Genius Picks: Albums 2014
Tyrant
1. Days Before Rodeo by Travis Scott
2. You're Dead by Flying Lotus
3. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
4. PRhyme by PRhyme
5. STN MTN / Kaui Mixtape by Childish Gambino
Hon mention. My Krazy Life By YG 4 hunna
Streetlights
1. 7th Solo by Kanye West
2. 1989 by Taylor Swift
3. There Will Be Sunshine by Snoh Aalegra
4. Days Before Rodeo by Travi$ Scott
5. Black Hystori Project by CyHi The Prynce
DC26
1. Cilvia Demo by Isaiah Rashad
2. ComfortZone by Saba
3. 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole
4. Hell Can Wait EP by Vince Staples
5. Souled Out by Jhene Aiko
Honorable Mentions
ScopeY
1. PRhyme - PRhyme
2. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
3. Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
4. Lil Herb - Welcome To FazoLand
5. G-Unit - The Beauty of Independence
Honorable mentions = every other good project
Spencer4714
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Logic - Under Pressure
Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
Ab-Soul - These Days...
Leverag
1. Cilvia Demo - Isaiah Rashad
2. Piñata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
3. Broke With Expensive Taste - Azealia Banks
4. Run The Jewels 2 - Run The Jewels
5. The Water[s] - Mick Jenkins
H/m: Reality Testing - Lone
ProCon
1. Piñata - Gangsta Gibbs
2. Run The Jewels 2 - RTJ
3. You're Dead - Flying Lotus
4. Strange Journey Volume 3 - Cunninlynguists
5. 36 Seasons - Ghostface Killah
ReSosa
1. 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole
2. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
3. Cadillactica by Big K.R.I.T
4. Under Pressure by Logic
5. PRhyme by PRhyme
Hon. Mention Oxymoron by SchoolboyQ
UnBalanced
1. In the Lonely Hour by Sam Smith
2. Moody Good by Moody Good
3. X by Ed Sheeran
4. Greyscale by Dream Mclean
5. Universal Language by Metrik
BoredBorderlineGenius
1. Hell Can Wait by Vince Staples
2. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
3. PRhyme by PRhyme
4. Faces by Mac Miller
5. 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole
Odeon
1. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
2. PRhyme - PRhyme
3. Mobb Deep - The Infamous Mobb Deep
4. Flying Lotus - You're dead!
5. Ghostface Killah - 36 seasons
Time_Is_Illmatic
1. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
2. PRhyme by PRhyme
3. Pinata by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
4. Oxymoron by ScHoolboy Q
5. Cadillactica by Big K.R.I.T
Honorable Mention:
-Under Pressure by Logic
SemGro8
1. What Goes Around - Statik Selektah
2. Cilvia Demo - Isaiah Rashad
3. Pinata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
4. These Days - Ab-Soul
5. Oxymoron - ScHoolboy Q
Honorable Mentions
SoulBrotherNo3
1. Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 2
2. Big K.R.I.T., Cadillactica
3. Freddie Gibbs & MadLib, Piñata
4. Open Mike Eagle, Dark Comedy
5. Ab Soul, These days...
Fervoracious1
1. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
2. Freddie Gibs & Mad-Lib - Piñata
3. Big K.R.I.T - Cadillactica
4. Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait
5. Common - Nobody's Smiling
(Honorable mentions)
(6. J Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive)
(7. Jeezy - Seen it All: The Autobiography)
WuTangKillaBee
1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
2. Jeezy - Seen It All
3. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
4. Run the Jewels - RTJ2
5. CyHi the Prynce - Black History
Honorable Mentions
Pakyed
1. Logic -- Under Pressure
2. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib -- Pinata
3. Ghostface Killah -- 36 Seasons
4. Mick Jenkins -- The Waters
5. CyHi the Prynce - Black History
RDM
1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
2. Big Krit - Cadillatica
3. Migos - No Label 2
4. Cyhi the Prynce - Black Hystori Project
5. J Cole - 2014 Forest Hill Drive
TeamJimmy
1. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
2. FKA Twigs - LP1
3. Future - Honest
4. Flying Lotus - You're Dead
5. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
BTP47
1. Run the Jewels-Run the Jewels 2
2. Clipping-CLPPNG
3. Meyhem Lauren & Buckwild-Silk Pyramids
4. Ghostface Killah-36 Seasons
5. CyHi Da Prynce-Black Histori Projekt
Honorable Mentions-Rittz-Next to Nothing, Pharoahe Monch-PTSD
Dennismate
1. 2014 Forrest Hills Drive - J.cole
2. The Water[s] - Mick Jenkins
