing new music with a snippet earlier this month accompanied by a meme that learn: “Assume You the Shit, Bitch! You Not Even the Fart,” which occurs to be the lyrics within the nonetheless unreleased monitor. It may very effectively have been an announcement from an artist in album mode. If Ice Spice’s monitor report is any indication, we’ll know quickly sufficient.

Following the discharge of his album For All The Canines final fall, Drake stated in an interview that he was taking a while away from music to deal with his well being. He made all of it of some weeks earlier than dropping a brand new set of top-shelf powerful man raps within the type of the For All The Canines “Scary Hours” version. The transfer is to be anticipated from the endlessly prolific rapper, who managed to drop a brand new album or collaboration mainly yearly since 2020. Whereas he may very effectively be laying low, constructing his home in Houston all yr, one can by no means be too cautious. A Six God launch is nearly all the time lurking simply across the nook.