Amoeba Berkeley Hip-Hop Chart Week Ending May 10th 2013

1) Talib Kweli Prisoner Of Conscious (Blacksmith)
2) The Uncluded (Aesop Rock + Kimya Dawson) Hokey Fright (Rhymesayers)
3) Qwel & Maker Beautiful Raw (Galapagos4 Records)
4) Sunspot Jonz and BOAC Skywalkers (Outhouse Records)
5) Sole No Wising Up, No Settling Down (Black Canyon)
Thanks to E-Lit at Amoeba Berkeley for his run down (video and chart above) on all the latest in hip-hop releases at Amoeba Music this week that include such new joints as Sunspot Jonz (Mystik Journeymen/Living Legends) who teamed up with Bay Area producer BOAC (founding member of The Earthlings along with DJ Bootleg who used to book the hip-hop shows at the defunct SF venue Maritime Hall) for his latest release Skywalkers - released on the long running Living Legends label Outhouse Records. As E-Lit notes it is a fun, all killer, no filler hip-hop release. Other new
releases include the straight up hip-hop album from Qwel & Maker Beautiful Raw on Galapagos4 Records, and the much more alternative/adventurous hip-hop outing from The Uncluded: Hokey Fright on Rhymesayers Entertainment. The Uncluded is the pairing of Aesop Rock with Kimya Dawson who have worked together before this new collaborative full-length album. You may recall that Kimya Dawson made a cameo on Skelethon - the stellar solo album (following a five year gap) from Aesop Rock last summer (when he did a memorable in-store at Amoeba San Francisco), and that Aesop Rock in turn had made guest appearances on Dawson's album from the previous year Thunder Thighs. Released by Rhymesayers Entertainment it features the single "Earthquake." See the accompanying video below and you will immediately see why E-Lit describes it as like children's music in its production presentation of the 16 track album that, according to the publicity release from the label, "helps to tell the story of two people who are finding therapy through making art together."

supporters of their fellow artists as proven in the above What's In My Bag? video recently shot at Amoeba Hollywood. In this latest
black history and culture pieces from the various Amoeblog contributors. This latest Amoeblog series will continue the tradition of honoring 
Marco Polo, S1, and Khrysis amongst others. 


