Perhaps the biggest news in rap this week was the announcement that Jay-Z and Kanye West plan to Watch The Throne once again with a second installment. While there’s no official date on a release, you can bet that this will be the most anticipated hip-hop album of the year.
As far as OutKast fans are concerned, there’s positive news on the horizon. Big Boi has a title for his new album, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors. The album is about 80 percent complete, and according to the rapper himself, as soon as his solo album drops, you can expect a solo offering from André 3000. Passionate fans can only hope that once that’s done, then we can finally get the OutKast album that we’ve all been waiting for.
Check out the rest of the 2012 rap releases, and keep checking back for more dates:
June 5
Big K.R.I.T. – Live From the Underground
Bigg Juss [Company Flow] – Machines That Make Civilization Fun
Chino XL – Ricanstruction: The Black Rosary
Curren$y – The Stoned Immaculate
Cypress Hill x Rusko – Cypressxrusko EP
Kool Keith – Love & Danger
One Be Lo (as Rahlo) – K.I.C.K. P.U.S.H.
Oh No – Ohnomite
Ryan Leslie – Les Is More
June 12
Azealia Banks – 1991 EP
Bow Wow – Underrated
BURNTmd – Not So Black & White
Diplo – Express Yourself EP
Kid Ink – Up & Away
Oddisee – People Hear What They See
Slaughterhouse – welcome to: Our House
Spaceghostpurrp – Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of Spaceghostpurrp
Usher – Looking 4 Myself
Waka Flocka Flame – Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family
Wordsworth – The Photo Album
June 19
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien x Parallel Thought – Attractive Sin
Juvenile – Rejuvenation
KNOiota – Kno Now Or Never
Lil Wyte – Still Doubted?
Pastor Troy – Outlaw
Smoke DZA – Rugby Thompson
June 26
ALTERPROD/ALTERBEATS Present – The French Revolution Compilation
DMX – Undisputed
Eminem – Curtain Call: Hits (Import)
Large Professor – Professor @ Large
Maybach Music Group – Self Made Vol. 2
July 2
50 Cent – Untitled
July 3
Chris Brown – Fortune
Flo Rida – Wild Ones
Necro – The Murder Murder Kill Kill Double EP
Young Zee & Mr. Green – One Crazy Weekend
July 10
Aesop Rock – Skelethon
La Coka Nostra – Masters Of the Dark Arts
July 17
Alchemist – Russian Roulette
French Montana – Excuse My French
Madchild (Swollen Members) – Dope Sick
Nas – Life Is Good
July 24
Big Shug – I.M. 4 E-VA
July 31
Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don’t
August 14
2 Chainz – Based On a T.R.U. Story
Kreayshawn – Somethin’ Bout Kreay
The-Dream – Love IV MMXII
August 21
DJ Khaled – Kiss The Ring
August 28
Meek Mill – Dreams & Nightmares
Wiz Khalifa – O.N.I.F.C.
September 4
T.I. – Trouble Man
September 11
Ludacris – Ludaversal
Saigon – Bread and Circuses
September 18
Skyzoo – A Dream Deferred
Ne-Yo – R.E.D.
October 2
Bobby V – Dusk Till Dawn
