Complex: 25 Best Albums of 2011
[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012]
- The Weeknd — House of Balloons
- Jay-Z and Kanye West — Watch the Throne
- Drake — Take Care
- Frank Ocean — Nostalgia, Ultra
- Toro y Moi — Underneath the Pine
- Danny Brown — XXX
- Kendrick Lamar — Section.80
- Cults — Cults
- A$AP Rocky — LIVE.LOVE.A$AP
- J. Cole — Cole World: The Sideline Story
- WU LYF — Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
- The Roots — Undun
- various artists (Maybach Music Group) — Self Made Vol. 1
- Das Racist — Relax
- Bon Iver — Bon Iver
- Pusha T — Fear of God II: Let Us Pray
- Big Sean — Finally Famous
- Yelawolf — Radioactive
- Common — The Dreamer, The Believer
- Washed Out — Within and Without
- Bad Meets Evil — Hell: The Sequel
- Shabazz Palaces — Black Up
- Childish Gambino — Camp
- Panda Bear — Tomboy
- Wiz Khalifa — Rolling Papers