WWhat's upper! Happy Philippines Independence Day as my country celebrates it's 106th anniversary over the weekend! For the very first time on June 23rd and 24th, the Empire State Building will dazzle the Manhattan skyline with the colors of the Philippine flag. Yellow, blue and red lights will brightly illuminate the tower of the Empire State Building in honor of the Filipino community. Now that's props! On a similar note, while police in the US have taken to monitoring rappers in cities across the country, police in the Philippines will compete for the title of best rap artist. The National Capital Region Police Office is coordinating the "Kuya Ko 2 Rap Contest," in an attempt to find the best emcee in Metro Manila's police units during the Philippines 106th celebration of Independence Day...I want to thank you & all our supporters of RapAttackLives.com as last month, the month of May was our biggest month to date clocking in over 280,000 hits on our site! Heads from everywhere are paying attention to us & I really want to sincerely say, "THANK YOU"... My favorite joint of the week has got to be by Holla Point "Baby Mama" (Sony Urban). I can't get the hook "I Hate My Baby Mama" outta my head! LOL... My favorite album of the week is straight outta Detroit by Ric-A-Che "Lack Of Communication" (SRC/Universal). Yo, the production is tight & this kat has his own unique steez when it comes to spittin' lyrics. I'm really feelin' Ric-A-Che so peep his ish out... I want to give props to my east coast AK, Nathan Sheard outta Sony Urban for hookin' up the one on one interview for me with artist, St. Juste. Her new single "5 Dollars" is makin' some noise & this girl outta FL. deserves all the noise. You can catch St. Juste and the Wylde Bunch on the "Rock The Vote" tour hittin' a city near you... My boy EQ from BK's, WBCR wants you to know that Mr. Complex is now available for in-studio & phoner interviews. His album release party is set for June 21st at NY's Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street) at 11pm. $5 at the door with performances by; Mr. Complex, Wordsworth, Tia Thomas, River Nelson &special guests with DJ’s Kon &Amir. Sponsored by;  Music Choice • Azzuré • Elemental Magazine • Spitkicker • Raptivism • Core Records • The Bloom Effect,  Mr. Complex's album "Twisted Mister" (Raptivism) hits stores on June 29th! Hit up EQ at: eqpromotions@cs.com to hook it up here at the following dates:
JUNE CITY & DATES:
11th Anaheim, CA
12 Los Angeles, CA
13 San Diego
14 TBA
15 Sacramento, CA
16 San Francisco, CA
17 TBA
18 TBA
19 Los Angeles, CA

Billboard magazine once again partners with American Urban Radio Networks to provide national coverage of the Conference & Awards to more than 475 radio stations. More than 25 million listeners will hear about the Billboard/AURN R&B Hip-Hop Conference & Awards Show via feature vignettes broadcasting live on AURN's entertainment shows: "USA Music Magazine" with host John Monds, "Hip HopWire" with host Anji Corley, "Hip Hop Throw Down" with host Skip Cheatham, and "Hollywood Live" with Tanya Hart featuring Red Carpet interviews with Tanya Hart. Coverage will include on-site artist interviews, daily event recaps and highlights of the Awards Show. For more info & to register visit: WWW.BILLBOARDEVENTS.COM or contact Kelly at (646) 654-4643... Universal Records Rap Dept. is proud to welcome aboard to their staff their new Vice-President of Mixshow/Street Team, OJ Wedlaw (oj.wedlaw@umusic.com), and their new head of Streets, Budda Ces... I just peeped out 5 new cuts from the Geto Boys (Rap-A-Lot) & lemme tell you, Scarface, Willy-D & Bushwick Bill are BACK & still HARD CORE to the streets. I'm not sure when their ish drops, but it sure is nice to hear this group who put TX on the gangsta map back in the 80's still doin' their thing & sounding doper than ever here in 2004... You know I get endless amount of new product from Universal & I think I stumbled across a new joint that just might blow up in the clubs, the strip clubs & in the mix. Check for Scarlet Fever "Peanut Butta" (Universal). This girl is kinda like old schoolers HWA (Hoes With Attitudes) & Adina Howard all mixed in one when uncensored over a crunk ass beat! Peep it... Another female emcee that's keepin' her lyrics hard core to tha tee is Jacki-O who's nominated for a "BET Best Female Hip-Hop Artist" award. After peepin' her "The Official Bootleg" (TVT), this girl is HARD! Lookout Boss, Jacki-O's takin' over in 2004. Cuts I was feeling were "Out Of Control" featuring Timbaland, "Jam Don't Shake" featuring Brisco & Devastator and "Nookie (remix)" with Wyclef. Also on the TVT Records tip is their "Crunk Classics" compilation featuring Three Six Mafia, Trick Daddy, Lil Jon, Iconz, Pastor Troy, JT Money, Petey Pablo & Youngbloodz to name a few. A must have for your crunk collection. Give my dawg, Joe Wiggins a shout to get laced at (212) 979-6410 or online at: joe@tvtrecords.com. Tell him Rap Attack sent ya', ya' hurred... Seattles own graff artist, Angel OneSevenNine from the MADKrew/206Zulu will be featured at the McCaig Welles Gallery in NY along with some of the nations hottest graff artists. If you're in the neighborhood, it's at McCaig-Welles Gallery (129 Roebling Street in Brooklyn, NY) this coming July 3rd. For more info call (718) 384-8729 or log on to: www.mccaigwelles.com. Featured at this exhib will be:

Phem9
Magmo the Destroyer
Kel 1st
Doc- tc5
Mare 139
Dash
Stash
Futura
Lady Pink
Man One
Angry Woebots
AngelOneSevenNine
The Entire Aerosol Warfare posse

I just spoke to our old homie, Mr. Pete (formerly of DreamWorks & Priority Records). He's a full time student now back in Tucson, AZ & he's about to take a class at their local public access TV station. He hopes to have his own video show up and running by this fall. So I thought I would put a lil blurb & that he's working on something new and labels will soon be able to reach out to Mr. Pete regarding sending the latest videos and CD's for his show. Stay tuned... Peep out this new site for the latest mixtapes at: www.mixtapemakers.com. This site will be a full service site with DVDs, mags, old school. slow jamz and all. Check it out and also if ya want product on there, please holla at DJ Babe, Detroit's No.1 Mixtape DJ at (800) 928.4006 toll free or at (313) 475.8627 cell. You can also hit him up online at: djbabe@comcast.net... Shure Incorporated announced that it will introduce a new competition to the U.S. DJ battle circuit, Vinyl Kombat. The Vinyl Kombat tour will feature performances from DJ A-Trak, of the Allies crew, who won his first World DJ title at the age of 15 and retired from battling by the time he was 18 years old, after winning four more World titles. Other headliners include Shure endorsers Mista Sinista, D-Styles, DJ Nu-Mark (Jurassic 5), DJ Klever (Allies), and the Beat Junkies, whose members include Melo-D, J-Rocc, Rhettmatic and Shortkut. Also performing will be some of the nation’s most respected turntablists, partyrockers, and emcees including Supernatural, Wordsayer, Gunkhole, DV One and D.O.A. (from our Rap Attack MixTape Panel), The Original Jazzy Jay, GrandMaster Caz, and GrandWizzard Theodore, the inventor of the scratch.
Here are the NATIONAL DATES FOR The Vinyl Kombat DJ Battle & for more information go to: www.vinylkombat.com:
July 1:      El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, CA

July 11: Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO
July 16: The Parish, Austin, TX
July 18: BB Kings, New York City
July 30: SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco
Aug 5: The Showbox, Seattle
Aug. 8: Nation, Washington DC
August 19: The Metro, Chicago

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. Here are the cities & dates you can catch D-12 & King Gordy:

Sat-Jun-19           Milwaukee            The Rave

Sun-Jun-20          Chicago                 House of Blues

Mon-Jun-21          Chicago                 House of Blues

Tue-Jun-22           Minneapolis         Qwest

Tue-Jul-13            Boynton Beach, FL             Club Ovation

Wed-Jul-14          Orlando                 House of Blues

Thur-Jul-15          Atlanta                   Earthlink Live

Sat-Jul-17             Myrtle Beach       House of Blues

Sun-Jul-18            Norfolk                  Norva Theater

Mon-Jul-19           DC                           930 Club

Wed-Jul-21          Phil                         TBA

Thur-Jul-22          NJ                           Sayerville

Fri-Jul-23              NYC                        BB Kings

Sat-Jul-24             Providence           Lupo's

Sun-Jul-25            New Haven           Toads Place

Thur-Jul-29          St. Louis

Fri-Jul-30              Cincinnati

Sat-Jul-3               Cleveland/Columbus

Sun-Aug-1            Detroit

With design help from Lino Delgado of the Floor Lords and B-boy Ivan "The Urban Action Figure", Saucony is releasing a special edition 'Courageous' style sneaker foot wear for the Hip Hop dance troupe Floor Lords. Originally formed in 1981, the Floor Lords have played an important role in the evolution of Hip Hop culture for over two decades. Helping first define and then expand the art of b-boying (aka break dancing), the group has helped bring Hip Hop to millions of fans worldwide through television and film. Saucony Originals vintage athletic footwear uses authentic Saucony profiles of the past in a variety of different materials and colors. The Saucony Floor Lords 'Courageous' sneaker features unique materials and the crew's signature colors. The first release will happen in July with the red/black/white colorway. This edition will be available exclusively online at www.zappos.com. The second run in Fall 2004 will include more colors, all specially chosen by Floor Lords crew members. The Floor Lords are now a professional dance troupe, and continue to share their art with Floor Lore, a play written, directed and choreographed by the group, and through other special performances. To peep out an exclusive look click here: http://www.tygereye.net/saucony...

