Release Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "Under Pressure," "Kush" (feat. Snoop Dogg and Akon), "I Need a Doctor" (feat. Eminem and Skylar Grey) Reported Collaborators: Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: Aftermath/InterscopeThe white whale of hip-hop and, for the record, not coming out this year.Release probability: 0 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "Real Niggas" (feat. Rick Ross) Reported Collaborators: None Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: MMG/Warner Bros.Gunplay's combination of lyricism and kineticism is arguably unmatched in contemporary rap, but his commercial appeal is… questionable. He told XXL in June that he was working on his debut album — with Livin' Legend replacing Medellin as the title — and while his visibility has increased thanks to more high-profile features (prominent placement on albums by Lil Wayne and the compilations from Gunplay's label MMG), he's still at the point in his career where a full-fledged mixtape needs to birth a charting single. That's not happening in the next four months.Release Probability: 1 percent
Date: No Cover Art: Yes Track List: Tweeted on July 28, 2012 Singles: "Shiny Suit Theory" (feat. Jay-Z, The-Dream and Charlotte Gainsbourg) Reported Collaborators: Kanye West, Erykah Badu, P. Diddy Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: Roc NationThe story of the enigmatic Electronica almost resembles that of D'Angelo, minus the part where we've already got two classic albums. Like D'Angelo, Electronica is an artist with prodigious talent but an old soul, one who seems unable to find his footing in today's unsteady music business. That dynamic helps make Jay even more appealing, despite his last official single being released in 2009. He's eased back into spotlight this year with verses on tracks by Mac Miller and Big Sean — bringing him closer now to Andre 3000 than D'Angelo — but the release of his debut album seems no more imminent, and that's even with a cover, track list and deal with Roc Nation.Release Probability: 4 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: No Reported Collaborators: Busta Rhymes, Lex Luger, Rico Love, Jim Jonsin Approximate Number of Release Dates: 1Label: 1017 Brick Squad/Asylum/WarnerFlocka's follow-up to last year's Triple F Life: Friends, Fans and Family was originally slated for October 5, but has since been pushed back to January of next year (or even more vaguely, the first quarter of 2014). It's not completely out of the question that an unlikely hit — à la his 2010 pop smash "No Hands" — could spur a late December release, but this one seems comfortably set for 2014. Release Probability: 5 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: No Reported Collaborators: Eminem Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: Ghet-O-Vision/Shady/InterscopeYelawolf has been conceptualizing Love Story since at least last summer, and told XXL this past March that he would be finishing the album in Detroit with Eminem. But given the lack of interest in his Shady Records debut Radioactive — not to mention the upcoming release of Eminem's own solo album — it's hard to see Yelawolf's follow-up not being an extremely protracted process.Release Probability: 7 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: No Reported Collaborators: None Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0Label: Warner Bros.The Chicago legend told Jimmy Fallon way back in January that he would be dropping an EP in February and an album in September, but neither has materialized. His last two albums — Universal Mind Control in 2008 and The Dreamer/The Believer in 2011 — were December releases, but both had been preceded by summer singles. This year there have been no singles, so there probably won't be an album.Release Probability: 8 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: No Reported Collaborators: None Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: Def JamGhostface said in February that the sequel to his classic 2000 album Supreme Clientele would come in, well, "August, September, or maybe July." So far he's 0-for-2, and September seems not to be happening. With one album — Twelve Reasons to Die — already out this year and another with MF Doom in the works, it's hard to imagine Def Jam releasing a solo Ghostface album, especially considering his waning commercial viability.Release Probability: 9 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "All Gold Everything" Reported Collaborators: None Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: Def JamIf anyone's sweating now, it's Def Jam, who signed the noted molly-popper to a deal at the end of 2012 reportedly worth $2 million. The oddly past-tense "Females Welcomed" was not able to capitalize on the runaway success of "All Gold Everything," and James' newest mixtape, 10 Pc. Mild, has generated little buzz. It's possible