Top 10 New Hip-Hop Releases for November 2009

Will Timbaland end his streak of disappointing beats on Shock Value II? Will Wale's Attention Defiict live up to the hype? Will Rakim's Seventh Seal make a late run for Album of the Year? B-boys and b-girls, I give you November's Top 10 New Rap Albums.

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Rakim's Seventh Seal - Try it Before You Buy it

Seventh Seal is one of the most anticipated hip-hop albums of 2009. The question on everyone's mind, however, has been, "Which Rakim will show up on Seventh Seal -- the intensely lyrical Rakim or an entirely different MC with a new school flavor?" There's only one way to find out. The folks at Conspiracy Worldwide managed to get their hands on a sampler version of The Seventh Seal and were kind enough to share. Listen to the album below and sound off in the comment section.

• Rakim Seventh Seal [Stream]