Longtime Hip-Hop fans tend to be a nostalgic lot, but sometimes you just gotta let go. For example, there are a number of albums we have been expecting over the years—not including the mythical Detox (which has a new title)—that we should just give up on.
Whether it’s acting careers, outsized egos or creative malaise, fans have been left high and dry by these acts. That said, here are 10 albums raps fans should just stop waiting for. We can’t front, we’re still holding out hope for a bunch of these, though…
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Madvillainy 2
We were fiending for a sequel to Madvillainy as soon as we realized its greatness. We wish Doom and Madlib were, too.
Unnamed Black Star album
Talib and Yasiin Bey, dropped Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star in ’98 and let loose a thumping single called “Fix Up” in 2011. Hope you haven’t been holding your breath.
Ghostface & Doom
Mr. All Caps would rather drop a collab album with teen MC Bishop Nehru than his almost done for a while new project with Ghostface. Go figure.
Jay Electronica – Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn)
This has gotten comical.
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A Tribe Called Quest
They still owe Jive, which is now RCA, another album. Good luck with that.
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The Fugees
Lauryn Hill being tardy and performing new versions of her old hits, as well as the occasional Wyclef drop, is the best you’ll get b.
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Clipse
Pusha T is no slouch solo, and neither is Malice. Together they’re a problem, but it’s just not happening.
Bonus: Where is the Re-Up Gang’s Long Live The Caine mixtape?
Black Thought – Masterpiece Theater/Talented Mr. Trotter
Masterpiece Theater is turning into a Detox worthy myth (it was reportedly scrapped with a bunch of songs landing on Phrenology.
Drake Rappity Rapping Full Time
Ever imagine a Drake album where he only spit bars and skips the melodic crooning? That ain’t happening.
CRS
“Us Placers” and a stray Good Fridays joint is all we have of Child Rebel Soldiers, a supergroup consisting of Pharrell, Lupe Fiasco and Kanye West. If only…
OutKast
It took almost 10 years just to get Big Boi and 3 Stacks to tour. Best of luck getting them in a studio.
