Ameoba Music Berkeley Hip-Hop Top Five 09:19:08
1) Michael Franti & Spearhead All Rebel Rockers
(Amer-I Can/Unity One/Anti)
2) Diplo Top Ranking Santogold (Mad Decent)
3) The Game LAX (Geffen/Interscope)
4) Young Jeezy The Recession (Def Jam)
5) eLZhi The Preface (Fat Beats)
The number one selling album at the Berkeley store this week is from the Bay Area's very own veteran political musician Michael Franti and his group Spearhead. Recorded in Kingston, Jamaica and produced by Sly and Robbie, this brand new full length titled All Rebel Rockers is the anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed Yell Fire!, released two years ago on Anti. This new album may not possess that same sense of urgency as its predecessor and hence, takes a little longer to get into, but All Rebel Rockers is still a very good album. (Yell Fire! is a hard one to top because it was so powerful a release.) Naturally, with Sly & Robbie at the controls, it has more of a reggae feel than
the other genres it incorporates (mainly hip-hop and soul).
1) Michael Franti & Spearhead All Rebel Rockers
(Amer-I Can/Unity One/Anti)
2) Diplo Top Ranking Santogold (Mad Decent)
3) The Game LAX (Geffen/Interscope)
4) Young Jeezy The Recession (Def Jam)
5) eLZhi The Preface (Fat Beats)
The number one selling album at the Berkeley store this week is from the Bay Area's very own veteran political musician Michael Franti and his group Spearhead. Recorded in Kingston, Jamaica and produced by Sly and Robbie, this brand new full length titled All Rebel Rockers is the anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed Yell Fire!, released two years ago on Anti. This new album may not possess that same sense of urgency as its predecessor and hence, takes a little longer to get into, but All Rebel Rockers is still a very good album. (Yell Fire! is a hard one to top because it was so powerful a release.) Naturally, with Sly & Robbie at the controls, it has more of a reggae feel than
the other genres it incorporates (mainly hip-hop and soul). 
