{"id":14984,"date":"2025-04-11T05:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/ken-carson-kaycyy-larussell-and-more\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T05:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T05:00:58","slug":"ken-carson-kaycyy-larussell-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/ken-carson-kaycyy-larussell-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Carson, KayCyy, LaRussell and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Spring continues to shower us with new hip-hop releases that will serve as the soundtrack for 2025.\u00a0This week, we get the highly anticipated fourth solo album from an artist on the Opium roster, a collab project from a genre-bending rapper, the fifth project this year from one of the game&#8217;s busiest MCs and more.<\/p>\n<h3>Ken Carson Drops <em>More Chaos<\/em> Album<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/ken-carson\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Carson<\/a>&#8216;s time to shine. Coming on the heels of his label boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/playboi-carti\/\" target=\"_blank\">Playboi Carti<\/a>&#8216;s new release, the Opium artist delivers his highly anticipated four-studio album,\u00a0<em>More Chaos<\/em>. The follow-up to 2023&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/a-great-chaos\/1710472300\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Great Chaos<\/em><\/a>, Ken delivers 21 head-bangers on the new offering. &#8220;I\u2019m the lord of chaos! I\u2019m the lord of the mosh!&#8221; Carson declares to open the\u00a0album. Rage on.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/march-2025-new-music-releases\/\" target=\"_blank\">March 2025 New Music Releases<\/a><\/h4>\n<h3>KayCyy Releases <em>Saddest Truth<\/em> LP<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/kaycyy\/\" target=\"_blank\">KayCyy<\/a>\u00a0is back. After dropping loose tracks over the past couple of years, the Minnesota artist returns with his first project since 2022, <em>Saddest Truth<\/em>, a collab release with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/signcrushesmotorist48\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sign Crushes Motorist<\/a> as Hiibryd. The new genre-bending offering contains 12 songs. It will precede KayCyy&#8217;s debut self-titled album, which is slated to drop later this year.<\/p>\n<h4>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/most-anticipated-hip-hop-albums-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Most Anticipated Hip-Hop Albums of 2025<\/a><\/h4>\n<h3>LaRussell and Mike G Beatz Deliver <em>Make Hip-Hop Fun Again!<\/em> Album<\/h3>\n<p>California&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/larussell\/\" target=\"_blank\">LaRussell<\/a>\u00a0is one of the busiest men in show business. He delivers album No. 38, <em>Make Hip-Hop Fun Again!<\/em>, with the help of producer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mikeg_beatz\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Mike G Beatz<\/a>. Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Busta Rhymes and more make appearances on the project, which is LaRussell&#8217;s fifth release of 2025. &#8220;This is my 38th album! I&#8217;m still shooting,&#8221; he recently wrote on social media. &#8220;Still putting points up. Still passing the ball.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Listen to all the new projects from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/yung-bans\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yung Bans<\/a>\u00a0and more below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"list-post standard media-bottomx\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"list-post-leftright\">\n<div class=\"list-post-right\">\n<header>\n<h2><i>More Chaos<\/i><\/h2>\n<p><small>Ken Carson <\/small><\/header>\n<article>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Opium\/Interscope<\/span><\/p><figcaption>Opium\/Interscope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"list-post-leftright\">\n<div class=\"list-post-right\">\n<header>\n<h2><i>Saddest Truth<\/i><\/h2>\n<p><small>KayCyy and Sign Crushes Motorist<\/small><\/header>\n<article>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">BuVision\/Columbia 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