The Music Writers' Poll 2014: Rip Nicholson

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
2. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels
3. Sinkane - Mean Love
4. Stalley - Ohio
5. YG - My Krazy Life
6. DJ Quik - Midnight Life
7. Statik Selektah - What Goes Around
8. Common - Nobody's Smiling
9. Kerser - King
10. Antwun - Heavy Hearted In Doldrums

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Nas ­ The Season (Jay Electronica x JDilla Remix)
2. Statik Selektah ft Raekwon, Joey Bada$$ & Black Thought - Bird's Eye View
3. Schoolboy Q - Break The Bank
4. Bishop Lamont ft DJ Revolution - Bruce Lee Music
5. Rah Digga - Angela Davis

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Sam Smith
2. Eminem
3. Statik Selektah
4. Childish Gambino
5. Schoolboy Q

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Rodriguez
2. A$AP Ferg
3. Schoolboy Q
4. Jason Mizell Jr
5. Eminem

AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Funkoars
2. Briggs
3. Kerser
4. DwizofOz
5. Hau

TOP TV SHOW

1. Gommora
2. Fargo
3. True Detective
4. Gang Related
5. Utopia

TOP MOVIE

1. Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2. Expendables 3
3. The Unknown Known
4. The Trip To Italy
5. Draft Day

TOP WEBSITE

1. hiphopdx
2. TMZ
3. ESPN
4. 2dopeboyz
5. Yardbarker

HIGHLIGHT OF 2014

Eminem entered 2014 having surpassed rap King into rap God and closed the year with the SHADYXV CXVPHER. Not even K-Dot crossed him! No-one else worth mentioning for rap's top two.

PREDICTION FOR 2015

Apple pushes Dr Dre to release some sort of Apple-tech-promotional-album called Detox. It goes multi-platinum due to mandatory install on all iPhone 7s or 8s, whatever model they're up to.