2024 Projects

[TheBigSleep]

Just a place to keep track of and discuss what's dropped. What from this year have you listened to so far? Could be anything from albums to freestyles to music videos, rap battles, etc.

What's good? Bad? Memorable? Forgettable?

Here's some of the bigger projects that were released in January:

al.divino – Firewater
ALLBLACK – Slow Motion Better Than No Motion
Arrested Development – Bullets in the Chamber
AWOL One & Kool Keith – Aponia
Benny the Butcher – Everybody Can't Go
Blu & Bombay – Back Home Again
Blu & Bombay – Good to Be Home (Remixes)
Blu – Other Shades of Blue
Bones – Champion EP
Bruiser Wolf – My Story Got Stories
Bumpy Knuckles – Level Up
Che Noir – The Color Chocolate Vol. 1 EP
Clever 1 x Lord Beatjitzu – Master Sip
Collage & Westside Gunn – Westside Collage
Crimeapple & Preservation – El Leon
DB Tha General – Most Kings Get Their Head Cut Off
DJ Booker & NLE Choppa – The Chosen Ones
DZ x J Diggs – Millionaire Mindset
Da Flyy Hooligan & wun two – Noctural Hooli Vol. 1 EP
Declaime AKA Dudley Perkins – The Bottom Line
Elcamino – Here You Go
Erick Purpose – Somewhere Far Out
Evilgiane – Heavens Gate Vol. 1
The Game & Big Hit – Paisley Dreams
Hus Kingpin & 9th Wonder – The Supergoat
J. Period – Revisionist History Mixtape
J57 – If I Should Wake Before I Die (Deluxe Edition)
junclassic X Clypto – Tell Me Something i Don't Know
Kevin Gates – The Ceremony
Kid Cudi – INSANO
King Kashmere & Cuth – Sounds Like Home
Kuzzo x Yukmouth – Living Life
The Last Emperor & DJ Madsol Desar – Programme
Lil Dicky – Penith (The DAVE Soundtrack)
Lyrical Lemonade – All is Yellow
Masta Ace & Marco Polo – Richmond Hill
MidaZ The BEAST – The Last of the Mohicans + Bonus Tracks
Mista Sinista – ReBorn
Nicholas Craven & Boldy James – Penalty of Leadership
03 Greedo – Fucc Everybody Mixtape
Previous Industries (Open Mike Eagle, Video Dave, & Still Rift) – Showbiz / Braids
R.A.P. Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura – The First Fist to Make Contact When We Dap
Ras Fresco & Dibia$e – Knockout
Rasheed Chappell & 38 Spesh – Checks & Balances
Reks & Samir – Rather Unique EP
Rich the Factor – Blaccfish 3
Tha God Fahim & Cookin Soul – Guillotine EP
Tha God Fahim & Cookin Soul – Supreme Dump Legend: Soul Cook Saga
Tha Soloist – Mario Level EP
Truth – Nostalgia Therapy (Produced by Da Beatminerz)
21 Savage – american dream
Vic Spencer x Original Super Legend – Be Double Clip Tight
Xaviersobased – keep it goin xav Mixtape
Young Noble – Positive Vibes Only

Archive

Blu – Best Lyricist Underground (2007-2022)
Blu – California Soul
Blu – The Color Blue (Instrumentals)
Blu – The GODlee Barnes (Instrumentals)
Blu – Good GOD (The Bonus Songs)
Blu – Open (Instrumentals)
Blu – The Original Color Blue (Demos)
Blu – York (Remixes)
Bugseed – Pizza Pizza (10th Anniversary) EP
Oddisee – Odd Sketches Vol. 1
Supernatural – Natural Disasters

