What's upper? Happy belated Mothers Day. Yo, I had a great weekend. My pinoy brotha from anotha moutha, Ty-C aka Ty Campbell from Delicious Vinyl & his wife, Lilyan celebrated their wedding here in Riverside, CA over the weekend. They both met in Thailand back in 2001 & got married overseas. It was so nice that they decided to celebrate their marriage here in the states with their closest families & friends. I happened to be in the house as his emcee & dj for the event & yo, I felt like at home cause his mom & dad went all out with a huge buffet of filipino food, free drinks, a band playing Skaa music, guest dj Bearman from L.A.'s Power 106,  & several Hawaiian dance shows featuring his nieces & a cool filipino tribal dance by the Bibak Experience dance troop (see photos above). I've known Ty since his early days at Red Ant, to MCA & now still doing his thing over at Delicious Vinyl. Congrats to you & yours pare' & thank you for making me & my lady feel at home & feel like we are a part of your family! You can email Ty & congratulate him online at: tycamp2004@aol.com...

Props to Def Jam & of course Splif & BlueSteel for sponsoring last weeks RAP ATTACK Conference Call. Our guest on the call was the one  & only Joe Buidden who made a huge impact with his debut joint "Pump It Up." He's been laying low & reinventing himself & his sound. With the help of Scott Storch, Joe Budden's new single "Gangsta" featuring Nate Dogg is gonna put this kat back on the map & in a huge way. An out the box RAP ATTACK Conference Call Pick & Pick Hit, I encourage you to peep this & show this track lots of love on your wheels. Also some unknown dj, by the name of Ron C jumped on our call reppin' Temple University. I don't know who this guy is & how he got on our call but if anyone knows him, please hit me up with his 411!...

A couple weeks ago I hyped up the new dvd, "Scratch All The Way Life" & gave it mad props. This week I'd like to give more mad props to the new dvd "Freestyle - The Art Of Rhyme" a film by Kevin Fitzgerald & DJ Organic. Hip-Hop lovers are gonna love peepin' this out with featured guests on the mic; Mos Def, Bahamadia, Supernatural, Planet Asia, Craig G, J5, Divine Styler, The Last Poets & more. This dvd drops in stores near you this May 24th. Peep it...

My boy D. Wright over at Jive Records is hyping me up on their newest addition to their Hip-Hop roster. Check out artist Labba with "Mutha F*** This." Produced by Cool & Dre, Jive has high expectations on this. Show our boy love... The Pacifics (all pinoy Hip-Hop group) is quickly becoming one of my favorite new groups in 2005. Their new joint "Situations" (All Natural Inc.) features Pep Love is tight yo. Hit up Semp for copies at (305)673 6739... Seattle's DJ B-Mello is back on the promo grind with the new Fidget "Hustle" (Fraggle Rock) & Clock Work "After Midnight" (www.ClockWorkFlow.com). Both tracks are gettin' lots of early underground love so make sure you peep them out & break it first on your radio show aiight! For more info, hit up B-Mello online at: DjBMello30@aol.com. Tell him Nasty sent ya!... One love to Oakland's Ridic (short for Ridiculous Lyrics) & their blazin' new joint "NO Apologies" (Ridiculous Music). Already gettin' love from our RAP ATTACK DJ's, Ridic comes clean with their own new style of Hip-Hop! Peep it & log onto their website at: www.RidiculousMusic.com... Rhymefest who I feel is one of the dopest freestyle artist out there is back in effect & now signed to J Records. Make sure you show my dawg some love on your wheels with his new joint "These Days." Our Rap Attack panel will be getting laced with the vinyl. Stay tuned... On a similar note, Chicago's Juice has a phat new album with "All Bets Off" (Conglomerate). His new single is "What Up." Peep it... Mixtape dj's lookout to be the first & break this ish off first in your mix! The artist is BooBlades with "Gangsta" featuring Cion & 730 (Brainwave Records). These kats are from Brooklyn & they come correct with the real BK ish!... My dawg One Be Lo aka One Man Army has got some new fiya for your wheels with "Sleepwalking" (Fat Beats). Make sure you peep his new joint out. For copies hit up Ethan at: ethan@fatbeats.com or call him at (718) 875-8191...

You will soon be hearing a lot about an upcoming Bay area emcee by the name of Flii Stylz. This kat is gonna kill it on the mic. His debut joint will be "Rize" (Social Capitol) & it's also off the soundtrack of this years hottest new motion picture "Rize." "Rize" reveals a groundbreaking dance phenomenon that’s exploding on the streets of South Central, Los Angeles. Taking advantage of unprecedented access, this documentary film brings to first light a revolutionary form of artistic expression borne from oppression. The aggressive and visually stunning dance modernizes moves indigenous to African tribal rituals and features mind-blowing, athletic movement sped up to impossible speeds. “Rize” tracks the fascinating evolution of the dance: we meet Tommy Johnson (Tommy the Clown), who first created the style as a response to the 1992 Rodney King riots and named it “Clowning”, as well as the kids who developed the movement into what they now call Krumping. The kids use dance as an alternative to gangs and hustling: they form their own troupes and paint their faces like warriors, meeting to outperform rival gangs of dancers or just to hone their skills. For the dancers, Krumping becomes a way of life - and, because it’s authentic expression (in complete opposition to the bling-bling Hip-Hop culture), the dance becomes a vital part of who they are. Like “Paris is Burning” or “Style Wars” before it, “Rize” illuminates an entire community by focusing on an artform as a movement that the disenfranchised have created. But the true stars of the film are the dancers themselves: surrounded by drug addiction, gang activity, and impoverishment, they have managed to somehow rise above. The film offers an intimate, completely fresh portrayal of kids in South Central as they reveal their spirit and creativity. These kids have created art - and often family - where before there was none...

