7. BROCKHAMPTON





There is no doubt that BROCKHAMPTON made a splash in 2017 with the rollout of their SATURATION trilogy, but what can we expect from this hard-working boyband in 2018? Kevin Abstract, the frontman of the group, has been dropping hints about BROCKHAMPTON's 4th studio album, which is currently under the name of "Team Effort" on his Twitter account. As highly as this album is anticipated for hip hop heads, it will be interesting to see if it is a part of a larger project, can we also expect a Team Effort 1 2 and 3 from 2018 or will they focus on refining down a single project for the year? Only time can tell.









6. Pusha T





Whenever Pusha T drops he never disappoints, but he has been cooking up an album harder than his kilos for 2018. Push's last album "King Push - Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude" debuted in 2015 and since then all his fans have received are a few singles and features. Thankfully the drought is over. Pusha T has confirmed that he will be dropping his 3rd studio album "King Push" in 2018, working tightly with Kanye West in terms of album production. Kanye and Pusha T are a deadly combination and have been engineering the sound of 2018 from a little cabin in Wyoming. It will be exhilarating to see what sounds the King has in store for us in these upcoming months.









5. Rae Sremmurd





Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmy, the components of Rae Sremmurd, have been hard at work for 2018 and have quite a project for their fans this year. Not only will this duo be debuting their 3rd collaborative album "SremmLife 3" but they also each have solo albums tied into the project (Swaecation and Jxmtroduction). The duo compliment each other incredibly with Jxmmy's hard bars and Swae Lee's god tier hooks so it will definitely be interesting to see how they fare on their solo projects. Nonetheless, Rae Sremmurd is notorious for their party bangers that highjack any aux chord in sight, so it will definitely be exciting to see what their next "No Type" will be in 2018.









4. Cardi B





Cardi B experienced a meteoric rise in 2017. She dominating BillBoard's Hot 100 and shattered records in the music industry as a whole. All of this before the release of her first studio album. If Cardi can dominate Beyoncé in streams and be the first female rapper to take the Billboard top spot in 20 years then a strong album debut could make 2018 the year of Cardi. That is why this album is so heavily anticipated, if it performs anywhere close to how her singles have this album will likely be sitting comfortable on the top 100 for a very long time.









3. Travis Scott





One of the top 3 anticipated albums of 2018 is without a doubt Travis Scott's "Astroworld". 2017 was also a busy time for Travis, he debuted a single off of Astroworld "Butterfly Effect" which was very well received and releasing a collaborative album with Quavo last December (Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho). Astroworld is already stirring up numerous rumours. Some being that Travis collaborating with Tame Impala and Stevie Wonder, if true this album will stretch genres and provide a properly experimental hip hop album for 2018. It has been an active year for Travis with the birth of his child so here's hoping that interesting times equate to stimulating music from Travis Scott.









2. A$AP Rocky





Since 2015 we haven't heard a whole lot from A$AP, but that will soon change when he debuts his 3rd studio album in 2018. LONG.LIVE.A$AP and AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP are both hip hop classics with amazing production, great energy, and astonishing features, so do not expect Rocky's 2018 album to be any different. Just recently, at a concert in Berlin, A$AP confirmed to his audience that he had finished his album meaning that fans can be anticipating the drop of his album any day now.









1. Kanye





2017 was one of the quietest years of Kanye's entire career. After a public freakout in Sacramento near the end of his Pablo tour in 2016 he slipped away from his usual dominate public image and began to work on his 8th studio album. The album currently flies under the name of "Turbografx 16" and has been confirmed by Kanye for a 2018 release. What makes this album so heavily anticipated is the context in which it is being created. Kanye has been working on Turbograx 16 from a secluded cottage in Wyoming, bringing through multiple hip hop legends, old and new. The last time Kanye went off the grid to focus on his album was 2010 with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which is regarded as a hip hop classic, so brace yourselves for when the Ye button is pressed in 2018.