that Def Jam could dump his debut album around the holidays just to wash their hands of it, but his career is currently moving in reverse.Release Probability: 12 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: No Reported Collaborators: None Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: Def JamNas has given one solid indication that he is recording a new album, telling the AP, "It has started. I must tell you. I can't stop now. I'm in a great zone." But that interview was conducted in January, and there has been no indication since that he is close to releasing the follow-up to 2012's well-received Life Is Good. On the one hand, he's dropped five albums in either November or December in his career, but — putting aside his two albums from 1999 — he's never released albums in consecutive years. A new album to end 2013 isn't exactly a fantasy, but with no buzz since January, it seems highly unlikely.Release Probability: 15 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: No Reported Collaborators: None ApproximateNnumber of Release Dates: 0"Type of Way" is the breakout rap hit of the year, propelling the 23-year-old Rich Homie Quan from anonymity to placements on albums by Gucci Mane and 2 Chainz. But another song from his February mixtape, Still Goin' In (Reloaded), will need to percolate up to radio if he's going to be the next Future instead of the next Ca$h Out (Atlanta's shooting star of 2012, whose album is wholly nonexistent). That follow-up hit could be "Differences," or it could be "Party" — from a talent standpoint Quan is certainly more Future than Ca$h Out — but that timeline would lead to a spring 2014 album, especially since Quan is not (officially) signed to a label.Release Probability: 18 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "Yung Rapunxel," "ATM Jam" (feat. Pharrell) Reported Collaborators: Disclosure, Paul Epworth, Hudson Mohawke, Machinedrum Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: InterscopeIf Detox is the Chinese Democracy of rap, then Azealia Banks' debut album is the Detox of Tumblr: SPIN's summer 2012 profile of the Harlem MC had the album pegged for fall of that year, or February 2013 at the latest. The plight of her new single "ATM Jam" is indicative of the jumbled path her career has taken since she stormed onto the scene with "212": The song was teased at Glastonbury and at radio in early July, but didn't appear in full until late August and won't get an official release until September 29. Considering that Banks has been working on the album for almost two years and has recently laid low on Twitter after an infamous spring, Broke could theoretically be mobilized quickly if "ATM Jam" really sticks. But at this point, what's another four months?Release probability: 20 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "Just Last Week" (feat. Future) Reported Collaborators: No Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: Def JamIn June, K.R.I.T. cryptically teased the title of his new album, and this week he released the full version of "Just Last Week," a collaboration with Future. If the track actually takes off at radio, Def Jam could accelerate the timeline for K.R.I.T.'s sophomore try, but it would be a major shock if the prolific Mississippi rapper/producer saw two major-label releases in the span of 24 months.Release Probability: 24 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "New Day" (feat. Dr. Dre and Alicia Keys), "Major Distribution" (feat. Snoop Dogg and Young Jeezy), My Life" (feat. Eminem and Adam Levine), "We Up" (feat. Kendrick Lamar) Reported Collaborators: Chris Brown, Too $hort, Jeremih Approximate Number of Release Dates: 1 Label: Shady/Aftermath/Interscope50's fifth major label album was originally pegged to the tenth anniversary of his historic debut Get Rich or Die Trying — which was this past February. Since then things have been in what seems like an indefinite holding pattern, with the album's last charting single (the dire team-up with Adam Levine) coming in November 2012. "We Up" is his best single in years, but he told MTV in July that because he doesn't need whatever money he'd see off the album, he won't put it out until it's "right." We will probably see another single rolled out this year and that could spark the album, but this thing has absolutely no momentum right now.Release probability: 25 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "Dolce & Gabbana" Reported Collaborators: Drake, A$AP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller, Snoop Dogg, YG Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: Mad Decent"I worked with so many people, man I can't even remember," Riff Raff told MTV in July. "Madonna, Billy Idol, beautiful girls. I don't know." In other words, take any news regarding the madcap Internet jester's Mad Decent debut with many grains of salt (or, if you're Riff himself, cocaine). That includes, first