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2014 in Review: Staff Picks

blame it on Shake January 12, 2015
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Now that we’ve shown you our favorite EPs, MIXTAPES and ALBUMS of 2014 we wanted to let our staff hit y’all with their respective lists.

No specific order, just dope’ness…

JES’ TOP 10 ALBUMS

• DJ Premier x Royce Da 5’9”, PRhyme
• Killer Mike & El-P, Run The Jewels 2
• Ghostface Killah, 36 Seasons
• Your Old Droog, Your Old Droog
• Pharoahe Monch, P.T.S.D.
• Evidence & Alchemist (Step Brothers), Lord Steppington
• Apollo Brown & Ras Kass, Blasphemy
• J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive
• Cormega, Mega Philosophy
• Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, Piñata

HONORABLE MENTIONS: ScHoolboy Q’s Oxymoron, Fameless Fam’s SS14 and Phantogram’s Voices.

JES’ TOP 10 MIXTAPES

• Raekwon, We Wanna Thank You
• The Neighborhood, #000000 & #FFFFFF
• Raury, Indigo Child
• Nino Bless, Illuminati Reject
• Yasiin Gaye (Yasiin Bey x Marvin Gaye), The Departure & The Return
• Alex Wiley, Village Party
• Black Dave, Stay Black 2
• Boogie, Thirst 48
• Curren$y, The Drive-In Theatre
• Vince Staples, Shyne Goldchain Vol. 2

JES’ TOP 5 EPs

• Nature, Seasons Changed: Winter Edition
• Isaiah Rashad, Cilvia Demo
• J57, Wax Aesthetic
• MC Melodee, Coolin’
• Hus Kingpin & Rozewood, Pop Up Shop

ILLY’S TOP EPs

• Daniel Caesar, Praise Break
• Lil Silva, Mabel
• Doja Cat, Purrr!
• Majid Jordan, A Place Like This

ILLY’S TOP ALBUMS/MIXTAPES

• PARTYNEXTDOOR, PARTYNEXTDOOR Two
• Mick Jenkins, The Water[s]
• Miloh Smith, Pulp Fiction
• Peewee Longway, The Blue M&M
• FKA twigs, LP1
• Banks, Goddess

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