It’s the end of another year again and everyone is doing their “best of” list of everything that happened under the sun in 2014.
For the second time, I’m going to round up all that information in one post to showcase the very best of all the best of lists. Only the items that appeared at number one from all the different sources will be featured here. That way you can explore what is considered to be the cream of the crop of 2014.
I did a list like this in 2012 but didn’t have time last year to do one. Hopefully, I’ll do one next year to make this a regular series.
I’ll try to get as many sources as I can but you can help me update it by letting me know what sources I missed or if you need a category added.
Best Hip Hop Albums of 2014
Run the Jewels 2 – Run the Jewels [Spin | Sputnikmusic | About | Rolling Stone | Exclaim.ca | Rap Genius]- PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – Pharoahe Monch [New York Observer]
- Piñata – Freddie Gibbs and Madlib [Pop Matters | The Independent]
- PRhyme – PRhyme [WatchLOUD]
- My Krazy Life – YG [Rhapsody]
My Picks: Piñata – Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, Shut Up & Rap – Termanology, Dream.Zone.Achieve – Smoke DZA
Best Album of 2014
- LP1 – FKA Twigs [The Daily Beast | Time]
- Lost in the Dream – The War on Drugs [Spin | Paste]
- Run the Jewels 2 – Run the Jewels [Pitchfork | Pop Matters]
- Sonic Highways – Foo Fighters [Rolling Stone]
- Burn Your Fire for No Witness – Angel Olsen [AVClub]
- St. Vincent – St. Vincent [The Guardian]
- Beyoncé – Beyoncé [Pretty Much Amazing]
- 1989 – Taylor Swift [Billboard]
- Morning Phase – Beck [Esquire]
Best Hip Hop Songs of 2014
- Close Your Eyes (And Count…) – Run the Jewels [Huffington Post]
- Hot Nigga – Bobby Shmurda [The Daily Beast]
- Move That Dope – Future feat. Pharrell, Pusha T & Casino [Time]
- Never Catch Me – Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar [Pop Matters]
Best Song of 2014
- Seasons (Waiting on You) – Future Islands [Spin | PitchFork]
- Chandelier – Sia [Pretty Much Amazing | The Daily Beast]
- Close Your Eyes (And Count…) – Run the Jewels [Huffington Post]
- New Romantics – Taylor Swift [Vox]
- Flawless – Beyoncé & Nicki Minaj [Time]
- Never Catch Me – Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar [Pop Matters]
- Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars [NY Post]
- Drunk in Love – Beyoncé [Rolling Stone]
Best Music Video of 2014
- Chandelier – Sia [Rolling Stone | Spin]
- Queen – Perfume Genius [Vulture]
- Never Catch Me – Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar [Paste]
- Show Me a Miracle – Klaxons [Yahoo! Music]
- Fancy – Iggy Azalea [Entertainment Weekly]
Best Movie of 2014
- Boyhood [AVClub | Paste | Empire | Sight & Sound | Rolling Stone]
- The Grand Budapest Hotel [Time | The New Yorker]
- The Theory of Everything [New York Observer]
- The Lego Movie [MTV]
- Snowpiercer [Laist]
- Birdman [Film Drunk]
- Under the Skin [The Guardian]
- A Most Violent Year [The Atlantic]
- Selma [Huffington Post]
- Night Crawler [Cinema Blend]
These are the very best in entertainment for 2014. I haven’t heard them all or seen them all but hopefully I saved you some time in looking for these and you can enjoy them by going through the page.
If you want me to add a category just reply in the comment section below and I’ll go look them up for you.