Here's 80 of my favorite Rap Albums released in 2025. I tried to narrow the list down but every time I did it felt like I was leaving something important off, so here we are. Excellent year for Hip Hop overall - Backwoodz had a flood of high quality releases, ShrapKnel put out 3 albums back to back that were all top notch, Tomorrow Kings put out their follow up i've been waiting a decade for, Sunmundi & Sasco made a record that feels like a modern Cold Vein for the late stage internet era (it's that good), Nakama put out one of the most vital and forward thinking rap albums i've heard in a minute, Cool Calm Pete and Yeshua DaPoed made a comeback after being MIA for almost two decades, the Mass Appeal releases were pretty solid, and I discovered some new favorite artists, whether I was hearing them for the first time or was already somewhat familiar and finally decided to fully tap in. Shout out to blackchai, illohiom, Lord OLO, NAHreally, Snotnoze Saleem, Hester Valentine, Shemar, ToadStool, and SOO DO KOO. Chart with album titles included I could do a non hip hop list if anyone is interested too, though that one would be much shorter. Anyway, feel free to let me know what YOUR favorite albums of 2025 were, regardless of the genre. I want to know what stood out to you the most and if there's anything I may have missed. Oh, and clicking the album titles below should take you to the bandcamp page where you can listen to it. Peace. 1. Billy Woods - GOLLIWOG (+ August Fanon version 2. Sunmundi & Sasco - Contacting 3. Nakama. - EVERYTHING BURNS! 4. Gabe 'Nandez & Preservation - Sortilège 5. Aesop Rock - Black Hole Superette (+ I Heard It's A Mess There Too) 6. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - Mercy 7. MIKE - Showbiz! 8. Navy Blue - The Sword & The Soaring 9. ShrapKnel & Ohbliv - Armature (also Saisir Le Feu & Lincoln Continental Breakfast) 10. Theravada - THE YEARS WE HAVE 11. Mavi - The Pilot 12. AKAI SOLO - No Control, No Glory 13. Open Mike Eagle - Neighborhood Gods Unlimited 14. Yungmorpheus & Dirty Art Club - A Spyglass to One’s Face 15. Teller Bank$ & Ed Glorious - The Wolf & The Walrus 16. Earl Sweatshirt - Live Laugh Love 17. Cities Aviv - The Revolving Star : Archive & Practice 002 18. Tomorrow Kings - SALT 19. McKinley Dixon - Magic, Alive! 20. blackchai & illohim - PATHFINDERS 21. Premrock - Did You Enjoy Your Time Here…? 22. Shemar - emerge "n" see 23. Sleep Sinatra - TIMESOFPERIL 24. Evidence - Unlearning Vol. 2 25. Lord OLO & TELEVANGEL - Demon Slayer 2 26. NAHreally - Secret Pancake 27. Fly Anakin - (The) Forever Dream 28. Little Simz - Lotus 29. R.A.P. Ferreira & Kenny Segal - The Night Green Side of It 30. $ilkMoney - WHO WATERS THE WILTING GIVING TREE…
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