What’s up, y’all? Happy new years! Tonight, we kick off the year with the top 50 of 2025 — tonight covers #50-26, next week covers the top 25. A few honorable mentions are discussed at the end; albums in the main list are noted in square brackets.

Tracklist:

Lil Wayne – Island Holiday [Tha Carter VI]
mgk – vampire diaries [lost americana]
Tyler, the Creator – STOP PLAYING WITH ME [DON’T TAP THE GLASS]
Ghostface Killah – 4th Disciple [Supreme Clientele 2]
Westside Gunn – Eddie Bauer [Hitler Wears Hermes 12/Heels Have Eyes 1-3]
Armand Hammer – Super Nintendo [Mercy]
The Game – The Assassination of Candace Owens [Gangsta Grillz: Every Movie Needs a Trailer]
Wynne – Comb’s Toyota [Say Wynne]
Evidence – Laughing Last [Unlearning, Vol. 2]
Domo Genesis & Graymatter – BuenosNachos [World Gone Mad – EP/SCRAM!]
Jay Electronica – Is It Possible That The Honorable Elijah Muhammed Is Still Physically Alive??? (feat. DRAM) [A Written Testimony: Leaflets/A Written Testimony: Power at the Rate of My Dreams/A Written Testimony: Mars, the Inhabited Planet]
Danny Brown & underscores – Copycats [Stardust]
Clipse – The Birds Don’t Sing (feat. John Legend & Voices of Fire) [Let God Sort ‘Em Out]
Wednesday – Elderberry Wine [Bleeds]
Mac Demarco – Phantom [Guitar]
De La Soul – Don’t Push Me [Cabin in the Sky]
Anti-Lilly & Phoniks – Play Me In [All Good Things]
Kent Jamz – renegade [fear]
Chance the Rapper – Pretty [Star Line]
G Perico – Street Lights [LA Gangster]
J.U.S & Raphy – Trips [Treasures/The Treasure Map]
Nas & DJ Premier – Pause Tapes [Light Years]
ThorHighHeels – The Talk [FESTERING GREEN/LOST IN TRANSIT OST]
Lupe Fiasco – ALL CAPS FLAVOR [GHOTTING MIT]
John Wells – I called your phone [can we link before the world ends? – EP/Life is Hard, Can We Do It Together? – EP/I Don’t Wanna Die, Pt. 1]

See y’all next time!