Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2013
[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011]
- Kanye West — Yeezus
- Drake — Nothing Was the Same
- Pusha T — My Name Is My Name
- Chance The Rapper — Acid Rap
- Danny Brown — Old
- Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP 2
- Haim — Days Are Gone
- A$AP Ferg — Trap Lord
- Blood Orange — Cupid Deluxe
- Childish Gambino — Because the Internet
- Earl Sweatshirt — Doris
- Mac Miller — Watching Movies with the Sound Off
- J. Cole — Born Sinner
- Rhye — Woman
- Run the Jewels — Run the Jewels
- Arcade Fire — Reflektor
- Action Bronson & Party Supplies — Blue Chips 2
- Autre Ne Veut — Anxiety
- A$AP Rocky — Long.Live.A$AP
- Ariana Grande — Yours Truly
- Ka — The Night’s Gambit
- Toro y Moi — Anything In Return
- JAY-Z — Magna Carta... Holy Grail
- Kevin Gates — The Luca Brasi Story
- Sky Ferreira — Night Time, My Time
- Kid Cudi — Indicud
- Juicy J — Stay Trippy
- Kelela — Cut 4 Me
- 2 Chainz — B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME
- Queens of the Stone Age — …Like Clockwork
- Deafheaven — Sunbather
- M.I.A. — Matangi
- James Blake — Overgrown
- Vic Mensa — Innanetape
- Disclosure — Settle
- Young Thug — 1017 Thug
- Poliça — Shulamith
- King Krule — 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
- DJ Rashad — Double Cup
- Perfect Pussy — I Have Lost All Desire For Feeling
- French Montana — Excuse My French
- DJ Mustard — Ketchup
- The Underachievers — Indigoism
- Migos — YRN
- Daft Punk — Random Access Memories
- Birdman & Rick Ross — The H: The Lost Album, Vol. 1
- Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
- Dom Kennedy — Get Home Safely
- Charli XCX — True Romance
- Big Sean — Hall of Fame