Exclaim!'s Top 10 Hip Hop Albums of 2014

Our Top 10 albums lists by genre continue with our staff picks for the best of hip-hop this year. Click next to read through the albums one...

Published: December 15, 2014 13:00 Source

# 1

Run the Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels + Killer Mike + EL-P

Album • Oct 27 / 2014 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 2

Piñata by Freddie Gibbs + Madlib

Album • Mar 18 / 2014 Gangsta Rap

# 3

Oxymoron by ScHoolboy Q

Album • Jan 01 / 2014 West Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 4

Broke with Expensive Taste by Azealia Banks

Album • Nov 07 / 2014 Hip House East Coast Hip Hop

# 5

Cilvia Demo by Isaiah Rashad

EP • Jan 28 / 2014 Southern Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 6

My Krazy Life by YG

Album • Mar 18 / 2014 Gangsta Rap West Coast Hip Hop Ratchet Music

# 7

Honest by Future

Album • Apr 22 / 2014 Trap Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 8

Nobody's Smiling by Common

Album • Jul 22 / 2014 Conscious Hip Hop

# 9

If Theres a Hell Below by Black Milk

Album • Oct 28 / 2014 Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 10

So It Goes by RATKING

Album • Apr 07 / 2014 East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop