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WHAT DA DILLY YO?
No
you're not seeing doubles! It's our amigo
Doug Dilly from KXCI in Tucson, AZ
(left) & 2Mex (right)! |
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MAY DA FORCE B
WIT' U!
Here's ATL's
Jay Force from WRFG (left) &
Lancaster, PA.'s DJ Herk (right). |
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[[ March 15, 2004 ]] |
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What's
upper! As I'm writing this weeks NASTY NEWS,
Wrestlemania XX is on my big screen live from
NY's Madison Square Garden! I just want to see Torrie
Wilson do her "Playboy Evening Gown"
tag team match thing in the ring & I'm good to go like
listening to some good old school Rodney-O!...
Congratulations goes out to Derrick Ewan (aka DJ
Furious Styles) from WVAU who's steppin'
up his game & is now an on-air personality on
Washington, D.C.'s Top 40 station HOT 99.5FM. You
can catch his debut this week, Monday through Friday
from 7PM-10PM (est). Derrick says, "As always, I'm still
the Hip-Hop Music Director at WVAU (American University)
& will continue to support & break new Hip-Hop music."
You can shout Derrick out at (202) 518. 7446...
Visionaries hits the road tour with Aceyalone &
tickets/interviews are available by letting Jessica
Weber at SPECTRE know one week in advance. You can
submit your requests by calling her at (213) 368.1601 or
online at:
jessica@spectremusic.com.
VISIONARIES with ACEYALONE DATES & CITIES:
Thu-Mar-18 Vancouver, BC Richards on Richards
Fri-Mar-19 Whistler, BC Garkinles
Sat-Mar-20 Nelson, BC Fluid Lounge
Sun-Mar-21 Victoria, BC Sugar Nightclub
Mon-Mar-22 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
Wed-Mar-24 Portland, OR Berbatti's Pan
Thu-Mar-25 Eugene, OR Wow Hall
What's the latest going ons at Take Down Records
& Cheesesteak Media? Here's Todd "intell" Wolfe
to break it down for you, "Alright OK" b/w "Came In The
Door" (Take Down Records). This is the record supporting
our hit DVD/CD release "New Jack City: The Next
Generation"! We are now on our way to selling 10,000
copies and it is available through numerous regional
distributors all over the country! Looking for some
feedback on it from those who got and for those who
would like to check out the 12” and/or DVD/CD, drop me a
line and I'll hook you up! We finalized our "Hood Party:
Uncensored" deal and the commercial spots will start
running nationally @ BET, Comedy
Central and E! in April if all goes well.
This is an urban version of "Girls Gone Wild" packaged
as a DVD/CD soundtrack combo with artist interviews and
performances as well as plenty of partying. We will have
a limited amount of promo copies when the time comes.
We wrapped up shooting of the freestyle battle potions
of our next DVD (Menace 2 Society remake) and the winner
of our Bloodsport freestyle competition was a guy by the
name of Shelliano. Straight off the top of the
head monster. He was eating all the young bucks. Wait
til you see this. Anyway, he won $1,000 and a spot on
our new DVD and soundtrack so you'll be seeing more of
him. We also have about 1/3 of the soundtrack finished
as well. We’re looking to release this in late Spring.
That's about it real quick, any questioins, give me a
shout at (215) 880. 7384 or on my 2WAY:
intell@tmail.com.
For more information log on to:
http://www.takedownrecords.com... Philly's DJ
Meddafore is keeping himself busy! " My new mix CD "Draft
Picks: Second Season" hit the streets last
weekend! Make sure you're checking for it. It already
got some mention on MTV's "Mixtape
Mondays":
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485621/20040308/story.jhtml
. This one's still fresh and I'm about to get workin on
the next, so get at me now if you want to get your label
or artist involved with it! There's a profile on me in
this week's issue of the Philadelphia Weekly
newspaper, if you're not in the area, here's an
on-line link:
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/article.asp?ArtID=6950.