and foremost, the reported contributions of megastars like Drake and A$AP Rocky, who certainly orbit Planet Riff, but have maybe never exactly landed there. Unlike most of the albums on this list, NEON iCON won't have to deal with too much red tape, but putting this guy on a traditional release timeline is like, well, putting a durag on a white guy with a comedy beard. We could see NEON iCON in the next four months, or we could never see it at all.Release Probability: 30 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "Twerk It" (feat. Nicki Minaj) Reported Collaborators: Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Q-Tip, Pharrell Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: Cash Money/UniversalBusta Rhymes put the weight of the first single off his 10th album on two of 2013's truest pop sensations: Pharrell and Nicki Minaj. Unfortunately for Busta, the result — a dancehall-steeped track called "Twerk It" — hasn't pushed E.L.E. 2 any closer to fruition. (And that formula hasn't exactly worked for Nelly, either.) Further working against Busta is Cash Money's less-than-stellar track record in pushing music made by its legacy signees. Busta hasn't had a legitimate hit in five years, and if Birdman is waiting on one of those, it could be a long while before we see this album in stores. That said, an album "trailer" was floated to blogs this week, so who knows.Release Probability: 38 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "My Nigga" (feat. Young Jeezy and Rich Homie Quan) Reported Collaborators: DJ Mustard Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: CTE/Atlantic/WarnerYG is basically the version of Tyga who's actually supposed to scare you, but his success with the mainstream has been fleeting. His legit stardom in California landed him a deal with Young Jeezy's CTE World (via Atlantic), but things have moved slowly from there. He has been steadily pushing singles — very good ones, too — off his January mixtape Just Re'd Up 2, and is readying the official release of "My Nigga," which appears to be the lead single from his major-label debut, an album that has been in the works for all of 2013. That said, CTE has a dispiriting track record when it comes to developing artists, giving Welcome to Bompton a slimmer chance of seeing stores this year than it might deserve.Release Probability: 35 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "Ready" (feat. Chris Brown), "When I Feel Like It" (feat. 2 Chainz) Reported Collaborators: Trey Songz, Future, Young Jeezy, Ne-Yo Approximate Number of Release Dates: 2 Label: Desert Storm/Def JamDid you know that Fabolous' 2009 album Loso's Way debuted at No. 1? The Brooklyn MC has managed to stick around the upper echelon of hip-hop for over a decade thanks to a persistent ability to craft fluffy radio jams, but the last four years have suggested that he might be losing his touch. Fab has tried to jump-start his sixth album (which was originally slated to drop the same day as Yeezus and Born Sinner) with singles in January ("Ready") and July ("When I Feel Like It"), but it's still at square one as we approach the fourth quarter. There's been no indication of what the newest single will be, but he's always just one easy radio hit away from getting an album in stores.Release Probability: 40 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "Big Boy Dialogue" (feat. The-Dream) Reported Collaborators: Lil Wayne, The LOX, Chris Brown, Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: Roc-A-Fella/Def JamThe New York veteran has mostly kept a low profile since his last album (2009's surprisingly successful Last Kiss), releasing a few mixtapes and popping up on tracks by Fat Joe, Lil Wayne, and Rick Ross. But he's been talking up his fourth solo album since the summer and dropped the first single, "Big Boy Dialogue," on August 1. The track hasn't exactly popped, but Jada's career hasn't traditionally been predicated on hit singles, so it's possible — if not likely — that his album will roll out smoothly without radio or digital downloads being much of a concern.Release Probability: 43 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "Representin'" (feat. Kelly Rowland), "Rest of My Life" (feat. Usher and David Guetta), "Helluva Night" Reported Collaborators: Anita Baker, the Neptunes Approximate Number of Release Dates: 1Luda has been working on his eighth solo album since fall of 2010, the same year that he scored his fourth Billboard Top 200 No. 1 LP with Battle of the Sexes. Since then he's blown through a grab bag of singles (one R&B, one EDM, one ratchet) that are representative of an aging rapper desperately clinging to stardom. Perhaps burned by the album's protracted recording process, he has been mum on details for most of the year, saying only in May that he was planning on a September release (whoops). But Luda has traditionally released albums in the fourth quarter, and