Rap Attack takes a "WHAT'S UPPER" look this week with; DJ Scene (KUBE 93/MixTape-Seattle): Scene will be dj'ing a big event at Seattle's Chop Suey club (1325 East Madison) with headliner, DJ Premier (Gang Starr) on June 30th. This is a 21 & over event & show starts at 10pm-2am. Be there... The Sin City will be making big noise as our mixtape reporter, DJ Five reppin' Las Vegas is now officially a mixer on Vegas' Wild 102 every Saturday night on "Street Jams" aring from 8pm-9pm in the mix. So labels don't sleep on DJ Five & hit him up with product at: 6620 Crown Rock Ct., Las Vegas, NV 89139, (702) 492.0987 Office, 2 Way: djfive@Tmail.com & via email: djfive555@aol.com. CONGRATS PARE'... DJ Kristyles (717HipHop.com): " 717Hiphop.com is looking for twenty minutes mixes from DJ’s across the nation, Each week one DJ will be featured in our DJ mixdown section, so if you want your mixes on 717hiphop.com just email me your info and Mp3 to: DJKristyles1@aol.com. 717hiphop.com is in the process of accepting music for our first complilation CD email DJkristyles1@aol.com or Free @ hicouncil@pop.bizland.com for more info or call me at (717) 773-5578"... Mike Jax (WKPS-PA): " It’s another week of underpaid work in radio and the music business. I’m just going to get real fat and then sue my station and blame them for letting it happen. You know people are winning cases against McDonalds for just that. Ludacris is coming here July 9^th. We are giving tix away and then winners will have a chance to Stand Up in public for some lengthy period of time for seats in the luxury box. The concert is also during Artsfest weekend. As if Artsfest doesn’t make things around here crazy enough. Fun times. Rob, can you get me Def Jam/Luda promotional material? August 21^st is our second annual Hot Ridez car show. If you can send any promotional product it would be greatly appreciated. We are doing a pimp my ride makeover this year called the Hot Ridez Hookup where we pick someone to get total overhaul of their hooptie. Get more info on our hompage www.hot1079fm.com  Send any promo product to: The Mayor Mike Jax, 965-1 Southgate Dr., State College, PA 16801. Slum Village didn’t fall off my college chart, it moved to the commercial chart with 20 spins last week. I am still smiling every time I play Kanye or Slum. Hopefully the paradigm shift is getting closer. I just found out that Kanye’s track for White Boy got serviced. Oh well I copped it off EBay. That’s the spot to find a record that you know got serviced but you didn’t get, because some cats still get 6 copies and sell the extras on Ebay. Then I can’t even legitimately get on people’s mailing lists to get two copies. It’s so backwards sometimes it almost seems normal. You gotta love it!!! I got a chance to check out a club about an hour from me out in the middle of nowhere but it is a jumpoff. www.thecellblock.com The Cell Block is an old prison turned into a huge club in Williamsport PA. Two DJs and a band on their busy nights make this spot the blast off. Contrary to the website, the homie DJ Grooves is a resident there and keeps it extra sexy with hip to the hop. When you send me extra copies of records he is playing them here www.thecellblock.com The average attendance is about 1,000 on Thursdays and 500-800 on weekend nights"... Tazzy Taz (EnLaCasa.com): " PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF MY NEW CELLY # 707-889-2485. FEEL FREE TO CALL ANYTIME TO SEE HOW YOUR RECORDS ARE DOING IN OUR MARKET. ALSO, I'M OFFICIALLY ON AT SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO. MY MIXES ARE HEARD ON WAX STREAM 42. BIG SHOUT TO MY DOGS RONNIE TRIANA AND GERONIMO OVER AT SIRIUS AND MY
DOG JAY ALVAREZ OVER AT KMVR MAGIC 105. ALSO, BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THE EN LA CASA TV VIDEO SHOW COMING TO
enlacasa.com SOON.ONE, TAZZY TAZ"... DJ Raw-B (KUSF-San Francisco): " Big thanks to DJ Chicken George for coming through Beatsauce this past Sunday. Dude's skills are on point and his selection is nice. Definately check out the slew of mixtapes this cat's got out. He's from Austin so those in that area are blessed or check him when he's spinning in your town. For more info go to http://www.chickengeorge.com"... Milena "Jazzybell" Pastore (KCSU-CO.): " Hellloooo everybody! It’s great to be back! KCSU Hip-hop is now back in full effect, so the listeners better be gettin themselves prepared to BANG IT! This means that Jazzybell’s top 30 and CMJ charts are gonna be makin’ their way to your mailboxes again every week. Sorry you haven’t heard from me in a while but a girl’s gotta go have some fun after an intense semester right? I went to San Carlos, Mexico immediately after finals week for ten days and then went back home to Monte Vista, CO to visit the good ol’ friends and fam. So if there’s anything that you need give me a holla cuz we need to catch up and I’d love to hear from you!

