Independent Music Chart
Independent Chart - Allergic to the mainstream? Check out our top 20 indie tracks. 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 4, 2011 Chart RecapWelcome to the Booth’s Top Independent Hip Hop Chart! As always, your feedback has determined which songs made the cut. Each chart’s lineup is calculated using a special DJBooth.net …...Read More
#1 - Freeway - HAM Extreme
Back in January, Kanye West and Jay-Z taught listeners everywhere that H.A.M. isn't just something you eat for breakfast (or not, depending on your faith). Today, Freeway is here to do them one better – not satisfied with...Read More
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#2 - 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) ft. Bun B & Josh Xantus - Race Against Time
Given the amount of conflict in the world right now, it’s pretty obvious that the world is a dangerous place. In their latest effort Race Against Time, 1982 (a.k.a. Statik Selektah and Termanology) celebrates life and...Read More
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#3 - Madchild (of Swollen Members) - Black Belt
The 239th entry in DJBooth.net and Streetammo's Exclusive Freestyle Series comes courtesy of Mad Child, one-third of Vancouver crew Swollen Members. On his brand new, exclusive Black Belt freestyle, the underground emcee...Read More
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#4 - Blitz The Ambassador ft. Les Nubians - Dear Africa
Blitz the Ambassador has dropped off the first single off his forthcoming album Native Sun, entitled Dear Africa. If you can’t tell by the title, Dear Africa is an open letter song to the motherland that shows what man has...Read More
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#5 - Mac Miller - Donald Trump
I have to admit that before I started this write-up I wasn’t particularly familiar with Mac Miller's music. You can now consider me one of an ever-growing group of converts. Signed to Rostrum Records, a label that has...Read More
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#6 - Rittz - Nowhere to Run
As the self-proclaimed White Jesus of rap, you'd think that Southern buzzmaker Rittz would be a paragon of inner peace, but I guess even a hip-hop messiah's got to suffer through a few long, dark evenings of the soul. On new...Read More
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#7 - Prote-J - Bigger Things
It may not be very reassuring to hear when you're down, but it's true: no matter how bad things are, there's always someone out there who has it worse. Absent since last May's So Sick freestyle, up-and-coming emcee Prote-J's...Read More
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#8 - GhostWridah ft. Freeway - Window Cracked
Upon a first glance at his Booth track record, GhostWridah seems to tackle the same topics as a great many other rappers: cash, luxury goods, the pursuit of fame, and so on. What, then, sets the Miami phenom apart from the...Read More
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#9 - Joe Budden ft. Emanny - Ayo
While many Joe Budden fans are anticipating an amazing album from Slaughterhouse after their signing with Shady Records, some fans of his solo work may be happy with a recent leak from his unreleased vault. The record,...Read More
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#10 - Tayyib Ali - California Love
Booth newcomer Tayyib Ali may hail originally from the City of Brotherly Love, but who's to say you can't make room in your heart for more than one patch of home turf? Having left Philly for the City of Angels, the...Read More
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#11 - Green Street ft. Hollywood Floss - Coastin
Originally from Boston, Massachusetts but based in Brooklyn, Booth newcomers Green Street have made it their mission to push genre boundaries while retaining that classic hip-hop sound. Judging by the trio's first feature,...Read More
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#12 - Orie - For the Stars
Last we heard from Orie, he was fighting for his life, determined to prove his mettle on the Battlefield of the music game. Four months later with nary a Booth feature in the meantime, and fans may be starting to wonder...Read More
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#13 - Kris Kasanova - Ready to Die
There are heavy tracks that drop every half hour on the net, and then there are tracks like Ready to Die. On his sophomore feature at the Booth, Kris Kasanova brings a new persona to the table, this time tapping into a somber...Read More
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#14 - Translee - Something You Can't Believe
The 240th entry in DJBooth.net and Streetammo's Exclusive Freestyle Series comes courtesy of Translee, the Huntsville native who hooked up with Mr. Collipark on Satisfy. On his brand new, exclusive Something You Can't Believe...Read More
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#15 - Rapsody ft. Mac Miller - Blankin' Out
In anticipation of her April 16, performance at Generation Next at Southpaw in Brooklyn, North Carolina femcee and Kooley High representative Radsody has dropped off a brand new mixtape leak featuring XXL Freshman Mac Miller....Read More
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#16 - David Dallas ft. Freddie Gibbs - Caught in a Daze
You can call David Dallas a daydreamer, a space cadet or even an ADD sufferer, but don't expect him to take it as an insult. If the New Zealand-bred hopeful looks like he's Caught in a Daze, he's simply deep in thought on how...Read More
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#17 - Has-Lo - Fiber Optics
What? The fact that we invited Has-Lo to spit for our Exclusive Freestyle Series with no prior Booth features, along with the dopeness of the entry itself, weren't enough to convince you the Philly native had something...Read More
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#18 - RE - Clearport
The 241st entry in DJBooth.net and Streetammo's Exclusive Freestyle Series comes courtesy of RE, the New Orleans up-and-comer who recently earned reader approval for mixtape leak Nasty. On his brand new, exclusive Clearport...Read More
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#19 - eLZHi - Verbal Intercourse pt.2
While we continue to wait on ELmatic to drop (which is supposed to happen later this year), former Slum Village member eLZhi has let go Verbal Intercourse pt.2. The 14KT-produced record takes listeners on an in depth journey...Read More
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