The 2014 Grammys featured perhaps the most stacked list of nominees for “Best
Rap Album” imaginable. Between Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s instant classics “Take
Care” and “good kid m.A.A.d City,” Kanye West’s then polarizing but now widely
acclaimed “Yeezus,” and Jay-Z’s impressive “Magna Carta Holy Grail,” the voting
committee certainly had a tough decision to make. While I hoped and expected
that Kendrick Lamar would walk away with the award, I was excited by the
prospect of any of these talente