I’ve seen multiple big names in Hip-Hop say the underground is the core and heart of the genre. And if that’s the case, which I believe, then Underground Producers are the blood pumping through that heart and making everything run. So in 2025, an amazing year for Hip-Hop, you better believe the Underground Producers were dropping heat . The 2025 Nominees for Underground Producer of the Year are: Doza The Drum Dealer Futurewave ILL CITY JasonMartin Malinisoundz Nicholas Craven Norman Sann OldSouly Python P V Don . My winner will be announced tomorrow! Drop who you think deserves to win in the comments, either from this list or write someone in! @malinisoundz @ILLCITY25

This category is about the Best Collaboration between 1 Rapper and 1 Producer. It’s become a great wave for rappers and producers to team up fully to do full projects together for a while now. And it just works. It helps to keep things cohesive and the more artists work together the stronger that relationship becomes. What better way to get those hours in than doing full projects instead of a song here and there. From Mainstream ro the Underground, these are the top 12 Rapper/Producer collaborations of 2025! . The Nominees in Alphabetical order are: -Boldy James & Chuck Strangers - Token Of Appreciation -Bun B & Cory Mo - WAY MO TRILL -Daniel Son & Futurewave - Baggage Claims -DeAngelo Xavier & Malinisoundz - Graffiti On Gold (Complete) -Doza The Drum Dealer & Hobgoblinbeats - Five O’Clock Tea With Bricktop -Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo 2 -IAMGAWD & ILL City - City xf GAWD -La Reezy & PJ Morton - Pardon Me, I’m Different -Nas & DJ Premier - Light-Years -Pro Dillinger & Futurewave - DIRTWAVE, VOL. 3 -Rufus Sims & ILL City - ILL Dirty Rufus -Saba & No ID - From The Private Collection of Saba & No ID . The winner will be announced tomorrow! Comment who you would pick to win or write it in if they weren’t nominated! Maybe I’ll find something new! @ILLCITY25 @malinisoundz @FreddieGibbs @hobgoblinbeats @BunBTrillOG @CoryMoMusic @lareezymusic @PJMORTON

Song: 5th Element (ft. @LIYMCAPITAL & @IncomparableMar) #The17thCipher Prod. by @ILLCITY25 Link: the17thcipher.bandcamp.com/a…