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60 Reasons To Live Another Year: 2011 Album List
This list does not represent every 2011 release, just a handful of some of the biggest releases that will drop this year, in no particular order. We’d say that 1/3 of these releases probably won’t drop in 2011, and some may never come out at all. But here is what has been announced…..
1. Dr. Dre – “Detox” – Aftermath
2. Slaughterhouse – “Untitled Debut LP” – Shady Records
3. Jay-Z and Kanye West – “Watch The Throne” – Def Jam / Roc Nation
4. Drake – “Take Care” – Young Money
5. Lil Wayne – “Tha Carter IV” – Young Money
6. Rick Ross – “God Forgives, I Don’t” – Def Jam
7. Wiz Khalifa – “TBA” – Atlantic
8. Raekwon – “Shaolin Vs. The Wu-Tang” – Ice H20
9. J. Cole – “Cole World” – Roc Nation
10. Rick Ross + Diddy – Bugatti Boyz EP – Bad Boy
11. AZ – “Doe Or Die 2″ – Quiet Money
12. Xzibit – “MMX1″ – Open Bar
13. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth Reunion LP (Announced)
14. Smif N Wessun + Pete Rock – “Monumental” – Duck Down
15. Ghostface Killah – “Supreme Clientele 2″ – Def Jam
16. DJ Premier + KRS-One – “Return Of The Boom Bip” – Year Round
17. DJ Premier + Freddie Foxxx – “The Kollexion” – Year Round
18. Ski Beatz – “24 Hour Karate School 2″ – DD172
19. Evidence + Alchemist – “Step Brothers” – ????
20. Evidence – “Cats & Dogs” – Rhymesayers
21. Blueprint – “Adventures In Counter Culture” – Rhymesayers
22. Donnis – “Southern Lights” – Atlantic
23. Consequence – “Movies On Demand 2″ – Bandcamp
24. Beastie Boys – “Hot Sauce Committee” – Capitol
25. N.O.R.E. – “S.U.P.E.R.T.H.U.G.” – Thugged Out Militainment
26. Cage – Untitled 2011 LP – ????
27. Freeway – “Untitled RSE LP” – Rhymesayers
28. Royce Da 5’9 – “Success Is Certain” – ????
29. Yelawolf – “Untitled Shady Records Debut” – Shady
30. Saigon – “The Greatest Story Never Told” – Fort Knocks
31. Nas – “The Lost Tapes 2″ – Def Jam
32. Emanon (Aloe Blacc + Exile) – “Bird’s Eye View” – ????
33. Big K.R.I.T. – Untitled Def Jam Debut – Def Jam
34. J-live – “S.P.T.A. (Said Person Of That Ability)” – Triple Threat
35. Talib Kweli – “Gutter Rainbows” – Blacksmith
36. Pharoahe Monch – “W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)” – Duck Down
37. Curren$y – “The Muscle Car Chronicles” – DD172
38. T-Pain – “Revolver” – Jive
39. Q-Tip – “The Last Zulu” – Universal
40. Trackademics – “State Of The Arts”
41. Jay Electronica – “Untitled Roc Nation Debut” – Roc Nation
42. Jon Connor – “Vinnie Chase Season 2″ (Mixtape)
43. DJ Khaled – “We The Best Forever” – Cash Money
44. The Game – “R.E.D.” – Aftermath
45. 50 Cent – “Untitled Fifth Studio LP” – G-Unit
46. Showbiz + KRS-One – “Godsville” – Fat Beats
47. Murs – “Varsity Blues 2″ – ???
48. Murs + Terrace Martin – “The Melrose”
49. Snoop Dogg – “Doggumentary” – EMI
50. Killer Mike – “Pl3dge”- ???
51. Apathy – “Honkey Kong” – Demigodz Ent.
52. Lupe Fiasco – “L.A.S.E.R.S.” – Atlantic
53. Madlib + MF Doom – “Madvillainy 2″ – Stones Throw
54. Snoop Dogg + Wiz Khalifa – “High School” (Soundtrack) – EMI
55. Blu & Exile – “Untitled Reunion LP” – ????
56. Roc Marciano – “Marcberg Reloaded” – Fat Beats
57. Vast Aire – “OX 2010 Street Odyssey” – Man Bites Dog
58. Crooked I – “Million Dollar Story” – Dynasty / Treacherous
59. Statik Selektah – “Population Control” – Showoff
60. El-P – “Cancer For The Cure” – Definitive Jux
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#61: Slaine, World With No Skies…
Common The Dreamer, The Believer
Method Man Crystal Meth
Redman Muddy Waters 2
Method Man & Redman Blackout 3
GZA/Genius Liquid Swords 2
Yelawolf’s album is called “Radioactive”
The Slaughterhouse EP is on Koch, not Shady. Their follow-up LP is called “Slaughterhouse 2″ and is supposed to drop on Shady this year.
El-P’s album is called “Cancer For The Cure”
Royce da 5’9″ is dropping on Gracie Productions, same as Crooked I’s “Million Dollar Story”.
