The Album of the Year 2026 nominations include Kendrick Lamar's 'GNX'; Tyler, The Creator's 'CHROMAKOPIA'; and Clipse's 'Let God Sort Em Out.'

Memphis hip-hop star GloRilla is going for Grammy gold yet again, earning three nominations for the 2026 awards.

Known for fusing hip-hop with punk rock, electronic, noise, and industrial styles, the group has not released an album since 2018.

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 5 rap albums from October 2025 that stood out to us most.

De La Soul will release Cabin in the Sky, their first studio album in nine years, on Nov. 21. The new record is also their first since the 2023 death of founding member David “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur, one-third of the New York hip-hop institution.

Daniel Caesar attains his first No. 1 on Billboard 's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart as Son of Spergy begins atop the list dated Nov. 8. The set, released on Oct. 24 through Hollace/Republic Records, opens with 43,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week of Oct. 24-30, according to Luminate.

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 7 rap albums from August 2024 that stood out to us most.

But today, as the nominations for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards were announced, one thing became clear: You just can’t count rap out, even if it hasn’t had any new streaming hits for a while.