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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2014.

Events

Duo Outkast announced the end of their hiatus on January 15

January

• On January 8, it was revealed that DJ Drama was given a job as the new A&R for Atlantic Records.^[1]
• On January 15, the duo Outkast composed of rappers Big Boi and Andre 3000, announced a reunion tour of over 40 festival dates during 2014.^[2]
• On January 26, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won four Grammy Awards at 56th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist and Best Rap Album for The Heist. Jay-Z won two Grammys for his two collaborations with Justin Timberlake "Holy Grail" and "Suit & Tie".^[3]
• On January 28, J. Cole announced that his record label Dreamville Records had signed a distribution deal with Interscope Records. Later that day Jay-Z gave him his original Roc-A-Fella Records chain.^[4]

February

• On February 1, five rappers; French Montana, Jadakiss, Chinx Drugz, Smoke DZA and Buckshot were all arrested on warrants, while leaving B.B. King Blues Club in New York City, where they were attending Funkmaster Flex's Tunnel Party.^[5] They would all be released by the next day.^[6]
• On February 10, it was revealed that Dr. Dre was suing his former record label Death Row Records for 3 million dollars, due to unpaid royalties.^[7]
• On February 20, it was revealed that 50 Cent had officially left Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records, also announcing that he was now signed to Caroline Records, an independent sister-label of Capitol Records.^[8]

March

Lil Boosie was released from prison on March 5. He had spent almost five years behind bars. Shortly after he released "Show Da World" and announced a new album Touchdown 2 Cause Hell to be released by Atlantic Records.

• On March 5, Lil Boosie was released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary where he has been incarcerated since 2009 on drug charges.^[9]
• On March 11, it was revealed that Diddy had bid 200 million dollars on the Madison Square Garden Company-owned Fuse television channel. However, he would be outbid by Jennifer Lopez's NuvoTV.^[10][11]
• On March 12, Freddie Gibbs released "Real", his first diss record towards former boss Young Jeezy.^[12]
• On March 13, Petey Pablo was released from prison after serving 35 months in prison after being arrested for gun smuggling.^[13]
• On March 14, Chris Brown was arrested and taken to jail until at least April 23, 2014, due to him being kicked out of rehab after he refused to take a drug test, made disturbing comments about his use of weapons, and disobeyed an order placed on him in the facility to remain at least two feet away from all women.^[14]
• On March 18, Derek Minor announced that he has left Reach Records, as his two-album contract with the label is now complete.^[15]
• On March 23, Jay-Z addressed Drake's recent comments in a Rolling Stone interview regarding Jay-Z's references to art, during Jay Electronica's remix to Soulja Boy's "We Made It". In the song Jay-Z says, "Sorry Mrs. Drizzy for so much art talk / Silly me, rappin' 'bout shit that I really bought / While these rappers rap about guns that they ain't shot / And a bunch of other silly shit that they ain't got."^[16]
• On March 25, Diddy changed his stage name back to Puff Daddy for his next studio album MMM.^[17]
• On March 28, Migos were involved in a Florida shootout that left one of the members of their entourage in the hospital.^[18]
• On March 29, former co-owner of The Source, Benzino, was shot multiple times during his mother's funeral procession.^[19]

April

• On April 3, Tray Deee of Tha Eastsidaz was released from California Men's Colony, where he had been incarcerated since 2005 on attempted murder charges.^[20][21]
• On April 9, Chief Keef's cousin and Glory Boyz Entertainment signee Blood Money was shot and killed in Chicago. Blood Money had been signed to Interscope Records just two weeks prior to his death.^[22]
• On April 18, the NYPD thwarted an alleged multimillion-dollar extortion plot by producer Chauncey Mahan against Jay-Z. Mahan who worked with Jay Z from 1998 and 2002, was in possession of a number of Jay-Z master recordings that Jay-Z and his associates assumed were lost. They were estimated to be between $15 million and $20 million.^[23]
• On April 27, DJ E-Z Rock of duo Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock died from unknown cases. The duo was best known for the single "It Takes Two" and its respective album.^[24][25]

May

XXL selected Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa and Jon Connor, among others, to their annual freshman class.

• On May 1, it was reported Dominican hip hop recording artist Monkey Black, real name Leonardo Ozuna, was fatally stabbed outside a bar in Barcelona, while he was residing in Spain.^[26][27][28]
• On May 5, XXL revealed their annual freshman class to include Chance the Rapper, Isaiah Rashad, Ty Dolla $ign, Rich Homie Quan, Vic Mensa, August Alsina, Troy Ave, Kevin Gates, Lil Bibby, Jon Connor, Lil Durk and Jarren Benton. The list had previously been rappers only, but this opened it to two R&B artists, namely August Alsina and Ty$.^[29]
• On May 6, Tyga released the song "Chi-Raq to LA" with fellow California based rapper The Game where they diss rival rappers Lil Durk and 40 Glocc, respectively.^[30]
• On May 6, Rich Homie Quan suffered two seizures and a head injury from a fall, during a music video shoot for his single "Walk Thru" in Atlanta and had to be rushed to the hospital.^[31]
• On May 13, Gucci Mane plead guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in connection with a case during September 2013. He was sentenced to three years and three months in prison. He is scheduled for a late 2016 release.^[32]
• On May 18, at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards, Eminem won the awards for Top Rap Artist and the Top Rap Album for his eighth studio album The Marshall Mathers LP 2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won Top Rap Song for "Can't Hold Us".^[33] Drake, Jay-Z, J. Cole and Pitbull were also nominated in various categories.^[34]
• On May 28, the sale of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine's Beats Electronics to Apple Inc. was finalized. The deal for 3 billion dollars, earned Dr. Dre hundreds of millions of dollars, making him the richest rapper in the game.^[35]

Hip hop group G-Unit, composed of 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck and Tony Yayo, officially reunited on June 1, 2014.