those long ago proved his staying power. He might be able to scrounge up a hit that can get Ludaversal out before 2014.Release Probability: 47 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: No Reported Collaborators: DJ Khaled, Pharrell Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: Young Money/Cash Money/UniversalThe most successful female rapper of all time has been busy this year, appearing on tracks with Justin Bieber, Young Money, Ciara, Nelly, and Chris Brown that have helped her remain omnipresent at radio. Still, she's been vague about the status of her third album, saying that she wants to "feed the core hip-hop fan" but offering no firm timeline on when it would be rolled out. A photo of her and Pharrell posted to Instagram in August indicates that she's in the studio, and it just makes too much sense for her to try and capitalize on the holiday season to not set up a fourth-quarter album.Release Probability: 55 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: No Reported Collaborators: Rick Ross, 2 Chainz Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0Label: Rap-A-LotThe Texas legend hasn't put out a single since 2010 and hasn't appeared on any rapper's single this year. That said, Rap-A-Lot, the label that releases his solo material, recently signed a distribution deal with Sony, news that was announced in a press release touting Bun as the label's lead artist. The existence of Trill 4 Life has been known for some time, and the aforementioned distribution deal all but ensures it will drop in October, as reports have speculated. In the meantime, check out Bun's food web site.Release Probability: 63 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "Crack" (feat. Chris Brown) Reported Collaborators: None Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: AtlanticLupe confirmed the existence of Tetsuo & Youth on the Grammy red carpet in February, and previewed the project's first single at American University earlier this week. Those are about the only details known so far, but Fiasco seems intent on dropping an album this year, and considering his recent commercial success, everything should go according to plan. That said, things could get gummed up by the existence of a cryptic project called Peace of Paper/Cup of Jayzus, which is set to drop on September 13.Release Probability: 64 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "Collard Greens" (feat. Kendrick Lamar) Reported Collaborators: Danny Brown, A$AP Rocky, Ab-Soul Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: Top Dawg/Aftermath/InterscopeThings are moving smoothly for Q. The video for "Collard Greens" has surpassed two million YouTube views in less than a month, and there's been no indication that Oxymoron won't be released this year. The one potential hurdle is label meddling now that Q — and all of Kendrick Lamar's Top Dawg Entertainment crew — has moved up to Interscope, but it seems like his bosses are content with him doing Doris numbers instead of trying to hatch another runaway success like good kid, m.A.A.d city.Release Probability: 66 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "We Still in This Bitch" (feat. T.I. and Juicy J), "HeadBand" (ft. 2 Chainz) Reported Collaborators: None Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0At some point in the last year, B.o.B woke up and decided he no longer wanted to be a pop star. He has talked at length about "returning" to rap on his third album, despite landing three singles from last year's Strange Clouds in Billboard's Top 20. So far he's walked the walk with "We Still in This Bitch" and "HeadBand," the latter of benefits from a healthy squeeze of DJ Mustard. But neither track is exactly a smash, so we'll see if B.o.B can keep himself away from, say, an Emili Sandé hook. Either way, a Bobby Ray album will sell if released, so this seems like a cinch to see the light of day in 2013.Release Probability: 68 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "23" (feat. Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J and Miley Cyrus) Reported Collaborators: None Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: N/A"Pour It Up." "Love Me." "Buggati." "We Can't Stop." 2013 has been Mike Will Made It's year, as the 23-year-old (hence the single title) Atlanta producer has became the undisputed top producer in rap and R&B, while also storming the pop charts with hits by Lil Wayne, Rihanna, and, of course, Miley Cyrus. He'll look to put a bow on the year with his first studio album, which picks up where his three-part mixtape series (there was a 2.5) left off. He recently filmed the video for "23" — which inspired Miley to deface a perfectly good Michael Jordan jersey — and should be able to get the album out this year if he wants to. But there's the rub: He'll be so omnipresent across other fourth-quarter albums (Cyrus, Future, 2 Chainz, and surely others) that it's fair