Year-End Lists

Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2013

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1. Yeezus
   Kanye West
2. Nothing Was the Same
   Drake
3. My Name Is My Name
   Pusha T
4. Acid Rap
   Chance The Rapper
5. Old
   Danny Brown
6. The Marshall Mathers LP 2
   Eminem
7. Days Are Gone
   Haim
8. Trap Lord
   A$AP Ferg
9. Cupid Deluxe
   Blood Orange
10. Because the Internet
    Childish Gambino
11. Doris
    Earl Sweatshirt
12. Watching Movies with the Sound Off
    Mac Miller
13. Born Sinner
    J. Cole
14. Woman
    Rhye
15. Run the Jewels
    Run the Jewels
16. Reflektor
    Arcade Fire
17. Blue Chips 2
    Action Bronson & Party Supplies
18. Anxiety
    Autre Ne Veut
19. Long.Live.A$AP
    A$AP Rocky
20. Yours Truly
    Ariana Grande
21. The Night’s Gambit
    Ka
22. Anything In Return
    Toro y Moi
23. Magna Carta... Holy Grail
    JAY-Z
24. The Luca Brasi Story
    Kevin Gates
25. Night Time, My Time
    Sky Ferreira
26. Indicud
    Kid Cudi
27. Stay Trippy
    Juicy J
28. Cut 4 Me
    Kelela
29. B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME
    2 Chainz
30. …Like Clockwork
    Queens of the Stone Age
31. Sunbather
    Deafheaven
32. Matangi
    M.I.A.
33. Overgrown
    James Blake
34. Innanetape
    Vic Mensa
35. Settle
    Disclosure
36. 1017 Thug
    Young Thug
37. Shulamith
    Poliça
38. 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
    King Krule
39. Double Cup
    DJ Rashad
40. I Have Lost All Desire For Feeling
    Perfect Pussy
41. Excuse My French
    French Montana
42. Ketchup
    DJ Mustard
43. Indigoism
    The Underachievers
44. YRN
    Migos
45. Random Access Memories
    Daft Punk
46. The H: The Lost Album, Vol. 1
    Birdman & Rick Ross
47. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
48. Get Home Safely
    Dom Kennedy
49. True Romance
    Charli XCX
50. Hall of Fame
    Big Sean