Best Hip Hop Albums/EPs of March 2023
Updated: May 11
Lots of dope creative and conscious Hip Hop Albums/EPs were released in the month of March 2023 and it was honestly difficut to put this list together. Some of my favorite projects came from Talib Kweli & Madlib, Navy Blue & Budgie, illingsworth, Mach-Hommy, Tha God Fahim, Arrested Development, Brandon Isaac, Murs & Wiardon and much more. My 2 absolute favorite Projects are Talib and Madlib's Liberation 2 (exclusively on Luminary), and Navy Blue & Budgie's "Ways of Knowing" LP. I also really liked "illingsworth's" new project also because he's just so dope of a lyricist and its been years since he put out a full length Emcee project. Check out these including my favorite selections in rank order from 1 through 20. Afrter 20 I try to put the list in the most accurate rank order, but those can also fluctuate in order. Below I also listed some of my favorite Instrumental Hip Hop projects to come out this month, and honestly all of them are really dope, from Benny Reid & Havoc's live instrumntal rendition of the classic Mobb Deep Infamous Album, to 9th Wonder's newest ZION series (which start out with six really dope vocal tracks btw), to Vitamin D's funky drum heavy beat tape, and Drew Dave's Boom Bap Soulful "Revival" tape. Check out the list also below, no specific rank order.
Most of these Albums/EPs are are available on the common digital streaming platforms, others are exclusively available on bandcamp or the artists website.
Also, as usual check out our "Best Of" Hip Hop Playlist for the Month of March 2023, to hear some of the dope new stand alone singles from other Creative and Conscious Hip Hop artists as well as album track selections from this list via our Spotify Playlist "New Hip Hop (March 2023)". You can also check out this playlist embedded from spotify below
Post by Cril of Out Da Box Media
1. Talib Kweli & Madlib - Liberation 2 (Luminary)
2. Navy Blue & Budgie - Ways Of Knowing
3. Illingsworth - I’m not supposed to be here
4. Mach-Hommy - Notorious Dump Legends Vol. 2
5. Arrested Development - On The Cutting Room Floor
6. Brandon Isaac - Evolution Of Existence: Love and Power
7. Tha God Fahim - The Shot Clock King 4 EP (Bandcamp) / Soundcloud
9. Murs & Wiardon - Speak and Spell EP
10. Passport Rav & Bloo Azul - 83
11. Kota The Friend & Statik Selektah - To See A Sunset
12. Mega Ran - Wrestling Is Real, People Are Fake
13. AJ Suede & Televangel - Parthian Shots
14. Spectacular Diagnostics - Raw Lessons
15. Quanstar & Poe Mack - Big Boy Barred Up (Bandcamp)
16. Tha God Fahim & Oh No The Disrupt - Berserko (Bandcamp) / Soundcloud 17. Sirius Beings - Sirius Business
18. Che Noir & Big Ghost Ltd. - Noir or Never
19. Larry June & The Alchemist - The Great Escape
20. Dreamville - Creed III Soundtrack
21. Junclassic - Snapshots (Prod. Giallo Point) EP
22. Spotless Mindz - Random Thoughts 2: I See Spots
23. Royce Da 5'9" - The Heaven Experience EP
24. Jae Skeese - Abolished Uncertainties
26. R.eally E.xisting N.ow - Timestamp Raps Vol. 1: Everything Is Different
27. Sxnt Chris & Arkin - NOR'EASTER
28. Sunez Allah & King Kvmal - Mantras Across The Medinas
29. K. Sparks, Ricardo Shneider & Hoffa Beats - Coffee Philosophy EP
29. WateRR & Lupara - Compendium Of Arkanum
30. African King Fre$h - Black Knight EP
Updates: New Albums/EPs added
Best Instrumental Hip Hop Albums/EP of March 2022
1. Benny Reid & Havoc - The Infamous Live
3. Vitamin D - Ultimate Broken Beats (Bandcamp)
4. Drew Dave - Revival (Bandcamp)
New Hip Hop (March 2023, Spotify Playlist)