The Best Albums of the 21st Century so far, according to Complex

[Low End Derrick]

Is not about personal taste. I just don't let the media or 'impact', whats popular ect. dictate what the BEST music is

lmao@ garbage ass beyonce albums being 'quality music' I don't care if the whole world is under her spell that shyt is trash

I got a Talib album on my list. I can't stand Talib I'm not even a fan of his but the album is that damn good so its on the list.

Kiss of Death by Jadakiss is a PERSONAL classic of mine but its not on this list cause I'm not bias
same with the first two EDAN albums, a few MF GRIMM albums and Slim Thugs first LP if I was going off my OWN taste those would def be on there



If we talking BEST....no popularity contest bullshyt then here a top 20

Prodigy - H.N.I.C. (2000)
Cormega - The Realness (2001)
MF Grimm -Downfall of Ibliys (2002)
Count Bass D - Dwight Spitz (2002)
Amerie - All I Have (2002)
Nas - The Lost Tapes (2002)
Cormega - The True Meaning (2002)
Talib Kweli - Quality (2002)
Gang Starr - The Ownerz (2003)
King Geedorah - Take Me To Your Leader (2003)
R. Kelly - Chocolate Factory (2003)
Shabazz the Disciple - The Book of Shabazz (Hidden Scrollz) (2003)
Kayne West - The College Dropout (2004)
Teedra Moses - Complex Simplicity (2004)
Masta Ace - Long Hot Summer (2004)
MF DOOM - Mm..Food (2004)
Snoop Dogg - R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece (2004)
The Roots - Game Theory (2006)
Nas - Life is Good (2012)
Azealia Banks - Broke with Expensive Taste (2014)

Respect for dropping your own list, but you do realize that there was music rel;eased after 2015, right?

 

[boogers]

Really shows how dominant Kendrick is on a pure musical level. I'd have at least 3 or 4 of his albums in the top 5 and not just 2 but I guess its still cool

i like kendrick and all but im a GKMC fan personally. TPAB and GNX are cool but i dont think anything kendricks' done since has come close

and on a top 50 albums of all time list he might be on there. i listen to a lot of music lol

kendrick is great but i dont understand all the reverence... i might upset some posters but i gotta say it... TPAB is kendricks Stankonia. white men who drink kombucha and wear glasses think that shyt is amazing. FWIW he does make good music but its put on this pedestal

i lowkey hate when he drops a new project because i know for the next 2-3 weeks the world will act like every other rapper doesnt exist

 

[Damnshow]

Complex do not know a damn thing about music to be making such lists.

They might as well just name their favorite albums of whatever writers that work here.

You make a list of all albums then you have to cover all genres.

 

[2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat]

Even worse take

i’m right and youre wrong

 

[MaNu Minu]

i like kendrick and all but im a GKMC fan personally.

Gkmc is by far kendrick worst album imo, its great but its mostly for casual listeners with no musical knowledge. It has too many flaws, versus an album like tpab that is objectively flawless from a pure musical angle.

 

[WeezyFB]

Really shows how dominant Kendrick is on a pure musical level. I'd have at least 3 or 4 of his albums in the top 5 and not just 2 but I guess its still cool

Like herbie hancock said, you can even argue kendrick dropped the best albums ever regardless of the genre with tpab