• On May 31, OTF NuNu, a member of Lil Durk's OTF crew, was shot and killed in Chicago. He was sitting in a parked SUV at the Chatham Village Square Mall on the city's South Side when the shooter walked up to the vehicle and fired several rounds at NuNu. He was struck multiple times and tried to escape the scene in the SUV before crashing into a nearby store.^[36]

June

• On June 1, 50 Cent, Nas, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Young Money, Wiz Khalifa, Trey Songz, DJ Mustard, YG, Ty Dolla Sign, Kid Ink, Sevyn Streeter, Bunji Garlin, Action Bronson, and Troy Ave performed on the main stage during 2014's Hot 97 Summer Jam. Most notably, the hip hop group G-Unit including 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck and Tony Yayo reunited.^[37]
• On June 6, JayAre of Cali Swag District died of sickle cell anemia.^[38]
• On June 9, in an interview with Bootleg Kev, B.o.B announced his new record label imprint, No Genre, named after his 2010 mixtape.^[39][40]
• On June 10, Eminem became the first recording artist to receive two Digital Single Diamond Awards from the RIAA. They were for his singles "Not Afraid" and "Love The Way You Lie" singles, which both surpassed the 10 million threshold for a combination of sales and streams.^[41]
• On June 18, a release date of August 14, 2015 was announced for the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton.^[42]
• On June 29, at the BET Awards 2014, Drake won Best Male Hip-Hop Artist, Nicki Minaj won Best Female Hip-Hop Artist and Young Money won Best Group.^[43]
• On June 29, a rap battle turned physical at King of the Dot's Battle of Los Angeles when Dizaster punched Math Hoffa in the face. Which resulted in Dizaster's conditional ban from King of the Dot.^[44]

July

Remy Ma was released from prison on August 1

• On July 11, Eminem became the first rapper to headline London's Wembley Stadium, which can hold up to 90,000 people. Fellow Detroit-based rapper Danny Brown and alternative hip hop group Odd Future, led by Tyler, The Creator, served as Eminem's opening acts for the shows, respectively.^[45][46]
• On July 11, Meek Mill was sentenced to three to six months in jail for probation violations.^[47]
• On July 23, Busta Rhymes announced his departure from Cash Money Records.^[48]

August

• On August 1, Remy Ma was released from prison after more than six years behind bars.^[49]
• On August 24, Suge Knight and two others were shot multiple times during a Chris Brown-hosted event at a West Hollywood nightclub. Knight was taken to an area hospital.^[50]
• On August 24, Young Jeezy was arrested before performing at the Irvine, California stop on the Under The Influence Tour. This was in connection with the deadly shooting in the backstage area, two days prior on another stop of the tour in Mountain View, California. When the police raided his tour bus, they found an assault rifle assumed to belong to Jeezy as well guns on several members of his entourage. His bail was set at one million dollars.^[51]

October

• On October 28, Juvenile re-signed with Cash Money Records.^[52]

November

• On November 4, two members of Freddie Gibbs entourage were shot multiple times in Brooklyn after a performance at Rough Trade in Williamsburg, NY, both men were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.^[53]

December

• On December 2, Meek Mill was released from prison after serving nearly four months for probation violation.^[54]
• On December 16, Bobby Shmurda was arrested for alleged involvement in multiple shootings and drug trafficking in New York.^[55]