3. STN MTN / Kaui Mixtape - Childish Gambino
4. Utopia - 360
5. Blacc Hollywood - Wiz khalifa
Honorable Mentions
Next to Nothing - Rittz
My Krazy Life - YG
Startup Cult - Allday
Panta
1. Blacc Hollywood - Wiz Khalifa
2. The M.A.F.E. Project - BJ The Chicago Kid
3. A Handshake To The Brain - Hawk House
4. 28 Grams - Wiz Khalifa
5. 1017 Thug 3: The Finale - Young Thug
EmperorAguila
1. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Piñata
2. Mick Jenkins - The Water[s]
3. Fka twigs - LP1
4. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
5. Pharoahe Monche - PTSD
Honorable Mentions
Anonymous1
1. The Waters - Mick Jenkins
2. 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J Cole
3. Under Pressure - Logic
4. Cilvia Demo - Isaiah Rashad
5. Searching Sylvann - QuESt
Honorable Mentions
A-Turf
1- J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
2- PRhyme - PRhyme
3- Logic - Under Pressure
4- Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
5- Run The Jewels - RTJ2
6- Mick Jenkins - The Water[s]
7- BIG K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica
8- Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Piñata
9- SchoolBoy Q - Oxymoron
10- YG - My Krazy Life
Nico8361
1. Murs & ¡MayDay! - Mursday
2. Common - Nobody Smiling
3. The Roots - ... and then you shoot your cousin
4. Wu-Tang Clan - A Better Tomorrow
5. Tech N9ne - Strangeulation
(HM)
6. ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron
7. 50 Cent - Animal Ambition
Jbad
1. J. Cole- 2014 Forest Hills Drive
2. Flying Lotus- You're Dead!
3. Run the Jewels- Run the Jewels 2
4. PRhyme- PRhyme
5. Pharoahe Monch- PTSD
B3autykill3r
1.Big K.R.I.T- Cadillactica
2.Run the Jewels- Run the Jewels 2
3. Childish Gambino- STN MTN/Kauai
4. Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint
5. J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Reservoirdogs
1. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Pinata
2. Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica
3. PRhyme - PRhyme
4. Ghostface Killah - 36 Seasons
5. Cyhi the Prynce - Black Hystori Project
Steftim_
1. Kendrick Lamar - i (Single)
2. U2 - Songs of Innocence
3. Ed Sheeran - X
4. Various Artists - SHADYXV
5. Various Artists - Guardians Of The Galaxy (Awesome Mix Vol. 1)
Honorable Mentions
SkyArt
1. Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey
2. Run The Jewels 2 - Run The Jewels
3. Good To Be Home - Blu x Bombay
4. Broke With Expensive Taste - Azealia Banks
5. Sucker - Charli XCX/Stay Gold - First Aid Kit
Bonus: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 - Various Artists
LuckyDreamer
1. What Goes Around - Statik Selektah
2. The Waters - Mick Jenkins
3. Cadillactica - Big K.R.I.T
4. Clivia Demo - Isaiah Rashad
5. Hello World - Daye Jack
HM
A2_nelito
1. Sun | Thomas Bergersen
2. Love Death Immortality | The Glitch Mob
3. ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin | The Roots
4. Lift a Sail | Yellowcard
5. Nightscape | There For Tomorrow *
^ HM - Souled Out | Jhené Aiko
PharaohPapi
1. 28 Grams - Wiz Khalifa
2. Oxymoron - ScHoolboy Q
3. Days Before Rodeo - Travi$ Scott
4. Blacc Hollywood - Wiz Khalifa
5. My Krazy Life - YG
Honorable Mention: STN/MTN - Childish Gambino
YoDawg111
1. Run the Jewels — Run the Jewels 2
2. clipping. — CLPPNG
3. Death Grips — N***as on the Moon
4. Freddie Gibbs X Madlib — Pinata
5. Mick Jenkins — The Waters
Honorable Mentions
DukeOfDreadlock
1. Ab-Soul - These Days...
2. Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica
3. ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron
4. The Roots - And Then You Shoot Your Cousin...
5 (tie). Jeezy - Seen It All & YG - My Krazy Life
Honourable Mention: J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Uncledb
1.Freddie Gibbs-Pinata
2.Mick Jenkins-The Waters
3.Hawk House-A Handshale To The Brain
4.Pharoahe Monch-PTSD
5.Run The Jewels-Run The Jewels 2
Honourable Mention
Statik Selektah-What Goes Around
Big K.R.I.T.-Cadillactica
Isaiah Rashad-Cilvia Demo
Drummerdudebg
1. Anomaly by Lecrae
2. Ghost Stories by Coldplay
3. Rise by Trip Lee
4. Never Land by Andy Mineo
5. Misfits 2 by Social Club
Twrocks
1. Run The jewels- RTJ2
2. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib- Pinata
3. Pharoahe Monch- PTSD
4. The Roots- ...and then you shoot your cousin
5. Isaiah Rashad- Cilvia Demo
Honourable Mentions: Atmosphere- Southsiders, PRhyme- PRhyme, ScHoolboy Q- Oxymoron