to wonder if he's had the time to get his own project together. Not like his checking account would be able to tell the difference.Release Probability: 70 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "R.I.P." (feat. 2 Chainz) Reported Collaborators: None Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: CTE/Def JamIt's hard to get a read on how the rest of Jeezy's year is going to shape up. "R.I.P." has been a solid hit for him, and he's surprisingly been able to surf DJ Mustard's wave as well as anyone considering his starring appearance on Yo Gotti's Mustard-helmed "Act Right," a single whose popularity is steadily rising. He also now has a management position at Atlantic as senior vice president of A&R, and has released two December albums in his career. That said, the lack of details regarding his fifth album puts it on shakier ground from an outside perspective than it might truly be in reality.Release Probability: 72 percent
Date: No Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: No Reported Collaborators: Adam Levine, Meek Mill, Wale, Gunplay, Omarion Approximate Number of Release Dates: 0 Label: Mercury/Def JamThe Miami mogul has been touting his sixth album dating back to January, which is not exactly a great sign. Equally troubling is that despite major placements on hits by Jay-Z, DJ Khaled and, uh, Quentin Tarantino, the lone solo single Ross has floated to radio this year ("Box Chevy") was D.O.A. That continues a worrying trend for the self-named Teflon Don, who hasn't had a Top 40 hit since 2010, and whose album sales cratered with last year's God Forgives, I Don't. But Ross is still one of the most bankable stars in rap — four No. 1 albums in five tries — and he should be able to use his label's September compilation — not to mention the rising popularity of Jay Z's "FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt" — as a springboard for a 2013 solo album, which DJ Khaled says has already been turned in to Def Jam.Release Probability: 79 percent
Date: September 30 Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "Hey Porsche," "Get Like Me" (feat. Pharrell and Nicki Minaj) Reported Collaborators: Florida-Georgia Line, Pharrell, Rico Love Approximate Number of Release Dates: 1 Label: Universal MotownThe two lead singles off Nelly's seventh solo album haven't been runaway smashes by any means, but they're probably more than enough to secure him a solid release date. More interesting, though, is his appearance on the remix of Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise," which is now one of the biggest country songs of all time. It's easy to see Universal pushing M.O. back a bit in an attempt to squeeze one more big hit out of the album now that it looks like "Get Like Me" is stalling out, but they're not foolish enough to let Nelly's most successful year since 2005 pass without an album.Release Probability: 88 percent
Date: October 8 Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "Pain" (feat. Future), "Numbers on the Boards," "Who I Am" (feat. 2 Chainz and Big Sean) Reported Collaborators: Pharrell, Kanye West, The-Dream, Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, Kelly Rowland, Young Jeezy, Chris Brown, Joaquin Phoenix Approximate Number of Release Dates: 2 Label: G.O.O.D. Music/Def JamKanye West's attempts to turn Pusha T into a solo force are still suffering from growing pains, as mixtapes have begat singles that have caused his debut solo album on G.O.O.D. Music to be pushed back four months and counting. At this point it seems likely that his bosses will just put the album out and see what happens, even if a well-received song like "Numbers on the Boards" charts only on year-end critics' lists. The certain inevitability of Pusha's album is what has it so high here, even if it's still being tinkered with.Release Probability: 90 percent
Date: November 26 Cover Art:: Yep Track List: No Singles: "Shit," "Honest" Reported collaborators: None Approximate number of release dates: 1Label: A1/Freebandz/EpicThe true ATLien cemented his place in the city's musical history with a 2013 that featured star turns on a number of the biggest rap and R&B records of the year. He will likely end it with his best selling album to date and, quite possibly, a song with Justin Bieber. Some cracks are nonetheless beginning to form, though: Neither single from Honest has really popped off, and one would figure a major collaboration is being lined up to get the album cycle back in order. Yet there still isn't too much to worry about: Future is still peaking, and will tour the country this fall with Drake and Miguel, putting him in front of the largest audiences of his career. But with a tentative release date of November 26, even pushing Honest back a month would move it to 2014.Release Probability: 91 percent
