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.
August 13, 2012 Chart Recap* Madchild is unseated from the #1 spot by Mac Miller, whose brand new Pink Slime song release with Pharrell, “Glow,” tops our Top Indie Hip-Hop chart. * Prodigy‘s …...Read More
#1 - Rittz ft. Tech N9ne - Bloody Murdah (Remix)
If I can be allowed to drop some insider info, Rittz originally hoped to include Tech N9ne on the original version of Bloody Murdah, but the Strange Music head honcho was too busy, you know, touring more than anyone ever to...Read More
#2 - Gotham Green x Quickie Mart ft. Freddie Gibbs & T. Mills - All I Know
With the clock winding down toward the release of Gotham Green and DJ Quickie Mart's Haze Diaries Vol. 4, the duo has been gracious enough to drop off yet another banger from their forthcoming project. Green and Mart refuse...Read More
#3 - Madchild ft. Sophia Danai - Judgment Day
Although he may consider himself a Devil's Reject, Swollen Members emcee Madchild isn't so caught up in the dark side that he can't take a little time for reflection and he does just that on his latest solo record, Judgment...Read More
#4 - Chris Webby ft. Kid Ink & Bun B - Wait A Minute
Update: Click "Watch Video" above to view the Wait A Minute video. Mobile users can scroll down. Although Freestyle Series Alum Chris Webby has been absent from the Booth since May release I'm In Here, the emcee marks his...Read More
#5 - Sir Michael Rocks ft. Casey Veggies & Mac Miller - Great
Have you heard Sir Michael Rocks' new album? If I had to describe it in one word, that word would be Great. A standout from his afformentioned new project, Great finds the Cool Kids member and #JetLife representer grabbing a...Read More
#6 - Prodigy ft. Wiz Khalifa - Co-Pilot
Even the flyest rapper is nothing without a first-class female to ride shotgun. On the latest single off his forthcoming mixtape, Prodigy invites a suitably alluring shawty to become his Co-Pilot, flowing over a synth-driven...Read More
#7 - Trae The Truth ft. Z-Ro, Kirko Bangz, Bun B, Slim Thug & Paul Wall - I’m From Texas
UPDATE: Click "Watch Video" above for the brand new I'm From Texas visuals. It's no question that the state of Texas has put on for hip-hop in a major way the past eight years, but for whatever reason the state is seriously...Read More
#8 - Mac Miller - Onaroll
Not so long ago it would have seemed impossible to hear a white kid from Pittsburgh making a project with hit maker extraordinaire Pharrell, but in 2012 the duo makes a strange sort of sense. Dropping off the first release...Read More
#9 - Gameboi ft. XV & Jon Connor - Top Of The World
I hear it's pretty lonely at the top so lets consider the trio of wordsmiths consisting of Gameboi, XV, and Jon Connor your friendly neighborhood loners on former's latest world premiere Top Of The World. While both Vizzy and...Read More
#10 - Pac Div - Bank
After releasing their first GMB single Automatic nearly two months ago, it's been evident that fans of Pac Div are hungry for more. Luckily the Southern California trio most happy to oblige, dishing up a second serving from...Read More
#11 - Hoodie Allen - Hey Now
After finding some #1-level success from his album, All American, New York City emcee Hoodie Allen is back with the release of his new record, Hey Now. Produced by Something Silent, Hey Now is built on an electronically...Read More
#12 - Jon Arrington - Let 'Em Have It
It can be quite difficult for a young emcee to make a real splash with his or her debut single, but Chicago native Jon Arrington has decided to Let 'Em Have It. On his first DJBooth feature the crafty emcee drops off some...Read More
#13 - Wax - Rosana
Normally I wouldn’t bring up a ‘90s band like Better Than Ezra on a hip-hop site like The DJBooth, but when I first saw the title of Wax’s Rosana some strange synapse in my brain fired and I immediately thought of...Read More
#14 - Angel Haze - Drop It
Now that you've had a little time to absorb rapstress Angel Haze's Booth-hosted Reservation album it's now time to take a good listen to the projects stand out selection Drop It. Compared with the bass-heavy production and...Read More
#15 - Zion I x Minnesota - Float
Although Oakland hip-hop duo Zion I have been absent from our pages since their April release of Drop It On The 1, it's safe to say that the pair have been putting in major work. On top of preparing for the October release of...Read More
#16 - The O'My's ft. Twista, Chuck Inglish, Chip Tha Ripper & Chance The Rapper - Bout A Dolla
Who would have known that mere months after debuting on The Booth with Living Wrong, that The O'My's would hit us with a record that boast a Who's Who arsenal of Midwest spitters? Well, the self-proclaimed "scoundrels and...Read More
#17 - Skyzoo - Jansport Strings
If your earliest hip-hop memories involve Soulja Boy, Skyzoo is about to lay down some serious history. On his new release, Jansport Strings, we get to hear a mini-autobiography that gives us a look into a young Skyzoo's life...Read More
#18 - JMSN ft. Gilbere Forte, ANTHM & Deniro Farrar - Somewhere (JMSN Remix)
If you're familiar with Detroit singer/songwriter/producer JMSN's hypnotizing †Priscilla† cut Somewhere then you're probably wondering how in the world three very different emcees were able to work their way onto a...Read More
#19 - ¡MAYDAY! - Darker Shades
As Corey Heart once so eloquently pointed out, there's no more rock star move than wearing your sunglasses at night. Well I guess that means Miami crew ¡MAYDAY! are officially rock stars because not even normal sunglasses...Read More


