The season featured four new producer teams Yumdda and Toil, Gaeko and Code Kunst, Gray and Mino, and Zion.T and Slom.

With the lack of in-person concerts, events, and gigs, most of them began to focus on online streaming and web-content platforms which provide minimal income.

[2] This season will also be a "10th Anniversary Project" that crosses broadcasting, online and Over The Top platforms under the concept of "The Original", celebrating the show's rich history of serving as a forefront of the Korean Hip-hop scene, as well as showcasing the emergence of up and coming Korean artists who joined the show.

[4] He will receive a prize money of ₩300,000,000, plus a Mini Cooper, album production support and a 1-month stay in an ultra-luxury hotel suite.

The producer then provide an in-depth evaluation of the contestant, and determine if they advanced to the next round.

This season will also incorporate the use of augmented reality (AR) to emphasize on the contestants who received an "all pass" or "all fail" status.

If the contestant receives an "All Pass", the stage will virtually go up, signifying his/her continuation to the next round.

Conversely, contestants receiving an "all fail", are eliminated from the show and must surrender their SMTM necklace by throwing it to the virtual fire.

Prior to this round, the producers will have special performances to convince them to join their teams.

Unlike previous seasons, the eliminated contestants will still be part of the official release version of the songs.

There will be one-on-one diss battles for this round with previously eliminated contestants serving as members of the audience.

However, the "Death Match Rule" will be applied in which two contestants will perform together but one of them will be eliminated regardless if they win or lose their respective match-ups.

Prior to this round, MC Kim Jin-pyo showed 8 cards representing one contestant.

However, the contestant who received more performance money after two rounds of voting against their match-up advanced to the finals, while the loser gets eliminated.

[20] The four finalists will also meet up the night prior to the final round to determine their order of performances.

The contestant who earned the most cumulative performance money from both the pre-finals online evaluation team voters and live SMS voters in all two performances was the season's champion, receiving a prize money of ₩300,000,000, plus a Mini Cooper, album production support and a 1-month stay in an ultra-luxury hotel suite.