LordGhost
1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
2. J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Driver
3. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
4. Mick Jenkins - The Water[s]
5. Ab-Soul - These Days...
Honorable Mention: Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo/PRhyme - PRhyme
BrianGonser
1. Faces by Mac Miller
2. Cilvia Demo by Isaiah Rashad
3. The Water[s] by Mick Jenkins
4. 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole
5. These Days... by Ab-Soul
DJ SweetSounds_14
1. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
2. Directors of Photography by Dilated Peoples
3. Blasphemy by Apollo Brown & Ras Kass
4. What Goes Around by Statik Selektah
5. 36 Seasons by Ghostface Killah
Honorable mentions:
Lord Steppington by Step Brothers
PRhyme by PRhyme
Paying Homage EP by Theology 3
Pacmilio
1. Clppng by Clipping
2. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
3. Cadillactica by Big K.R.I.T
4. PRhyme by PRhyme
5. Oxymoron by ScHoolboy Q
Hon mention:
Shady XV By Eminem & Various Artists
Perfect Hair By Busdriver
Under Pressure By Logic
DubiousX01
1. JMSN – JMSN (The Blue Album)
2. Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 2
3. J.Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive
4. clipping. – CLPPNG
5. Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
Honorable Mentions
Goad Gatsby
1. Sadistik - Ultraviolet
2. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
3. Serengetti - Kenny Dennis III
4. Hail Mary Mallon - Bestiary
5. Death Grips - The Powers that B
UOENOAH
1. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
2. Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
3. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
4. Mick Jenkins - The Water[s]
5. Logic - Under Pressure
Honorable Mentions
DDXV
1. 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J Cole
2. Oxymoron - ScHoolboy Q
3. Run the Jewels 2 - Run the Jewels
4. SHADYXV - Eminem & Various Artists
5. Under Pressure - Logic
Honorable Mentions
[Leijona]
1. Pharoahe Monch - PTSD
2. PRhyme - PRhyme
3. Run The Jewels 2 - Run The Jewels
4. ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron
5. Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
DukeAM
1. Under Pressure - Logic
2. Run the Jewels 2 - Run the Jewels
3. You're Dead! - Flying Lotus
4. Sonic Highways - Foo Fighters
5. Kauai - Childish Gambino
Honorable Mentions
Isatjhuh
1. SHADYXV - Eminem & Various Artists
2. Sonic Highways - Foo Fighters
3. Demolicious - Green Day
4. Rose Ave. - You+Me
5. V - Maroon 5
Honorable Mention (sadly not out yet but that's why it's honorable): Love Story - Yelawolf
Slickk
1. G-Eazy - These Things Happen
2. YG - My Krazy Life
3. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Piñata
4. Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
5. Future - Honest
Sho
1. The Pinkprint
2. My Everything
3. Tha Carter V
4. Under Pressure
5. 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Honorable Mentions
1. PRhyme
2. Oxymoron
3. These Things Happen
Kay Rock
1. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
2. YG - My Krazy Life
3. Big KRIT - Cadillactica
4. J Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
5. (tie) Logic - Under Pressure, PRhyme - PRhyme
Hon. Mention - Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
KingChaos14
1. PRhyme - PRhyme
2. ShadyXV - Various Artist
3. Hell Can Wait (EP) - Vince Staples
4. XI - Anonymuz
5. Cadillactica - Big K.R.I.T
TRUly_Chancelor
1. Prhyme - Prhyme
2. The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj
3. Freebase - 2 Chainz
4. My Everything - Ariana Grande
5. The Water[s] - Mick Jenkins
6. Honorable Mentions
S34F00D
1. PRhyme - PRhyme
2. Walking Under Stars - Hilltop Hoods
3. Shady XV - Various Artists
4. Some Love Lost - Joe Budden
5. The Water[s] - Mick Jenkins
BDP29
1. Cilvia Demo - Isaiah Rashad
2. Pinata - Freddie Gibbs
3. The Infamous Mobb Deep - Mobb Deep
For everything else there's Mastercard
MyNamesCody
1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
2. Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
3. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
4. Travis Scott - Days Before Rodeo
5. Glass Animals - Zaba
**Honorable Mentions**
Jhene Aiko - Souled Out
Ghostface Killah - 36 Seasons
Big KRIT - Cadillactica
YG - My Krazy Life
Atmosphere - Southsiders
