Year-End Lists

Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2014

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1. Run the Jewels 2
   Run the Jewels
2. My Krazy Life
   YG
3. Ultraviolence
   Lana Del Rey
4. 2014 Forest Hills Drive
   J. Cole
5. Black Messiah
   D’Angelo and The Vanguard
6. Days Before Rodeo
   Travis Scott
7. My Everything
   Ariana Grande
8. 1989
   Taylor Swift
9. Our Love
   Caribou
10. LP1
    FKA twigs
11. Where We Come From
    Popcaan
12. Tha Tour Part 1
    Rich Gang
13. Hell Can Wait
    Vince Staples
14. The Pinkprint
    Nicki Minaj
15. Broke With Expensive Taste
    Azealia Banks
16. Life After Deathrow
    Boosie Badazz
17. Trigga
    Trey Songz
18. No More
    Jeremih & Shlohmo
19. Seen It All: The Autobiography
    Jeezy
20. Too Bright
    Perfume Genius
21. Underground Cassette Tap Music
    Gangsta Boo & Beatking
22. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
23. Cadillactica
    Big K.R.I.T.
24. In the Lonely Hour
    Sam Smith
25. Oxymoron
    Schoolboy Q
26. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
27. Tough Love
    Jessie Ware
28. Cloud 19
    Kehlani
29. Sign Language
    Ty Dolla $ign
30. Cilvia Demo
    Isaiah Rashad
31. PARTYNEXTDOOR TWO
    PARTYNEXTDOOR
32. SUCKER
    Charli XCX
33. Piñata
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
34. Anomaly
    Lecrae
35. X
    Ed Sheeran
36. I Never Learn
    Lykke Li
37. GIRL
    Pharrell Williams
38. Cozz & Effect
    Cozz
39. Ferg Forever
    A$AP Ferg
40. Atlas
    Real Estate
41. Body High
    Lucki Eck$
42. No Label II
    Migos
43. Xen
    Arca
44. Sex Playlist
    Omarion
45. Under Pressure
    Logic
46. Tony
    King Louie
47. Shady XV
    various artists
48. Aquarius
    Tinashe
49. EP 1
    Low Pros
50. Neon Icon
    Riff Raff