Azealia and Azalea both conspicuously absent from this list. Go figure.
Honorable Mention: Fredro Starr & Audible Doctor - Made In the Streets
Released December 25th, 2013
25. Dilated Peoples - Directors of Photography
24. Souls of Mischief - There Is Only Now
23. DJ Quik - The Midnight Life
22. Edo G - After All These Years
21. Diamond District - March on Washington
20. Reks - Eyes Watching God
19. Le$ & Cookin Soul - ACE
18. Ghostface Killah - 36 Seasons
17. L'Orange - The Orchid Days
16. Step Brothers - Lord Steppington
15. Pharoahe Monch – PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
14. Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
13. J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
12. The Doppelgangaz - Peace Kehd
11. Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica
10. Curren$y - The Drive In Theatre
9. Statik Selektah - What Goes Around
8. Cormega - Mega Philosophy
7. ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron
6. PRhyme - PRhyme
5. Apollo Brown & Ras Kass - Blasphemy
4. Black Milk - If There's a Hell Below
3. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
2. YG - My Krazy Life
1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib -
...is 2015 over yet?!
