25 Best Rap Albums of 2025 + Nas' Year-Long NY Rap Takeover

On this episode of BV Weekly, Dave and Andrew dive into BrooklynVegan's list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025, which we published here:

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/25-best-rap-albums-of-2025/

The list begins at the 26:53 mark, but first, we take a look back on one of the defining hip hop stories of 2025: Nas' Legend Has It series, which produced new albums by Slick Rick, Mobb Deep, Big L, De La Soul, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, and Nas' own collaborative album with DJ Premier.

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