Well, this should be a good year for hip hop.. Some of my favorite all-time rappers are coming out with new albums in 2009, so I might have to go back to actually buying albums.

Upcoming releases:
March 24: Busta Rhymes- Back On My B.S.
March 24: MF DOOM- Born Like This
March 24: Slim Thug- Boss of All Bosses
March 31: Flo Rida- R.O.O.T.S
March 31: Prince- LOtUSFLOW3R/MPLSoUND
April 7: Jadakiss- The Last Kiss
May '09: Rakim- The Seventh Seal
May 19: Eminem- The Relapse
June '09: 50 Cent- Before I Self Destuct
June 9: Lil' Wayne- The Rebirth
June 9: Black Eye Peas- The E.N.D.
June 16: Twista- Category F5
June 30: BOne Thugs-N-Harmony- Uni5
Sept. 22: Diddy- Last Train to Paris

Unspecified:
B.G.- Too Hood to Be Hollywood
The Fugees- ???
Jay-Z- The Blueprint 3
Lil' Jon- Crunk Rock
MF DOOM & Ghostface Killah- Swift & Changeable
Naught by Nature- Anthem Inc.
Dr. Dre- Detox
Drake- Thank Me Later
Lil' Wayne- The Carter IV

Out Now:
Mos Def- The Estatic
Joe Budden- Padded Room