This week, we have pre-Black Friday albums and CD/DVD releases dropping November 22 and 23. Here's a breakdown of the ones you want to know about; to see releases that came out last week (November 16) and a wrap of the must-have albums from November 9, click here.
Out today (11/22):
, H.F.M.2 [Hunger For More 2] (G-Unit / EMI)
For almost a decade Southside Queens native, Lloyd Banks, has been revered as line-for-line one of the most preeminent emcees in hip hop. Banks-aka "The Punch Line King" returns with The Hunger For More 2, a sequel to his 2004 classic debut. Guest features include: Kanye West, Akon, Fabolous, Ryan Leslie, Jeremih, Raekwon, Pusha T, Styles P, 50 Cent and Tony Yayo.
Curren$y, Pilot Talk II (Roc-A-Fella)
Kevin Eubanks, Zen Food (Mack Avenue)
Alan Jackson, 34 Number Ones (Sony Nashville/ Arista)
Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson's Vision (Epic/Legacy)
The first-ever complete collection of all the short films produced by Michael Jackson; includes four-and-a-half hours of content on three DVDs
Jay-Z, The Hits Collection Vol. 1 (Roc Nation/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
Ke$ha, Cannibal EP (RCA)
Killing Joke, Absolute Dissent (Universal Int’l)
Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday (Cash Money)
The multi-cultural rapper-singer/songwriter collabs with Eminem, Will.i.am, Drake, Rihanna, Kanye West and Natasha Bedingfield in her debut studio LP. Watch the video for her song featuring Will.i.am, "Check It Out," after the jump.
This article appears in Nov 18-24, 2010.