Instrumentals

Chef Mike – Funhouse
El Jazzy Chavo – Loungin' Vol. 1 EP
Funky DL – I am Reuben (Instrumentals)
Futurewave – McFly
jinsang – drafts // concepts vol. 1 EP
Lewis Parker – Frequency of Perception (Instrumentals)
Lo-Tek Larry – Larry's Library
Napoleon Da Legend – Le Dernier Glacier (Instrumentals)
OMA – Bread 'n' Butter
small professor – feel the impact of my mind weaponry I & II
Special Red Productions – Old Gold
Strange Daisy – a strange daisy records beat tape
Various Artists – Boom Bap Crew Vol. 1
WILDELUX – Seal of Approval Beat Tape
wun two – Snow, Vol. 8

[aeokq]

I am literally listening to El Leon for the first time right now. Almost done, it's a dope listen. I feel like Crimeapple's flow didn't match up with the beat on one of the songs, but aside from that butter. I never thought I would hear a new song with Sadat X on it.

Hus and 9th Wonder released an album together? Wow I'll definitely have to peep that.

[TheBigSleep]

I am literally listening to El Leon for the first time right now. Almost done, it's a dope listen. I feel like Crimeapple's flow didn't match up with the beat on one of the songs, but aside from that butter. I never thought I would hear a new song with Sadat X on it.

Hus and 9th Wonder released an album together? Wow I'll definitely have to peep that.

Right on. I also checked El Leon. Mostly for the Preservation beats. He just dropped an EP of instrumentals as well.

Finding out about and sharing new releases like that is what threads like this are all about. Share what you thought of it if you feel like it.

[TheBigSleep]

Some of the larger names made available in February include:

al.divino – Have a Bad Day
Armand Hammer – BLK LBL LP
Awon & Parental – Sublime
BabyTron – Case Dismissed
The Bad Seed – Everything Means Nothing Vol. 1
Blu & Roy Royal – Royal Blu
Blu & Shafiq Husayn – We Bang EP
Bones – .ZIP
Boosie Badazz & Jit the Beast – In House 2: Boosie and the Beast
Bozack Morris – The Toronto Tape
Casey Veggies & Dylvinci – Nostalgia
Chester Watson & Ill Sugi – Winter Mirage
Chevy Woods – 1998
DJ Moves – Pam Grier's Step Kids
DJ Symphony – It's Bigger Than Music
Da Flyy Hooligan x The Beat Junkies – There's Hooli and There's Everyone Else
Declaime & Kiina – The Bottom Line
The Deli (Moka Only & Baptiste Hayden) – The Deli
Dizzee Rascal – Don't Take It Personal
Dr. Lekta – Flowers for the Illest
EarthGang – Robophobia
Emskee x Milkcrate – The Dumb Bummer
Erick the Architect – I've Never Been Here Before
Fivio Foreign – Pain & Love 2
Forever Pavot & XP the Marxman – Forever XP
French Montana – Mac & Cheese 5
The Gaslamp Killer – 90's Hip Hop Mix
Ghetts – On Purpose, With Purpose
Godfather Don – The Ill Tone Generator
Heems & Lapgan – Lafandar
Him Lo Presents – 67th Infantry: Stampede of Equestrianz
Hit-Boy & The Alchemist – Theodore & Andre
Icewear Vezzo – Live From the 6
Ill Tandem (Emskee & DoomDaWiz) – The Medication EP
J. Stalin & Lyjah – Money Laundering
Joe Blow – Generational Wealth
Jon Connor – III
Jonny Empire & Lord Sear – Over the Top EP
Jynx716 & Che Noir – ANDY (Absolutely Not Done Yet)
Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign – Vultures 1
Kid Cudi –Insane (Nitro Mega)
Knxwledge. – VGM.31
LaRussell & Hit-Boy – RENT DUE
Lee "Scratch" Perry – King Perry
LEX & Buck – Real Estate
Limbus Presents – Wu-Tang Clan: Enter the 007 Chambers (Mashup)
Little Simz – DROP 7
MadeinTYO – TYO808
Maestro Fresh Wes – Rap Prime Minister
Medhane & Kahlil Blu – Double or Nothing
Meek Mill – Heathenism
Mobbulator – Mobbulator Vol. 3: Mobb Matrix
1999 Write the Future – hella (˃̣̣̥╭╮˂̣̣̥) ✧ ♡ ‧º·˚
Nowaah the Flood & Giallo Point – Right Over Left 2 (Square Business)
O the Great & Machacha – SxUND GvRDEN
Ol' Burger Beats – 74: Out of Time
Passport Rav, Bloo Azul, & Spanish Ran – 83, Too
Phoniks – The Cashmere Tape (Remixes)
RJMrLA – The Bitch Tape
Recognize Ali – As You Sow So Shall You Reap
Reef the Lost Cauze – The Triumphant
Reks & Short Buss 13 – M.A.G.A. (Make Art Great Again)
Reks & Shortfyuz – F.E.L.A. (For Everyone Love Always)
Revival Season – Golden Age of Self Snitching
Rhymefest – James & Nikki: A Conversation
Robb Bank$ – I think I might be happy, pt. 1
Ruste Juxx & Oh Jay – Break It Down
Sadistik & Maulskull – Oblivion Theater
Sankofa – Most Anything of Value
ScHoolboy Q – Blue Lips
Shabazz the Disciple – My Crown
The Soloist – Ultra Present
Soulja Boy – Swag 6
Switch & Moka Only – The Mothership EP
Tha God Fahim – Dump Goat II
That Mexican OT – Texas Technician
TiaCorine – AlmostThere
Uncle Murda – Lenny Grant Story
Vada – Vada's Vault Vol. 2
WateRR & Wavy Da Ghawd – Washed Ashore
Willie Evans Jr. – Good Grief Vol. 1: Love
Yeat – 2093
YL & Starker – Diamond Collection