Davavoo
1. Lecrae - Anomaly
2. Trip Lee - Rise
3. Andy Mineo - Never Land
4. NF - NF
5. Shady Records - SHADYXV
Honorable Mention: KB - 100
WhoIsBetter
1. Big K.R.I.T - Cadillactica
2. Pharoahe Monch - PTSD
3. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
4. Ghostface Killah - 36 Seasons
5. Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
0nelove
1. 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole
2. Narcisuss, The Drowning Of Ego by Sean Leon
3. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
4. PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by Pharoahe Monch
5. Cocaine Piñata by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
Honorable Mention: PRhyme by PRhyme
Zk123
1. 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole
2. Cilvia Demo by Isaiah Rashad
3. Searching Sylvan by Quest
4. Cocaine Piñata by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
5. Souled Out by Jhene Aiko
PsyQonaut
1. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
2. Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
3. Mick Jenkins - The Water[s]
4. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
5. CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Volume Three
Honorable Mentions
RegularRy
1) Cilvia Demo - Isaiah Rashad
2) Piñata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
3) Faces - Mac Miller
4) So It Goes - Ratking
5) Your Old Droog EP - Your Old Droog
***Honorable Mentions***
Shy-ink
1) Souled Out - Jhene Aiko
2) STN MTN / Kauai - Childish Gambino
3) 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole
4) My Krazy Life - YG
5) PARTYNEXTDOOR TWO - PARTYNEXTDOOR
Satellite23
1) Orthodox - Beware of Darkness2) Transgender Dysphoria Blues - Against Me!
3) 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole
4) The Hunting Party - Linkin Park
5) Hebrews - Say Anything
Detroit Leprechaun
1: These Days... by Ab-Soul
2: Dark Comedy by Open Mike Eagle
3: The Water[s] by Mick Jenkins
4: The Great Year by The Black Opera
5: Black Hystori Project by CyHi the Prynce
Methus
1. Gold Tips by Playdough & DJ Sean P
2. Bestiary by Hail Mary Mallon
3. Dark Comedy by Open Mike Eagle
4. While the City Sleeps by B. Cooper
5. America the TRBL by Swade
Tony Grammz
1. Anomaly - Lecrae
2. 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J Cole
3. Rise - Trip Lee
4. Sinema - Swoope
5. 100 - KB
Eon2323
1. Piñata by Freddie Gibbs and Madlib
2. Cilvia Demo by Isaiah Rashad
3. The Water[s] by Mick Jenkins
4. Oxymoron by ScHoolboy Q
5. STN MTN/KAUAI by Childish Gambino
Honorable Mentions
ScHoolboyQsdankazzkusH
1. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
2. Oxymoron by ScHoolboy Q
3. My Krazy Life by YG
4. Seen It All: The Autobiography by Jeezy
5. My Everything by Ariana Grande
Hon Mention: Neon Icon
FlyTendencies
1. ComfortZone by Saba
2. Hurt Everybody EP by Hurt Everybody
3. The Water[s] by Mick Jenkins
4. My Everything by Ariana Grande
5. StnMtn/Kauai by Childish Gambino
Honorable Mentions: Happy Belated by Chaz French
ANION
1. Broke With Expensive Taste by Azealia Banks
2. The Pinkprint by Nicki Minaj
3. Aquarius by Tinashe
4. The Golden Echo by Kimbra
5. Queen Of The Clouds by Tove Lo
ThaPupil
1. 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole
2. PTSD by Pharoahe Monch
3. Wonder Where We Land by SBTRKT
4. Tremors by SOHN
5. Foga by En?gma
H.M: Cozz & Effect by Cozz, Present Tense by Wild Beasts
2013 > 2014
Scottpd
1. Piñata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
2. The Water[s] - Mick Jenkins
3. You're Dead! - Flying Lotus
4. Cilvia Demo - Isaiah Rashad
5. So It Goes - RATKING
Honorable Mentions
The_Midget
1. Black Messia by D'Angelo
2. Cadillactica by Big KRIT
3. RTJ2 by Run The Jewels
4. Narcissus, The Drowning of Ego by Sean Leon
5. LP1 by FKA Twigs
Honorable Mention
StillAtIt
1. Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole
2. PRhyme - PRhyme
3. Run The Jewels 2 - Run The Jewels
4. Cadillactica - Big K.R.I.T
5. Piñata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
PerryMac82
1. Anomaly by Lecrae
2. RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG. by for KING & COUNTRY
3. Anchor by Colton Dixon
4. OXYGEN:INHALE by Thousand Foot Krutch
5. Fading West by Switchfoot
ZXQaos
1. SHADYXV - Shady Records
2. No Sound Without Silence - The Script
3. 1200 B.C - Ka
4. X - Ed Sheeran
5. ?