Here is our new address for 2005 to send material for review, etc (vinyl & cd's)! Same address, just a new Ste. number:

RapAttackLives.com

4750 Kester Avenue, Ste. 11

Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

Attn: Nasty-Nes

Rap Attack takes a "WHAT'S UPPER" look this week with:

DJ Kristyles (HBNradio.org): " What up to all my Fellow DJ's and Promotion Reps, Thanks to all who's Charting Kurrup Money "Bondage." We need all your support, They are now accepting Drop info and interviews, contact Dennis at:  denn.ice01@gmail.com  for your request! I am now in the process of getting a local cable access TV show, also in a few weeks I will have to 2 internet radio shows, So more air time for more artist.

 Shouts out time!!!: Nasty-Nes, Buckwild, Dame Grease, Littles, Chill Will, Kazzeo, Nick Huff, Jason D, Splif (Def jam), Blue Steel(Def Jam) dem boyz on there grind!!!!, Doc Ock(Universal/Motown),Ice Shuler(SRC), Aaron(Virgin), Alma(Roomservice), Caveman(stays on his grind), Corporate Ken(Universal/Motown), Keith(J Records), Rob Love(J Records), Courtney(Koch), Sean(Koch), Hen-roc(Bad Boy), Jessica(Spectre), Papa D (Traffic),Romeo(Teflon), Angie(Teflon) and the rest of my peeps I forgot"...

Garbs Infinite (WRUW-OH): "GREAT NEWS!!!!!! This coming up monday my show will be changing times. Then starting next Monday I will be doing two radio shows on two different stations. I will be doing "The Butters" still on WRUW FM 91.1 4am - 6am monday mornings....but I also will be doing "The Butters 2.0" on WJCU FM 88.7 12mid - 3am monday latenights with my partner DJ Mick Boogie who actually, for those that don't know, is the one who created the The Butters show almost 8 years ago! We actually have a new edition to the family as well named, DJ Terry Urban, who spins at a lot of Hip Hop nights out here in Cleveland. So as much music as you can spare for us would be great. I also have a mixtape that I am putting out that I would like to send to all of you, and anyone else who you think might like a copy. If I've got your address information then you should be getting one very soon. If you question if I do or not, please respond to this email with all the info that I need"...

Max Brown (WMHB-ME): "What's up guys! I hope everyone is doing well. We're approaching the homestretch with the school year, and I've been in the library so much, that my girlfriend is starting to get jealous...;) Even ough the school year is nearly done, I'm still going to be reporting for WMHB during the summer, cause Hip Hop doesn't take a break for the summer! I'll be down doing work in Boston, and will pop up to Colby to handle the station biz. Hit me up if I can do anything for you!

"Diggin' In The Crates" News:
The boys of Time Machine called in Monday night to give an update about what they're up to. Big shout ot to TM for givin' me a little of their time and I wish them good luck on their World Tour! Technically, this week's show was the last of the season, but I'm gonna keep going until they haul me out of the studio!("Diggin' In The Crates, Monday 10pm-12am, www.colby.edu/wmhb)

P.S. I also gotta give a big shout out to The New York Times for doing some solid expose's on Hip Hop recently. They've had a great article article on The Game a while back, and they just has an extensive on the recent rise of Houston Hip Hop. You usually only see rappers in the news when they've gotten in trouble with the law, so I'm always happy when they present Hip Hop fairly presented in a good light"...
 

Brian "Z" (WZND-IL): "It has been another GREAT "non-calender" year working with you all in this hip-hop game. As sad as it might be, -slight sarcasm- the school term is over next week. WZND stays on during the summer, but goes off air for one full month until June 10th. The summer MD and beyond to next year is my man Javier Evelyn. All inquiries to spins go to him. I am taking off for the summer session and working up in Chicago. You can reach me at the usual brian.zisook@gmail.com e-mail address and on my cell at 847.373.4013. I will be back at WZND in early August and we start charting material again the second weekend of that month. Music during the summer is still charted, however because of month separations between sessions, it is not reported. During the summer I will be looking for artist drops, interview possibilities for the Fall term, performance interests, etc... Keep up with both Javier and I so you stay at the top of our list comes the big push a few months down the line in August. It has been an absolute pleasure and I look forward to nothing but continued good times next year. If you still would like a copy of the Saturday Night Party Mixtape Vol. 2, hit me back with a mailing address and we'll send you out some copies.

