Complex's 50 Best Albums of 2013

From rappers like Juicy J and A$AP Rocky to indie acts like Haim and Toro Y Moi, these are the albums we rocked all year long.

Published: December 09, 2013 18:30 Source

# 1

Yeezus by Kanye West

Album • Jun 18 / 2013 Experimental Hip Hop Industrial Hip Hop

# 2

Nothing Was The Same by Drake

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B

# 3

My Name Is My Name by Pusha T

Album • Jan 01 / 2014 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 4

Acid Rap by Chance the Rapper

Album • Apr 30 / 2013 Pop Rap Hip Hop

# 5

Old by Danny Brown

Album • Oct 08 / 2013 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 6

The Marshall Mathers LP2 by Eminem

Album • Jan 01 / 2013

# 7

Days Are Gone by HAIM

Album • Sep 30 / 2013 Pop Rock

# 8

Trap Lord by A$AP Ferg

Album • Aug 19 / 2013 Trap East Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 9

Cupid Deluxe by Blood Orange

Album • Nov 18 / 2013 Synth Funk Alternative R&B

# 10

Because the Internet by Childish Gambino

Album • Dec 10 / 2013 Abstract Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop

# 11

Doris by Earl Sweatshirt

Album • Aug 16 / 2013 West Coast Hip Hop

# 12

Watching Movies with the Sound Off by Mac Miller

Album • Jun 18 / 2013 Abstract Hip Hop Cloud Rap

# 13

Born Sinner by J. Cole

Album • Jun 18 / 2013 Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 14

Woman by Rhye

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Sophisti-Pop Smooth Soul Alternative R&B

# 15

Run The Jewels by Run The Jewels

Album • Jun 26 / 2013 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 16

Reflektor by Arcade Fire

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Alternative Dance Indie Rock

# 18

Anxiety by Autre Ne Veut

Album • Feb 26 / 2013 Art Pop Alternative R&B

# 19

LONG.LIVE.A$AP (Deluxe Edition) by A$AP Rocky

Album • Jan 15 / 2013

# 20

Yours Truly by Ariana Grande

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 21

The Night's Gambit by KA

Album • Jul 13 / 2013 East Coast Hip Hop Drumless

# 22

Anything in Return by Toro y Moi

Album • Jan 22 / 2013 Chillwave Alternative R&B

# 23

Magna Carta... Holy Grail by JAY-Z

Album • Jul 04 / 2013 East Coast Hip Hop

# 25

Night Time, My Time by Sky Ferreira

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Synthpop Noise Pop

# 26

Indicud by Kid Cudi

Album • Apr 12 / 2013 Pop Rap Experimental Hip Hop

# 27

Stay Trippy by Juicy J

Album • Aug 26 / 2013 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 28

CUT 4 ME by Kelela

Album • Oct 01 / 2013 UK Bass Alternative R&B

# 29

B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME (Deluxe) by 2 Chainz

Album • Jan 01 / 2013

# 30

...Like Clockwork by Queens of the Stone Age

Album • Jun 03 / 2013 Alternative Rock

# 31

Sunbather by Deafheaven

Album • May 28 / 2013 Blackgaze Post-Metal

# 32

Matangi by M.I.A.

Album • Nov 05 / 2013 UK Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Electropop

# 33

Overgrown by James Blake

Album • Apr 08 / 2013 Art Pop Alternative R&B

# 35

Settle by Disclosure

Album • Jun 03 / 2013 UK Garage Deep House Deep Tech

# 36

1017 Thug by Young Thug

Album • Dec 11 / 2015 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 37

Shulamith by POLIÇA

Album • Oct 22 / 2013 Art Pop Indietronica Alt-Pop

# 38

6 Feet Beneath The Moon by King Krule

Album • Aug 24 / 2013 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock Indie Rock

# 39

Double Cup by DJ Rashad

Album • Oct 20 / 2013 Footwork

# 40

I Have Lost All Desire For Feeling by Perfect Pussy

EP • Mar 05 / 2014 Noise Rock Hardcore Punk Post-Hardcore

# 41

Excuse My French by French Montana

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 East Coast Hip Hop

# 43

Indigoism by The Underachievers

Album • Jul 19 / 2013 East Coast Hip Hop

# 45

Random Access Memories by Daft Punk

Album • May 17 / 2013 Disco Electronic

# 47

Modern Vampires of the City by Vampire Weekend

Album • May 13 / 2013 Indie Pop

# 48

Get Home Safely by DOM KENNEDY

Album • Oct 15 / 2013 West Coast Hip Hop

# 49

True Romance by Charli XCX

Album • Apr 12 / 2013 Electropop Synthpop

# 50

Hall Of Fame by Big Sean

Album • Jan 01 / 2013 Pop Rap