1. Days Before Rodeo by Travis Scott
2. You're Dead by Flying Lotus
3. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
4. PRhyme by PRhyme
5. STN MTN / Kaui Mixtape by Childish Gambino
Hon mention. My Krazy Life By YG 4 hunna
Streetlights
1. 7th Solo by Kanye West
2. 1989 by Taylor Swift
3. There Will Be Sunshine by Snoh Aalegra
4. Days Before Rodeo by Travi$ Scott
5. Black Hystori Project by CyHi The Prynce
DC26
1. Cilvia Demo by Isaiah Rashad
2. ComfortZone by Saba
3. 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole
4. Hell Can Wait EP by Vince Staples
5. Souled Out by Jhene Aiko
Honorable Mentions
ScopeY
1. PRhyme - PRhyme
2. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
3. Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
4. Lil Herb - Welcome To FazoLand
5. G-Unit - The Beauty of Independence
Honorable mentions = every other good project
Spencer4714
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Logic - Under Pressure
Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
Ab-Soul - These Days...
Leverag
1. Cilvia Demo - Isaiah Rashad
2. Piñata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
3. Broke With Expensive Taste - Azealia Banks
4. Run The Jewels 2 - Run The Jewels
5. The Water[s] - Mick Jenkins
H/m: Reality Testing - Lone
ProCon
1. Piñata - Gangsta Gibbs
2. Run The Jewels 2 - RTJ
3. You're Dead - Flying Lotus
4. Strange Journey Volume 3 - Cunninlynguists
5. 36 Seasons - Ghostface Killah
ReSosa
1. 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole
2. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
3. Cadillactica by Big K.R.I.T
4. Under Pressure by Logic
5. PRhyme by PRhyme
Hon. Mention Oxymoron by SchoolboyQ
UnBalanced
1. In the Lonely Hour by Sam Smith
2. Moody Good by Moody Good
3. X by Ed Sheeran
4. Greyscale by Dream Mclean
5. Universal Language by Metrik
BoredBorderlineGenius
1. Hell Can Wait by Vince Staples
2. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
3. PRhyme by PRhyme
4. Faces by Mac Miller
5. 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole
Odeon
1. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
2. PRhyme - PRhyme
3. Mobb Deep - The Infamous Mobb Deep
4. Flying Lotus - You're dead!
5. Ghostface Killah - 36 seasons
Time_Is_Illmatic
1. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
2. PRhyme by PRhyme
3. Pinata by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
4. Oxymoron by ScHoolboy Q
5. Cadillactica by Big K.R.I.T
Honorable Mention:
-Under Pressure by Logic
SemGro8
1. What Goes Around - Statik Selektah
2. Cilvia Demo - Isaiah Rashad
3. Pinata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
4. These Days - Ab-Soul
5. Oxymoron - ScHoolboy Q
Honorable Mentions
SoulBrotherNo3
1. Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 2
2. Big K.R.I.T., Cadillactica
3. Freddie Gibbs & MadLib, Piñata
4. Open Mike Eagle, Dark Comedy
5. Ab Soul, These days...
Fervoracious1
1. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
2. Freddie Gibs & Mad-Lib - Piñata
3. Big K.R.I.T - Cadillactica
4. Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait
5. Common - Nobody's Smiling
(Honorable mentions)
(6. J Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive)
(7. Jeezy - Seen it All: The Autobiography)
WuTangKillaBee
1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
2. Jeezy - Seen It All
3. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
4. Run the Jewels - RTJ2
5. CyHi the Prynce - Black History
Honorable Mentions
Pakyed
1. Logic -- Under Pressure
2. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib -- Pinata
3. Ghostface Killah -- 36 Seasons
4. Mick Jenkins -- The Waters
5. CyHi the Prynce - Black History
RDM
1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
2. Big Krit - Cadillatica
3. Migos - No Label 2
4. Cyhi the Prynce - Black Hystori Project
5. J Cole - 2014 Forest Hill Drive
TeamJimmy
1. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
2. FKA Twigs - LP1
3. Future - Honest
4. Flying Lotus - You're Dead
5. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
BTP47
1. Run the Jewels-Run the Jewels 2
2. Clipping-CLPPNG
3. Meyhem Lauren & Buckwild-Silk Pyramids
4. Ghostface Killah-36 Seasons
5. CyHi Da Prynce-Black Histori Projekt
Honorable Mentions-Rittz-Next to Nothing, Pharoahe Monch-PTSD
Dennismate
1. 2014 Forrest Hills Drive - J.cole
2. The Water[s] - Mick Jenkins
