Best Hip Hop Albums/EPs of May 2025

The month of May 2025 provided a variety of dope new Hip Hop Albums and EPs, We got new Projects from Grand Puba, Bruiser Wolf, Thought Provokah, Aesop Rock, billy woods, RJ Payne & Cartune Beatz, Homeboy Sandman, yours truly Cril, Oddisee, Masta Killa, Let the Dirt Say Amen, The God Fahim & Nicholas Craven, Blackliq & Dub Sonata, C-Red & Agent M and much more. Check out my favorite Albums/EPs for May 2025 in rank order from 1 thru 17 except for one EP, which is from yours truly, Cril. I chose not to rank my EP but certainly felt it was dope enough to be included in the top 14. Anyway the remainder from 18 thru 26 are in no specific order, check out the list below

Also most of these releases are available on dsps, except for 3 projects which are currently exclusively on bandcamp. I noted which releases this below

Check out our "Best Of" Playlist below for the Month of May 2025. The playlist includes some new stand alone singles from other artists, as well as Album/EP track selections from this list. Our Spotify Playlist is entitled "New Hip Hop (May 2025)". You can also check out the playlist embedded from spotify below. Also Please do feel encouraged to follow our Spotify Playlists page to keep updated with New Quality Music daily in Genres of Hip Hop, Soul, Soca, Caypso and Reggae. Enjoy the music!

Best Hip Hop Albums/EPs of May 2025 (Cril’s Picks)

1. Grand Puba - The Origin EP

2. Bruiser Wolf - POTLUCK

3. Thought Provokah - Elysenya

4. Aesop Rock - Black Hole Suprette

5. billy woods - GOLLIWOG

6. RJ Payne & Cartune Beatz - SINNERZ EP

7. Homeboy Sandman - Manners EP

8. Cril - A state of going thru EP (Bandcamp) Not Ranked on this list

9. Oddisee - En Route EP

10. Masta Killa - Balance

11. Let the Dirt Say Amen - Cool Disco Dirt

12. The God Fahim & Nicholas Craven - Ultimate Dump Gawd

13. Blackliq & Dub Sonata - Much Given, Much Tested

14. C-Red & Agent M - 2nd Call EP

15. Yugen Blakrok - The Illusion of Being

16. Tom Carauna - Salsa Verde

17. Scienze & NappyHigh - PRAISES

18. Knowledge The Pirate & Roc Marciano - The Round Table

19. Chuck D - Chuck D Presents: Enemy Radio: Radio Armageddon

20. Rome Streets & Conductor Williams - Trainspotting

21. Numbz - More Art EP

22. LMNO & D-Styles - Three Mimes & an Elephant

23. Hus KingPin - Before The Album Drops (Bandcamp)

24. Pruven & Sleep Sinatra - Meditate & Manifest (Bandcamp)

25. Tha Alkaholiks - Daam!

26. MIKE & Tony Seltzer - Pinball II

    
    
    
    

    New Hip Hop (May 2025