What's upper! Last Thursday night, the place to be here in L.A. was at the Avalon for the "National DJ Search Finale-The Battle On Wax" (see flyer photo above)sponsored by Gen Art & SoBe Adrenaline Rush. Battling on the wheels to win $5000 cash were DJ's: Daddy Dog (NY), Domination (FL), Esquire (NY) & Turbulence (CA). Hosting the event were King Tech & our own, DJ Revolution both reppin' the Sway & Tech show. I saw some crazy ish on stage as these dj's were beat juggling to a "Planet Rock" beat, layin' down endless vinyls one after another droppin' vocals to various breaks & beats to standing upside down on the table & cuttin' with your mouth! It was close & to my disagreement, DJ Esquire outta Brooklyn, NY took 1st place with my pare', DJ Turbulence reppin' us filipinos & Southern Cali coming in 2nd. TIR's DJ Buddhabong (SolOfHipHop.com), DJ CrazyAse (Universal Records) & yours truly had a blast screaming our lungs out!...  Over the weekend, I had a chance for the very first time to experience XM Satellite radio in my homies car. Honestly, I'm still not convinced on this yet but after spending about 2 hours on the road & peeping out all the various commercial free music formats & the clear quality of satellite radio, I'm a lil' more for this than I was before... There's a phat new Joey Chavez 12" vinyl floatin' around on Beatdown Recordings! Yup, I've got the vinyl with the A Side, "Fingerprints" featuring Evidence & Phil The Agony b/w the B Side, "Interstate Five" featuring Raaka & Encore. A big thumbs up with my seal of approval for the real Hip-Hop heads! If you'd like to get laced with the vinyl, please holla at my O.G. dawg, Adrian "A-Love" Miller online at: xyioninc@aol.com & tell him Rap Attack sent ya' & you'll be good to go, fa' sho'... Our own, DJ Addition reppin' Boston & New Hampshire has got some heat & pure fiya goin' on with his artist, Mighty Mystic. Be sure to peep both tracks "Off Da Dro" b/w "Black People Anthem" off of Label One Records. Already debuting OUT THE BOX on this weeks Rap Attack's TOP 5 UNDERGROUND CHART, you can get laced by hittin' up our dawg at (617) 908-3639 or online at: indipro1@aol.com... DJ & artist Danger Mouse has been officially added to this years "Lollapalooza" tour which begins July 14th in Auburn, WA.. It's been an incredible year so far for Danger Mouse who has received massive critical acclaim for his Danger Mouse & Jemini CD "Ghetto Pop Life" debut on the Lex label, featuring Tha Alkaholiks, J-Zone, Prince Po and The Pharcyde. His recent follow-up Danger Mouse & Jemini "26”" EP includes additional guests and remixes with Cee Lo and Sadat-X amongst others. Danger Mouse, who NME hails as “The Hottest Hip-Hop Producer in the World”, received global attention for his production of the infamous, controversial "Grey Album." Here are the current Spring tour dates & cities for Danger Mouse & Jemini:

May 30^th New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

May 31^st Toronto, ON @ Opera House

June 4^th Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues

June 5^th Minneapolis, MN @ The Quest

June 8^th Los Angeles, CA @ The Viper Room

June 9^th San Francisco, CA @ The Independent

Additionally, Danger Mouse will make an appearance at this years Bonnaroo music festival June 11^th in Manchester, TN.

San Diego's HE-U Records, the label that brought you Ramsey, is gettin' ready to drop their "Southern Comfort Volume 1" Hip-Hop compilation. Log on to: WWW.HE-U.COM & preview in advance some of the dope tracks featured on "Volume 1"...The official next single from Detroit's own, King Gordy will be "Fat-Tastic 4" featuring the Fat Killahz (Fat Father, Marvwon & S. Bango). This is guaranteed to be a big record for WEB Entertainment so lookout for the new vinyl dropping soon. In addition, WEB Entertainment is looking for college marketing reps! If you know a sophmore or junior that has a passionate desire to learn about working within' the record industry, please email your resume to Hahnsolo at: hahnsolo@webentertainmentrecords.com as well as their Media Coordionator at: heather@webentertainmentrecords.com. This is a campus based internship position with the possibility of turning into a paid position based on your performance. Students are also eligible for college credit. King Gordy has just been added to the D-12 tour as their opening act! For now, here are the cities you can catch D-12 & King Gordy:

Milwaukee

Chicago (2 shows)

Minneapolis

Atlanta

Myrtle Beach

Norfolk

DC

Philly

New Jersey (waiting on city)