I saw Mel Gibson's blockbuster motion
picture "The Passions of the Christ" movie
last week & it's even deeper and more moving than you
can imagine. If you checked the charts you will notice
that my #1 and #2 spots are filled by joints that aren't
out, both remixes are blazing and I'm a firm believer
that steps should be made to make those unofficial
joints real official, if not - then those artists
involved need to be doing some future work together. #3
spot on my charts is locked down by the Ruff Ryder
duo of Infa.Red & Cross, with "I
Don't Want Cha". It's another solid joint from
the next generation. They had a song last summer, "Do Ya
Thing" that should have been one of the biggest hits of
the summer, right up there with Joe Budden "Pump
it Up," Beyonce "Crazy in Love" and Lumidee
"Never Leave You." I'm not sure why they didn't
make noise then, but they definitely aiming to make that
noise in 2004. Since they're on RR, I'm hoping their
album is going to have some beats from Elite and
Neo. March 9th just passed and in with memory of
"The Greatest Rapper of All Time" Notorious B.I.G..
Bad Boy also released their 10 year anniversary
compilation. It's Bad Boy and it's the hits, so you know
it's hot. New season of "Making the Band" just jumped
off too, I know I'll be watching. The buzz is spreading
fast too on the new joints from Carl Thomas and
Mario Winans, so that's two more projects to look
forward to. Speaking of albums, YOU NEED THAT YOUNG
GUNZ "TOUGH LUV" LP IN YOUR LIFE!! YOU NEED
THAT YOUNG GUNZ "TOUGH LUV" LP IN YOUR
LIFE!! YOU NEED THAT YOUNG GUNZ "TOUGH LUV"
LP IN YOUR LIFE!! YOU NEED THAT YOUNG GUNZ "TOUGH
LUV" LP IN YOUR LIFE!! Got some new hot mix CDs
from Cali's DJ Rampage! "The Legendary" DJ
Showtime should be dropping soon too (first solo mix
CD in 5 years, so you know it's gonna be craazy!).
CEO & Episode are doing the next Room
Service mix CD and I'm glad, because maybe I'm
forgetting someone but the only mix I remember recently
liking from that series is from Grafitti. He did
his thing too. If you haven't picked up the recent mixes
from A-Beats and DJ Menace, what are you
still waiting for??? I gotta give my "Label Rep of
the Week" props to Mike Money, from Def
Jam. One of the hardest working and still madd
personable people in this industry. New issue of RIME
Magazine (with Westside Connection on the
cover) has a positive review of one of my mix CDs in it
and as always, keep updated on what I got goin on at
http://www.meddafore.com. Stay safe!! - Med"...
Live365.com & Rap Attack internet reporter DJ EarthQuake
has a new email address:
quake551@comcast.net... My homegirl Dove is
finally bouncing out of my hometown of Seattle & moving
to the Big Apple, New York City to make even bigger
noise. I'm sure you've seen Dove's name in many Hip-Hop
related articles & reviews. One thing that stood out
about Dove was that she was such a devoted fan & friend
& would go to just about every local show Sir
Mix-A-Lot & I would be performing/dj'ing at back in
the 80's. She has proven herself in the music industry &
I wish her all the best & success in her new ventures
out in New York. Hey Dove, my goal is to have my own
spot there too so look out for me aiight? You reach Dove
online at: Tygereyz67... "Yeah that's right we're back,
and only for a quick minute. A lot has happened. I am
acutally hoggin' up the computer at the library cause my
damn computer won't work. I've never attempted to do a
list this fast, but I am just glad I got it done. The
KANYE WEST ALBUM, DAMN, thats some hot issht. If you
haven't listened to it get your ass up now and find a
copy. That's whassup. Spring break is coming up so I am
heading up to New York this week. Holla at me for those
in NY let me know when I can come through. Thanks for
the love. I have now got the website set up to a certain
degree. It's still under contruction but at least if
someone goes to it, theyll see a dummy page at:
www.theurbanassault.com. And if you need to holla at
me hit me up
bigrube@theurbanassault.com . Shout out to Poncho
Strickland, Nathan, LP, James,
Alma, Diedre, Tenisha, Nasty-Nes,
Tazzy Taz, Ak Smith, Twinz,
Spliff, RAHK, Bro K, Rebecca, and
anyone else I forgot," Ruben Cantu aka Big
Rube (KOOP in Austin, TX)... Milena "Jazzybell"
Pastore continues to represent on FT. Collins,
CO.'s KCSU. Before Milena took over, there was
Rebecca Rodriguez! What's she been up to? Here's the
411 straight from Ms. Rodriguez, " What up strangers!
