Amoeba Music San Francisco Hip-Hop Top Six Week Ending 11:04:11
1) Freestyle Fellowship The Promise (Decon)
2) Idle Warship (Talib Kweli & Res) Habits of the Heart (Element 9/Blacksmith Records)
3) M.E.D. Classic (Stones Throw)
4) Wale Ambition (Warner Bros.)
5) Statik Selektah Population Control (Duck Down)
6) Dessa Castor the Twin (Doomtree)
Special thanks to Luis F. Soria (aka Lou) at the Amoeba San Francisco store for this week's top six chart which sadly will be Lou's final contribution to this Amoeblog and to Amoeba Music too since he has just announced that he is moving on from Amoeba for good to focus all his time and energies on the other worthwhile projects he has going in his life. Like so many of his co-workers at the Haight Street store, who counted on Lou for not just music knowledge, but genuine friendship and support when things troubled them (he's one of that rare breed that actually give a damn about his fellow humans), I always enjoyed dealing with Lou. Whenever we spoke we would talk at length and in great detail about something we both love, hip-hop music. And it is that genuine love and passion for hip-hop by Lou, who is also a DJ, that will be missed the most. If it were not for Lou the hip-hop isles at Amoeba on Haight Street would not have showcased so many amazing (often well under the radar) hip-hop releases. And of all the regions represented none got more love from Lou than San Francisco and the Bay Area. Responsible for getting in so many homegrown hip-hop acts into Amoeba Lou will be missed not just by his co-workers at Amoeba Music on Haight but by the Bay Area hip-hop community at large. Good luck in all you do Lou and thank-you for being you! And please stop by Amoeba Music from time.
he did a unique promo for the new release on DD172 as seen in video clip below.
charting through end of the year, and Superstar Quamallah & Deqawn's Talkin' All That Jazz on Cotter Records/Brick Records (this is a real good release that i just got through checking out). Also recommended is J-Live
special place that was the Good Life Cafe, a health food restaurant in South Central, that began holding hip-hop nights once a week at a time when NWA, the area's biggest rap ambassadors, were at their peak.
progressive artist community," the hip-hop venue was not only insistently non-violent, non-sexist and non-discriminatory, but it also had a strict no cursing policy. This policy, which surprisingly was embraced rather than resented by nearly everyone, resulted in a higher level of creativity in the music. 
