Year-End Lists

Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012

1. Kendrick Lamar
   good kid, m.A.A.d city
2. Frank Ocean
   Channel Orange
3. Rick Ross
   Rich Forever
4. Lana Del Rey
   Born to Die
5. Schoolboy Q
   Habits & Contradictions
6. Fiona Apple
   The Idler Wheel…
7. Ka
   Grief Pedigree
8. Wiz Khalifa
   Taylor Allderdice
9. Future
   Pluto
10. El-P
    Cancer 4 Cure
11. Grimes
    Visions
12. Nas
    Life Is Good
13. Beach House
    Bloom
14. Meek Mill
    Dreamchasers 2
15. Ty Dolla $ign
    Beach House
16. Rihanna
    Unapologetic
17. Miguel
    Kaleidoscope Dream
18. Action Bronson
    Blue Chips
19. Crystal Castles
    (III)
20. Ab-Soul
    Control System
21. Mac DeMarco
    2
22. Santigold
    Master of My Make-Believe
23. Bat for Lashes
    The Haunted Man
24. G.O.O.D. Music
    Cruel Summer
25. TNGHT
    TNGHT EP
26. Big Sean
    Detroit
27. The xx
    Coexist
28. Chief Keef
    Finally Rich
29. Purity Ring
    Shrines
30. Dom Kennedy
    Yellow Album
31. Japandroids
    Celebration Rock
32. Killer Mike
    R.A.P. Music
33. Jessie Ware
    Devotion
34. Ratking
    Wiki93
35. Cloud Nothings
    Attack on Memory
36. Lil Durk
    I’m Still a Hitta
37. Tame Impala
    Lonerism
38. Joey Bada$$
    1999
39. Titus Andronicus
    Local Business
40. Death Grips
    The Money Store
41. Captain Murphy
    Duality
42. Dirty Projectors
    Swing Lo Magellan
43. BJ The Chicago Kid
    Pineapple Now-Laters
44. Twin Shadow
    Confess
45. Game
    Jesus Piece
46. Michael Kiwanuka
    Home Again
47. Mr. Vegas
    Sweet Jamaica
48. Roc Marciano
    Reloaded
49. Norah Jones
    Little Broken Hearts
50. Mac Miller
    Macadelic