Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012
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Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012
- Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city – Amazon
- Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
- Rick Ross – Rich Forever
- Lana Del Rey – Born to Die
- Schoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions
- Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
- Ka – Grief Pedigree
- Wiz Khalifa – Taylor Allderdice
- Future – Pluto
- El-P – Cancer 4 Cure
- Grimes – Visions
- Nas – Life is Good
- Beach House – Bloom
- Meek Mill – Dreamchasers 2
- Ty Dolla $ign – Beach House
- Rihanna – Unapologetic
- Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream
- Action Bronson – Blue Chips
- Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles [III]
- Ab-Soul – Control System
- Mac DeMarco – 2
- Santigold – Master of My Make-Believe
- Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man
- G.O.O.D. Music – Cruel Summer
- TNGHT – TNGHT EP
- Big Sean – Detroit
- The xx – Coexist
- Chief Keef – Finally Rich
- Purity Ring – Shrines
- Dom Kennedy – Yellow Album
- Japandroids – Celebration Rock
- Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
- Jessie Ware – Devotion
- Ratking – Wiki93
- Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory
- Lil Durk – I’m Still a Hitta
- Tame Impala – Lonerism
- Joey Bada$$ – 1999
- Titus Andronicus – Local Business
- Death Grips – The Money Store
- Captain Murphy – Duality
- Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
- BJ The Chicago Kid – Pineapple Now-Laters
- Twin Shadow – Confess
- Game – Jesus Piece
- Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
- Mr. Vegas – Sweet Jamaica
- Roc Marciano – Reloaded
- Norah Jones – Little Broken Hearts
- Mac Miller – Macadelic