As a birthday treat from yours truly, I’ve decided to launch something exciting for my graceful readership. At the beginning of every new month, I’ll post a list of upcoming albums that are suppose to drop for that month. So, as the antiquated saying goes: if horses were wishes, the following albums will grace record stores across the nation this month-

October 2005 Releases
Big Boi presents…The Purple Ribbon All-Stars
Killer Mike – Ghetto Extraordinary
Twista – The Day After
Atmosphere – You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having
Big Tone – The Drought
Dwele – Some Kinda…
Alicia Keys – Unplugged
Busta Rhymes – The Big Bang
Dilated Peoples – (title TBA)
Royce Da 5′9 & Nottz – Politics
Sadat X – Experience & Education
Styles P. – Time Is Money
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Bone Thug Story
Crooked I – B.O.S.S. Music (Beginning Of Something Serious)
Jay Dee aka J-Dilla – (title TBA)
Sean Paul – The Trinity
Tragedy Khadafi – Thug Matrix II
8Ball & MJG – Space Age 4Eva
Danger Doom (Danger Mouse & MF Doom) – The Mouse & The Mask
Outkast – 10 The Hard Way
Papoose – The Nacirema Dream
Yukmouth – Million Dollar Mouthpiece
Stat Quo – Statlanta
DJ Muggs vs. The GZA/Genius – Grandmasters

TBA Album of the Month: The Growth – Joe Budden – as my man over at Nastack wisely points out, The Growth has been pushed back to 2025, and it’s official!