NYC

Providence

New Haven

Pittsburgh

Cincinnati

Detroit

Here's another phat reminder that our homeboy, formerly of SRC, Cleavon "Ice" Shuler is now handling Mixshow Promotions over at Atlantic Records. He told me that he will do his very best to get our Rap Attack panel back on board on Atlantic's mailing list. He's always looked out for us since his days at Loud & I know he'll continue to do the same over at Atlantic. Give our fam a holla at (212) 707-2274 or online at: Cleavon.Shuler@atlantic-recording.com... Rap Attack now takes a "What's Upper" look this week with: DJ A-Beats (WGMU in Washington, DC), " I want to give big shouts to everybody I kicked it with in LA (Jessica at Spectre, Nasty Nes, ID, Amen and DJ Honeycut). My girl and I had a blast, I can see why people go out there and never come back to the east coast. The shopping out there is def on point. If u ever out there, LA Sportie and Ameoba Records have to be two of my favorite stores of all time. Anyways. I'm headed to Mexico now for 10 days"... DJ Honeycut (KPSU in Portland, OR.), " Big shout outs to everyone I saw in Los Angeles! That night at the Temple bar was fun even though it took Nes, Serena and I about two hours to get there due to some directional disfunction on all our parts. What up Nes! I will always remeber that car ride. Jessica it was cool to finally meet you. Sorry it was so short. If your going to LA buy a map or two and watch out for shady car rental companies!!!"... Conrad "DJ RADD1" Tatnall (WDBM in East Lansing, MI), " I will be representing at the 2nd Annual Detroit Hip Hop Summit. I am staying at the Atheneum Hotel in Greek Town. Please let me know if you will be in town, and whether you are sponsoring any events (suite parties, clubs, dinners, showcases, etc.). Also, just like every Friday, I will be DJ'ing @ Gregory's in Lansing, MI on Friday Nite. Let me know if you are interested in coming VIP style.Holla back…thanks!!!" (you can reach RADD1 on his cell (517) 749-3685 or online at: djradd1@sbcglobal.net)... DJ Meddafore (MixTape Reporter in Philadelphia, PA.), " If any of our RapAttack fam wants to check out Trini from Wyclef's new label Clef Records, they can use this link to hear "Get Em" at: http://meddafore.com/Trini-GetEm.mp3"... Edgie Kokoski (WUNH in Durham, NH), " I've got lot's of interesting hip hop tidbits worth mocking this week startin' at number one:
1. P. Diddy spares us all by declaring "Da Band" defunct. Talentless troublemaker Dylan lashes out at Diddy claiming that he was unfairly portrayed on the show. He's readying a new mix cd that I'm sure will be about as hot as an igloo with an air conditioner.

2. Talk about shittin on the game: Twista is busted after his tour bus dumps 200 gallons of sewage on a city street! It must be hard to convince the groupies to come back to your bus and bone when your last 25 dumps are strewn outside the vehicle.

3. Ma$e is back on the scene with a new single that plays off the "Welcome Back Kotter" theme song. Great idea Ma$e! I loved it when AZ and Onyx did that exact same thing 2 years ago.

4. Ras Kass filed suit against Priority for $5 million and release from his recording contract. Hey Ras, how about you get released from prison first, then worry about your record deal?

5. Method Man further lowers the bar for Wu-Tang albums with the release of "Tical 0: The Prequel". Since it's a prequel, I guess it must have been recorded before he was making dope records. Because I could fit all the hot tracks on this album on my answering machine tape. And still have some room left.
Okay, enough sh*t talking from me. I'm going to the bank to close on a loan so that I can put some gas in my car!"...

Start checkin' your mail this week for our debut "Rock The Beat Volume One" double vinyl promo featuring exclusive & new tracks from Strange Fruit, Hill-B, Specifics, NSS16 & J-Bully! The deadline for "Rock The Beat Volume Two" has passed & we're already ready to start pressing vinyl for that! We'll announce who's on Volume Two shortly. Thank you for all your support with this & let's make some BIG noise first with this aiight fam?! WORD...

SHOUT OUT TIZIME: Happy B'day this week to: Chela No.1 (WXDU-NC), Notorious B.I.G.(May 21, 1972-March 9, 1997 R.I.P.), DJ E-Man (Power 106-L.A.), DJ Hideo (KKBT-L.A.) & to my fam4life who helped get me my start as a dj, Sheila Locke... Jo-Jo Roberto outta Bryan Farrish Radio Promotions (you're a fly pinay girl & I'm so happy to hear from you again).

PEACE, LOVE & HIP-HOP UNITY (God Bless & Isa Mahal),

Nasty-Nes

(Pinoy Pride4Life / John 3:16)