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.net Formula that takes into account member ratings and reviews as well as features’ overall popularity.
New cuts from a recent reader favorite and a longtime Booth regular come out on top this week; Youngs grabs #1 with “Rhymin’” and XV‘s “Lift the Game” follows in second. Counting the top two, 12 new features make their debut this time around, leaving just eight members of last week’s Independent lineup in the running.
1. XV – Lift the Game
2. J The S ft. Franco – Change [Premiere]
3. Freddie Gibbs & Mikkey Halsted – On My Own
4. Chiddy Bang ft. MGMT – The Opposite of Adults (KIDS)
5. 810 – Save Me Now
6. Se’von – Pain
7. Stat Quo – Success (Back to U)
8. John Public – Sneaker Music
9. YONAS – Stand Out
10. Feroz ft. Yelawolf – Bring the Money Home [Premiere]
11. Nappy Roots – Ride
12. Belly ft. Drake – Make It Go