17 New Hip-Hop & R&B Albums You Should Be Listening To (Week of December 10)

Alicia Keys, Rick Ross, Mach-Hommy, JAWAN.mp3, Dai Burger, and more make up this week’s best new albums.

New Music Friday has arrived. All week long we’ve had our eyes on a few buzzy releases including Big Boi x Sleepy Brown and Tierra Whack. We also must admit we’ve been waiting on Juice Wrld’s posthumous album.

Whack returns again to roll out Pop?; Big Boi & Sleepy Brown long-awaited collab album Big Sleepover; Juice Wrld’s posthumous full length Fighting Demons is here, and Rick Ross’ Richer Than I Ever Been arrived on Friday with features from Jazmine Sullivan, 21 Savage, Wale, Future and more.

Mach Hommy has shared Balens Cho (Hot Candles); Hus KingPin reveals Holiday Hus: XXXMas; Rio Da Yung Og presents Fiend Live Matter; Little Brother’s The Listening (Deluxe Edition) is here and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie surprise drops B4 Ava.

R&B heads should look to rising singer JAWAN.mp3’s project The Abstract, it’s quite a pleasing effort and Alicia Keys unveils Keys.

Rounding out today’s drops are projects from Dai Burger, Russ, Birdman x NBA Youngboy, Drakeo The Ruler, 2KBaby and Hotboii.

Alicia Keys — Keys

Rick Ross — Richer Than I Ever Been

Mach Hommy — Balens Cho (Hot Candles)

Hus KingPin — Holiday Hus: XXXMas

Rio Da Yung Og — Fiend Lives Matter

Juice Wrld — Fighting Demons

Tierra Whack — Pop?

Little Brother — The Listening (Deluxe Edition)

JAWAN.mp3 — The Abstract

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie — B4 Ava

Dai Burger — Back in ya Mouf

2KBABY — First Quarter

Big Boi x Sleepy Brown — Big Sleepover

Birdman x NBA Youngboy — From The Bayou

Drakeo The Ruler — So Cold I Do Em 2

Russ — CHOMP 2

Hotboii — Life of a Hotboii