No Tech N9ne “All 6′s and 7′s”, no Brotha Lynch Hung “Coathangastrangla”, no Travis Barker “Give The Drummer Some”, no Yung Buk (from Psychodrama) “The Deep End”, no Atmosphere “The Family Sign”, no Saigon “Greatest Story Never Told”, no Joe Budden’s “Great Escape”, no Locksmith “Frank the Rabid”, no Chino Xl “RICANstruction”, no E-A-Ski “5th of Skithoven”, no Keith Murray “Beauty of it All”, no Sno “Year Round”, no Layzie Bone “The Meaning” and “The Definition”, no Bizzy Bone “Another Song 4 U” and no Krayzie Bone “Chasing The Devil”. And those are only the LPs I think this site would consider relevant, discluding stuff like Sinna, King Gordy, Rittz, K Rino, Ganxta NIP, etc.
I’d be ecstatic if we saw 20 out of those 60 albums.
yelawolf’s album is going to be called Radioactive.
Looking forward to Jay Elect, Madvillainy and Blu & Exile most. Going to be a great year. Thanks for posting this.
Lol. Who actually wants another T-Pain, Rick Ross or Drake album. I think Drake is going to come out of the closet this year.
You missed Sean Price – Mic Tyson.
#62.WC-revenge of the barracuda
So in other words it’s best to invest in a 75 count stack of blank cds?
This is “30 Reasons To Live Another Year, And 30 Reasons To Kill Myself”. Looks like it’s a coin flip again for 2011.
You missed a lot of good ones.
Freddie Foxxx and Statik Selecta Title???
Freddie Foxx and KRS One- Royalty Check
Beastie Boys Hot Sauce 2?
Illus and J.J. Brown- For Adam
Illus (various producers- Apathy, Ill Bill, Blueprint, J-Live and more…Title???
Reef the Lost Cause Title?
R.A. the Rugged man Title???
DemiGodz Title???
Beastie Boys? Pete & CL? El P?? Madvillan 2 ?? Yellawolf on Shady?? Man I feel a resurgance of real MF’n hip hop on a large scale. I just hope RZA has a big part of the Wu Tang releases. And if Pete Rock wants to get back to the horn loops, thats cool. Oh and Dre, I hope that “Kush” is the weakest song on Detox; it’s cool but we all know you can do alot better
let’s hope for an andre 3000 lp
RANDOM AXE ALBUM [BLACK MILK + SEAN PRICE + GUILTY SIMPSON] – DONT KNOW THE ALBUM TITLE
Hey can anybody tell me what happend to Interchangeable Parts?
Ghost and DOOM????
Apathy, J-Live, Emanon, Madvillian, Step Brothers, Blu and Exile???? DAMN!! Forgot Birdapres but doubt anyone on this site cares. What’s the best title, can’t decide between Mic Tyson or Honkey Kong.
Shouldn’t Pac Div drop an album this year? They are one of the freshest new crews out!
All I have to say is HEAVY METAL KINGS {ill bill and vinnie paz}
Birdapres, John Smith, Tech N9ne, Mac Lethal, Buck 65, The hrsmn, Wise Intelligent/Djezuz Djonez, NY Oil, MF Grimm, Random, Chip Fu.
Y’all forgot
Mitchy slick
DJ Quik-book of David
Scarface
The U.N.
Juelz Santana-Born to lose, bred to win
Phonte Coleman debut solo LP
L.E.G.A.C.Y.-(3rd album)
Median(follow-up to median’s relief)
dude, u guys are killing me. Had Detox on this list for 10 years now, just stop it! ahahahaha
uh…DJ PREMIER vs. PETE ROCK?!??!?!?!?!
can’t believe that one, was missed.
The CritIQ, do you mean that John Smith that just dropped on Marathon of Dope or does he have a full length coming on P&C?
Let’s not forget the FINAL Gangstarr album which Premier announced last month (with no Solar, of course…although it’s a safe bet he’ll come out of hiding to try to block it, because you know how those types are.)
Pusha-T’s solo album…if it ever comes out
How about the NaS album (that might include the Lost tapes 2 as a bonus cd?). Inspectah Deck (with RZA finally coming back to produce some beats for the wu brethren) and I co-sign the grand unknown 200%. the pete rock and premier album. But let’s face it, as dreamy as that list seems, we’ll be lucky to see half if not less of those titles. Groan…I wonder what RZA is thinking about production wise right now for his movie….
The Metal Clergy (Roc Marciano X Ka)http://twitter.com/MetalClergy
This is a sick list of possible releases. If even one third of these albums get released I will go broke.. :-)
Get Busy Committee
Diamond District – March on Washington
yU – The Earn
Ya koopsta knicca Tha Devils Playaground #2 New world order. 4 years in the making.
Hey I’ve started a new hip hop website/blog. I post things worth checking out and stuff to stay away from. It’s my opinion on hip hop and you can give a fuck.
http://www.TheRapSpot.com
Check it out. Looking for some commenters/followers. Help me out
Good list really looking forward to some of these.