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Complex's 50 Best Albums of 2022

As usual, Complex’s Year End List is heaviest on rap and R&B, featuring Pusha T, Vince Stapes, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Freddie Gibbs, GloRilla, Doechii, Flo Milli, Nas, and more.

Complex's 50 Best Albums of 2021

As always, Complex’s list leans heaviest on rap and R&B, and if you’re looking for something you missed in that realm, this is a great place to start.

Complex's 50 Best Albums of 2020

If you’re looking for a multi-genre year-end list that leans heavier on hip hop, Complex’s list is always a good place to look.

Complex's 50 Best Albums of 2019 (including Kanye West)

Complex’s list is the first major list we’ve seen with the divisive Kanye West album. It also includes a wide variety of other (mostly hip hop and hip hop-adjacent) albums…

Complex's 50 Best Albums of 2018

Complex’s list is full of the year’s best hip hop (from the biggest names to some of the smallest), as well as some of other stuff too…

Complex's Top 50 Albums of 2017

As always, Complex’s list is heaviest on rap and R&B, so it makes room for great rap albums that you might not see on the big multi-genre lists.

Complex's Top Albums of 2016

The rap/R&B-heavy list has indie rock representation from Mitski and Angel Olsen, and guess who’s #1?

Run the Jewels topped Complex's list (and a bunch of others), toured w/ Ratking who play NYC tonight (Chicago pics)

As far as their live show, whether it’s quirky dance moves, getting the crowd to do silly shit, or damn-near inciting a riot, these guys put on a clinic as far as what a live hip-hop show is supposed to be…