Most Interesting Rap Releases of 2021

A list of all the most interesting Rap Album Releases of 2021.
List goes from latest release down to oldest.

Click Album Covers to listen on Spotify / Bandcamp.


Mach Hommy – Balens Cho (Hot Candles)
Underground Rap
Newark – New Jersey, USA
[Mach Hommy, Inc.]


Key Glock – Yellow Tape 2
Gangster Rap
Memphis – Tennessee, USA
[Paper Route Empire]


Maxo Kream – Weight of the World
Gangster Rap
Houston – Texas, USA
[RCA Records]


Kanye West – Donda
Hip Hop, Gospel Trap
USA
[GOOD / Def Jam]


Benny the Butcher – Pyrex Picasso
Gangster Rap
Buffalo – New York, USA
[Rare Scrilla / BSF]


Boldy James / The Alchemist – Bo Jackson
Gangster Rap
Detroit – Michigan, USA
[ALC]


Remble – It’s Remble
West Coast / Gangster Rap
Los Angeles – California, USA
[Warner]


Vince Staples – Vince Staples
Hip Hop
Long Beach – California, USA
[Blacksmith / Motown]


Tyler, the Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost
Alternative Rap
USA
[Columbia]


MIKE- Disco!
Underground Rap
New York City – New York, USA
[10k]


Mach Hommy – Pray for Haiti
Underground Rap
Newark – New Jersey, USA
[Griselda]


Armand Hammer (prod. The Alchemist) – Haram
Underground Rap
New York City – New York, USA
[Blackwoodz Studioz]


Young Dolph / Key Glock – Dum and Dummer 2
Gangster Rap
Memphis – Tennessee, USA
[Paper Route Empire]


Benny the Butcher (prod. Harry Fraud) – The Plugs I Met 2 EP
Gangster Rap
Buffalo – New York, USA
[Black Soprano Family / SRFSCHL]


Infinite Aziz – Lost Navigator
Underground Rap
[Self-Released]


Mavi – End of the Earth EP
Underground Rap
Charlotte – North Carolina, USA
[New York Lab]


YOUNGMORPHEUS (prod. ewonee) – Thumbing Thru Foliage
Underground Rap
Los Angeles – California, USA
[Bad Taste]


Duke Deuce – Duke Nukem
Southern Rap / Crunk
Memphis – Tennessee, USA
[Quality Control / Motown]


Drake – Scary Hours 2 EP
Rap
Toronto – Ontario, Canada
[OVO / Republic]


Drakeo the Ruler – The Truth Hurts
West Coast / Gangster Rap
Los Angeles – California, USA
[Stinc Team]


maassai – With the Shifts
Underground Rap
Brooklyn – New York City – New York, USA
[Shiny]


Madlib – Sound Ancestors
Beats / Instrumentals
California, USA
[Madlib Invazion]


Navy Blue – Songs of Sage: Post Panic!
Underground Rap
New York City – New York, USA
[Freedom Sounds]


billy woods / Moor Mother – Brass
Underground Rap / Experimental
New York City – New York, USA
[Backwoodz Studioz]


Playboi Carti – Whole Lotta Red
Mumble Rap / Trap
Atlanta – Georgia, USA
[AWGE / Interscope]


Boldy James (prod. Real Bad Man) – Real Bad Boldy
Gangster Rap
Detroit – Michigan, USA
[Real Bad Man]