25 Best Rap Albums of 2025 + Nas' Year-Long NY Rap Takeover
25 Best Rap Albums of 2025 + Nas' Year-Long NY Rap Takeover  
Podcast: BV Weekly
Published On: Fri Dec 26 2025
Description: 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. Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ ** Credits: BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Mix engineer: Nick Gray