7.2
#5 Hawk House – A Handshake To The Brain (Virgin EMI)
Another UK entrant to the Top 10. Its hard to release an album from 1994 in 2014 , even harder for it to sound…
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7.7
#6 Stormzy – Dreamer’s Disease
I don’t really care if this is considered a Grime release or a hip hop one. I was so impressed with it that I…
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6.8
Oz #5 – Prime – The Sweetest Victory Of All (Soulmate Records)
A late entrant – I had to hold on the rest of the ten until this was released . When Prime dropped his last…
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7.7
#7-The Roots- …and then you shoot your cousin (Def Jam)
Undun is a masterpiece so it was always going to be tough to follow up. The roots continue the cinematic theme and composition of…
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7.2
OZ #6 Briggs- Sheplife (Golden Era Records)
I saw Briggs this year perform to 30 people in a small Hobart pub and he was as large as a stadium. I dont…
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7.0
Aus #7 Phil Geko Gektor – Real Heads Dont Listen ( Crate Cartel )
The top 7 in Australia this year were hairs apart . Every single release coming from a very different splinter of the industry. RHDL…
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8.0
#8 Thurz – Designer EP (Rebeat)
A late entrant but an important one. I think Funk died through 2008-2012 in modern mainstream hip-hop which didn’t make a whole lot of…
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7.3
#8. R.A the Rugged Man – Legends Never Die (Nature Sounds)
Not too many people want to hear about modern day slavery, catholic genocide or the state of an economic imbalance crippling the dreams of…
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6.8
Oz #9 LGeez : Cloud 9 ( BTE, Obese Records Distro)
No lie Alex Jones is headed for greatness. I expressed how bad Kerser’s release this year was and rest assure in the Top 10…
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6.8
#9 Schoolboy Q – Oxymoron (Top Dawg / Interscope)
Highly anticipated was an understatement, before this released I really hoped Q would to rise to the challenge of his label mate K-Dot and…
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