3. STN MTN / Kaui Mixtape - Childish Gambino
4. Utopia - 360
5. Blacc Hollywood - Wiz khalifa
Honorable Mentions
Next to Nothing - Rittz
My Krazy Life - YG
Startup Cult - Allday
Panta
1. Blacc Hollywood - Wiz Khalifa
2. The M.A.F.E. Project - BJ The Chicago Kid
3. A Handshake To The Brain - Hawk House
4. 28 Grams - Wiz Khalifa
5. 1017 Thug 3: The Finale - Young Thug
EmperorAguila
1. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Piñata
2. Mick Jenkins - The Water[s]
3. Fka twigs - LP1
4. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
5. Pharoahe Monche - PTSD
Honorable Mentions
Anonymous1
1. The Waters - Mick Jenkins
2. 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J Cole
3. Under Pressure - Logic
4. Cilvia Demo - Isaiah Rashad
5. Searching Sylvann - QuESt
Honorable Mentions
A-Turf
1- J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
2- PRhyme - PRhyme
3- Logic - Under Pressure
4- Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
5- Run The Jewels - RTJ2
6- Mick Jenkins - The Water[s]
7- BIG K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica
8- Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Piñata
9- SchoolBoy Q - Oxymoron
10- YG - My Krazy Life
Nico8361
1. Murs & ¡MayDay! - Mursday
2. Common - Nobody Smiling
3. The Roots - ... and then you shoot your cousin
4. Wu-Tang Clan - A Better Tomorrow
5. Tech N9ne - Strangeulation
(HM)
6. ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron
7. 50 Cent - Animal Ambition
Jbad
1. J. Cole- 2014 Forest Hills Drive
2. Flying Lotus- You're Dead!
3. Run the Jewels- Run the Jewels 2
4. PRhyme- PRhyme
5. Pharoahe Monch- PTSD
B3autykill3r
1.Big K.R.I.T- Cadillactica
2.Run the Jewels- Run the Jewels 2
3. Childish Gambino- STN MTN/Kauai
4. Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint
5. J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Reservoirdogs
1. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Pinata
2. Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica
3. PRhyme - PRhyme
4. Ghostface Killah - 36 Seasons
5. Cyhi the Prynce - Black Hystori Project
Steftim_
1. Kendrick Lamar - i (Single)
2. U2 - Songs of Innocence
3. Ed Sheeran - X
4. Various Artists - SHADYXV
5. Various Artists - Guardians Of The Galaxy (Awesome Mix Vol. 1)
Honorable Mentions
SkyArt
1. Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey
2. Run The Jewels 2 - Run The Jewels
3. Good To Be Home - Blu x Bombay
4. Broke With Expensive Taste - Azealia Banks
5. Sucker - Charli XCX/Stay Gold - First Aid Kit
Bonus: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 - Various Artists
LuckyDreamer
1. What Goes Around - Statik Selektah
2. The Waters - Mick Jenkins
3. Cadillactica - Big K.R.I.T
4. Clivia Demo - Isaiah Rashad
5. Hello World - Daye Jack
HM
A2_nelito
1. Sun | Thomas Bergersen
2. Love Death Immortality | The Glitch Mob
3. ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin | The Roots
4. Lift a Sail | Yellowcard
5. Nightscape | There For Tomorrow *
^ HM - Souled Out | Jhené Aiko
PharaohPapi
1. 28 Grams - Wiz Khalifa
2. Oxymoron - ScHoolboy Q
3. Days Before Rodeo - Travi$ Scott
4. Blacc Hollywood - Wiz Khalifa
5. My Krazy Life - YG
Honorable Mention: STN/MTN - Childish Gambino
YoDawg111
1. Run the Jewels — Run the Jewels 2
2. clipping. — CLPPNG
3. Death Grips — N***as on the Moon
4. Freddie Gibbs X Madlib — Pinata
5. Mick Jenkins — The Waters
Honorable Mentions
DukeOfDreadlock
1. Ab-Soul - These Days...
2. Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica
3. ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron
4. The Roots - And Then You Shoot Your Cousin...
5 (tie). Jeezy - Seen It All & YG - My Krazy Life
Honourable Mention: J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Uncledb
1.Freddie Gibbs-Pinata
2.Mick Jenkins-The Waters
3.Hawk House-A Handshale To The Brain
4.Pharoahe Monch-PTSD
5.Run The Jewels-Run The Jewels 2
Honourable Mention
Statik Selektah-What Goes Around
Big K.R.I.T.-Cadillactica
Isaiah Rashad-Cilvia Demo
Drummerdudebg
1. Anomaly by Lecrae
2. Ghost Stories by Coldplay
3. Rise by Trip Lee
4. Never Land by Andy Mineo
5. Misfits 2 by Social Club
Twrocks
1. Run The jewels- RTJ2
2. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib- Pinata
3. Pharoahe Monch- PTSD
4. The Roots- ...and then you shoot your cousin
5. Isaiah Rashad- Cilvia Demo
Honourable Mentions: Atmosphere- Southsiders, PRhyme- PRhyme, ScHoolboy Q- Oxymoron
