Top Hip Hop / R&B Music Chart
Top Hip Hop / R&B Chart - The 20 best-of-the-best tracks on The DJBooth, from any genre. Created by combining how many times the song has been played with your ratings, DJBooth's charts help turn today's brand new music into tomorrow's hit tracks.
April 23, 2012 Chart RecapWelcome to the Booth’s Top Hip Hop and R&B Chart! As always, your feedback has determined which songs made the cut. Each chart’s lineup is calculated using a special …...Read More
#1 - Drake ft. Lil Wayne - HYFR
It's not unheard of for couples who survive a few decades together to gather all their friends and family for a second ceremony and reception; renewing one's vows brings back dope memories, allows you to reconnect with loved...Read More
#2 - Chris Brown ft. Big Sean & Wiz Khalifa - Til I Die
Is Chris Brown a rapper who sings? A singer who raps? Or perhaps a ringer who sangs? Breezy’s been on an obvious campaign to blur the lines between his R&B and hip-hop for well over a year now and new single Til I Die is...Read More
#3 - DJ Khaled ft. Chris Brown, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne - Take It To The Head
You know what they say, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. So if you’re DJ Khaled and you drop a star-studded banger that blows up the charts, and then you do it again, and it blows up the charts again, why would you stop?...Read More
#4 - Kendrick Lamar ft. Dr. Dre - The Recipe
Take one of the most buzzed-about new artists in the industry, throw him top of a smooth sample, add some trunk-rattling bass, leave to cook in the Cali sun, garnish with the guest bars of a living hip-hop legend and...Read More
#5 - David Banner ft. Snoop Dogg, Game, Nipsey Hussle, Kree & Ras Kass - Californication
2000 single Californication found the Red Hot Chili Peppers peeling back the glossy exterior Los Angeles projects to the rest of the world to reveal the seamy reality underneath. On David Banner's new single of the same name,...Read More
#6 - Jeremih - Go To The Mo
If Jeremih's understated vocals and ruminations about sexual relations are what you've been missing, then today is your lucky day. Not only do we have a steamy new single for you, we are also happy to inform you that it will...Read More
#7 - Rick Ross ft. Drake & French Montana - Stay Schemin'
Whether Rick Ross is hard at work in the recording studio, rolling down the street in his Maybach, or getting sponge-bathed by beautiful women, you can be sure that, in the back of his mind, the rap heavyweight is plotting...Read More
#8 - Ne-Yo - Burning Up
While he’s continued to be a regular presence on the guest verse tip, it’s actually been a minute since we’ve heard a solo track from Ne-Yo. (No, I don’t know what happened to The Way You Move either.) But if it takes...Read More
#9 - 2 Chainz ft. The Weeknd - Like Me
At first blush, 2 Chainz' swag-drenched, sexually-charged brand of Southern rap and The Weeknd's grimy, profoundly moody R&B seem like they'd mix about as well as oil and water—or bleach and ammonia. Turns out, though,...Read More
#10 - Chris Brown - Sweet Love
While Chris Brown's recent flirtations with rap have garnered him largely positive reviews in the Booth, readers weren't quite so kind in mid-March, when the artist returned to his usual lane with the smooth, sensual F*ck the...Read More
#11 - Big K.R.I.T. - Sideline
Amidst the tremendous acclaim that greeted Big K.R.I.T.'s latest street album, some (including RefinedHype contributor Jason James) expressed the concern that the artist would burn himself out by releasing so much top-shelf...Read More
#12 - B.o.B - So Good
Update: Click "Listen Now" above to watch B.o.B's "So Good" video. Considering B.o.B made his breakthrough with the female-oriented Nothing on You, he must be planning on including a few quality ladies' jams on his sophomore...Read More
#13 - Trey Songz - Heart Attack
Nausea, sweating, anxiety, palpitations, shortness of breath—all symptoms that a myocardial infarction can share with acute romantic despair. Trey Songz knows exactly what I'm talking about; on the latest single off his...Read More
#14 - Nicki Minaj ft. 2 Chainz - Beez In The Trap
Update: Click "Listen Now above to watch Nicki's Benny Boom-directed "Beez In The Trap" video. Nicki Minaj is indisputably many things: an international superstar, an avant-garde fashionista, a Roman-Catholic heretic, but...Read More
#15 - Drake ft. Rihanna - Take Care
Update: Click "Watch Now" above to watch Drake's "Take Care" video. Perfectly capturing the mood of “luxurious melancholy” (to quote my good friend Nathan S.) that made the album so compelling, and featuring the guest...Read More
#16 - Rihanna ft. Chris Brown - Birthday Cake (Remix)
Nearly four years after parting ways in the midst of March 2008's much-publicized domestic violence case, Rihanna has come together with former boyfriend and abuser Chris Brown on a new single, leaving fans everywhere...Read More
#17 - Fat Joe ft. Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Fabolous & Kirko Bangz - Another Round (Remix)
Considering that Fat Joe's fall 2011 single found him boasting of his knack for repeat performances in the bedroom, the absence of an official remix to date has been glaring. Today, the Big Apple veteran finally returns to...Read More
#18 - Kanye West ft. DJ Khaled & DJ Pharris - Cold
A year ago Kris Humphries was on top of the world, but as if a divorce from Kim Kardashian wasn’t bad enough, now Kanye West turned him into a cuckold on his new record. Someone must have let Ye get in his zone. There are...Read More
#19 - 2 Chainz - Riot
Don't find yourself in a roadside ditch after having going ham to 2 Chainz' latest video release, Riot. As the first official video as a Def Jam solo artist, Mr. "Riding 'round and gettin it" is definitely looking to get...Read More


