Listen: These Memorable Hip-Hop Albums Turn 10 In 2024

Photo: Epic/Interscope/TDE/Cash Money

It's been a decade since rap fans were blessed with a trove of hits from some of Hip-Hop's finest MC's.

2014 was a busy time for the likes of Future, YG and Rick Ross. All three artists dropped two major projects each throughout the year. YG dropped his debut album My Krazy Life in March 2014, and then released the soundtrack for his short film Blame It On The Streets. Pluto came through with his second studio Honest and dropped his Metro Boomin-produced mixtape Monster six months later. Meanwhile, Rick Ross kicked off the year with his sixth LP Mastermind and closed out the 4th quarter with his seventh studio album Hood Billionaire.

There were plenty of other memorable projects that dropped in 2014. TDE had a major year after ScHoolboy Q delivered his Oxymoron LP, Isaiah Rashad dropped off his debut EP Cilvia Demo, and Ab-Soul served up his project These Days... Dreamville also struck gold that year with the release of J. Cole's 2014 Forest Hills Drive and Bas' Last Money. It was also the year when artists like Juvenile and Mobb Deep released their final studio LP's. In the end, Nicki Minaj and Fabolous closed out 2014 with their respective hit albums, The Pinkprint and The Young OG Project.

Relive a slew of Hip-Hop albums that turn 10 this year below, and check out a few stand-out tracks from 2014 on iHeartRadio's "Hip-Hop 10 Years Later" playlist above.

Isaiah Rashad, Cilvia Demo (Jan. 28)

Juvenile, The Fundamentals (Feb. 18)

Photo: Rap-a-Lot Records

ScHoolboy Q, Oxymoron (Feb. 25)

Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment

Rick Ross, Mastermind (March 3) & Hood Billionaire (Nov. 24)

Photo: MMG/Atlantic Records

Photo: MMG/Atlantic Records

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, Piñata (Mar. 18)

Photo: Madlib Invazion

YG, My Krazy Life (Mar. 18)

Photo: Def Jam Recordings

Mobb Deep, The Infamous Mobb Deep (Apr. 1)

Photo: Infamous Records

Bas, Last Winter (Apr. 29)

Photo: Dreamville/Interscope

Future, Honest (Apr. 22) & Monster (Oct. 28)

Photo: Epic Records

Photo: Epic Records

Tech N9ne, Strangeulation (May 6)

The Roots, …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (May 19)

Photo: Def Jam Recordings

50 Cent, Animal Ambition (June 3)

Photo: G-Unit Records

Ab-Soul, These Days… (June 24)

Photo: Top Dawg Entertainment

Common, Nobody’s Smiling (July 22)

Photo: Def Jam Recordings

Gucci Mane, Gucci vs Guwop (Aug. 15)

Photo: BMG/RBC Records

Wiz Khalifa, Blacc Hollywood (Aug. 19)

Photo: Atlantic Records

Statik Selektah, What Goes Around (Aug. 19)

Photo: Showoff/Duck Down Music

Mustard, 10 Summers (Aug. 26)

Photo: Roc Nation

Photo: Def Jam Recordings

Joell Ortiz, House Slippers (Sept. 16)

Photo: Joell Ortiz

Rapsody, Beauty And The Beast (Oct. 7)

Photo: Jamla Records

Vince Staples, Hell Can Wait (Sept. 7)

Photo: Def Jam Recordings

Run The Jewels, RTJ 2 (Oct. 27)

Photo: Mass Appeal

Logic, Under Pressure (Oct. 21)

Photo: Def Jam Recordings

T.I., Paperwork (Oct. 21)

Photo: Grand Hustle/Columbia

Joe Budden, Some Love Lost (Nov. 4)

Photo: Mood Muzik/eOne

Big K.R.I.T., Cadillactica (Nov. 10)

Photo: Def Jam Recordings

Wu-Tang Clan, A Better Tomorrow (Dec. 2)

Photo: Warner Records

Photo: Heavy On The Grind

Photo: Heavy On The Grind

Ghostface Killah, 36 Seasons (Dec. 9)

Photo: Salvation/Tommy Boy

J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive (Dec. 9)

Photo: Dreamville/Interscope

Royce Da 5’9" & DJ Premier, PRhyme (Dec. 9)

Photo: PRhyme Records

Cam’ron, 1st of the Month Vol. 1-6 (Dec. 16)

Photo: Killa Entertainment

Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint (Dec. 15)

Photo: Cash Money Records

Fabulous, The Young OG Project (Dec. 25)

Photo: Def Jam Recordings


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