SPIN's 40 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2014

Purists and casual listeners alike would probably agree that 2014 failed to deliver on a number of hip-hop promises that could've lit the year aflame.

Published: December 12, 2014 14:00 Source

# 1
Album • Oct 27 / 2014 Hardcore Hip Hop
# 2
Album • Mar 18 / 2014 Gangsta Rap West Coast Hip Hop Ratchet Music
# 3
Album • Mar 18 / 2014 Gangsta Rap
# 4
Album • Feb 09 / 2014 East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 6
Album • Nov 07 / 2014 Hip House East Coast Hip Hop
# 7
Album • Jul 29 / 2014 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop
# 8
Album • Jan 01 / 2014 West Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Hardcore Hip Hop
# 9
EP • Sep 23 / 2014 West Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap
# 10
Album • Apr 22 / 2014 Trap Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 13
Album • Feb 03 / 2014 Abstract Hip Hop UK Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Art Pop
# 14
Album • Nov 11 / 2014 Abstract Hip Hop
# 15
Album • Jun 24 / 2014 West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 17
Album • May 05 / 2014 Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 18
EP 1 by Low Pros  +  A-Trak  +  Lex Luger
Album • Jun 10 / 2014
# 20
Album • Apr 07 / 2014 East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop
# 21
Album • Aug 25 / 2014 Southern Hip Hop
# 22
Hey by Kalifa
Single • Mar 10 / 2014
# 23
EP • Jan 28 / 2014 Southern Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 24
Album • Oct 24 / 2014 Electropop
# 25
Album • May 19 / 2014 Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 26
Album • Sep 30 / 2014 Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop
# 28
Album • Nov 10 / 2014 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 29
Album • Sep 22 / 2014 East Coast Hip Hop
# 30
Album • Nov 18 / 2014
# 31
Album • May 13 / 2014 East Coast Hip Hop
# 32
Album • Mar 25 / 2014 Pop Rap West Coast Hip Hop Ratchet Music
# 33
Album • Dec 15 / 2014 Pop Rap
# 34
Album • Jun 10 / 2014 Abstract Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 35
Album • Dec 09 / 2014 Boom Bap East Coast Hip Hop
# 37
Album • Aug 12 / 2014