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2011 Music

Complex: 25 Best Albums of 2011

19 December 2011

House of Balloons - The Weeknd

Complex: 25 Best Albums of 2011

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  1. House of Balloons
    The Weeknd
  2. Watch the Throne
    Jay-Z and Kanye West
  3. Take Care
    Drake
  4. Nostalgia, Ultra
    Frank Ocean
  5. Underneath the Pine
    Toro y Moi
  6. XXX
    Danny Brown
  7. Section.80
    Kendrick Lamar
  8. Cults
    Cults
  9. LIVE.LOVE.A$AP
    A$AP Rocky
  10. Cole World: The Sideline Story
    J. Cole
  11. Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
    WU LYF
  12. Undun
    The Roots
  13. Self Made Vol. 1
    various artists (Maybach Music Group)
  14. Relax
    Das Racist
  15. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
  16. Fear of God II: Let Us Pray
    Pusha T
  17. Finally Famous
    Big Sean
  18. Radioactive
    Yelawolf
  19. The Dreamer, The Believer
    Common
  20. Within and Without
    Washed Out
  21. Hell: The Sequel
    Bad Meets Evil
  22. Black Up
    Shabazz Palaces
  23. Camp
    Childish Gambino
  24. Tomboy
    Panda Bear
  25. Rolling Papers
    Wiz Khalifa

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