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 9, 2012 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 …...Read More
#1 - Childish Gambino - Eat Your Vegetables
Why Eat Your Vegetables before dessert when you can enjoy both at once? The hip-hop equivalent of carrot cake, Childish Gambino has mastered the art of combining lyrical nourishment with instantly-gratifying punchlines and...Read More
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#2 - 1982 ft. Freddie Gibbs & Crooked I - Make It Out Alive
For every rapper who escapes the 'hood and weathers the game's slings and arrows to achieve hip-hop legendhood, hundreds of hungry hopefuls are left by the wayside. Determined to be among the elite few who climb to the top of...Read More
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#3 - Hoodie Allen - No Interruption
Having the ability to dish out Top 40 choruses like Rubio throwing alley oops while still being able to maintain a Hip Hop enthusiast’s attention has always been a challenge for many rappers. Often, these breakthrough...Read More
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#4 - Mikkey Halsted x Lupe Fiasco ft. Jim Lavigne - Gone
Trayvon Martin was only the beginning. Ever since the Florida 17-year-old's death became national news, hardly a day seems to go by without another story of cold-blooded murder—many of them racially-motivated—making its...Read More
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#5 - Mike Stud - Is It Worth It
Try as we might to keep our eyes on the prize, we all have moments when we wonder, "Is It Worth It"? Introduced to the Booth by Papa Smirf, first-time featuree Mike Stud asks himself that very question on the latest single...Read More
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#6 - Cookin' Soul ft. Nipsey Hussle & Blanco & Mistah F.A.B - AK 47
Over the years Cookin’ Soul has been in the background of some of the best remixes and instrumentals to grace our eadrums, but today the Spanish producer/DJ trio, comprised of Big Size, Milton and Zock, are making their...Read More
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#7 - Crooked I - Nikki
An '84 electro-funk classic off Prince's Purple Rain soundtrack, Darling Nikki receives a sinister makeover on Nikki, the latest leak off Crooked I's forthcoming mixtape. Here, Tito Ali's street-ready production bangs in the...Read More
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#8 - Skinny & Scales (of Nappy Roots) - Black Friday
It’s amazing how clueless guys can be when it comes to selecting the right mood music for different occasions. (No, Nelly’s Tip Drill is not appropriate for a candelight dinner.) Now if we were getting ready to get turnt...Read More
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#9 - Psycho Realm - I'm Gone
Fresh off making their Booth debut with last week's Show You a Rock, Psycho Realm return with another freshly-leaked cut off their forthcoming full-length. On I'm Gone, Sick Jacken hooks up with co-producer and...Read More
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#10 - Mac Miller - Loud
Attention, Booth readers. Before you hit “play,” make sure your computer's volume setting is at max. And, if you have a separate knob on your speakers, you'd best turn it as far counter-clockwise as it goes, just to be...Read More
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#11 - GhostWridah ft. Nehemie - Skittles And Iced Tea
Coming on the heels of offerings from Reef the Lost Cauze (The Prey) and Plies (We Are Trayvon), the latest Booth feature from reader fave GhostWridah finds the Miami emcee sharing his own reflections on the Trayvon Martin...Read More
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#12 - Kid Ink - Time Of Your Life
Update: Click "Listen Now" above to watch Kid Ink's "Time of Your Life" video. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not exaggerating when I say you'll have the Time of Your Life listening to Kid Ink's latest single. Just, kidding,...Read More
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#13 - Young Riot ft. Da Drout & Sean Hines - Do It Again
Regrets, we've all got a few. Whereas those who grew up in relative comfort tend to rue the risks we didn't take - not making things work with that perfect guy or girl, not seizing the opportunity to pursue a grand ambition,...Read More
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#14 - ¡MAYDAY! - Lando's Jam
Fresh off dazzling critics in the Booth and beyond with their Strange Music debut, ¡MAYDAY! return with a freshly-released single off the project. On Lando's Jam, released along with its Rommel Garcia-directed video,...Read More
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#15 - DK - Guns Are the Old Pencils
Introduced to the Booth via last September's highly acclaimed Be Somebody, DK makes his long-awaited return to our pages with unreleased cut Guns Are the Old Pencils. Here, a vintage instrumental by Motown mainstay Black Milk...Read More
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#16 - Tha Dogg Pound ft. 2 Chainz - Where I Know U Like
If you're a lover of kush and West Coast hip-hop, I've got some dope news: this year, Kurupt and Daz Dillinger of Tha Dogg Pound are celebrating the official holiday of weed-smokers everywhere with a brand new mixtape...Read More
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#17 - Black Alley - Heavy Hitters
A live-band septet hailing from Washington, D.C., Black Alley consider themselves the vanguard of a coming "Soul Garage" revolution. Today, the crew gives us a little taste of what their brave new world will sound like in the...Read More
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#18 - The Kickdrums ft. Machine Gun Kelly - My Life
Don't approve of the path MGK's taken in the game? Well, tough—the Cleveland fast-riser hasn't made it to where he is today by giving a damn what anybody else thinks. On a newly-leaked standout off Forest City beat crew The...Read More
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#19 - Reef the Lost Cauze - The Prey (For Trayvon & My Son)
The cold-blooded murder of Trayvon Martin is horrifying to anyone with a conscience but, for obvious reasons, the case is uniquely chilling to parents of African-American boys. On new non-album cut The Prey (For Trayvon...Read More
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