The 10 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2014

2014 will and should be remembered as a year of blockbuster independent hip-hop albums. The lack of any major releases from Jay Z, Nas, Kanye West or Drake, the stalling of Lil Wayne’s next and supposed last solo album, and noticeably weak efforts from 50 Cent and Eminem, among other name-brand artists, left a clear opening for albums like Run The Jewels 2 and Pharaohe Monch’s PTSD. Keeping with that theme, the types of places that best encapsulate hip-hop culture were in full effect—cities and neighborhoods with diverse ethnicities and strong working-class roots, Detroit and East Oakland among them.

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Via Observer