Released albums

Release Date	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Notes
January 2	Baracuda & Modulok	Hydra	Fishgang, Takaba[56]
	Sarkodie	Sarkology	Duncwills Entertainment[57]	Nominated for World’s Best Album at the 2014 World Music Awards Singles: "Illuminati", "Down on One", "Preach", etc.
January 7	Kid Ink	My Own Lane	Tha Alumni Music Group, 88 Classic, RCA Records[58]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Show Me", "Iz U Down", "Main Chick"
January 9	Burgundy Fats (Self Jupiter)	The Legend of 1900	Voila Entertainment, AugustBouy Music, Sleepy Hollow Records[59]
January 14	Zion I	The Masters of Ceremony	Live Up Records[60]
January 21	The Nope (Moka Only & Psy)	Sinus EP	URBNET[61]
	Step Brothers (The Alchemist & Evidence)	Lord Steppington	Rhymesayers Entertainment[62]	Debuted at No. 60 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Step Masters", "Mums In The Garage"
	Transit	Super Man Took Steroids	Transit[63]
	Trae tha Truth & The Worlds Freshest	The Tonite Show	Empire Distribution, Fresh in the Flesh[64]
	Ty Dolla Sign	Beach House EP	Taylor Gang Records, Atlantic Records[65]	Debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Paranoid", "Or Nah", and "Paranoid (Remix)"
January 28	Isaiah Rashad	Cilvia Demo	Top Dawg Entertainment[66]	Debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200
	Qwazaar & Batsauce	Stress Chasers	Galapagos4[67]
	Andy Mineo	Never Land	Reach Records[68]	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
January 31	Noah23 & Horse Head	Delicate Genius	Plague Language[69]
February 4	Lil Wyte & Frayser Boy	B.A.R. (Bay Area Representatives)	Hypnotize Minds, Wyte Music, Select-O-Hits[70]
	Prince Po & Oh No	Animal Serum	Wandering Worx[71]
	Young Fathers	Dead	Anticon, Big Dada[72]
February 11	Bike for Three!	So Much Forever	Fake Four Inc.[73]
	Good Belt Gang	Resource Room	Militainment Business[74]
	Willie the Kid & Bronze Nazareth	The Living Daylights	Embassy Ent., Black Day In July Productions[75]
February 18	The Doppelgangaz	Peace Kehd	Groggy Pack Entertainment[76]	Singles: "Holla Holla x2", "KnowntchooTahLie"
	The Grouch & Eligh	The Tortoise and the Crow	The Grouch & Eligh Music[77]	Triple album; features one disc by The Grouch & Eligh, entitled 333, one disc by The Grouch, entitled Lighthouses, and one disc by Eligh, entitled Nomads.
	Prodigy	The Most Infamous	Infamous Records[78]
	Juvenile	The Fundamentals	Rap-A-Lot Records[79]
	Verbal Kent	Sound of the Weapon	Mello Music Group[80]
February 23	Noah23	Rare Gems	Plague Language[81]
February 25	Kid Cudi	Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon	Wicked Awesome Records, Republic Records[82]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Homeboy Sandman	White Sands	Stones Throw Records[83]
	Schoolboy Q	Oxymoron	Top Dawg Entertainment, Interscope Records[84]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Yay Yay", "Collard Greens", "Man of the Year", "Break the Bank", "Studio"
	Stat Quo	ATLA: All This Life Allows, Vol. 1	ATLA Music[85]
	T. Mills	All I Wanna Do	Columbia Records[86]	Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard Top Rap Albums Singles: "All I Wanna Do"
March 1	Calle 13	Multi Viral	El Abismo[87]	Singles: "Multi_Viral", "El Aguante"
March 3	Chali 2na	Manphibian Music: Against the Current EP 2	Chali 2na[88]
	Pharrell Williams	G I R L	Black Lot Music, Columbia Records[89]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Happy", "Marilyn Monroe", "Come Get It Bae" Certified Gold
	Rick Ross	Mastermind	Maybach Music Group, Slip-n-Slide Records, Def Jam Recordings[90]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "The Devil Is a Lie", "War Ready", "Thug Cry"
March 4	Black Milk	Glitches in the Break	Computer Ugly Records[91]
	Clyde Carson	Playboy	Moe Doe Entertainment[92]
	O.S.T.R. & Marco Polo	Kartagina	Asfalt Records[93]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Polish Charts[94] Certified Gold in Poland
	Wax & Batsauce	The Soledad Brothers	Galapagos4[95]
March 11	Illmaculate	Clay Pigeons	Illmaculate[96]
	Young Money	Rise of an Empire	Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records[97]	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "We Alright", "Trophies", "Lookin Ass Nigga"
March 14	Farid Bang	Killa	Banger Musik[98]
March 18	Ana Tijoux	Vengo	Nacional Records[99]
	Cyne	All My Angles Are Right	Hometapes[100]
	Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	Piñata	Madlib Invazion[101]	Debuted at No. 39 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Thuggin'", "Shame", "Deeper"
	Nocando	Jimmy the Burnout	Hellfyre Club[102]
	Onyx	Wakedafucup	Mad Money[103]	Singles: "Wakedafucup"
	Ra Scion	Sharper Tool; Bigger Weapon	SCIONtific Records[104]
	Sisyphus	Sisyphus	Flaming Pop, Ryan Lott Music, New Jerusalem[105]
	YG	My Krazy Life	Pu$haz Ink, CTE World, Def Jam Recordings[106]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "My Nigga", "Left, Right", "Who Do You Love?"
March 20	Phyno	No Guts No Glory	Sputnet Records, Penthauze Music[107]	Singles: "Ghost Mode", "Man of the Year (Obago)", "Parcel", "O Set"
March 25	Christon Gray	School of Roses	Collision Records[108]	Debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard 200
	Sage the Gemini	Remember Me	Republic Records[109]	Debuted at No. 47 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Red Nose", "Gas Pedal", "College Drop", "Down on Your Luck"
