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

[Low End Derrick]

1. Ye, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
2. 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2003)
3. Jay-Z, The Blueprint (2001)
4. Rihanna, Anti (2016)
5. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
6. Kendrick Lamar, DAMN. (2017)
7. Drake, Take Care (2011)
8. Frank Ocean, Blonde (2016)
9. Beyoncé, Beyoncé (2013)
10. The Weeknd, House of Balloons (2011)
11. OutKast, Stankonia (2000)
12. Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
13. Future, DS2 (2015)
14. Kanye West, Yeezus (2013)
15. Playboi Carti, Whole Lotta Red (2020)
16. SZA, SOS (2022)
17. Beyoncé, Lemonade (2016)
18. Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele (2000)
19. Eminem, The Eminem Show (2002)
20. Drake, Nothing Was the Same (2013)
21. Jay-Z & Kanye, Watch the Throne (2011)
22. XXXTentacion, ? (2018)
23. Travis Scott, Astroworld (2018)
24. Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti (2022)
25. Jeezy, Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (2005)
26. Lil Wayne, Tha Carter II (2005)
27. Kanye West, Graduation (2007)
28. Jay-Z, The Black Album (2003)
29. J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)
30. D'Angelo, Voodoo (2000)
31. Lana Del Rey, Born to Die (2012)
32. Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury (2006)
33. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly (2015)
34. Usher, Confessions (2004)
35. A$AP Rocky, LIVE.LOVE.A$AP (2011)
36. Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
37. Tyler, The Creator, Call Me If You Get Lost (2021)
38. Juice WRLD, Goodbye & Good Riddance (2018)
39. Kid Cudi, Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
40. Amy Winehouse, Back to Black (2006)
41. Justin Timberlake, FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)
42. T.I., Trap Muzik (2003)
43. MF DOOM and Madlib, Madvillainy (2004)
44. Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy (2018)
45. Nas, God Son (2002)
46. The Diplomats, Diplomatic Immunity (2003)
47. Ariana Grande, Thank u, next (2019)
48. Young Thug, So Much Fun (2019)
49. Erykah Badu, Mama's Gun (2000)
50. Justin Bieber, Purpose (2015)

The 50 Best Albums of the 21st Century

A ranking of the best albums of the 21st century.

www.complex.com

 

[MadScientist]

This is surprisingly not the trash type of list that they usually would throw out there.

 

[Jaguar93]

 

[god shamgod]

Lmao @ take care being better than sc

And grodt over blueprint, no way in hell I’m bumpin grodt over arguably jay best album

Grodt album has a serious fall off after backdown

Don’t disagree with mbdtf being #1 thats Kanye best joint

 

[Peak]

 

[phrank kastle]

They love Stankonia

 

[904]

Get Rich is such a weird album to me

I was there for the impact and I like the album

But musically it's the most overrated album of all time to me

 

[VegetasHairline]

The mentally ill bozo bots gonna have a heart attack seeing TPAB @ 33!

 

[VegetasHairline]

Common - Be is better than a lot of albums on that list.

 

[Pure Water]

King not being on the list is a weird omission to me considering they put Trap Musik on there.

Channel Orange is also waaay better than Blond too.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Get Rich is such a weird album to me

I was there for the impact and I like the album

But musically it's the most overrated album of all time to me

it had HITS and from a hype standpoint, it delivered. It has songs you can still play today. Now, I was probably playing the fukk outta Patiently Waiting and Heat and If I Can't back then. I probably haven't played those songs in years.

 

[bigde09]

Solid list tbh

 

[Metal Face]

at least they put Live Love ASAP & God's Son

 

[Plankton]

No rock albums? All urban with a few scattered pop acts? I personally liked The Killers in the 2000's but to have not 1 Maroon 5 album listed just doesn't sound right. Maroon 5 were staples in the 21st century. Everyone knows 1 or 2 songs by them even if you didn't know it was from them.

 

[2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat]

Gnx is better than every album on that list except for house of balloons and maybe the blueprint