This list for the recent month of May took a little longer for me to post because I was busy promoting my new album last week. But I certainly took careful time to come up with this list. Also note I did include my new album on this list (because I honestly think it's really dope) but I chose not to rank it since I'm the one curating this list. Everything else should be in the selected rank order from 1 thru 16. As far as the other releases that came out in the Month of May, we got new Abums / EPs from billy woods & Kenny Segal, Anwar HighSign & Giallo Point, Cashus King & Blu, Kid Abstrakt & Leo Low Pass, Thought Provokah, Jamil Honesty, Moka Only, Napoleon Da Legend & D Styles, Jabee and much more.
The majority of these Projects are available on traditional digital streaming platforms however a few releases are currently exclusively on bandcamp. I noted which ones are only currently on bandcamp below.
Also, as usual check out our "Best Of" Hip Hop Playlist for the Month of May 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 (May 2023)". You can also check out this playlist embedded from spotify below
Cril - The Next Best Step? (Bandcamp) Not Ranked for this list
Jamil Honesty - The Gods Honest Truth (Bandcamp)
Thought Provokah - Is It Friday Yet (Bandcamp)
Jabee - Am I Good Enough (Bandcamp)
Bobby Noble & Rapswell - Woody EP (Bandcamp)
Tracy Lamont - Tracy Lamont (Reprise)