Remember me? If you don’t know me well, know that I am a
woman of my word. I leave for Costa Rica in 2 and 1/2
weeks!! : D and I am so damn excited. I will be going
out there and will first establish some income then will
be looking into radio (pronounced rrrrrah-dee-oh for all
you gringos –hehe) --I’m playin', they even call me
gringa because I am from the states. So anyway… radio… I
want to see what their market is all about then work to
build bridges and shed some light in Hip-Hop’s realm. If
anyone has extra music that they could send me, PLEASE
send it now so I can have it in my hands b4 I leave.
This would be a great opportunity to introduce good
music to a brand new market which could lead to other
things (also it's a loy quicker and cheaper to send it
now than to send it while I'm abroad). I would love to
hit y’all up on the phone lines so we can speak about
los hap’nins, so if you can send me updated info, that
would be lovely.Holla atcha girrrrllllll. Seriously à
HOLLA BACK!!! Here's my address:
Rebecca Rodriguez, Amplified
Internacional, 10450 Wyandot St. Northglenn, CO 80234.
I’ve been saving and waiting to do this for a looong
time! My ticket is for 3 months but I plan on extending
it so come visit me! You can email me at:
illshowyouflava@hotmail.com... Let's shift our
pitch control over to Richmond, IN. with DJ Solo
from WECI, " What up fam & what do I love more
than my fam? Radio of course. It’s either the call in
response or just the fact that I can make a sad day into
becoming a good day. Friday night proves college radio
run’s ish, when commercial mix-show are afraid to bring
it. Not all mixshow dj’s are afraid to bring it,
example: former Rap Attack reporters DJ
Sonic, Paul Bunyon and Topspeed
(yup they all got their start here on Rap Attack!)
are still breakin' new Hip-Hop from Indy. I heard
Speed dropped a mix cd. Not true, my source needs a new
source. I wish he would so Speed come with it. And to
everyone else, I hope all is good in your area. My wifey
is sick, please wish her a speedy recovery. Oh yeah,
Merk Money has hot mix cd out, peep it"... " I have
recently finished another mix CD. This one is entitled
NickNack “Bounce, Break, Skate” QuickMix #29. I
am selling it for the low price of $4.95 + shipping.
People are always telling me that I don’t have enough
uptempo party rock CDs. This mix CD is just that. It
features a wide variety of music (no commercial hiphop
though) to get your ass on the dance floor. You can
listen to a free low quality version of it on the web at
http://www.crowdcontrolrecords.com/mp3s/quickmixes/quickmix_29.mp3
," DJ NickNack... " I'm not certain if this is true or
not, but why would Roc-a-Fella Records label the
vinyl version of Cam'Ron's joint "Shake" as clean
when it is not? In the days of Clear Channel,
Howard Stern and Bubba the Love Sponge all
getting fined and suspended in the Bush election
year of stringent FCC crack-downs, why mislabel a
single as clean if you don't want the DJ's to get in
trouble? WARNING TO ALL DJ's: The vinyl version
of Cam'Ron's "Shake" that is labelled "clean" is not
radio playable! The verses appear to be edited, but
chorus definitely is laced with curse words. Is Jay-Z
willing to pay all fines?," Toast (WRPI
91.5FM /
www.DJToast.com)...
