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

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Run the Jewels 2 Run The Jewels, Killer Mike, EL-P Oct-27-2014, Hardcore Hip Hop
#2 Piñata Freddie Gibbs, Madlib Mar-18-2014, Gangsta Rap
#3 Oxymoron ScHoolboy Q Jan-01-2014, West Coast Hip Hop
#4 Broke with Expensive Taste Azealia Banks Nov-07-2014, Hip House
#5 Cilvia Demo Isaiah Rashad Jan-28-2014, Southern Hip Hop
#6 My Krazy Life YG Mar-18-2014, Gangsta Rap
#7 Honest Future Apr-22-2014, Trap
#8 Nobody's Smiling Common Jul-22-2014, Conscious Hip Hop
#9 If Theres a Hell Below Black Milk Oct-28-2014, Hip Hop
#10 So It Goes RATKING Apr-07-2014, East Coast Hip Hop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Run the Jewels 2 | Run The JewelsKiller MikeEL-P | Album, Oct-27-2014, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #2 | Piñata | Freddie GibbsMadlib | Album, Mar-18-2014, Gangsta Rap |
| #3 | Oxymoron | ScHoolboy Q | Album, Jan-01-2014, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #4 | Broke with Expensive Taste | Azealia Banks | Album, Nov-07-2014, Hip House |
| #5 | Cilvia Demo | Isaiah Rashad | EP, Jan-28-2014, Southern Hip Hop |
| #6 | My Krazy Life | YG | Album, Mar-18-2014, Gangsta Rap |
| #7 | Honest | Future | Album, Apr-22-2014, Trap |
| #8 | Nobody's Smiling | Common | Album, Jul-22-2014, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #9 | If Theres a Hell Below | Black Milk | Album, Oct-28-2014, Hip Hop |
| #10 | So It Goes | RATKING | Album, Apr-07-2014, East Coast Hip Hop |