Archive

Mathematik – H2O
Mob Figaz Jacka Presents – UZI Deadly Weapon
Scienz of Life – BX to New Jeru
Slim Thug – Mid-Life Crisis
Spook & Sadhugold – Hell On Wheels
Tame One & Parallel Thought – Acid Tab Vocab (The Definitive Edition)
Termanology – Cameo King (2024) Edition
Walkin' Large – Riverside Pictures

Instrumentals

DJ Harrison – Shades of Yesterday
DJ Krush – 再生 -Saisei-
DJ Muggs – Death Valley
DJ Preservation – 7 Rotations
French Montana – Mac & Cheese 5 (Instrumental)
Funkonami – Imaginary Trip to New York
Funky DL – February's Dillounge (J Dilla Tribute)
Funky DL – February's Seba Lounge (Nujabes Tribute)
Illingsworth – straits
Isaiah Rashad & KNOCKTURNAL – Reflections (Instrumentals)
Jahari Massamba Unit (Karriem Riggins & Madlib) – YHWH is LOVE
Jansport J – Grey
Karriem Riggins – To the Jungle
Lucid Green – Photobook
Marcus D – Another Day in the Life of... (Instrumentals)
Ohbliv – LewseJoints 14: Heartbreaker Edition Side A
Ohbliv – Life Infinite
Phoniks – The Cashmere Tape: Instrumentals
Reckonize Real – House of Hidden Daggers
small professor – overwhelmed by my telepathy II
Spectacular Diagnostics – If You Feel Like a Lost Soul
Vanderslice – Music For Ninjas

[TheBigSleep]

March:

