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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2022.
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- ↑ Hand'Solo Records - artist profile
- ↑ Exclaim! - album review
- ↑ Rap Reviews - album review
- ↑ Pop Matters - album review
- ↑ "Backburner – Eclipse". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ↑ Juon, Steve 'Flash'. "Backburner :: Continuum, Feb 2022". rapreviews.com. Rap Reviews. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ↑ "Hip Hop Canada - video release notice". Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
- ↑ Exclaim! - video release notice
- ↑ "Backburner – Big Talk". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ↑ "Backburner – Heatwave". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 2 March 2022.