In honour of Slick Rick's new album announcement.

Drop Watch: September 8th, 2023

LPs

• Lil Peep & ILoveMakonnen - Diamonds [Rap]
• YSY A (🇦🇷) & Bhavi (🇦🇷) - TU DUO FAVORITO [Argentinian Trap]
• Curren$y & Jet Life - Season Opener [Southern Hip Hop]
• Teezo Touchdown - how do you sleep at night? (w Janelle Monáe & Fousheé) [Alternative, RCA]
• Lancey Foux (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) - BACK2DATRAP (w Sexyy Red) [Plugg, Human Resources]
• Buju Banton (🇯🇲) - BORN FOR GREATNESS (w Snoop Dogg, Victoria Monét & Stephen Marley) [Reggae, Roc Nation/Def Jam]
• M Huncho (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) - my neighbors don't know. (w D-Block Europe, Nafe Smallz, Nines, Peezy, K-Trap + more) [UK Rap]
• 38 Spesh & Conway the Machine - Speshal Machinery (w Lloyd Banks, Pharaoh Monche, Benny the Butcher, Elcamino, Che Noir & Emanny) [Coke Rap, T.C.F.]
• Real Boston Richey - Welcome To Bubba Land [FL Trap]
• Chiddy Bang - Saved By the Swell [Pop Rap]
• Tirzah (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) - trip9love...??? [Experimental R&B, Domino]
• Apollo Brown & Planet Asia - Sardines (w Ty Farris, Marv Won + more) [Boom Bap, MMG]
• Frisco (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) & INFAMOUSIZAK (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) - Winning Team (w Chip) [Grime]
• LilCJ Kasino - Gang Shit Only 5 (w Peewee Longway, That Mexican OT, Trapboy Freddy + more) [TX Trap]
• GAIKA (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) - Drift (w Bbymutha + more) [Indie Rap, Big Dada]
• Beat Bop Scholar - The Great Scholar (w Sadat X, Ruste Juxx + more) [Boom Bap]

EPs

• A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - B4 BOA [Melodic Trap, Atlantic]
• Madden 24: CROWD CONTROL (featuring Jay Rock, Rob49, That Mexican OT + more) [Soundtrack]
• 88CAMINO (🇨🇦) - LITTLE PRINCE side: B [Toronto Trap]
• Sid Shyne & F1LTHY - INSOMNIA [Tread]
• Airplane James - Apology Accepted (w Guapdad 4000) [Southern Hip Hop]
• J Money - Baby Motion 3 [West Coast Trap, FOD]