al.divino – Pyroglyphs
Bfb Da Packman – Forget Me Not
Ben Buck, Jamar Equality, & Nick Cruz – Low Brow Purists
Bishop Nehru – Kult Life Chapter 1: From Pain to Paintings
Blu & Shafiq Husayn – Out of the Blue
BlueBucksClan & Hit-Boy – Biggest Out the West
Body Bag Ben & Vega7 the Ronin – Kawasaki Killers
Buddy – Don't Forget to Breathe
CJ Fly – baited
Cappadonna – The Man With the Iron Darts
Chief Keef & Mike Will Made It – Dirty Nachos
Chuck Strangers – A Forsaken Lover's Plea
Clypto – Loopzilla
Cookin Soul & Raz Fresco – Bakin Soul
Crimeapple – Let Him Cook
DB Tha General – Mobbing Sydewayz Spot Smashing
DJ Illogik – Time & Tenacity
DJ Muggs & Mooch – Roc Star
Divine ScienZe – Divine ScienZe III
The Doppelgangaz – Beats For Brothels Vol. 7
Elcamino & Real Bad Man – The Game is the Game
Enoch – Waiting For Something to Happen
Equipto – In Other Words
Estee Nack x Futurewave – Stone Temple Pyrex
Everliven Sound & Slimline Mutha – Echo Chamber
Flee Lord & Crisis – Full Court Press
Flo Milli – Fine Ho, Stay
Future & Metro Boomin – We Don't Trust You
G-Mo Skee & Stu Bangas – Filth City
Germ – Every Dog Has Its Day
Gravediggaz – Halloween Nights in the Graveyard
J. Stalin – Me vs. Me 2
J. Stalin – Welcome to the Ghetto
J.Sos & 38 Spesh – Come Back For You EP
Jae Skeese & Superior – Testament of the Times
Joyner Lucas – Not Now I'm Busy
Kembe X & Hippie Sabotage – Sleep Paralysis
Kim Gordon – The Collective
Knxwledge. – VGM.32
Kyle – Smyle Again
LNDN DRGS – Affiliated 2
Locksmith – No Atheists in Foxholes
M-Dot – Daze of Greed
MC Juice, All Natural, & Georgia Anne Muldrow – CALIsthenics
MC Solaar – Triptyque
Matt Champion – Mika's Laundry
Mega Ran & Jermiside – The Lure of Light
Midnight Sons (Zilla Rocca & Chong Wizard) – Money Has No Owners
MIKE & Tony Seltzer – Pinball
Moor Mother – The Great Bailout
Moses Rockwell – Regular Henry Sessions
NAHreally & The Expert – BLIP
Nef – The Gentleman's Board
Never Broke Again – Compliments of Gravedigger Mountain
Nickelus F – MMCHT
Nomads (XP the Marxman & IceRocks) – The Amsterdam EP
Pep Love – Acres of Diamonds
Ramirez – From Tha Guttah to Tha Grave
Ransom & Harry Fraud – Lavish Misery
Real Bad Man & Lukah – Temple Needs Water. Village Needs Peace.
Reks & KarlitoDaKid – I Am Not Your Negro
Reks & Melks – Y.O.D.A. (Young Ones Defy Age)
Roc Marciano – Marciology
Roland Jones – The Haunting 3
Sankofa – Sonny Kovah
Shabazz Palaces – Exotic Birds of Prey
Silent Knight – Restoration Vol. 3
Skanks the Rap Martyr & Tre Eiht – 2 Sided Story
Slimmy B & DJ Gutta Butta – All Net 2
Str8 Bangaz – Legends
Supreme Cerebral, O the Great, & Alpha Betic – Gold Pyramids
Tha Soloist – The Daily Sacrifice of Desire and Fear
Tha Soloist x A Dusty Cinema – Behind the Darkness of Our Pain the Sun is Always Shining
Tierra Whack – World Wide Whack
Trippie Redd & Machine Gun Kelly – Genre: Sadboy
Young Noble – The Last Outlaw
Yung Lean – Miami: EDGLRD (DJ Mix)
Yung Lean & Bladee – Psykos
Yuno Miles – Yunotopia
Z-Ro – The Ghetto Gospel

Archive

Estee Nack x V Don – BRAP! + Bonus Tracks
Lil Peep – Hate Me
Macapella & Hus Kingpin – The Kingpin Remixes
Murs – F'Real (The Gallery Remixes)
Skyzoo & The Other Guys – The Mind of a Saint (Deluxe Edition)
Speaker Knockerz – The Goat