Date: September 17 Cover Art: Drab, but yes Track List: 16 songs, plus two bonus tracks Singles: Meek Mill, "Levels" Reported Collaborators: Trina, Yo Gotti, Lil Boosie, Birdman, J. Cole, Fabolous, French Montana, Hit-Boy, Lupe Fiasco, Pusha T Approximate Number of Release Dates: 2 Label: MMG/Def JamThe compilation albums by Maybach Music Group — helmed by Rick Ross, and featuring Meek Mill, Wale, Gunplay, Rockie Fresh and Omarion — have been largely unspectacular, but they're decent sellers and even better promotional tools for one of the steadier labels in rap. The third edition will feature one of the underground hits of the year in "Levels" and may spin off another minor radio staple before being mostly forgotten. But with a date, track list and cover, this one is good to go.Release Probability: 93 percent
Date: October 22 Cover Art: Khaled as a combination of Jon Snow and Frank Lucas Track List: No Singles: "No New Friends" (feat. Drake, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross); "I Wanna Be With You" (feat. Nicki Minaj, Future and Rick Ross) Reported Collaborators: T.I., Big Sean, J. Cole, John Legend, Ace Hood, 2 Chainz, Meek Mill, Anthony Hamilton, French Montana, Wale, Mavado, Birdman, Scarface, Plies, Kat Dahlia, Jadakiss, Akon, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland Approximate Number of Release Dates: 2 Label: We the Best/Cash Money/UniversalSomehow DJ Khaled seems more inescapable than ever in 2013 thanks to a stunt marriage proposal to Nicki Minaj, a full-fledged Instagram meme, and Drake gifting the Miami radio personality one of the catchphrases of the year. Between "No New Friends" — the song that spawned said catchphrase — and his position as president of Def Jam South, Khaled's seventh — seventh! — album is a lock to be released this year. If Suffering From Success does indeed hit stores in October, the only year since 2006 without a Khaled album would be 2009.Release Probability: 95 percent
Date: September 30 Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "Kush Coma" (feat. A$AP Rocky), "ODB" Reported Collaborators: Schoolboy Q, Rustie, Charli XCX, A-Trak, Freddie Gibbs, Purity Ring, Darq. E Freeker Approximate Number of Release Dates: 1 Label: Fool's GoldDanny had to publicly badger his label, Fool's Gold, in order for his second retail album to get a solid release date, but a list of collaborators and a new single have rolled out since then. That touchy relationship a bit odd and even disconcerting, but Old is solidly back on track now, and without any of the bureaucracy attached to major-label releases. Even one more delay would still allow time for it to drop before it became fossilized.Release Probability: 96 percent
Date: November 5 Cover Art: No Track List: No Singles: "Berserk" Reported Collaborators: Rick Rubin, Dr. Dre Approximate Number of Release Dates: 1 Label: Shady/Aftermath/InterscopeOther than the title, date, and lead single, we know nothing about the sequel to Eminem's classic The Marshall Mathers LP, and the eighth full-length of his career. But when the best-selling rapper of all time decides to put an album out, the thing is gonna be released. Yet with details scarce, we still need to allow for the small possibility that this could get delayed a few months.Release Probability: 98 percent
Date: September 10 Cover Art: Real and spectacular Track List: 14 songs, plus three bonus tracks Singles: "Feds Watching" (feat. Pharrell), "Where U Been?" (feat. Cap-1), "Netflix" (feat. Fergie) Reported Collaborators: Drake, Lil Wayne, Diplo, Rich Homie Quan, Lloyd, Ma$e, Mike Will Made It, T-Pain, Mannie Fresh, Chrisette Michele, Approximate Number of Release Dates: 1 Label: Def Jam"Feds Watching" has been slowly creeping up the rap and R&B airplay charts, but it remains to be seen if 2 Chainz' second retail album in 13 months will even touch the runaway success of his solo debut. But either way, the album is packaged and ready to go, with a beautiful cover and a promising track list. It was recently played for journalists in New York City, and with less than two weeks until its release date, there's no way it's getting moved.Release Probability: 99 percent
Date: September 24 Cover Art: An instant Twitter meme Track List: No Singles: "Started From the Bottom"; "All Me" (feat. Big Sean and 2 Chainz); "Hold On, We're Going Home" Reported Collaborators: Jay Z, Lil Wayne, Hudson Mohawke, Noah "40" Shebib Approximate Number of Release Dates: 2 Label: OVO Sound/Young Money/Cash Money/UniversalDrizzy recently pushed his third album back a week, but even another delay won't prevent it from being one of the biggest — and likely one of the best — albums of the year. The Toronto actor-turned-rapper has owned 2013 with an unparalleled combination of radio dominance and nurtured Twitter memes. All that's left now is a race with Eminem (and possibly Nicki Minaj) for highest first-week sales numbers — Jay, of course, is already in the clubhouse at 528,000 for Magna Carta Holy Grail.Release Probability: 100 percent