Nov 23, 2014

I made a similar list on SL in the last topic, but 2014 has been a GREAT f---ing year for rap in my opinion. 2013 was probably slightly better, but I've gotten varying milage out of these:

Piñata - MaddGibbs
Run the Jewels 2 - Killer Mike & El-P
Cilvia Demo - Isaiah Rashad
Cadillactica - Big K.R.I.T.
My Krazy Life - YG
Days Before Rodeo - Travis Scott
Dark Comedy - Open Mike Eagle
Your Old Droop EP - Your Old Droog
Good to Be Home - Blu
h--- Can Wait - Vince Staples
Rich g--- Mixtape - Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan
Convertibles - Chuck Inglish
Oxymoron - Schoolboy Q
Faces - Mac Miller
Jimmy the Burnout - Nocando
Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
Clppng - Clipping
NehruvianDOOM - MF Doom & Bishop Nehru
...and then you s---t your cousin - The Roots
Nobody's Smiling - Common
Mastermind - Rick Ross
Neon Icon - Riff Raff (well, just a few songs, but you kinda get what you expect with a Riff Raff album)

I still listen to My Krazy Life, Days Before Rodeo, Cilvia Demo, and Piñata regularly. RTJ2 and Cadillactica are still pretty new but I've been listening to those a lot as well.

I'll paraphrase what I said on SL: people who say 2014 is a s-----y year for rap are probably either growing out of the genre (which is fine, but you shouldn't make blanket statements), not looking hard enough/listening out of their comfort zone, or are one of those 40-year-old dudes who post on the Lil Wayne facebook page about how much better Afrika Bambaataa is.