Instrumentals

Amerigo Gazaway – Bonus Beats: Vol. 1
Arms and Sleepers – What Tomorrow Brings
Brenk Sinatra & Wun Two – Tango & Cash
Bugseed – Soundcraft 2
Cheeba Cheeba Records – Wake N' Bake Vol. 1
Chillhop Music – Chillhop Essentials Spring 2024
DJ Concept – Meditations 4
Dabrye – Super-Cassette
Emapea & Phil Tyler – Lazy Afternoon EP
Es-K & Agent-X – No Past No Future
Knxwledge. – 家.V3
Messiah Musik – Canon
Prefuse 73 – New Strategies For Modern Crime Vol. 1
small professor – i had to be a pharoahe in the past
V Don – Lost Gemz 7
Vanderslice – Lonely Soy Sauce Packet
Waajeed – Patty Hearst Beat Tape

[dubs]

Roc marciano just dropped another album if anyone cares...
Edit : Big sleep already on top of it.

[Philaflava]

thanks for these updates. helps me see if im missing anything.

[aeokq]

https://youtu.be/879Bm7BP-wM?si=NoKRuwgmm6eEQR6z

That's my favorite track of the year. Posting videos on this site is weird, it is Tick Tock Tick by Apathy. The entire album by is pretty good, but that beat is on another level. Fenwick and Never Change ft. Little Vic are also dope. Apathy is a really good MC imo.

I like the new Roc Marcy, don't love it. There are a few lazy/boring songs, but some really interesting dope ones too. Roc always picks unique beats to rap over. Animoss contributed two of the best in Goyard God & Tapeworm. The joint with Crimeapple is great.

[J_Preme]

i definitely like this "Around The Planet" by Apathy

https://youtu.be/PRiyWyWKWVs?si=EKZcAwJV2ZJZDZsw

[Employee]

This year’s been dreadful thus far; even Marciano’s newest falls flat. Profoundly underwhelming and I’m always TUCKED UP for him ( ).

Saw CRIMEAPPLE mentioned further up the thread: his flow and aesthetic are abominations of the highest magnitude. How he got Muggs beats is unfathomable.

Suppose there’s some goodies in the instrumentals.

So far, 2024 gets 1.3785/108 ’s.

[Philaflava]

There he is.

[TheBigSleep]

Roc marciano just dropped another album if anyone cares...
Edit : Big sleep already on top of it.

Hah, all good dubs. It's worth pointin' out.

thanks for these updates. helps me see if im missing anything.

No problem boss.

https://youtu.be/879Bm7BP-wM?si=NoKRuwgmm6eEQR6z

That's my favorite track of the year. Posting videos on this site is weird, it is Tick Tock Tick by Apathy. The entire album by is pretty good, but that beat is on another level. Fenwick and Never Change ft. Little Vic are also dope. Apathy is a really good MC imo.

I like the new Roc Marcy, don't love it. There are a few lazy/boring songs, but some really interesting dope ones too. Roc always picks unique beats to rap over. Animoss contributed two of the best in Goyard God & Tapeworm. The joint with Crimeapple is great.

Yeah that is a standout beat.

And the new Roc Marci was a bit of a mixed bag for me as well.

i definitely like this "Around The Planet" by Apathy

https://youtu.be/PRiyWyWKWVs?si=EKZcAwJV2ZJZDZsw

What up J_ Preme! For sure, good video.

This year’s been dreadful thus far...

Agreed.

[TheBigSleep]

April:

Apathy – Connecticut Casual: Chapter 2
Asher Roth & Heather Grey – Temporary Heaven
B. Dolan – The Wound is Not the Body
B.A.R.S. Murre – Jewelry Store Shootouts
The Band of the Hawk – There is No Tomorrow
Berner – The Farmer's Market
Bladee – Cold Visions
Bless Picasso – The Rillest in the Room
Blueprint – Falling Down
Brother Ali & unJUST – Love & Service
Bryson Tiller – Bryson Tiller
Buddy – Don't Forget to Breathe
Bun B – Yokozuna Trill
Cadence Weapon – Rollercoaster
Cage – Star System
Christ Dillinger, DJ Smokey, & RXKNephew – This Album is Terrorism
Classified – Luke's View
Concrete Boys – It's Us Vol. 1
Cookin Soul & The Musalini – Mackaroni
DJ Smokey – Secret Tape 4: Evil Diamondz Edition
Dave East & Harry Fraud – 2 Piece
Dezzy Hollow – Caught in the Funk
Dizzy Wright – Harsh Reality
Double A.B. & Git Beats – Lungs of Mahalia
Eddie Kaine & Big Ghost Ltd. – Last Exit to Crooklyn
Gangrene – Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
Gennessee – Bucktown
GloRilla – Ehhthang Ehhthang
Gstats & Skanks the Rap Martyr – Martin & Malcolm
Future & Metro Boomin – We Still Don't Trust You
Hus Kingpin – In a State of Nirvana
Iamsu! – In Su! Time
J. Cole – Might Delete Later
Joe Blow – Been Grindin' 2
LMNO & 2Mex – Humble is the Style
Lil Nas X – Nasarati 2
Marv Won – I'm Fine, Thanks For Asking.
Mickey Diamond – Super Shredder
Mike Dean – 424
Mistah F.A.B. – Been Him
Mozzy – Children of the Slums
NLE Choppa – Certified
PartyNextDoor – PartyNextDoor 4
Pharrell Williams – Black Yacht Rock Vol. 1
Pink Siifu – Got Food at the Crib'! Vol. 1
Planet Asia & Local Astronauts – No Retirement
Pro Dillinger – Reasonable Dirt
RBX – Hibernation Shivers
Rx Papi – Raheem Dead, Somebody Shot Em
Reks & Nezra – A Vibe Called Yes
sagun & AKTHESAVIOR – u r not alone
Sankofa – Impossible Bottle Service
Sankofa – KCFW
Serengeti – Kdiv
Sole & DJ Pain 1 – Vault 1312
Stereotype – Through the Speaker
Stetsasonic – Here We Go Again
Substance810 & Observe – The Lion's Share 3: Pride of the Lion
Superbad Solace – Peace Through Understanding
T-Pain & Young Cash – The Bluez Brothaz
Tek & Stu Bangas – MVP: MotiVational Purposes
Termanology & NasteeLuvzYou – Time is Currency
Ty Da Dale & V Don – Banned in 9 States
Weapon ESP, Ghost of the Machine, & Reckonize Real – Savageland 2
YNW Melly – Young New Wave
Y.N.X. 716 & DJ Concept – Conceptual Thought

Archive

Boogiemonsters – Riders of the Storm: The Underwater Album
Harleckinz – 90two90six: The Demo Tapes
Megalon – A Penny For Your Thoughts + Bonus Track
Twiztid – CC5: Cryptic Collection 5

Instrumentals

Burnt Up Records – Strawberry Phillies Forever: The $4.20 Tape Vol. III
Camoflauge Monk – CGI
Camoflauge Monk – Capital Gains
Cheeba Cheeba Records – Bake Sale Vol. 10
DJ Green Lantern – Searchin... (A Jazz Mixtape)
DJ Shadow – Live on KEXP
Domingo – Spin Da Block
Es-K & DJ Grazzhoppa – Essential Knowledge Vol. 2
Evidence – Squirrel Tape Instrumentals, Vol. 3
J.Rocc – The 15 Minute Beat Tape
Knwxledge – VGM.32
Knxwledge – VGM.33
Knxwledge – VGM.34
Messiah Musik – Canon
Ohbliv – We Must Survive
small professor – tn(tp)m(-22)
Vanderslice – Made For TV Movies
Various Artists – The Headnod Vol. 1

(And for the T.R.O.Y. heads, one of the archival projects I neglected to mention for March was this unreleased '96 debut from Black Spooks: https://90stapes.bandcamp.com/album/the-black-spooks )