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Just over a month after he was released from prison<\/a> following a 16-year-long stint behind bars, Max B<\/a> is back with his first new full-length in four years. The rapper has surprise-released Public Domain 7: The Purge<\/em>, the seventh installment of his ongoing Public Domain<\/em> mixtape series. You can listen to it below.<\/p>\n Public Domain 7: The Purge<\/em> follows Max B\u2019s 2021 album Negro Spirituals<\/em>. The 25-song mixtape features contributions by A$AP Rocky<\/a>, Kehlani<\/a>, French Montana<\/a>, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie<\/a>, and others, as well as a posthumous contribution from the late<\/a> New York rapper Chinx<\/a>.<\/p>\n Max B teased the mixtape in a Billboard<\/em><\/a> interview last month, sharing his plans to get into the studio to record new music now that he was out of prison. \u201cIt never went nowhere; that\u2019s why we\u2019re on seven,\u201d he said about the forthcoming Public Domain<\/em> mixtape. \u201cIt may have taken a little minute, but we on seven.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2009, Max B was sentenced to 75 years in prison for helping orchestrate a 2006 armed robbery in New Jersey that went awry, resulting in a man\u2019s death. The 47-year-old Harlem rapper was found guilty of numerous charges, including felony murder, kidnapping, and armed robbery. However, Max B was in another state at the time of the robbery, and eventually had his sentence reduced<\/a> to 20 years due to a conflict of interest in the original case and a subsequent plea deal on the aggravated manslaughter charge. He finally walked free<\/a> on November 9, 2025, and will remain on parole for five years.<\/p>\n Revisit Alphonse Pierre\u2019s column \u201cThe Return of Max B<\/a>\u201d and read about Max B\u2019s Public Domain 3: Domain Pain<\/em> at No. 26 in \u201cThe 50 Best Rap Mixtapes of the Millennium<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n