Year-End Lists

Complex: 25 Best Albums of 2011

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