Songs

• CASISDEAD - Matte Grey Wrap
• Shabazz Palaces - Woke Up In A Dream (feat. Lil Tracy)
• Nasty C feat. Benny the Butcher - Prosper in Peace
• Chris Patrick - LOCK IT UP
• Cam'ron - Go & Get It
• Full Time Taz - There She Goes (Remix) [feat. Deetranada]
• Kelvin West & Baby Rose - My Love
• Queen Key - Nope (Shemix) [feat. Kayla Nicole, Omeretta the Great & So Supa)
• Fastmoney Ant - Snake & Snitch K (feat. Lil Jairmy)
• GiddyGang, Vuyo & Ivan Ave - Let Me In
• Eli Fross - Bonnie & Clyde
• D8than - Trap Open (feat. Sauce Walka)
• 60 East & eLZhi - Wet Roads
• Andrew Ashong, Kaidi Tatham & Lex Amor - Washed in You (feat. Wu-Lu)
• JMSN - Soft Spot
• 1TakeQuan - LockSmith (feat. Big Sad 1900)
• Flex Murph - Workin' (feat. Big Sad 1900)
• BlkBoi - Gang Members (feat. Big Sad 1900)
• Memo600 - Black 1s (feat. BabyDrill) / PRAY 2 GOD FREESTYLE (feat. Baby Money) / Cream Soda (feat. Icewear Vezzo)
• Lil Raylo - Since a young nigga (feat. Baby Money)
• G.T. - What They Gon Say
• ihypaul - spiderman (feat. Subiibabii, xaviersobased, jaydes & angelus)
• Shysta Smooth - Ain't Bout That... (feat. La Chat)
• femdot. - Missy Elliott
• TMK, Ralfy the Plug & Tru Carr - Factual
• Kojaque & Biig Piig - WOOF
• DW Flame & Sada Baby - Might Not Ever
• Ejekuta - Mojo (feat. Pollito Trapper)
• G4 Boyz - Wire Boy
• LaRussell, ALLBLACK & Link+Up - Ya Heard!?
• Rome Fortune - Good Good
• Lou Will - Aim Assist (feat. Lil Darius)
• Mitchell - Bag Talk (feat. Baby Rae)
• The Real Brown Boy & RMC Mike - LA 2 tha D
• Vash Noir, Earoh, Kent Loon & Chester Watson - Asphalt
• 1600J - Odds Against Me (AltoSGP) / all 4 u (ggedgar)
• Slauson Malone - New Joy
• Shabazz The Disciple - Touch Da Starz
• Kid Cudi - MOST AIN’T DENNIS / Ill What I Bleed
• seventhirtyatmorning - breathe (feat. kaycyy)
• Zelly Ocho - Stab Wound
• Ol' Burger Beats - Recuperating (feat. Gabe 'Nandez & Fly Anakin)
• Sampha - Only
• Young Nudy & 21 Savage - Peaches & Eggplants (Remix) [feat. Latto & Sexyy Red]
• Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion - Bongos
• Bryson Tiller - Down Like That
• Tee Grizzley, Chris Brown & Mariah The Scientist — IDGAF
• BJ The Chicago Kid & Coco Jones — Spend The Night
• iann dior — You Don’t Even
• Stunna Girl & Mozzy - Wake Dis Shit Up
• AyooLii - Phones dont ring pt 2 (feat. Ad Huncho) / got no hope
• Defcee & Messiah Music - The Golem of Brooklyn Theme Song
• Malz Monday - Midas Touch
• GloRilla, Gloss Up, Slimeroni, K Carbon, Aleza & Tay Keith - Wrong One
• Jugg Harden - Do What I Want
• DaBaby - Peaches & Eggplants (Freestyle)*
• Skrapz - Normal

* means not on Apple Music or Spotify

Sorted by Spotify Monthly Listeners

Reposted from u/DropWatcher on Reddit.

TL;DR: Does a special day to share International Hip Hop and a weekly "Book Club" sort of thing for albums sound like a good idea? Do you have any other ideas?

Long Version: I wanted to come up with some weekly stuff we could do to help get interesting content here. Nothing that would stop or discourage anybody from posting whatever they would want as normal, but to motivate people to post stuff we might not see otherwise.

I only have a couple ideas I really like

[WORLDWIDE] Wednesday. As we found out from the survey thread, we have a pretty strong European delegation (6/22 respondents were from the EU). I'd love to hear more Hip Hop from outside of the US! Having a day where people are encouraged to post their international Hip Hop I think would be great. We are an English speaking group, but foreign language songs would be welcome and encouraged, along with English songs from artists outside the US. I personally have a decent bit of German Hip Hop put away that I don't normally but I'd love to hear all sorts of stuff personally.

Second would be a weekly album discussion thread. Each week we would pick a different album and the next week we would talk about it. Think like a book club. Would probably be a mix of classic albums and more recent (but less popular) albums. The purpose would be to help introduce people to things they may not have heard, either because it was before their time or because it isn't a huge artist. For our older heads in here, it could be a chance to discuss an old classic album you haven't given a listen in a while. Not sure how the albums would be picked. My first thought was to have a separate thread where people post ideas and vote, but our population is pretty small currently and I think there is the risk of the same kind of stuff getting chosen every time. Ideas welcome.

Anybody else have anything they think could be fun weekly? I don't want something for every day of the week, but something for 2 or 3 different days I think could be fun. And let me know what you think about [WORLDWIDE] Wednesdays. If nobody else has any interest in international stuff I can always set up a different community aimed at that specifically, instead of putting it in here.

Had a busy week last week and got assigned an important project at work (that I fought for).

Had a busy Labor Day, with my kid killing it in a soccer tournament.

Danny is my spirit animal right now