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