Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2014
[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- Run the Jewels — Run the Jewels 2
- YG — My Krazy Life
- Lana Del Rey — Ultraviolence
- J. Cole — 2014 Forest Hills Drive
- D’Angelo and The Vanguard — Black Messiah
- Travis Scott — Days Before Rodeo
- Ariana Grande — My Everything
- Taylor Swift — 1989
- Caribou — Our Love
- FKA twigs — LP1
- Popcaan — Where We Come From
- Rich Gang — Tha Tour Part 1
- Vince Staples — Hell Can Wait
- Nicki Minaj — The Pinkprint
- Azealia Banks — Broke With Expensive Taste
- Boosie Badazz — Life After Deathrow
- Trey Songz — Trigga
- Jeremih & Shlohmo — No More
- Jeezy — Seen It All: The Autobiography
- Perfume Genius — Too Bright
- Gangsta Boo & Beatking — Underground Cassette Tap Music
- St. Vincent — St. Vincent
- Big K.R.I.T. — Cadillactica
- Sam Smith — In the Lonely Hour
- Schoolboy Q — Oxymoron
- Angel Olsen — Burn Your Fire For No Witness
- Jessie Ware — Tough Love
- Kehlani — Cloud 19
- Ty Dolla $ign — Sign Language
- Isaiah Rashad — Cilvia Demo
- PARTYNEXTDOOR — PARTYNEXTDOOR TWO
- Charli XCX — SUCKER
- Freddie Gibbs & Madlib — Piñata
- Lecrae — Anomaly
- Ed Sheeran — X
- Lykke Li — I Never Learn
- Pharrell Williams — GIRL
- Cozz — Cozz & Effect
- A$AP Ferg — Ferg Forever
- Real Estate — Atlas
- Lucki Eck$ — Body High
- Migos — No Label II
- Arca — Xen
- Omarion — Sex Playlist
- Logic — Under Pressure
- King Louie — Tony
- various artists — Shady XV
- Tinashe — Aquarius
- Low Pros — EP 1
- Riff Raff — Neon Icon