	Lil Debbie	California Sweetheart	Lil Debbie Records[110]
	Grieves	Winter & the Wolves	Rhymesayers Entertainment[111]
March 26	Mestizo	Underlord	Machina Muerte[112]
March 27	The Cloaks (Awol One & Gel Roc)	The Cloaks	Abolano Records[113]
March 28	Jesse Jagz	Jagz Nation Vol. 2: Royal Niger Company	Jagz Nation[114]	Singles: "The Search (Radio)"
April 1	Big Hutch	The Big Hit	West World Records, Big Shot Music Group[115]
	CunninLynguists	Strange Journey Volume Three	Bad Taste Records[116]
	Giovanni Marks	C.O.A.T.	Get Crev Laboratories[117]
	Mobb Deep	The Infamous Mobb Deep	Infamous Records, RED Distribution[118]	Debuted at No. 49 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Taking You off Here", "Say Something"
	Nick Cannon	White People Party Music	N'Credible Entertainment[119]	Singles: "Me Sexy", "Dance Floor", "Looking for a Dream"
	Smoke DZA	Dream.ZONE.Achieve	R.F.C. Music Group[120]	Debuted at No. 30 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Singles: "Legends In the Making (Ashtray, Pt. 2)"
April 8	Chuck Inglish	Convertibles	Sounds Like Fun Records, Federal Prism Records[121]	Debuted at No. 24 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Singles: "Swervin'", "Came Thru/Easily", "Legs"
April 11	Sole & DJ Pain 1	Warfare	Black Canyon Music[122]
April 15	Da' T.R.U.T.H.	Heartbeat	Mixed Bag Records[123]	Debuted at No. 84 on the Billboard 200
	Dizzy Wright	State of Mind	Funk Volume[124]	Debuted at No. 54 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Everywhere I Go"
	Messy Marv, The Jacka & Blanco	One Hunnid	Guerrilla Entertainment[125]
	Locksmith	A Thousand Cuts	Landmark Entertainment[126]
	Pharoahe Monch	PTSD	W.A.R. Media, Duck Down Music Inc.[127]	Debuted at No. 102 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Damage", "Bad M.F."
	Nas	Illmatic XX (Illmatic reissue)	Columbia Records[128]
	Sleep & Maulskull	Oregon Failure	Sleep of Oldominion LLC[129]
	Timbuktu	How Huge: The Legend of Howard Huge	Droppin' Science Productions[130]
April 17	Ceschi	Forgotten Forever	Cooler Than Cucumbers Records[131]	Limited to 100 vinyl copies with exclusive handmade artwork for each copy.
April 18	Ten Typ Mes	Trzeba było zostać dresiarzem	Alkopoligamia.com[132]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Polish Charts[133] Certified Gold in Poland
April 20	Lil Wyte	No Sick Days	Wyte Music, Hypnotize Minds[134]
	N.O.R.E.	Noreaster	Militainment Business[135]
April 22	Asher Roth	RetroHash	Federal Prism Records, Pale Fire[136]	Debuted at No. 45 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Tangerine Girl", "Fast Life"
	Army of the Pharaohs	In Death Reborn	Enemy Soil, Babygrande Records, Demigodz Records[137]	Debuted at No. 63 on the Billboard 200
	Blueprint	Respect the Architect	Weightless Recordings[138]
	Daz Dillinger	Weed Money	Felder Entertainment Inc., D.P.G. Recordz[139]	Singles: "What's Your Pleasure", "The Reason Why"
	Future	Honest	A-1 Recordings, Freebandz, Epic Records[140]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Karate Chop", "Honest", "Shit", "Move That Dope", "Covered N Money", "I Won"
	Iggy Azalea	The New Classic	Island Records[141]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Work", "Bounce", "Change Your Life", "Fancy", "Black Widow"
	K Camp	In Due Time	Interscope Records[142]	Debuted at No. 40 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Singles: "Money Baby", "Cut Her Off", "Blessing", "Turn Up for a Check"
	Shabaam Sahdeeq	Keepers of the Lost Art	Below System[143]
	Termanology	Mas Goya	ST. Records[144]
	Yukmouth	GAS (Grow and Sale)	Smoke-A-Lot Records[145]
	Zion I	Libations	Live Up Records[146]
April 28	Aim	Drum Machines & VHS Dreams	ATIC Records[147]
	Radioinactive	Hip-Hop Helmet	Flying Carpet Studios, Laitdbac[148]
April 29	Bas	Last Winter	Dreamville Records, Interscope Records[149]	Debuted at No. 103 on the Billboard 200
	Chuuwee	Cool World	Amalgam Digital[150]
	Intuition & Equalibrum	Intuition & Equalibrum	Kinda Neat[151]
	J-Live	Around the Sun	Mortier Music[152]
	Propaganda	Crimson Cord	Humble Beast Records[153]	Debuted at No. 55 on the Billboard 200
	Rapper Big Pooh & Roc C	Trouble In the Neighborhood	New World Color[154]
	Social Club	Misfits 2	Social Club[155]	Debuted at No. 59 on the Billboard 200
	Styles P	Phantom and the Ghost	Phantom Entertainment, New Music Cartel, Empire Distribution[156]	Debuted at No. 74 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Sour"
May 6	Atmosphere	Southsiders	Rhymesayers Entertainment[157]	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
	Beckah Shae	Champion	Shae Shoc Records[158]
	People Under the Stairs	12 Step Program	PL70 Records, PUTS Records[159]
	Tech N9ne	Strangeulation	Strange Music[160]	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
May 9	Kollegah	King	Selfmade Records[161]	Singles: "Alpha", "AKs im Wandschrank", "King", "Du bist Boss" Debuted at No. 1 on the German, Austrian and Swiss album charts[162][163][164] Certified Platinum in Germany and Gold in Austria [165][166][167]
	The Worlds Freshest & Freddie Gibbs	The Tonite Show	Empire Recordings, Fresh in the Flesh[168]
May 13	Boondox	Abaddon	Psychopathic Records[169]
	Hi-Rez	Beautiful Struggle	Penalty Recordings[170]
	Iamsu!	Sincerely Yours	HBK Gang Records, Alternative Distribution Alliance[171]	Debuted at No. 50 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Only That Real", "I Love My Squad"
