Over 2014 we’ve seen many mixtapes and albums that have passed by our ears. Some we loved, and some we didn’t. Today we wrap it all up with our staff’s favorite picks from 2014. Check ’em out below and leave your top-5 in comments! And as always, please make sure you have a fat one rolled.
1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Pinata
2. Ab-Soul – These Days…
3. Big K.R.I.T. – Cadillactica
4. J. Cole – 2014 Forrest Hill Drive
5. MF Doom & Bishop Nehru – NehruvianDOOM
Honorable Mention: Niko IS – Good Blood
1. Mac Miller – Faces
2. Mick Jenkins – The Water[s]
3. GoldLink – The God Complex
4. Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 2
5. J Cole – 2014 Forrest Hill Drive
Honorable Mention: Luke Christopher – TMRW TMRW Pt. 2
1. The 1978ers – People of Today
2. PRhyme – PRhyme
3. Homeboy Sandman – Hallways
4. Diamond District – March On Washington
5. Gee Watts – 199x
Honorable Mention: ScHoolboy Q – OxyMoron
1. GoldLink – The God Complex
2. Dylan Tran – Cocaine Tears
3. Mick Jenkins – The Water[s]
4. Hurt Everybody – Hurt Everybody EP
5.Raury – Indigo Child
Honorable Mention: QuEST – Searching Sylvan
1. Various Artists – Shady XV
2. YG – My Krazy Life
3. Rich Gang – Rich Gang: The Tour, Part 1
4. Mick Jenkins – The Water[s]
5. Kid Ink – In My Own Lane
Honorable Mention: ScHoolboy Q – OxyMoron
1. Atmosphere – Southsiders
2. Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 2
3. Saba – ComfortZone
4. Jon Bellion – The Definition
5. Isaiah Rashad – Clivia Demo
Honorable Mention: Mick Jenkins – The Water[s]