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Run The Jewels gave their new album a surprise early release in the midst of nationwide protests against police brutality, helping to raise tens of thousands of dollars for injustice-fighting organizations and giving a voice to the unheard in the process.

”Fuck it, why wait,” the duo wrote. ”The world is infested with bullshit so here’s something raw to listen to while you deal with it all. We hope it brings you some joy.”

The album also features 2 Chainz, Pharrell, DJ Premier, and Greg Nice, and it’ll be out in less than a month.

This week’s Notable Releases include punk supergroup Fake Names (Refused, Dag Nasty, etc), Hayley Williams’ solo debut, Ka’s latest, Mark Lanegan’s latest, and more…

Stretch Armstrong, El-P, R.A. the Rugged Man, Guilty Simpson, and more also paid their condolences to the old school hip hop icon, rapper, producer, dancer, and EPMD affiliate.

This week’s Notable Releases include the super anticipated Fiona Apple album, Lido Pimienta’s stunning sophomore LP, Hexvessel’s latest triumph, DaBaby’s momentum-continuing album, and more.

plus Margo Price, Charles Bradley, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Alice Cooper, Soccer Mommy, Open Mike Eagle,and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.

Two songs off Run The Jewels 4 are now here.

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. To help keep up with it all, here are 11 rap albums we highly recommend from last month…

Listen to new songs by Medhane, Royce da 5’9”, JPEGMAFIA, R.A.P Ferreira, The Weeknd, RJD2, Rick Ross, Body Count, Kool Keith, and more.