	Moka Only	Sex Money Moka	Urbnet[172]
May 17	Tede	#kurt_rolson	Wielkie Joł[173]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Polish Charts[174] Singles: "Feat.", "#john_rambo", "CMRT"
May 19	The Roots	...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin	Def Jam Recordings[175]	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "When the People Cheer"
	Blu	Good To Be Home	New World Color, Nature Sounds[176]
May 20	Deniro Farrar	Rebirth EP	Vice Records[177]
	eMC	The Turning Point	Penalty Recordings[178]
May 27	Gangsta Boo & La Chat	Witch	Phixieous Entertainment[179]
	Hit-Boy & HS87	We the Plug	Hits Since '87, Interscope Records[180]
	Kool Keith	Demolition Crash	Junkadelic Music[181]
	Meyhem Lauren & Buckwild	Silk Pyramids	Thrice Great[182]
	MJG	Too Pimpin' 2.0	MJG Muzik[183]
	Skyzoo & Torae	Barrel Brothers	First Generation Rich Inc, Internal Affairs Ent, Loyalty Digital Corp, Empire Recordings[184]
	Tedashii	Below Paradise	Reach Records[185]	Debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200
June 3	50 Cent	Animal Ambition	G-Unit Records, Caroline Records[186]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Hold On", "Pilot", "Smoke", "Hustler", "Chase the Paper", "Everytime I Come Around", "Irregular Heartbeat", "Winners Circle", "Twisted"
	Apathy	Connecticut Casual	Demigodz Records, Dirty Version Records[187]
	Big Smo	Kuntry Livin'	Elektra Nashville, Warner Music Nashville[188]	Debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard 200
	Die Antwoord	Donker Mag	Zef Records[189]
	Mcenroe	Burnt Orange	Peanuts & Corn Records[190]
	Sage Francis	Copper Gone	Strange Famous Records[191]
June 10	Body Count	Manslaughter	Sumerian Records[192]	Debuted at No. 102 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Talk Shit, Get Shot"
	Canibus	Fait Accompli	RBC Records[193]	Singles: "Historic"
	Cisco Adler	Coastin'	Bananabeat Records[194]
	HRSMN	Historic EP	RBC Records[195]
	¡Mayday! & Murs	¡MursDay!	Strange Music[196]	Debuted at No. 45 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Tabletops"
	Open Mike Eagle	Dark Comedy	Mello Music Group[197]
	The Polish Ambassador	Pushing Through the Pavement	Jumpsuit Records[198]
	Sole & DJ Pain 1	Death Drive	Black Canyon[199]
June 11	Ka	1200 B.C.	Iron Works[200]
June 13	DJ Vadim	Dubcatcher	BBE Music[201]
June 15	Shady Blaze & BLVCKHXVRT	Shady HXVRT	Green Ova Records[202]
June 17	Canibus	The Masterpiece Collection	Babygrande Records[203]
	Cappadonna	Hook Off	Protect-Ya-Neck Records[204]
	Dessa	Parts of Speech, Re-Edited	Doomtree Records[205]
	Jeru the Damaja	The Hammer	Hedspinn Records[206]
	Swollen Members	Brand New Day	Battle Axe Records[207]
June 23	G-Eazy	These Things Happen	BPG, RVG, RED Distribution[208]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
June 24	Ab-Soul	These Days...	Top Dawg Entertainment[209]	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
	Alias	Pitch Black Prism	Anticon[210]
	Buckshot & P-Money	Backpack Travels	Dirty, Dawn Raid, Duck Down[211]
	Bubba Sparxxx	Made On McCosh Mill Road	New South, E1 Entertainment[212]
	Cashis	Euthanasia	Bogish Brand Entertainment[213]
	Def3 & Factor	Wildlife	Ship Records, URBNET[214]
	K.Flay	Life as a Dog	Bummer Picnic Records[215]
	Riff Raff	Neon Icon	Mad Decent[216]	Debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "How to Be the Man"
	Z-Ro	The Crown	XMG[217]
June 30	Muneshine	In Transit	Scissor Records[218]
July 1	Cam'ron	1st of the Month Vol. 1	Killa Entertainment[219]
	Sadistik	Ultraviolet	Fake Four Inc.[219]
July 3	Main Flow	The Cincinnati Kid	Dopeshit Records, Wannabattle Records[220]
July 4	Gucci Mane	Trap House 4	1017 Brick Squad Records, 101 Distribution[221]	Debuted at No. 153 on the Billboard 200
July 7	Mike Stud	Closer	Electric Feel Music[222]	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
July 15	Cashis	Bogish Boy Vol. 1	Bogish Brand Entertainment[223]
	Madlib	Rock Konducta Pt. 1	Madlib Invazion[224][224]
		Rock Konducta Pt. 2
	Reks	Eyes Watching God	Brick Records[225]
July 17	Felix Brothers (Gucci Mane, Young Dolph & PeeWee Longway)	Felix Brothers	1017 Brick Squad Records, 101 Distribution[226]
July 18	Cassper Nyovest	Tsholofelo	Family Tree, Kalawa Jazmee Records, Universal Music[227]	Singles: "Gusheshe", "Doc Shebeleza", "Phumakim"
July 22	Common	Nobody's Smiling	ARTium Recordings, Def Jam Recordings[228]	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Kingdom", "Speak My Piece", "Diamonds"
	Cormega	Mega Philosophy	Slimstyle Records[229]
July 23	Noah23 & David Klopek	Light Years	[230]
July 29	Dark Lotus	The Mud, Water, Air & Blood	Psychopathic Records[231]	Debuted at No. 43 on the Billboard 200
	Gucci Mane	The Oddfather	1017 Brick Squad Records, 101 Distribution[232]
	MarQ Spekt & Blockhead	JustPlayWithIt	HiPNOTT Records[233]
	PartyNextDoor	PartyNextDoor Two	OVO Sound, Warner Bros. Records[234]	Debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200
	Planet Asia & TzariZM	Via Satellite	Doxside Music Group[235]
	Shabazz Palaces	Lese Majesty	Sub Pop Records[236]
	Sir Michael Rocks	Banco	6 Cell Phones[237]	Debuted at No. 118 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Memo"
August 1	Cam'ron	1st of the Month Vol. 2	Killa Entertainment[238]	Singles: "So Bad"
	Chuck D	The Black In Man	Spitdigital[239]