I'ts
your girl Jessica Weber from SPECTRE Music
back on the grind to let everyone know what's crackin in
LA & Miami was THE SHIT this year...
this Thursday, March 18th, Dizzee Rascal will
make his US radio debut on LA's own Power 106...Dizzee's
single Fix Up, Look Sharp has already been getting love
in the evening hours...if you're local you can tune in
to Felli Fel's show on between 7-10 pm
pacific on 105.9 FM, or check it out online at (www.power106.fm),
and listen to them chop it up...then later on that night
Dizzee will make an appearance at the illustrious Key
Club on the sunset strip before heading down to SXSW
to tear it up at the Murder Dog showcase...i
saw dood out in miami and he was dope as hell, so
definitely check for him...his album "Boy in Da Corner"
is out now on Matador...
i can't tell you how dope the Winter Music Conference
in miami was this year...the weather was
perfect...great parties, great vibes, and great people
everywhere...there were a gang of people out there
grinding, and having a great time doing it... to anyone
questioning whether or not to go next year, i would
advise you to start saving now...the prescence of M3
this year really gave the conference a new
flavor...peace to DAVID PRINCE for trying to flip
it, and really makin it happen...
BEST PARTIES:
FUTURE at OPIUM GARDEN: BBE really
stepped it up this year...their party is always one of
the best of the conference, but they took it to the next
level this year by getting an AMAZING
outdoor/indoor venue and having a completely ridiculous
line-up...RICH MEDINA and VIKTER DUPLAIX
played soul, house and afro-beat all night long...in the
next room over ?UESTLOVE rocked one of the dopest
hiphop sets i've ever heard...JAZZY JEFF, PB WOLF,
MADLIB, and J-LIVE also threw down and
contributed to the the mayhem...that is definitely the
most packed i have seen Opium Garden in my entire
life...
COMPOST/BLUE NOTE at GODDESS: i danced my
ass off at this party...BUGZ IN THE ATTIC, KENNY
DOPE, JAZZANOVA and DJ SPINNA can all
be held responsible for a lot of people getting
sweaty...great intimate venue and dope house
music...although i could have done without all the guest
list drama outside when people were trying to get in...
URB SUNSET SESSIONS: all 3 of their evening
parties were dope as hell but TONY TOUCH the
first night blew my mind...from the second he walked up
in the spot dood changed up the whole mood of the
party...once he dropped the new Method Man shit, it was
on...he followed by mixing it up with a few really hot
joints from his new record the Peacemaker 2, and
a ton of classic heaters...BUT THEN he totally flipped
it went into a dirty new york house set ...the shit was
ridiculous...people were seriously loosing it on the
dance floor...definitely one of best sets i've ever
heard him play in my life...honorable mention goes to
the JAZZY JEFF night with HAUL & MASON...if
you were there you were chillin with an all star crowd,
and both JAZZY and HAUL & MASON wrecked
it...
HOPE RECORDINGS at CROBAR: i got there
just in time to see WAY OUT WEST...i was slightly
deflated by the fact that they did a laptop set, but
they completely made up for it by having a dope ass
vocalist accompanying them...after that TIMO MAAS
came on and totally funked it up...Scott, did we ever
figure out what the hell that track was with the Sly
and the Family Stone sample? good god...shouts to
GREY AREA and DJ HYPER who did more than
their fair share to keep party moving...
M3 SUNSET SESSIONS: pretty much any given night
there was dope ass shit going on at the Surfcomber...free
drinks, huge beautiful outside venue, and outstanding
live performances by PREFUSE 73, DANGERMOUSE, LOUIE
VEGA & ELEMENTS OF LIFE, AMP FIDDLER, ACEYALONE &
ABSTRACT RUDE, KRAFY KUTS & A. SKILLZ, DIZZEE RASCAL, J.
