The Complex Staff Lists Their Favorite Songs and Albums of 2017

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Songs

1. Frank Ocean - “Chanel”

2. Lil Uzi Vert - “XO Tour Llif3”

3. Miguel f/ Travis Scott - “Sky Walker”

4. Charli XCX - “Boys”

5. Kingdom f/ SZA - “Down 4 Whatever”

6. Future - “Use Me”

7. Kendrick Lamar f/ Zacari - “Love”

8. Young Thug f/ Millie Go Lightly - “Family Don’t Matter”

9. The National - “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness”

10. Cardi B - “Bodak Yellow”

Albums

1. Charli XCX - Number One Angel

2. Kendrick Lamar - Damn

3. Future - HNDRXX

4. Kelela - Take Me Apart

5. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory

6. Jay Z - 4:44

7. SZA - Ctrl

8. Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage 2

9. Smino - blkswn

10. Charli XCX - Pop 2

Twitter: @The_SummerMan

Songs

1. Jay Z - “The Story of O.J.”

2. Kendrick Lamar - "Duckworth"

3. Majid Jordan - “Gave Your Love Away”

4. Frank Ocean - “Provider”

5. Migos - “T-Shirt”

6. Lil Uzi Vert - “XO Tour Llif3”

7. Ty Dolla Sign f/ Tory Lanez -“Droptop in the Rain”

8. Tyler, the Creator f/ Frank Ocean and Steve Lacy - “911/Mr Lonely”

9. Future - “Might as Well”

10. Drake - “Madiba Riddim”

Albums

1. Jay Z - 4:44

2. Kendrick Lamar - Damn

3. Future - HNDRXX

4. CyHi the Prynce -  No Dope on Sundays

5. Drake - More Life

6. SZA - Ctrl

7. Migos - Culture

8. Rick Ross - Rather You Than Me

9. Gucci Mane and Metro Boomin - Droptopwop

10. Haim - Something to Tell You

Twitter: @iTunesEra

Songs

1. Calvin Harris f/ Frank Ocean and Migos - “Slide”

2. Lil Uzi Vert - “XO Tour Llif3”

3. Kendrick Lamar - “Duckworth”

4. Kendrick Lamar - “DNA”

5. Frank Ocean - “Chanel”

6. Drake - “Do Not Disturb”

7. Daniel Caesar f/ H.E.R. - “Best Part”

8. John Mayer - “Moving on and Getting Over”

9. Future - “Mask Off”

10. Drake - “Passionfruit”

Albums

1. Kendrick Lamar - Damn

2. John Mayer - The Search for Everything

3. Jay Z - 4:44

4. Daniel Caesar - Freudian

5. Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage 2

6. Calvin Harris - Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1

7. Drake - More Life

8. Haim - Something to Tell You

9. Future - HNDRXX

10. 21 Savage, Offset, and Metro Boomin - Without Warning

Twitter: @thisisdscott

​Songs

1. Future - “Use Me” 

2. Cardi B - “Bodak Yellow” 

3. Jay Z - "Marcy Me"  

4. The Diplomats - “Once Upon a Time” 

5. Drake - “Jorja Interlude” 

6. Frank Ocean - “Chanel” 

7. SZA - “The Weekend” 

8. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie f/ Kodak Black - “Drowning” 

9. Lil Uzi Vert f/ Nicki Minaj and Oh Wonder - “The Way Life Goes (Remix)” 

10. Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé - "Perfect" 

