OCTANE
OCTANE Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2026 Don Toliver Since breaking out on the Travis Scott ASTROWORLD highlight “ CAN’T SAY ,” Don Toliver has propelled himself into hip-hop’s mainstream with melodic stylings that willfully and efficiently blur the bounds between rap and R&B. Following the leather-clad rock star moves of his 2024 album HARDSTONE PSYCHO , the Houston rapper returns roughly a year and a half later with an album that enhances that larger-than-life aesthetic while remaining committed to the ultramodern sound he’s spent half a decade cultivating. He opens OCTANE with a fuzzy, Isley Brothers -esque funk rock flair on “ E85 ,” a track that soon renews itself in a more maximalist mode. With a seemingly unstoppable energy, he catalogs romantic exploits and sexual conquests with aplomb on revved-up tracks like “Gemstone” and “Rendezvous.” Continuing the Neptunes worship from HARDSTONE ’s hit single “ATTITUDE,” he borrows from Justin Timberlake ’...