August 5	AmpLive	Headphone Concerto	Plug Research Music[240]
	Armand Hammer (Billy Woods & Elucid)	Furtive Movements	Backwoodz Studioz[241]
	Ces Cru	Codename: Ego Stripper	Strange Music[242]	Debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Debbie	California Sweetheart Pt. 2	Lil Debbie Records[243]
	Swoope	Sinema	Collision Records[244]	Debuted at No. 55 on the Billboard 200
August 12	Chuuwee	The Chuuwee Channel	NCR[245]
	Dilated Peoples	Directors of Photography	Rhymesayers Entertainment[246]	Debuted at No. 41 on the Billboard 200
	The Underachievers	Cellar Door: Terminus Ut Exordium	Brainfeeder[247]	Debuted at No. 86 on the Billboard 200
	Twista	Dark Horse	Get Money Gang Entertainment, Caroline Records[248]	Debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Throwin' My Money", "It's Yours"
	Watsky	All You Can Do	Steel Wool Media, Welk Music Group[249]	Debuted at No. 33 on the Billboard 200
August 15	Gucci Mane	Gucci Vs Guwop	1017 Brick Squad Records, 101 Distribution[250]
August 19	Wiz Khalifa	Blacc Hollywood	Atlantic Records Rostrum Records[251]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "We Dem Boyz", "KK", "You and Your Friends", "Stayin Out All Night", "Promises", "So High"
	Slaine	The King of Everything Else	Suburban Noize Records[252]
	Statik Selektah	What Goes Around	Showoff Records, Duck Down Music Inc.[253]
August 23	Noah23	Street Astrology	[254]
August 25	G-Unit	The Beauty of Independence	G-Unit Records[255]	Debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200
August 26	Cash Out	Let's Get It	Bases Loaded, E1 Music[256]	Debuted at No. 43 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "She Twerkin", "Mexico", "She Wanna Ride"
	DJ Mustard	10 Summers	Pu$haz Ink, Roc Nation, Republic Records[257]	Debuted at No. 143 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Down on Me"
	Paranoid Castle	Welcome to Success	Side Road Records[258]
	Souls of Mischief	There Is Only Now	Linear Labs[259]
September 1	Cam'ron	1st of the Month Vol. 3	Killa Entertainment[260]
September 2	Homeboy Sandman	Hallways	Stones Throw Records[261]
	Jeezy	Seen It All: The Autobiography	Def Jam Recordings, CTE World[262]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Me OK", "Seen It All"
	The Killjoy Club	Reindeer Games	Psychopathic Records[263]
September 9	Busdriver	Perfect Hair	Big Dada[264]
	Ed O.G.	After All These Years	5th & Union[265]
	Jhené Aiko	Souled Out	ARTium Recordings, Def Jam Recordings[266]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "To Love & Die", "The Pressure"
	Jim Jones	We Own the Night Pt. 2: Memoirs of a Hustler	Vampire Life, Empire Distribution[267]	Singles: "Wit the Sh!t"
	Lecrae	Anomaly	Reach Records[268]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	P. Reign	Dear America EP	RCA Records[269]
	Rittz	Next to Nothing	Strange Music[270]	Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
	Slimkid3 & DJ Nu-Mark	Slimkid3 & DJ Nu-Mark	Delicious Vinyl[271]
September 16	Chris Brown	X	RCA Records[272]	Singles: "Fine China", "Don't Think They Know", "Love More", "Loyal", "New Flame"
	Diabolic	Fightin' Words	War Horse Records[273]
	Freeway & The Jacka	Highway Robbery	Team Early Entertainment, The Artist Records[274]
	Joell Ortiz	House Slippers	Penalty Entertainment[275]	Debuted at No. 45 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "House Slippers", "Music Saved My Life"
	Josh Baze	Colour Blind	Cartel Records[276]
September 22	Professor Green	Growing Up in Public	Virgin Records	Singles: "Lullaby"
September 23	Snootie Wild	Go Mode	Epic Records, CMG[277]
September 30	The Alchemist	Rapper's Best Friend 3: An Instrumental Series	ALC[278]
	Buck 65	Neverlove	Buck 65[279]
	Diamond D	The Diam Piece	Dymond Mine Records[280]
	Madchild	Switched On	Battle Axe Records[281]
	Saigon	G.S.N.T. 3: The Troubled Times of Brian Carenard	Squid Ink Squad[282]
October 1	Cam'ron	1st of the Month Vol. 4	Killa Entertainment[283]	Singles: "Snapped"
October 3	Childish Gambino	Kauai	Glassnote Records[284]	Debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard 200
October 7	Bishop Nehru and MF Doom	NehruvianDOOM	Lex Records[285]
	Flying Lotus	You're Dead!	Warp Records[286]	Debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200
	Pastor Troy	Welcome to the Rap Game	Madd Society Records[287]
	Rapsody	Beauty and the Beast	Jamla Records, Culture Over Everything[288]
	Vince Staples	Hell Can Wait	Def Jam Recordings, ARTium Records[289]
October 10	Shindy	FVCKB!TCHE$GETMONE¥	Sony Music, ersguterjunge, AMF Management[290]	Debuted at No. 1 on the German, Austrian and Swiss album charts
October 14	DJ Quik	The Midnight Life	Mad Science Recordings, INgrooves Music Group[291]	Debuted at No. 63 on the Billboard 200
	The Game	Blood Moon: Year of the Wolf	Blood Money Entertainment, eOne Music[292]	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Bigger Than Me", "Or Nah"
	Hoodie Allen	People Keep Talking	Hoodie Allen LLC.[293]	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
October 21	Army of the Pharaohs	Heavy Lies the Crown	Pazmanian Devil Music[294]
	T.I.	Paperwork	Columbia Records, Grand Hustle Records[295]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "About the Money", "No Mediocre", "New National Anthem"
	Logic	Under Pressure	Def Jam Recordings, Visionary Music Group[296]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Under Pressure", "Buried Alive"
