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.
January 9, 2012 Chart Recap
Welcome 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
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Skillz - 2011 Rap Up
Skillz continues raps yearly tradition with a look back on the insanity that was 2011.
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Brother Ali - Writer's Block
Brother Ali makes his return to our pages and he's bringing a Jake One beat with him.
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Jean Grae - U&Me&EveryoneWeKnow
Jean Grae unveils the introspective first single from her upcoming Cake or Death album.
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Luke Christopher - Blue Skies
The 17-year-old Cali repper returns with a newly-leaked mixtape standout guaranteed to put a spring in your step.
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Marion Write ft. S.B. - Radio
The Vegas rhymesayer turns up the "Radio" on the latest single off his forthcoming full-length.
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SmCity ft. Oddisee & Phil Ade - Mr. IDGAF
Not a single f**k is given on the latest leak off SmCity's forthcoming, Booth-sponsored street album.
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ScHoolBoy Q ft. Kendrick Lamar - Blessed
The Top Dawg emcee and his West Coast cohort count their blessings on a new LP leak.
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Chris Webby - Fragile Lives
Chris Webby offers up an ode to a fallen comrade on the somber yet uplifting Fragile Lives.
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GhostWridah - Buzzer Beater
The Miami-repping Booth fave scores a game-winning point on a newly-leaked standout off his Michael Jordan Theory EP.
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Terence Ryan - Skeleton (Yeah Yeah Yeahs Remix)
Terence Ryan erases the lines between indie rock and rap on his The DJBooth debut.
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HBK Gang - She Ready
The Bay Area newcomers put the moves on your girl--yes, yours--on the lead single off their next street album.
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12
Kid Ink ft. Schoolboy Q - Get Into the Moment
The L.A. repper "get[s] Into the Moment" on a Schoolboy Q-assisted promo single.
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Childish Gambino - Heartbeat
The actor-turned-rapper expresses his ambivalence toward an ex on an emotionally-fraught (yet dancefloor-scorching) new single.
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Chrome Cats - Celebration
The Vallejo twosome return to our pages with a fresh single off their forthcoming digital EP.
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KaliRaps ft. REKS & Novel - Exhale
The West Coast buzzmaker takes a deep breath or two on a contemplative single off his forthcoming mixtape with Green Lantern.
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Joell Ortiz - I Tote Guns
Take one part Dr. Dre, one part Biggie, add in Joell Ortiz and you've got I Tote Guns.
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The Physics ft. Grynch - After Effect
The Seattle threesome expose the hidden dangers of "no-strings-attached" flings on a Grynch-assisted promo cut.
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REKS - Autographs
The Boston underground mainstay enjoys life's finer things on the lead single off his and Statik's forthcoming full-length.
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Bad Newsz Greatest - Aurora Borealis
The Left Coast buzzmaker displays his determination to succeed on a world premiere off his forthcoming, Booth-sponsored street album.
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BAMBU - None Left
The L.A. rhymesayer kicks off 2012 with a brooding, politically-charged promo single.
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