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MTV's Most Anticipated Hip-Hop Albums of 2014
There's no doubt that 2013 will leave a major mark on hip-hop's timeline, with veterans Eminem, Jay Z and Kanye West all dropping albums that were pitted up against releases from their successors like Drake, J. Cole and Big Sean, but there's still plenty to look out for as we start a new year. Take a look at our most anticipated hip-hop albums of 2014.
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Kendrick Lamar
Even though MTV News crowned Kendrick Lamar the Hottest MC in the Game at the top of 2013, it was still impossible to predict just how much heat he'd bring in the following months. Still riding high off his major-label debut good kid, m.A.A.d city, K.Dot sent shockwaves through the industry by calling out his peers on Big Sean's "Control", shut down the BET Hip-Hop Awards cypher, opened for Kanye West and racked up an incredible seven Grammy nominations (including Best New Artist and Album of the Year). Now we wait to see how the Compton rapper will top his cinematic debut and continue to ruffle feathers in 2014
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Kanye West
Yeezus pushed so far outside the boundaries of hip-hop that it left some fans pining for the soul-sampling Kanye West. But being experimental comes with the territory when you're a "rap god." The polarizing album still topped plenty of end-of-year album lists, and now 'Ye has plans in motion for another project that might satisfy his core fanbase. In December, Q-Tip confirmed that he and Rick Rubin would be co-producing West's upcoming LP, which signals a more hip-hop lean. Don't expect an abundance of tracks though, since Kanye plans to keep it minimal.
"I think my next album is going to be eight songs. It's just reducing down the amount of information that you need," he said during an Art Basel panel in Miami.
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Nicki Minaj
Kendrick bruised egos this year when he declared himself "the King of New York," and while plenty of rappers fired back we're hoping that it's Nicki Minaj who actually comes to claim the rap crown for NYC in 2014. Nicki's previous albums were steeped in pop and dance music, but the Queens rapper is already recording her third LP and it sounds like bars will be on the menu.
"With the album, thank God, I've experienced so much in the last year and a half that there is so much for me to talk about and I know my fans are going to be excited about it," she told MTV News in November. Nicki proved once that she's a "Monster" with a verse that went down in rap history, and a whole album's worth of ferocious rhymes is certainly in the realm of possibility.
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http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/171...bum-2014.jhtml
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but yass to Kendrick & Nicki, maybe they can do a collabo 
