Insomniac Magazine’s Weekly Hip Hop Top Ten 6/23/25

Don’t Sleep On These New Releases

It’s that time for a feast of the most riveting selections in the underground. Without delay, get ready to take the plunge into another extraordinary serving of Insomniac Magazine’s Hip Hop Top Ten!

1) Lukah attacks the verbal masses with a higher frequency of communication fueled by supreme soundscapes courtesy of Statik Selektah!!! Experience an absolute showstopper with “A Lost Language Found!!!”

2) Che Noir delivered her latest impactful power opus for the underground in the form of “The Color Chocolate 2!!!” Straight off the full length is this poignant narrative that unrolls the aches and perils of survival on the mean streets with “Buy Vs Sell.”

3) Nicholas Craven & Boldy James ain’t the ones to be played wit’ as they drop a pristine slice of immaculate steez. Stream the ultra smooth foundation and lavish lexicon on “Nice Try Wrong Guy!!!”

4) The underground’s eternal allegiance to WateRR & Passport Rav is cemented with their dope collabo opus “Pledge Fealty!!!” Off that full plate is the soulful “Gracefully Fly” that’s brimming with uber smooth flows and elegant jazzy keys.

5) Napoleon Da Legend dispatches elite bars over stunning soundscapes crafted by Clypto on the brand new opus Pen Game 2!!!” Making the list from the album is “Legendary Biopic,”  a supremely styled knocker with a symphony of horns and Napoleon Da Legend, Terror Van Poo, and Bernadette Price ripping up the set with D-Styles’ masterful cuts.

6) Sean Links is seaside standing tall with new cinematic heat for the “Wavy Edition!!!” We most definitely hear you now Mr. Links!!! Watch him take your whole crew off the map!

7) Jamal Gasol brandishes burly bars as mid rappers step aside to avoid the steamroll of supreme steez. Stream the soul-filled uber thumping Quis Star shaped “In And Out.”

8) Chubs and Lord Goat rampage through the area with brazen bars on the hypnotically knocking Fumes the Threat sculpted “Flannel Covered Caskets.” Wack rappers best step indoors and close the blinds as these bar assassins blaze through with this piece off “BRUISER BRODY 2.”

9) Muthaf***as are out here clockin’ the moves of underground superstar Innocent? as he unleashes a supreme sizzler with the one and only legendary FT Street Smartz!!! Experience the Gelert powered heater with Tone Spliff ninja-like slices from “The Platform Pt. 1!!!” Y’all best to gear up for “My Time!!!”

10) Rhinoceros Funk is “pumpin’ out lines in pivotal times” over an expansive underground arrangement laced by Silent Someone with deadly cuts by JS1. Blast their superb speaker stylistics and screen antics on the MelPhraze stylized “Can’t Ignore Us” cinematic joint.

Well that’s it for this week. Catch ya next time and…DON’T SLEEP!

– Insomniac Magazine