Albums

1. Jay Z - 4:44

2. Kendrick Lamar - Damn

3. Future - HNDRXX

4. Syd - Fin 

5. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy 

6. Freddie Gibbs - You Only Live 2wice

7. SZA - Ctrl 

8. Rick Ross - Rather You Than Me

9. Miguel - War & Leisure 

10. Drake - More Life

Twitter: @ADiaz456

Songs

1. Retch - “First Day Home”

2. Syd - “Body”

3. GoldLink f/ Brent Faiyaz and Shy Glizzy - “Crew”

4. GoldLink f/ Jazmine Sullivan and Kaytranada - “Meditation"

5. Frank Ocean f/ ASAP Rocky - “Chanel (Remix)”

6. Cardi B - “Bodak Yellow”

7. Jorja Smith and Preditah - “On My Mind”

8. DonMonique - “Black Kate Moss”

9. Offset - “Monday”

10. Bad Bunny - “Soy Peor”

Albums

1. Kendrick Lamar - Damn

2. GoldLink - At What Cost

3. Jay Z - 4:44

4. Syd - Fin

5. Sampha - Process

6. Future - FUTURE + HNDRXX

7. Roc Marciano - Rosebudd’s Revenge

8. Smino - blkswn

9. Mach Hommy - Haitian Body Odor + Dumpmeister

10. Frank Ocean - Loosies EP

Twitter: @khal

Songs

1. Jay Z - “4:44”

2. Gucci Mane f/ Offset - “Met Gala”

3. EPROM - “Drone Warfare”

4. Thundercat f/ Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins - “Show You the Way”

5. Migos - “T-Shirt”

6. DJ Earl x Fracture - “Statisfyee”

7. Kendrick Lamar - “Duckworth”

8. Klax - “Risk It”

9. YBN Nahmir - “Rubbin Off the Paint”

10. Lil Uzi Vert - “XO Tour Llif3​”

Albums

1. Earl Grey - Headwinds

2. Kendrick Lamar - Damn

3. Jay Z - 4:44

4. DJ Manny - Greenlight

5. Syd - Fin

6. AC Slater - Outsiders

7. Quelle Chris - Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often

8. Rapsody - Laila's Wisdom

9. Von Pea & The Other Guys - The Fiasco

10. Filthy Gears - Filthy Gears

Twitter: @SameOldShawn

Songs

1. Black Thought - “#Freestyle087”

2. Jay Z - “The Story of O.J.”

3. Frank Ocean - “Chanel”

4. Quelle Chris - “Buddies”

5. Cambatta - “Nxgger Christ”

6. Cardi B - “Bodak Yellow”

7. Statik Selektah f/ Action Bronson - “Watching Myself”

8. Bob Dylan - “Ain’t Gonna Go to Hell for Anybody (Live Apr. 24, 1980)”

9. ASAP Twelvyy - “Yea Yea Yea (Maps)”

10. P.O.S. f/ Hard_R, Allan Kingdom, Astronautalis, Kathleen Hanna, Lizzo, Eric Mayson, Lyia Liza, and Nicholas L. Perez - “Sleepdrone/Superposition”

Albums

1. Jay Z - 4:44

2. Kendrick Lamar - Damn

3. Bob Dylan - Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981

4. Run the Jewels - RTJ3

5. Rock - Rockness A.P. 

6. Black Magik and Cambatta - Holy Ghost 

7. Quelle Chris - Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often

8. Rapsody - Lalia’s Wisdom 

9. Joey Bada$$ - All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ 

10. Meyhem Lauren and DJ Muggs - Gems From the Equinox 

Twitter: @Jersey_Jinx

Songs

1. Kendrick Lamar - "Fear"

2. Frank Ocean - "Chanel"

3. Kendrick Lamar - "DNA"

4. Sampha - "Reverse Faults"

5.  SZA - "Supermodel"

6. Future - "Solo"

7. Jay Z f/ Beyoncé - "Family Feud"

8. Frank Ocean - "Biking (Solo)"

9. Wiki f/ Ghostface Killah - "Made for This"

10. Playboi Carti f/ ASAP Rocky - "New Choppa"

Albums

1. Kendrick Lamar - Damn

2. Jay Z - 4:44

3. SZA - Ctrl

4. Sonder - Into

5. Sampha - Process

6. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy

7. J.I.D - The Never Story

8. Smino - blkswn

9. Harry Styles - Harry Styles

10. Brent Faiyaz - Sonder Son

Twitter: @YoAdriBaby

Songs

1. Frank Ocean - “Provider”

2. GoldLink f/ Brent Faiyaz and Shy Glizzy - "Crew"

3. SZA - “The Weekend”

4. Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"

