OFFICIAL: What's the 2014 AOTY

[dubsmith_nz]

FHD, Oxymoron and Prhyme for me. Honorable mentions go to Cadillactica, Last Winter and Cilvia Demo.

 

[JCalli]

If we talking only hip hop ....still can't make my mind up between Blasphemy or Pinata as to the top spot, but they are my top two.

Edit: Where is Rass Kass & Apollo Brown - Blasphemy on this poll

 

[JCalli]

Black Milk's If There's A Hell Below or D'Angelo's Black Messiah for me




Honorable mention:


PHryme
Gibbs/Madlib - Pinata (was my pick for most of the year( )

J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive ( Cole dropped the hammer 4th qtr)

Souls of Mischief - There is Only Now (Underrated album)

Ras Kass/Apollo Brown Blasphemy (Ras tapping into the fountain of youth, Apollo Brown reppin for Detroit )

Shout out to @Rakim Allah who put me on to that album with Adrian Young. Very dope!

 

[FunkyFresh]

Isaiah rashad - Cilvia Demo

Honourable mentions.

J Cole
Gangsta Gibbs
Ty $
YG

 

[g-ice]

Top 3 goes like this -
RTJ 2 - Run The Jewels
Blasphemy - Apollo Brown & Ras Kass
Pinata - Madlib & Freddie Gibbs

 

[W.I.Z.E.]

one of the few albums that's still in rotation..

production, rhymes, features.. easily, AOTY.. folks running with what's popular, which is understandable these days..

I think Diamond D is the best producer / rapper ever. But this album has too many underwhelming parts like "Its nothing" and "We the people".

Personally,PTSD is 10 times better sonically and mos definitely lyrically.

 

[Yoda]

I think Diamond D is the best producer / rapper ever. But this album has too many underwhelming parts like "Its nothing" and "We the people".

Personally,PTSD is 10 times better sonically and mos definitely lyrically.

word! diam piece was kinda ehhh to me. maybe i need to re-hear it but there were clearly better albums out this year.

 

[W.I.Z.E.]

no i like it
but it is not as good as the coli makes it

i only hear about it on the coli

not once have i heard anyone off the net mention it

cmon man...only on the coli? When I do this list every year I look and ask around to get a good read on a preliminary lost. Mad ppl called out Piñata as a contender. Do a quick search on Google of u don't believe me.

 

[blazn101]

Cilvia demo
RTJ2
Forest Hill Dr / Pinata

 

[CrimsonTider]

Mastermind to me

 

[Pool_Shark]

Forest Hills Drive is too new. Lets see 6 months from now. Pinata should win this the rapping is good but what Madlib did with the production was amazing, all the little intricacies and changes throughout songs and inbetween them. I haven't heard an album with as much attention to details this year.

 

[MouseTeeth]

mastermind

 

[W.I.Z.E.]

mastermind

Im surprised this is getting so many votes.

 

[The Ruler 09]

I think Blasphemy and Mega Philosophy should have been added to the poll cause a lot of people would have considered them.

 

[Umi]

Pinata.

I don't even get why there are more options than Pinata.