Top Albums Of 2014
Here I present the best 30 albums of 2014:
Producers: Alchemist, Evidence
Favorite Tracks:
"Byron G ft Domo Genesis, Scott Caan" , "Legendary Mesh" , "No Hesitation ft Styles P" , "Mums In The Garage ft Action Bronson" , "Step Masters" , "Just Step"
Producers: The 45 King, Fizzy Womack, Malik Abdul-Rahmaan, The Revelations
Favorite Tracks:
"The Battlefield" , "The Dog's War ft Kool G Rap, Shawn Wigs" , "Emergency Procedure ft Pharoahe Monch" , "Pieces Of The Puzzle ft AZ"
Prince Po x Oh No - Animal Serum
Producers: Oh No
Favorite Tracks:
"Machine Rages" , "U Already ft Saafir, Rockness" , "Keep Reachin" , "Smash ft O.Cm Pharoahe Monch" , "Wavy ft Sadat X"
Dag Savage - ExJ
Producers: Exile
Favorite Tracks:
"The Beginning" , "Twilight" , "Van Gogh ft Choosey" , "Cali Dreamin ft Blu, Co$$, Tiombe Lockhart" , "Ll Cool J"
Onyx - #WakeDaFucUp
Producers: Snowgoons
Favorite Tracks:
"Whut Whut" , "We Don't Fuckin Care ft A$AP Ferg, Sean Price" , "The Tunnel ft Papoose, Cormega" , "Wakedafucup ft Dope D.O.D"
Grieves - Winter and The Wolves
Producers: B. Lewis
Favorite Tracks:
"Whoa Is Me" , "Serpent" , "Autumn" , "How's It Gonna Go" , "Kidding Me"
Blueprint - Respect The Architect
Producers: Blueprint, IMAKEMADBEATS
Favorite Tracks:
"Oh Word" , "Overdosin'" , "Once Again ft Count Bass D, MidaZ The Beast" , "Respect The Architect" , Perspective"
Divine ScienZe - Divine ScienZe 2 The Wake Up Album
Producers: King I Divine
Favorite Tracks:
"The Wake Up" , "We Are ft Chuuwee" , "The Life" , "The Pond ft Alpha Memphis" , "Whole Half" , "Beyond The Point"
Atmosphere - Southsiders
Producers: Ant
Favorite Tracks:
"Camera Thief" , "Arthur's Song" , "I Love You Like A Brother" , "Southsiders" , "Fortunate" , "January On Lake Street"
Fel Sweetenberg x DJ Brans - The Invisible Garden
Producers: DJ Brans
Favorite Tracks:
"In A Dream, I Saw" , "Power Stricken" , "Drinken Again" , "Tomorrows In The Stars" , "Good = Love"
Vanderslice - Everything's Awesome
Producers: Vanderslice, Green Steez
Favorite Tracks:
"The War Machine" , "The Bottom Line ft Merkules, Apathy, Celph Titled" , "Fuzzy Mold" , "Bugatti Bullet Holes ft Freddie Gibbs" , "Everything's Awesome ft Evidence, Awar" , "Broken Safeties"
Skyzoo x Torae - Barrel Brothers
Producers: AntMan Wonder, Apollo Brown, Black Milk, DJ Premier, Cyrus Tha Great, !llmind, Jahlil Beats, Khrysis, MarcNfinit, Oh-No, Praise, The Stuyvesants, TIGA
Favorite Tracks:
"Blue Yankee Fitted" , "All In Together ft Sean Price, Guilty Simpson" , "Albee Square Mall ft Livin Proof" , "4 Bar Friday"
Chief Kamachi - Radio Raheem
Producers: Big Boy Cuts, Lyricalrockness
Favorite Tracks:
"Back To The Breaks" , "Cotton" , "The Dream" , "Suede Pumas" , "Revolt Seven ft Johnny Popcorn" , "700" , "Break The Cycle"
John Robinson x PVD - Modern Vintage
Producers: PVD
Favorite Tracks:
"Mic Check" , "Two Man Mob ft Sadat X, ID 4 Winz" , "Whats The Point ft Melinda Camille, Sam Barsh" , "Off The Wall" , "Vinyl Is Forever ft Shabaam Sahdeeq, El Da Sensei"
Blacastan x Stu Bangas - Watson x Holmes
Producers: Stu Bangas
Favorite Tracks:
"Watson and Holmes" , "Change" , "Authentic ft Esoteric, Planetary" , "Pi" , "Nod"
Cormega - Mega Philosophy
Producers: Large Professor
Favorite Tracks:
"Industry" , "D.U. (Divine Unity) ft Nature" , "Honorable ft Raekwon" , "Rise ft Maya Azucena" , "Home ft Black Rob"
Rob Sonic - Alice In Thunderdome
Producers: Rob Sonic, Aesop Rock, Edison
Favorite Tracks:
"Jesus Christ Super Tramp" , "Alice In Thunderdome" , "Freezer Food" , "Happyland Disco" , "Rock Paper Scissors"
Souls Of Mischief x Adrian Younge - There Is Only Now
Producers: Adrian Younge
Favorite Tracks:
"Panic Struck" , "Another Part Of You ft William Hart" , "All You Got Is Your Word" , "Stone Cold ft Scarub" , "The Last Act"
Statik Selektah - What Goes Around
Producers: Statik Selektah
Favorite Tracks:
"Carry On ft Joey Badass, Freddie Gibbs" , "The Thrill Is Back ft Styles P, Talib Kweli" , "Alarm Clock ft Ab Soul, Jon Connor, Logic" , "My Time ft Pro Era" , "Long Time ft Action Bronson" , "Get Away ft Joe Scudda, Colin Munroe"
Diabolic - Fightin Words
Producers: 5th Seal, BP, C-Lance, DJ Premier, Engineer; Junior Makhno, Level 13, Snowgoons
Favorite Tracks:
"Diabolical Sound" , "Introvert" , "Piss and Vinegar" , "Feel Ya Pain" , "My Attitude" , "Victim's Story" , "Here We Go ft Coast"
Venomous2000 - A Moment To Reflect
Producers: DJ Manipulator, Matnez, Chopzilla, Alex Kidone, Pejota, Rasmus, Trilian, Boogie Brown, Venomous2000, A.C.L., Mike Wolde, Beatniks, Mecs Treem, Repeat Pattern, DJ Keal, Farbror Filth, Phalo Pantoja, Handbook, KammiKazi
Favorite Tracks:
"Look Alive" , "To Emcee" , "No Coast" , "Do It" , "Wake Up" , "I Represent" , "Beginning Again" , "Style In Here" ,
"The Fit"
Jared Evan x Statik Selektah - Still Blue
Producers: Statik Selektah, Jared Evan
Favorite Tracks:
"Scene" , "Baggage Claim ft Michael Christmas" , "Moneyball ft Nyck Caution, Dessey Hinds" , "When In Rome" , "The Background"
Black Milk - If There's A Hell Below
Producers: Black Milk
Favorite Tracks:
"Leave The Bones Behind ft Blu, Ab" , "Quarter Water ft Pete Rock" , "Story And Her" , "Almighty" , "Scum ft Random Axe" , "Gray Summer"
The 1978ers (yU x Slimkat78) - People Of Today
Producers: Slimkat78
Favorite Tracks:
"One Nine 7 T 8" , "P.O.T. Act II" , "R.P.Lude" , "Without A Clue" , "Tryin Then Yall Say" , "FAR"
Aesop Waits - Time Shall Pass
Producers: Aesop Rock
Favorite Tracks:
"None In Japan" , "Undercomb Kids" , Pluto;s Away On Business" , "Knife Dance For The Whole Family" , "Five Finger Temptation" , "Dark Heart Of Istanbul"
Akrobatik - Built To Last
Producers: DJ Supa Dave, Reason, Biz20, Tarik McFarland, Paten Locke, Hezekiah, Fakts One, Teddy Roxpin, Slopfunkdust
Favorite Tracks:
"Ak The Future" , "Campus Invasion" , "Three Hunnit ft EdO G, Masta Ace" , "Stop And Stare" , "Where Am I ft Mr Lif" , "Lets Keep It Goin ft Dutch ReBelle"
Diamond D - The Dam Piece
Producers: Diamond D, DJ Scratch
Favorite Tracks:
"Rap Life ft Pharoahe Monch" , "Only Way To Go ft Pete Rock" , "Hard Days ft Pharcyde" , "Take Em Off The Map ft Black Rob" , "Vanity ft Nottz" , "Let The Music Talk ft Kev Brown"
9th Wonder Presents - Jamla Is the Squad
Producers: 9th Wonder, AMP, Eric G, Kash, Khrysis, Terrace Martin
Favorite Tracks:
"God Willin" , "Life Of Pi" , "No Competition" , "15 Minutes Of Fame" , "Be Inspired" , "Not Sure" , "Iron Mic" , "Warriors"
People Under The Stairs - 12 Step Program
Producers: People Under The Stairs
Favorite Tracks:
"Roundabouts" , "1 Up Til Sun Up" , "LA Nights" , "Pictures On My Wall" , "Yes I Can" , "Doctor Feelgood"
Diamond District - March On Washington
Producers: Oddisee
Favorite Tracks:
"First Step" , "These Bamas" , "The Back Up" , "Purveyors Of Truth" , "Say What You Mean" , "March Off"
Producers: Oh No
Favorite Tracks:
"Machine Rages" , "U Already ft Saafir, Rockness" , "Keep Reachin" , "Smash ft O.Cm Pharoahe Monch" , "Wavy ft Sadat X"
Dag Savage - ExJ
Producers: Exile
Favorite Tracks:
"The Beginning" , "Twilight" , "Van Gogh ft Choosey" , "Cali Dreamin ft Blu, Co$$, Tiombe Lockhart" , "Ll Cool J"
Onyx - #WakeDaFucUp
Producers: Snowgoons
Favorite Tracks:
"Whut Whut" , "We Don't Fuckin Care ft A$AP Ferg, Sean Price" , "The Tunnel ft Papoose, Cormega" , "Wakedafucup ft Dope D.O.D"
Grieves - Winter and The Wolves
Producers: B. Lewis
Favorite Tracks:
"Whoa Is Me" , "Serpent" , "Autumn" , "How's It Gonna Go" , "Kidding Me"
Blueprint - Respect The Architect
Producers: Blueprint, IMAKEMADBEATS
Favorite Tracks:
"Oh Word" , "Overdosin'" , "Once Again ft Count Bass D, MidaZ The Beast" , "Respect The Architect" , Perspective"
Divine ScienZe - Divine ScienZe 2 The Wake Up Album
Producers: King I Divine
Favorite Tracks:
"The Wake Up" , "We Are ft Chuuwee" , "The Life" , "The Pond ft Alpha Memphis" , "Whole Half" , "Beyond The Point"
Atmosphere - Southsiders
Producers: Ant
Favorite Tracks:
"Camera Thief" , "Arthur's Song" , "I Love You Like A Brother" , "Southsiders" , "Fortunate" , "January On Lake Street"
Fel Sweetenberg x DJ Brans - The Invisible Garden
Producers: DJ Brans
Favorite Tracks:
"In A Dream, I Saw" , "Power Stricken" , "Drinken Again" , "Tomorrows In The Stars" , "Good = Love"
Vanderslice - Everything's Awesome
Producers: Vanderslice, Green Steez
Favorite Tracks:
"The War Machine" , "The Bottom Line ft Merkules, Apathy, Celph Titled" , "Fuzzy Mold" , "Bugatti Bullet Holes ft Freddie Gibbs" , "Everything's Awesome ft Evidence, Awar" , "Broken Safeties"
Skyzoo x Torae - Barrel Brothers
Producers: AntMan Wonder, Apollo Brown, Black Milk, DJ Premier, Cyrus Tha Great, !llmind, Jahlil Beats, Khrysis, MarcNfinit, Oh-No, Praise, The Stuyvesants, TIGA
Favorite Tracks:
"Blue Yankee Fitted" , "All In Together ft Sean Price, Guilty Simpson" , "Albee Square Mall ft Livin Proof" , "4 Bar Friday"
Chief Kamachi - Radio Raheem
Producers: Big Boy Cuts, Lyricalrockness
Favorite Tracks:
"Back To The Breaks" , "Cotton" , "The Dream" , "Suede Pumas" , "Revolt Seven ft Johnny Popcorn" , "700" , "Break The Cycle"
John Robinson x PVD - Modern Vintage
Producers: PVD
Favorite Tracks:
"Mic Check" , "Two Man Mob ft Sadat X, ID 4 Winz" , "Whats The Point ft Melinda Camille, Sam Barsh" , "Off The Wall" , "Vinyl Is Forever ft Shabaam Sahdeeq, El Da Sensei"
Blacastan x Stu Bangas - Watson x Holmes
Producers: Stu Bangas
Favorite Tracks:
"Watson and Holmes" , "Change" , "Authentic ft Esoteric, Planetary" , "Pi" , "Nod"
Cormega - Mega Philosophy
Producers: Large Professor
Favorite Tracks:
"Industry" , "D.U. (Divine Unity) ft Nature" , "Honorable ft Raekwon" , "Rise ft Maya Azucena" , "Home ft Black Rob"
Rob Sonic - Alice In Thunderdome
Producers: Rob Sonic, Aesop Rock, Edison
Favorite Tracks:
"Jesus Christ Super Tramp" , "Alice In Thunderdome" , "Freezer Food" , "Happyland Disco" , "Rock Paper Scissors"