Damn that Smarty Jones, all the hype for nothing…still recovering from that loss"... DJ Honeycut (KPSU-Portland): " Ok so I did it, I finally finished college. Last final was Monday & now I'm officially one of the underemployed masses. Time to get the hustle up. Speaking of, does anyone have a rich uncle willing to blindly finance the ambitions of a young dreamer? I thought not...oh well there's always Starbucks. It will be business as usual at KPSU though. We will be retaining all of our Hip Hop Dj's through summer so keep those promos commin. My tenure as Hip Hop director we be kept until the end of July. After which I will be movin
to New York City to pursue a career in.........something. If anyone has plugs on a good apartment or a nice landlord hit me up!"... Shaw "BumRush" Hargett (WKNC-NC): " Well, I know alot of people have mentioned how I have been hard to get a hold of and kinda on the low lately. There is good reason. So, in case any of you didn't know I have created my own label (Vintage Music) and I have a couple 12" dropping in the next few weeks that will amaze you. Got national cd distro locked down and shit is about to pop off with a few albums being released this fall"... DJ Solo (WECI-IN.): " What up fam? I am better than good... Sorry if your email didn't get to me this week, my box was full from junk mail but it's clean now, I think. R.I.P. to Ronald Reagan. He was the first president I knew about & what he died from which was Alzheimers & pnumonia is what my gramps is dying with & that ish is no joke. The baby girl I love is now 9 months old. Where did time go? Oh well. Halfta root on the Lakers cuz they need it. D town whipped that azz. Who's ready for some NFL? I spent my weekend or say 25 hours of it puttin a roof on my partna's house as a favor. That is hard azz workbut a fun experience. If anyone knows how to operate Friuty Loops, holla. Peace yall."... Dan Shores (WHRW-NY): " Ok, so we're working on doing three dates this summer w/ an organization from the area called C3. C3 is the creative community consortium. It's a local collective of visual artists, musicians , Dj's, and producers. The dates are June 17, July 15 and Aug. 19 & on the third Thursday of every month this summer. The venue is a science center ,Planetarium art gallery - all one venue under one roof. Admission is 6 dollars, bring a friend free w/ flyer. For the aforementioned dates, Live and Direct radio show 's own DS has booked area dj's to spin music such as : underground ,positive / conscious hiphop, neo soul, soul classics, funk, disco, afro beat, dub , roots ,reggae. Promotion will be in the markets of Binghamton, Ithaca and Syracuse, New York. Spanning all of the upstate region , we will be producing radio spots, print and internet awareness , and signage / flyer visibility also. We are currently looking for progressive and creative recording labels ,clothing lines and magazines etc. to offer product for giveaways in exchange for us putting your logos on the flyers. In the works now already we have giveaways from : Def Jux, Studio Distribution, Wide Hive, Sevenheads/Roomservice and Up Above. I'd like to thank those people who've made that possible. I do thank you for your time and consideration. Please contact me at (607) 777-2139 or online at: d_shores@hotmail.com"...Don't forget to update your mailing list with the following new addresses for Rap Attack's:

DJ Nesto (E.Acosta)
WODU Hip Hop Director
900 Burksdale Rd
Norfolk VA 23518
 

KHDC #2 - Jason D

8300 Kem Avenue, Q154

Gilroy, CA  95020

TRAK (Trakstars.com/FAU-OWL RADIO) - Reggie Love

777 Glades Road

University Center Room 207D

Boca Raton, FL  33431

SHOUT OUT TIZIME: Happy B'day this week to Arabian Prince, Papa-D (WRBB) & to Jessica Weber (SPECTRE Music)... Congratulations to Urban Network's Christina Alonzo who got married last Saturday, June 12, 2004! R.I.P. to music legend, Ray Charles.

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

Nasty-Nes

(Pinoy Pride4Life / John 3:16)