LordGhost
1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
2. J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Driver
3. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
4. Mick Jenkins - The Water[s]
5. Ab-Soul - These Days...
Honorable Mention: Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo/PRhyme - PRhyme
BrianGonser
1. Faces by Mac Miller
2. Cilvia Demo by Isaiah Rashad
3. The Water[s] by Mick Jenkins
4. 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole
5. These Days... by Ab-Soul
DJ SweetSounds_14
1. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
2. Directors of Photography by Dilated Peoples
3. Blasphemy by Apollo Brown & Ras Kass
4. What Goes Around by Statik Selektah
5. 36 Seasons by Ghostface Killah
Honorable mentions:
Lord Steppington by Step Brothers
PRhyme by PRhyme
Paying Homage EP by Theology 3
Pacmilio
1. Clppng by Clipping
2. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
3. Cadillactica by Big K.R.I.T
4. PRhyme by PRhyme
5. Oxymoron by ScHoolboy Q
Hon mention:
Shady XV By Eminem & Various Artists
Perfect Hair By Busdriver
Under Pressure By Logic
DubiousX01
1. JMSN – JMSN (The Blue Album)
2. Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 2
3. J.Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive
4. clipping. – CLPPNG
5. Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
Honorable Mentions
Goad Gatsby
1. Sadistik - Ultraviolet
2. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
3. Serengetti - Kenny Dennis III
4. Hail Mary Mallon - Bestiary
5. Death Grips - The Powers that B
UOENOAH
1. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
2. Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
3. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
4. Mick Jenkins - The Water[s]
5. Logic - Under Pressure
Honorable Mentions
DDXV
1. 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J Cole
2. Oxymoron - ScHoolboy Q
3. Run the Jewels 2 - Run the Jewels
4. SHADYXV - Eminem & Various Artists
5. Under Pressure - Logic
Honorable Mentions
[Leijona]
1. Pharoahe Monch - PTSD
2. PRhyme - PRhyme
3. Run The Jewels 2 - Run The Jewels
4. ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron
5. Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
DukeAM
1. Under Pressure - Logic
2. Run the Jewels 2 - Run the Jewels
3. You're Dead! - Flying Lotus
4. Sonic Highways - Foo Fighters
5. Kauai - Childish Gambino
Honorable Mentions
Isatjhuh
1. SHADYXV - Eminem & Various Artists
2. Sonic Highways - Foo Fighters
3. Demolicious - Green Day
4. Rose Ave. - You+Me
5. V - Maroon 5
Honorable Mention (sadly not out yet but that's why it's honorable): Love Story - Yelawolf
Slickk
1. G-Eazy - These Things Happen
2. YG - My Krazy Life
3. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Piñata
4. Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
5. Future - Honest
Sho
1. The Pinkprint
2. My Everything
3. Tha Carter V
4. Under Pressure
5. 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Honorable Mentions
1. PRhyme
2. Oxymoron
3. These Things Happen
Kay Rock
1. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
2. YG - My Krazy Life
3. Big KRIT - Cadillactica
4. J Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
5. (tie) Logic - Under Pressure, PRhyme - PRhyme
Hon. Mention - Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
KingChaos14
1. PRhyme - PRhyme
2. ShadyXV - Various Artist
3. Hell Can Wait (EP) - Vince Staples
4. XI - Anonymuz
5. Cadillactica - Big K.R.I.T
TRUly_Chancelor
1. Prhyme - Prhyme
2. The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj
3. Freebase - 2 Chainz
4. My Everything - Ariana Grande
5. The Water[s] - Mick Jenkins
6. Honorable Mentions
S34F00D
1. PRhyme - PRhyme
2. Walking Under Stars - Hilltop Hoods
3. Shady XV - Various Artists
4. Some Love Lost - Joe Budden
5. The Water[s] - Mick Jenkins
BDP29
1. Cilvia Demo - Isaiah Rashad
2. Pinata - Freddie Gibbs
3. The Infamous Mobb Deep - Mobb Deep
For everything else there's Mastercard
MyNamesCody
1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
2. Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
3. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
4. Travis Scott - Days Before Rodeo
5. Glass Animals - Zaba
**Honorable Mentions**
Jhene Aiko - Souled Out
Ghostface Killah - 36 Seasons
Big KRIT - Cadillactica
YG - My Krazy Life
Atmosphere - Southsiders