Souls Of Mischief x Adrian Younge - There Is Only Now
Producers: Adrian Younge
Favorite Tracks:
"Panic Struck" , "Another Part Of You ft William Hart" , "All You Got Is Your Word" , "Stone Cold ft Scarub" , "The Last Act"
Statik Selektah - What Goes Around
Producers: Statik Selektah
Favorite Tracks:
"Carry On ft Joey Badass, Freddie Gibbs" , "The Thrill Is Back ft Styles P, Talib Kweli" , "Alarm Clock ft Ab Soul, Jon Connor, Logic" , "My Time ft Pro Era" , "Long Time ft Action Bronson" , "Get Away ft Joe Scudda, Colin Munroe"
Diabolic - Fightin Words
Producers: 5th Seal, BP, C-Lance, DJ Premier, Engineer; Junior Makhno, Level 13, Snowgoons
Favorite Tracks:
"Diabolical Sound" , "Introvert" , "Piss and Vinegar" , "Feel Ya Pain" , "My Attitude" , "Victim's Story" , "Here We Go ft Coast"
Venomous2000 - A Moment To Reflect
Producers: DJ Manipulator, Matnez, Chopzilla, Alex Kidone, Pejota, Rasmus, Trilian, Boogie Brown, Venomous2000, A.C.L., Mike Wolde, Beatniks, Mecs Treem, Repeat Pattern, DJ Keal, Farbror Filth, Phalo Pantoja, Handbook, KammiKazi
Favorite Tracks:
"Look Alive" , "To Emcee" , "No Coast" , "Do It" , "Wake Up" , "I Represent" , "Beginning Again" , "Style In Here" ,
"The Fit"
Jared Evan x Statik Selektah - Still Blue
Producers: Statik Selektah, Jared Evan
Favorite Tracks:
"Scene" , "Baggage Claim ft Michael Christmas" , "Moneyball ft Nyck Caution, Dessey Hinds" , "When In Rome" , "The Background"
Black Milk - If There's A Hell Below
Producers: Black Milk
Favorite Tracks:
"Leave The Bones Behind ft Blu, Ab" , "Quarter Water ft Pete Rock" , "Story And Her" , "Almighty" , "Scum ft Random Axe" , "Gray Summer"
The 1978ers (yU x Slimkat78) - People Of Today
Producers: Slimkat78
Favorite Tracks:
"One Nine 7 T 8" , "P.O.T. Act II" , "R.P.Lude" , "Without A Clue" , "Tryin Then Yall Say" , "FAR"
Aesop Waits - Time Shall Pass
Producers: Aesop Rock
Favorite Tracks:
"None In Japan" , "Undercomb Kids" , Pluto;s Away On Business" , "Knife Dance For The Whole Family" , "Five Finger Temptation" , "Dark Heart Of Istanbul"
Akrobatik - Built To Last
Producers: DJ Supa Dave, Reason, Biz20, Tarik McFarland, Paten Locke, Hezekiah, Fakts One, Teddy Roxpin, Slopfunkdust
Favorite Tracks:
"Ak The Future" , "Campus Invasion" , "Three Hunnit ft EdO G, Masta Ace" , "Stop And Stare" , "Where Am I ft Mr Lif" , "Lets Keep It Goin ft Dutch ReBelle"
Diamond D - The Dam Piece
Producers: Diamond D, DJ Scratch
Favorite Tracks:
"Rap Life ft Pharoahe Monch" , "Only Way To Go ft Pete Rock" , "Hard Days ft Pharcyde" , "Take Em Off The Map ft Black Rob" , "Vanity ft Nottz" , "Let The Music Talk ft Kev Brown"
9th Wonder Presents - Jamla Is the Squad
Producers: 9th Wonder, AMP, Eric G, Kash, Khrysis, Terrace Martin
Favorite Tracks:
"God Willin" , "Life Of Pi" , "No Competition" , "15 Minutes Of Fame" , "Be Inspired" , "Not Sure" , "Iron Mic" , "Warriors"
People Under The Stairs - 12 Step Program
Producers: People Under The Stairs
Favorite Tracks:
"Roundabouts" , "1 Up Til Sun Up" , "LA Nights" , "Pictures On My Wall" , "Yes I Can" , "Doctor Feelgood"
Diamond District - March On Washington
Producers: Oddisee
Favorite Tracks:
"First Step" , "These Bamas" , "The Back Up" , "Purveyors Of Truth" , "Say What You Mean" , "March Off"
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