5. Kendrick Lamar - "Element"

6. Daniel Caesar f/ H.E.R. - “Best Part”

7. Chronixx - “Likes”

8. Maleek Berry - “4 Me”

9. Mac Ayres - "Show Me"

10. Drake - "Blem"

Albums

1. Daniel Caesar - Freudian

2. Sza - Ctrl

3. Kendrick - Damn

4. Jay Z - 4:44

5. Syd - Fin

6. Brent Faiyaz - Sonder Son

7. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy

8. Smino - blkswn

9.  Drake - More Life

10. Chronixx - Chronology 

Twitter: @lucaswisenthal

Songs

1. The Diplomats - "Once Upon a Time"

2. Kendrick Lamar - "Duckworth"

3. Future - "Draco"

4. 21 Savage and Metro Boomin - "My Choppa Hate N***as"

5. Gucci Mane f/ Offset - "Met Gala"

6. Kodak Black - "Patty Cake"

7. Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"

8. Black Thought - "#Freestyle087"

9. Tay-K - "The Race"

10. Kodak Black f/ XXXTentacion - "Roll in Peace"

Albums

1. Kendrick Lamar - Damn

2. Jay Z - 4:44

3. Roc Marciano - Rosebudd's Revenge

4. Kodak Black - Painting Pictures

5. 21 Savage - Issa Album

6. Rick Ross - Rather You Than Me

7. Drake - More Life

8. Future - FUTURE

9. ASAP Twelvyy - 12

10. Migos - Culture

Twitter: @JulianPatterson

​Songs

1. SZA - "The Weeknd"

2. Jay Z - "The Story of O.J."

3. Sampha - "(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano"

4. GoldLink f/ Brent Faiyaz and Shy Glizzy - "Crew"

5. Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"

6. Drake - "Do Not Disturb"

7. Jorja Smith and Preditah - “On My Mind”

8. Buscabulla - "Tártaro"

9. Syd - "Know"

10. Frank Ocean f/ Jay Z and Tyler, the Creator - "Biking"

Albums

1. Jay Z - 4:44

2. SZA - Ctrl

3. Future - HNDRXX

4. Kendrick Lamar - Damn

5. Calvin Harris - Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1

6. Syd - Fin

7. Smino - blkswn

8. Drake - More Life

9. Thundercat - Drunk

10. Khalid - American Teen

Twitter: @katherineshelby

Songs

1. Kendrick Lamar f/ Zacari - "Love"

2. Njomza - "Sad for You"

3. Taylor Swift - "So It Goes..."

4. Daniel Caesar - "Freudian"

5. Dua Lipa - "Be the One"

6. SZA - "Garden (Say It Like Dat)"

7. Daniel Caesar - "Hold Me Down"

8. Sampha - "100°C"

9. Russ - "I Wanna Go Down With You"

10. Eli Sostre - "Let You Go"

Albums

1. Daniel Caesar - Freudian

2. SZA - Ctrl

3. Kendrick Lamar - Damn

4. Taylor Swift - Reputation

5. Harry Styles - Harry Styles

6. Majid Jordan - The Space Between

7. Sampha - Process

8. Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds From Another Planet

9. Drake - More Life

10. Kehlani - SweetSexySavage

Twitter: @E_Diep

Songs

1. Goldlink f/ Gucci Mane, Brent Faiyaz, and Shy Glizzy – “Crew (Remix)”

2. ASAP Mob f/ ASAP Rocky, Playboi Carti, Quavo, Lil Uzi Vert, and Frank Ocean – “RAF”

3. N*E*R*D f/ Kendrick Lamar and M.I.A. - “Kites”

4. Calvin Harris f/ Frank Ocean and Migos - “Slide”

5. Dvsn – “Nuh Time / Tek Time”

6. Tyler, the Creator f/ Rex Orange County and Anna of the North - “Boredom”

7. Kehlani - “Distraction”

8. Metro Boomin f/ Offset and Drake “No Complaints”

9. G-Eazy f/ Cardi B and ASAP Rocky – “No Limit”

10. Future – “Feds Did a Sweep”

Albums

1. Kendrick Lamar - Damn

2. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy

3. Jay Z - 4:44

4. Amine - Good for You

5. Khalid – American Teen

6. Thundercat – Drunk

7. Ty Dolla Sign - Beach House 3

8. Rapsody – Laila’s Wisdom

9. Princess Nokia – 1999 Deluxe

10. Higher Brothers – Black Cab

Twitter: @ahhhbs

Songs

1. Kendrick Lamar - "XXX"

2. Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"