Davavoo
1. Lecrae - Anomaly
2. Trip Lee - Rise
3. Andy Mineo - Never Land
4. NF - NF
5. Shady Records - SHADYXV
Honorable Mention: KB - 100
WhoIsBetter
1. Big K.R.I.T - Cadillactica
2. Pharoahe Monch - PTSD
3. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
4. Ghostface Killah - 36 Seasons
5. Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
0nelove
1. 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole
2. Narcisuss, The Drowning Of Ego by Sean Leon
3. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
4. PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by Pharoahe Monch
5. Cocaine Piñata by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
Honorable Mention: PRhyme by PRhyme
Zk123
1. 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole
2. Cilvia Demo by Isaiah Rashad
3. Searching Sylvan by Quest
4. Cocaine Piñata by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
5. Souled Out by Jhene Aiko
PsyQonaut
1. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
2. Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
3. Mick Jenkins - The Water[s]
4. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
5. CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Volume Three
Honorable Mentions
RegularRy
1) Cilvia Demo - Isaiah Rashad
2) Piñata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
3) Faces - Mac Miller
4) So It Goes - Ratking
5) Your Old Droog EP - Your Old Droog
***Honorable Mentions***
Shy-ink
1) Souled Out - Jhene Aiko
2) STN MTN / Kauai - Childish Gambino
3) 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole
4) My Krazy Life - YG
5) PARTYNEXTDOOR TWO - PARTYNEXTDOOR
Satellite23
1) Orthodox - Beware of Darkness2) Transgender Dysphoria Blues - Against Me!
3) 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole
4) The Hunting Party - Linkin Park
5) Hebrews - Say Anything
Detroit Leprechaun
1: These Days... by Ab-Soul
2: Dark Comedy by Open Mike Eagle
3: The Water[s] by Mick Jenkins
4: The Great Year by The Black Opera
5: Black Hystori Project by CyHi the Prynce
Methus
1. Gold Tips by Playdough & DJ Sean P
2. Bestiary by Hail Mary Mallon
3. Dark Comedy by Open Mike Eagle
4. While the City Sleeps by B. Cooper
5. America the TRBL by Swade
Tony Grammz
1. Anomaly - Lecrae
2. 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J Cole
3. Rise - Trip Lee
4. Sinema - Swoope
5. 100 - KB
Eon2323
1. Piñata by Freddie Gibbs and Madlib
2. Cilvia Demo by Isaiah Rashad
3. The Water[s] by Mick Jenkins
4. Oxymoron by ScHoolboy Q
5. STN MTN/KAUAI by Childish Gambino
Honorable Mentions
ScHoolboyQsdankazzkusH
1. Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
2. Oxymoron by ScHoolboy Q
3. My Krazy Life by YG
4. Seen It All: The Autobiography by Jeezy
5. My Everything by Ariana Grande
Hon Mention: Neon Icon
FlyTendencies
1. ComfortZone by Saba
2. Hurt Everybody EP by Hurt Everybody
3. The Water[s] by Mick Jenkins
4. My Everything by Ariana Grande
5. StnMtn/Kauai by Childish Gambino
Honorable Mentions: Happy Belated by Chaz French
ANION
1. Broke With Expensive Taste by Azealia Banks
2. The Pinkprint by Nicki Minaj
3. Aquarius by Tinashe
4. The Golden Echo by Kimbra
5. Queen Of The Clouds by Tove Lo
ThaPupil
1. 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole
2. PTSD by Pharoahe Monch
3. Wonder Where We Land by SBTRKT
4. Tremors by SOHN
5. Foga by En?gma
H.M: Cozz & Effect by Cozz, Present Tense by Wild Beasts
2013 > 2014
Scottpd
1. Piñata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
2. The Water[s] - Mick Jenkins
3. You're Dead! - Flying Lotus
4. Cilvia Demo - Isaiah Rashad
5. So It Goes - RATKING
Honorable Mentions
The_Midget
1. Black Messia by D'Angelo
2. Cadillactica by Big KRIT
3. RTJ2 by Run The Jewels
4. Narcissus, The Drowning of Ego by Sean Leon
5. LP1 by FKA Twigs
Honorable Mention
StillAtIt
1. Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole
2. PRhyme - PRhyme
3. Run The Jewels 2 - Run The Jewels
4. Cadillactica - Big K.R.I.T
5. Piñata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
PerryMac82
1. Anomaly by Lecrae
2. RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG. by for KING & COUNTRY
3. Anchor by Colton Dixon
4. OXYGEN:INHALE by Thousand Foot Krutch
5. Fading West by Switchfoot
ZXQaos
1. SHADYXV - Shady Records
2. No Sound Without Silence - The Script
3. 1200 B.C - Ka
4. X - Ed Sheeran
5. ?