October 24	Run the Jewels	Run the Jewels 2	Mass Appeal, Sony RED[297]	Debuted at No. 96 on the Billboard 200, peaked at No. 50 Singles: "Blockbuster Night, Pt. 1", "Oh My Darling Don't Cry"
October 27	Apollo Brown & Ras Kass	Blasphemy	Mello Music Group[298]
	Chris Webby	Chemically Imbalanced	Homegrown Music, E1 Music[299]	Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200
	Stalley	Ohio	Maybach Music Group, Atlantic Records[300]	Debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Always Into Something", "Jackin' Chevys", "One More Shot"
	Trip Lee	Rise	Reach Records[301]
October 28	Black Milk	If There's a Hell Below	Computer Ugly Records[302]
	Jared Evan & Statik Selektah	Still Blue	Showoff Records, Jared Evan Inc.[303]
	Young Chop	Still	ChopSquad[304]
October 30	M.I	The Chairman	Chocolate City[305]
November 1	Cam'ron	1st of the Month Vol. 5	Killa Entertainment[306]	Singles: "Touch the Sky"
November 4	Joe Budden	Some Love Lost	Mood Muzik Entertainment, E1 Music[307]	Debuted at No. 55 on the Billboard 200
	Jackie Hill-Perry	The Art of Joy	Humble Beast[308]
	Teyana Taylor	VII	Def Jam Recordings, GOOD Music[309]	Singles: "Maybe", "Business", "Do Not Disturb"
	Theophilus London	Vibes	Warner Bros. Records[310]
	Too Short	19,999: The EP	Dangerous Music, Empire Distribution[311]
November 5	The Lox	The Trinity 2nd Sermon	D-Block Records[312]
November 6	Azealia Banks	Broke with Expensive Taste	Azealia Banks, Prospect Park[313]	Debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Yung Rapunxel", "Heavy Metal and Reflective", "Chasing Time"
November 10	Big K.R.I.T.	Cadillactica	Def Jam Recordings, Cinematic Music Group[314]	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Pay Attention", "Cadillactica", "Soul Food"
	Bobby Shmurda	Shmurda She Wrote	Epic Records[315]	Debuted at No. 79 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Hot Nigga", "Bobby Bitch"
	Hail Mary Mallon	Bestiary	Rhymesayers Entertainment[316]	Debuted at No. 96 on the Billboard 200
	L.U.C	Reflekcje o miłości apdejtowanej selfie	Warner Music Poland	Debuted at No. 32 on the Polish Charts[317]
November 14	Kool Savas	Märtyrer	Essah Entertainment[318]	Debuted at No. 1 on the German and Swiss album charts
November 18	Havoc	13 Reloaded	Hclass Entertainment[319]
	M.O.P.	Street Certified	Nature Sounds[320]
	SD	Truly Blessed	Truly Blessed, iHipHop Distribution[321]
November 24	Maino	K.O.B. 2	Hustle Hard, Stage One[322]
	Pitbull	Globalization	Mr. 305 Inc., RCA Records, Polo Grounds Music[323]	Debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Wild Wild Love", "Fireball", "Time of Our Lives", "Fun"
	Prodigy & Boogz Boogetz	Young Rollin Stonerz	Infamous Records[324]
	Rick Ross	Hood Billionaire	Maybach Music Group, Def Jam Recordings[325]	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Elvis Presley Blvd.", "Keep Doin' That (Rich Bitch)", "Nickel Rock"
	Shady Records	Shady XV	Shady Records, Interscope Records[326]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Guts Over Fear", "Y'all Ready Know", "Detroit Vs. Everybody"
November 25	Your Old Droog	Your Old Droog	Droog Recordings[327]
December 1	Cam'ron	1st of the Month Vol. 6	Killa Entertainment[328]
	Red Café	In Us We Trust: The Compilation	Shakedown Entertainment[329]
December 2	Astro	Computer Era	Grade A Tribe Records[330]	Singles: "Champion"
	Paul Wall	The Po-Up Poet	Paul Wall Music[331]
	Trademark Da Skydiver	Return of the Super Villain	iHipHop Distribution[332]
	Wu-Tang Clan	A Better Tomorrow	Warner Bros. Records[333]	Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Keep Watch", "Ron O'Neal", "Ruckus In B Minor"
December 5	OJ da Juiceman	The Otis Williams Jr. Story	32 Entertainment[334]
December 9	E-40	Sharp On All 4 Corners: Corner 1	Heavy on the Grind Entertainment[335]	Debuted at No. 61 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Red Cup", "Choices (Yup)"
		Sharp On All 4 Corners: Corner 2		Debuted at No. 197 on the Billboard 200
	Ghostface Killah	36 Seasons	Tommy Boy Records[336]	Debuted at No. 94 on the Billboard 200
	J. Cole	2014 Forest Hills Drive	Dreamville Records, Roc Nation, Columbia Records[337]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Apparently", "Wet Dreamz", "No Role Modelz" Certified Platinum
	Royce da 5'9" & DJ Premier	PRhyme	PRhyme Records[338]	Debuted at No. 59 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Courtesy"
	Termanology	Shut Up and Rap	Brick Records[339]
December 15	Nicki Minaj	The Pinkprint	Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, Republic Records[340]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Singles: "Pills n Potions", "Anaconda", "Only", "Bed of Lies", "Truffle Butter", "The Night is Still Young" Certified Gold
	YG	Blame It on the Streets	Pu$haz Ink, CTE World, Def Jam Recordings[341]	Debuted at No. 118 on the Billboard 200
December 16	Crooked I	Sex, Money & Hip-Hop	Treacherous C.O.B., SMH Records[342]
	Chief Keef	Nobody	12hunna[343]
	JR & PH7 x Chuuwee	Meanwhile off Mack	Below System Records[344]
	Ludacris	Burning Bridges	Def Jam Recordings[345]
December 25	Fabolous	The Young OG Project	Desert Storm Records, Def Jam Recordings[346]	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
	Militainment	N.O.R.E. Presents: DRINKS	Militainment Business[347]
December 31	Skillz & Bink	Made in Virginia	Big Kidz Entertainment[348]