ROCC and SHORTKUT plus special appearances by
SHOCK G and KURTIS BLOW and a million
other people...and the panels during the day were fresh
too!
honorable mentions to the XLR8TR party with
LUOMO, STACY PULLEN and MR SCRUFF and also to
the OM party (MIGUEL MIGS, JOHNNY FIASCO and
MARQUES WYATT were my higlights) which i didn't
mention in detail above cause everyone already knows its
is dope as hell every year...and the NAKED
MUSIC/WORSHIP party at JADE with STEVE
RASKIN (Thunderball) ROB PAINE and the whole
Naked Music crew...and to TORTURED SOUL from
NYC who totally rocked it at the Shelbourne tues...so
hot!
i'll be in Austin for SXSW so if you're going to be down
there SPECTRE will be reppin in full
effect...shoot me an email and i'll send you an
itinerary for our artists while we're down there!
SHOUTS to everyone i saw and chilled with in
Miami! i would try and name you all, but then i would
forget someone, and that would be unacceptable...yea Kev,
i said it!!! peace, jessica weber (SPECTRE Entertainment
Group)...
I
hope to see you at this years College Hip-Hop Conference
in Madison, WI.. Here's an idea of what's goin' on:
Event Schedule
Hip-Hop as a Movement Conference April 16-18 2004
Friday April 16th
Mid morning - out reach/promotional tour to local high
school
Early Afternoon - out reach/promotional tour to local
high school
8pm Free concert - Memorial Union Terrace (Little
Brother, Jean Grae, Pumpkinhead, Daily Planet, Prime, .
. .and more)
11pm Ticketed show - Luther’s Blues (DJ Vlad, Afrika
Bambaataa)
Saturday April 17th
11am - 4 pm Opening day of conference activities
(panels, workshops, presentations)
8 - 11:30 pm Ticketed show - Orpheum (Lil Flip,
Trillville & Lil Scrappy, Headliner and special guest
performers TBA)
11pm After Party - ( DJ G Brown) location unconfirmed
Sunday April 18th
11am - 4 pm Second day of conference activities (panels,
workshops, presentations)
8pm - 2 am VIP end of weekend party - location
unconfirmed
Panels & Workshops
(as of 2-26-04 more to be confirmed soon)
* Has the Rap Music Industry abandoned College Radio?
(Panelists: Nasty Nes, Aaron Wade, DJ Bizaro, DJ EQ)
* Doing The Damn Thing: Real Life Stories from the
Independent Rap Hustle (Panelists: Tone B, JT The Bigga
Figga, Melissa Giles)
* Punk Rock & Hip Hop-Lessons from Hip Hop's early
cultural exchanges Sponsored by Clamor Magazine
(Panelists: Afrika Bambaattaa, Pop Master Fabel, Aaron
Shuman, Joshua Breitbart . . .and more)
* Creativity: Diversifying the art of DJ'ing (turntablism,
production, radio, mixshows) (Panelists: Afrika
Bambaattaa, DJ Vlad, DJ G Brown, DJ Kuttin Kandi)
* Ghetto Brothers Power: Gangs, Guitars, and the
aguinaldo (Panelists: Henry Chalfant, Jeff Chang,
Benjamin Melendez)
* Style Writing Workshop: Mare 139
* Popping and Locking Workshops: Pop Master Fabel
* Special NEVER BEFORE SEEN Film Screening: Ernie
Paniccioli
* Special Workshops International Hip Hop: Christian
Veran and April Henderson
You
can check out King Gordy "Nightmares" (WEB
Entertainment) on MTV.com! Here are the
links:
http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/gordy_king/artist.jhtml
or
http://www.k-ampplayer.com/king-gordy.htm. King
Gordy will be on tour with Tech N9NE at the
following locals:
Separate show - Sunday April 4th ….. Royal
Oak MI (Royal Oak Music Theater) ***Open for Method
Man***
Saturday April 17th ….. Columbia MO (Blue
Note) All Ages, Doors at 7:00pm
If
any of these dates are in your hometown, you can hit up
WEB Entertainment's head of College Radio Promotions,
Hahnsolo for radio interviews & drops at (248)
414-9100 / cell: (734) 945-5156 or online at:
hahnsolo@webentertainmentrecords.com. Peep out
King Gordy's website at:
http://www.kinggordy.com... Rap-A-Lot
Records is about to make a strong comeback. Already
making a buzz is artist Z-Ro with "These"
featuring Scarface. This cut is DOPE! Make sure
you peep out the new single from my O.G. dawgs Hi-C
featuring DJ Quik "Let Me Know" & new artist,
Dirty with "That's Why I." All three members of
the Geto Boys are back in the studio working on
their reunion album so stay tuned. Meantime, reach out
to Omar at (713) 680-8588 or online at:
ow@rapalotrecords.com if you need to get laced.
