Song: Broken
Year: 2014
Album: Piñata
Here are my top 25 Hip Hop albums of 2014:
25. Prince Po and Oh No - Animal Serum
24. Termanology - Shut Up And Rap
23. Shabaam Sahdeeq - Keepers Of The Lost Art
22. Onyx & Snowgoons - #WakeDaFucUp
21. The Alchemist and Budgie - The Good Book
20. MindsOne & Kev Brown - Pillars
19. Mayhem Lauren and Buckwild - Silk Pyramids
18. Ghostface Killah - 36 Seasons
17. The Eastsidaz and Snoop Dogg - That's My Work 4
16. Cormega - Mega Philosophy
15. Your Old Droog - Your Old Droog
14. J Rawls - The Legacy
13. Kev Brown Presents Hassaan Mackey - That Grit
12. Opio & Equipto - Red XX
11. Ed O.G - After All These Years
My top 10 Hip Hop albums of 2014
10. Royce Da 5'9" & DJ Premier - PRhyme
9. Statik Selektah - #WHATGOESAROUND
8. Planet Asia & Tzarizm - Via Satellite
7. Cam'ron - 1st Of The Month, Box Set
6. The Dopplegangaz - Peace Kehd
5. Blu - Good To Be Home
4. Curren$y - The Drive In Theatre
3. Apollo Brown and Ras Kass - Blasphemy
2. Step Brothers (Alchemist and Evidence) - Lord Steppington
1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata
The level of lyricism and production on Piñata was unmatched in 2014. I also liked how every song title on this album is one word.
Artist: Onyx
Song: Live Niguz
Year: 1995
Album: All We Got Iz Us
This was considered the commercial song from this dark album but I thought it was a great song and changed up the vibe of the album for the better.
Artist: Isaac Hayes
Song: Wherever You Are
Year: 1980
Album: And Once Again
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib used the four-bar loop at 0:01. Onyx only used the second half of the same sample, the two-bar loop starting at 0:08.
Here are my top 25 Hip Hop songs of 2014:
25. Skyzoo & Torae - Blue Yankee Fitted
24. Ab-Soul - Stigmata (featuring Action Bronson and Asaad)
23. The Eastsidaz and Snoop Dogg - Bottom Girl
22. J Rawls - Bills (featuring Masta Ace)
21. Planet Asia & Tzarizm - Via Satellite
20. Lil' Kim - Stadium Music (featuring Yo Gotti)
19. Mayhem Lauren and Buckwild - Can't Fuck 'Em All
18. Skyzoo & Torae - Rediscover (featuring Blu)
17. Apollo Brown - Heaven at Last
16. Ed O.G - Make Music
15. Opio & Equipto - Love It All
14. John Robinson & PVD - Kiss The Sky
13. Common - Rewind That
12. Apollo Brown & Ras Kass - Impossible Dream
11. Blu - The Return
My top 10 Hip Hop songs of 2014:
10. Blu - Whip Creme (Part One)
9. The Dopplegangaz - Live Rugged
8. The Roots - When The People Cheer
7. MindsOne & Kev Brown - Manipulated
6. The Eastsidaz and Snoop Dogg - Me & Mines
5. Royce Da 5'9" & DJ Premier - U Looz
4. Apollo Brown & Ras Kass - H2O
3. Cam'ron - Soulplane
2. Step Brothers - More Wins
1. Curren$y - Stolen
Honorary Mentions
Cormega - More
Homeboy Sandman - Problems
Opio & Equipto - Faris Wheel
Sim-E - Sole Progression (featuring Roc Marciano)
Statik Selektah - What Goes Around
Onyx & Snowgoons - We Don't Fuckin Care