Highest-charting songs

Iggy Azalea appeared on "Fancy", "Black Widow" and "No Mediocre", three international hit singles during 2014.

Lil Wayne participated on three hit singles during 2014, his song "Believe Me", Chris Brown's "Loyal", and "Thank You" by Busta Rhymes.

Hip hop singles which peaked in the Top 40 of the main single chart in a major market.

Country	Title	Artist(s)	Peak position
NZ/US/CA	"Fancy"	Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX	1
GER	"Traum"	Cro	1
UK	"Feelin' Myself"	will.i.am featuring Miley Cyrus, French Montana, Wiz Khalifa and DJ Mustard	2
US	"Anaconda"	Nicki Minaj	2
US	"Black Widow"	Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora	3
US	"Turn Down For What"	DJ Snake and Lil Jon	4
UK	"Wild Wild Love"	Pitbull featuring G.R.L.	6
US	"Hot Nigga"	Bobby Shmurda	6
UK	"How I Feel"	Flo Rida	8
US	"Loyal"	Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and French Montana, Too Short or Tyga	9
US	"Don't Tell 'Em"	Jeremih featuring YG	9
GER	"King"	Kollegah	10
UK	"Thank You"	Busta Rhymes featuring Q-Tip, Lil Wayne, and Kanye West	13
US	"Show Me"	Kid Ink featuring Chris Brown	13
AUS	"Pills N Potions"	Nicki Minaj	14
GER	"Alpha"	Kollegah	15
UK	"Lover Not a Fighter"	Tinie Tempah featuring Labrinth	16
US	"My Nigga"	YG featuring Rich Homie Quan and Jeezy	19
AUS	"Tightrope"	Illy	19
UK	"Na Na"	Trey Songz	20
UK	"The Drop"	Lethal Bizzle and Cherri Voncelle	20
AUS	"Headlights"	Eminem featuring Nate Ruess	21
GER	"AKs Im Wandschrank"	Kollegah	21
US	"Believe Me"	Lil Wayne featuring Drake	26
UK	"White Walls"	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Schoolboy Q and Hollis	26
US	"Hangover"	PSY featuring Snoop Dogg	26
US	"Paranoid"	Ty Dolla Sign featuring B.o.B	29
US	"Lifestyle"	Rich Gang featuring Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan	29
US	"No Mediocre"	T.I. featuring Iggy Azalea	33
US	"0 to 100 / The Catch Up"	Drake	35
GER	"Du bist Boss"	Kollegah	36
US	"Studio"	Schoolboy Q	38
US	"I"	Kendrick Lamar	38

Highest first-week sales

Rick Ross' sixth studio album Mastermind sold 179,000 copies in the United States during its first week of sale.

List of top ten albums with the highest first-week home market sales, as of December 24, 2014

Number	Album	Artist	1st-week sales	1st-week position	Refs
1	2014 Forest Hills Drive	J. Cole	353,000	1	[349]
2	The Pinkprint	Nicki Minaj	244,000	2	[350]
3	Mastermind	Rick Ross	179,000	1	[351]
4	King	Kollegah	160,000	1	[352][353]
5	Oxymoron	Schoolboy Q	139,000	1	[354]
6	Shady XV	Shady Records	138,000	3	[355]
7	Seen It All: The Autobiography	Young Jeezy	121,000	2	[356]
8	G I R L	Pharrell	113,000	2	[351]
9	Blacc Hollywood	Wiz Khalifa	90,000	1	[357]
10	Anomaly	Lecrae	89,000	1	[358]

Highest critically reviewed albums (Metacritic)

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Run the Jewels	Run the Jewels 2	89	35 reviews	[359]
2	Big K.R.I.T	Cadillactica	88	11 reviews	[360]
3	Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	Piñata	82	19 reviews	[361]
4	Isaiah Rashad	Cilvia Demo	82	13 reviews	[362]
5	Shabazz Palaces	Lese Majesty	81	36 reviews	[363]
6	Future	Honest	80	21 reviews	[364]
7	YG	My Krazy Life	80	16 reviews	[365]
8	Arca	Xen	79	22 reviews	[366]
9	Schoolboy Q	Oxymoron	78	31 reviews	[367]
10	Common	Nobody's Smiling	78	21 reviews	[368]

See also

• Previous article: 2013 in hip hop music
• Next article: 2015 in hip hop music
• List of Billboard number-one rap albums of 2014

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