Tell him, Nasty sent ya', ya' hurrred?... Here's
what our panel are sayin' bout' Philly's Suspens
new joint "The World Is Not Enuff" b/w "Y'all Can't Ball
Ball Wit Us" (Suspens Recording): DJ Sleepy
(Mixtape/NY): " I just recieved the second round of
these records and there is still a skip in Ball Wit Us.
I think it is an error in the pressing. Maybe you should
try to get it fixed. Always skips when he says "I got my
own studio like Rasheed.....skip.
Other than that I am kind of feelin this track and will
give it some burn on my internet mix and see what kind
of response it gets from the listeners. Also will try to
get The World Is Not Enuff into the mix too. I like the
beats for these two records and the mc's flow is not too
bad either. Overall a nice record that has two songs
with college mixshow and mixtape potential." Chela
No.1 (WXDU/NC): " the world is not enuff: the
beat has a throwback feel-- nice sample. ball with us:
hook is ok. back up vocalist on hook is off the melody.
beat is ok, same feedback on the lyrics." DJ Solo (WECI/IN):
" suspens is getting airplay. this is a dope cut!" DJ
EarthQuake (Live365.com): " Suspens- Ball With Us- I
like the beat and the track. The lyrics are creative. I
am feeling this track until the chorus. There is
something that just bothers me and I think it is both
the person singing the chorus and what is being said.
The scratching is nice. The World is Not Enuff- This
track is pretty cool. Sounds a little distorted but that
beat is really nice and they hold down the lyrics."
Jason "PhilaFlava" Gloss (WOWL-FL):
" Suspens is cool, but we're feeling the b-side more.
It's growing on the listeners. We'll give it a few more
weeks to gain momentum"...
Coming soon, "The RapAttackLives.com" exclusive for dj's
only double vinyl -Volume 1...
Click on the icon located at the upper left hand side of
this page for more info. Space is limited & deadline to
submit your material is just around the corner. We can
fit up to 4 artists on each vinyl promo volume. We have
space now for 2 artists...
SHOUT OUT TIZIME:
Happy
B'days to Philip "Doc Evil" Bendsen
from WRKC in Forty Fort, PA., Tazzy Taz (EnLaCasa.com)
& to Suspens (Suspens Recording)! Get well wishes to DJ
Yoshi in NJ who was recently in a car accident.
Mike Jax (WKPS/PA.), Reggie &
Annie (good seeing you all here in L.A.). My fam at
Stacks Vinyl (Icy-Ice, Cee-Los,
Mark Luv & Gabriel who also reps KUCR).
Eddi Locke & Calvin Rhodes from
Select-O-Hits (R.I.P.) & of course to the
NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (R.I.P.)...
PEACE, LOVE & HIP-HOP UNITY (God Bless & Isa Mahal),
Nasty-Nes
(Pinoy
Pride4Life / John 3:16) |