3. Playboi Carti - "Magnolia"

4. Frank Ocean - "Chanel"

5. SZA - "The Weekend"

6. Sampha - "Kora Sings"

7. Smino - "Anita"

8. Daniel Caesar - "Freudian"

9. Thundercat - "A Fan's Mail (Tron Song Suite II)"

10. ASAP Ferg - "Plain Jane"

Albums

1. Kendrick Lamar - Damn

2. SZA - Ctrl

3. Sampha - Process

4. Thundercat - Drunk

5.Daniel Caesar - Freudian 

6. King Krule - Ooz

7. Loyle Carner - Yesterday’s Gone

8. Kelela - Take Me Apart

9. Gabriel Garzón-Montano - Jardín 

10. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory

Twitter: @TraceCowen

Songs

1. Lorde - “Liability”

2. Harry Styles - “Sign of the Times”

3. Lil Uzi Vert - “XO Tour Llif3​”

4. Kendrick Lamar - “DNA”

5. Lil Peep - “U Said”

6. Paramore - “Fake Happy”

7. Young Thug f/ Millie Go Lightly - “Family Don’t Matter”

8. Bleachers - “Dream of Mickey Mantle”

9. Fitness - “Love the Suffer”

10. Brockhampton - “LAMB”

Albums

1. Lorde - Melodrama

2. Lil Peep - Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 1

3. Kendrick Lamar - Damn

4. St. Vincent - Masseduction

5. Haim - Something to Tell You

6. Bully - Losing

7. IDK - IWASVERYBAD

8. Charli XCX - Number 1 Angel

9. Margo Price - All American Made

10. 2 Chainz - Pretty Girls Like Trap Music

Twitter: @noragrayceorosz

Songs

1. ASAP Ferg - "Plain Jane"

2. Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"

3. Charli XCX - "Roll With Me"

4. Lana Del Rey - "Change"

5. ASAP Mob f/ ASAP Rocky, Playboi Carti, Quavo, Lil Uzi Vert, and Frank Ocean – “RAF”

6. GoldLink f/ Brent Faiyaz and Shy Glizzy - “Crew”

7. Kali Uchis f/ Reykon - "Nuestro Planeta"

8. Dua Lipa - "Genesis"

9. Offset and Metro Boomin - "Ric Flair Drip"

10. Gucci Mane f/ Migos - "I Get the Bag"

Albums

1. Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life

2. SZA - Ctrl

3. 21 Savage, Offset, and Metro Boomin - Without Warning

4. Billie Eilish - Don't Smile at Me

5. ASAP Ferg - Still Striving

6. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa

7. Tove Lo - Blue Lips

8. Big Sean - I Decided

9. Charli XCX - Number One Angel

10. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy

Twitter: @jpizzledizzle

​Songs

1. Dave f/ MoStack - "No Words"

2. Jorja Smith and Preditah - "On My Mind"

3. Not3s - "Aladdin"

4. MoStack f/ Mist - "Screw & Brew"

5. Fredo - "Change"

6. CB - "Take That Risk"

7. Cardi B - "Red Barz"

8. t q d - "A Letter to EZ"

9. Fekky f/ Chip and Neutrino - "Avirex"

10. Mabel f/ Kojo Funds - "Finders Keepers"

Albums

1. Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer

2. J Hus - Common Sense

3. Drake - More Life

4. K Koke - Pure Koke Vol. 4

5. Krept & Konan - 7 Days

6. Wiley - Godfather

7. Sampha - Process

8. Mr. Mitch - Devout

9. Nines - One Foot Out

10. SZA - Ctrl