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Albums First Released in 2014

Hip hop and R&B became more personal and less tied to fixed genre rules in 2014, while electronic and indie albums found large online audiences. Major releases from 2014 include Black Messiah by D'Angelo and the Vanguard, Piñata by Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, 2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole and Salad Days by Mac DeMarco.

D'Angelo returned with a dense band album, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib joined direct rapping with off-centre production, J. Cole made a self-contained personal record and Mac DeMarco refined laid-back guitar pop.

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Our Pick of the Year: Black Messiah by D'Angelo and the Vanguard

Black Messiah arrived 14 years after D'Angelo's previous studio album and sounds deliberately resistant to clean separation. Voices, guitars, keyboards and drums overlap on songs such as Really Love and The Charade, drawing from funk, soul and rock while keeping the band in the foreground. The density rewards repeated listening.

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