Below is just the final TOP 40 for the this next week.
LISTEN THIS SATURDAY NIGHT TO THE SATURDAY NIGHT PARTY, 7-10PM CST @ www.wznd.com  (CHINGY & MEMPHIS BLEEK WILL BE ON THE SHOW) CALL IN AND WISH SUAVE WELL AS HE IS GRADUATING AND MOVING ON IN THE INDUSTRY.... 309.438.2171 (REQUEST LINE)

New Drop Info... (Please advise to always ad lib)
1) What up, its ____________, and you're checkin out "Z" on Z106 Jamz, The New Sound of Hip Hop and R&B

2) What up, its ____________, and you're checkin out "Stamina" on Z106 Jamz, The New Sound of Hip Hop and R&B

3) What up, its ____________, and you're listening to Z106 Jamz, The New Sound of Hip Hop and R&B

4) What up, its ____________, and your listening to "The Pre Game" with your hosts Arcen, Malibu & "Z", only found on Z106 Jamz, The New Sound of Hip Hop and R&B.

Kazzeo (KHDC-CA): " It was revealed this past weekend that the defense lawyers in the Michael Jackson case plan to call, as a witness, Stevie Wonder. What the f*ck? How is he a witness to anything? The guy is BLIND! Even if he wanted to, he can't see anything. The saga continues between Foxy Brown and Jacki O.

Foxy claims there was never any sort of physical altercation while Jackie O has responded with a "dis" track entitled "T.K.O." where she paints a different picture. In the song, she talks about "chin checking" Foxy at a club in Miami.

I'd like to thank Cinemax for it's nightly routine showings of "Busty Cops", "Sapphire Girls", and "Bikini Cavegirl". LOL. Speaking of cable, I had a chance to catch "Baadassss" the other night. For those who don't know, it's a semi documentary about the trials and tribulation behind the making of the classic "Sweet Sweetbacks Baadasssss Song". The original was directed by Melvin Van Peebles and this was directed by his son, Mario. It's a really good movie and I would definitely suggest it.  So who heard Bizzy Bone going off the deep end? If you haven't heard it, here's the link. This guy should change his name to Loco Bone. The madness starts around 2 minutes at: http://www.damagecontrolradio.org/mp3/042805BIZZY.mp3
Can someone expain to me how the hell you can be engaged to a chick, have her leave you at the alter, and then find her a week later and still want to be married to her? Is that dude retarded or what? I mean how much more obvious is it that she don't want you.But then again this is the same world where Ying Yang Twins go platinum while Gang Starr struggles for 15 years to barely reach gold. Granted I amy bit a bit late on this, but I just read that Pharoahe Monche has signed to Shady Records. Now I've been a fan of his since Organized Konfusion dropped in 91. And despite a couple misses, I have stayed a fan. However, if my concerns become reality and he begins screaming "GGGGGGGG G-Unit" on his tracks, I will greatly lose faith in Hip Hop.

Before I bounce, let me wish all the mothers out there a belated happy Mothers Day. Especially to my "lil sis" Baby C. By the way, welcome back to the industry"...

Edgie Kokoski (WUNH-NH): "I had the pleasure this past week of interviewing Dre Robinson of Mass Appeal/Pollymore Music on my radio program. Aside from being a gracious and talkative guest, this guy spit one of the most remarkable live freestyles that I have ever witnessed in 7 years of radio. Almost 3 minutes in length, the flow was curse free and had only one awkward pause. Keep an eye on this guy. Big shout to my fam at Foundation Media for hooking up the session. Greeting cards pretty much suck in general, as they are always way too sappy or feature jokes that are about as funny as a funeral. I found this sentiment to ring true this past weekend as I shopped for a Mother’s Day card. You can imagine my disgust when I came across one card with a backer hawking the scenario “Mother from Cat”. Indeed, the card was designed to be given from a cat to the human “Mother” that takes care of it. So how does the cat buy this card? Obviously, an accomplice must be enlisted to purchase the card on behalf of the cat. Which leads us to the moral of the story: if you are buying a card to give to your girlfriend/wife/grandmother in proxy from her cat, do us all a favor and take a nap in your closed garage with the car running. I read this week that Lil Kim is being sued by two guys who claim that they were never paid $100,000 for writing songs on her “La Bella Mafia” LP. I’m not sure which is worse, that Kim ganked them on the money, or that these guys had to publicly admit to writing songs on “La Bella Mafia”. I think I’d prefer the ganking.I don’t know when “Screwed & Chopped” songs became the hottest music video trend, but if I wanted to listen to slow and unintelligible music, I’d put a few near-dead batteries in my walkman. Screwed & Chopped songs sound like listening to someone who has cerebral palsy trying to read aloud. No thanks!(And yes, I know that I’m going to hell for that cerebral palsy comment. Rest assured, the one way ticket was purchased long ago!)"...

Lee L'Heureux (WRED-ME): Here is my new mailing address effective now:

WRED

Lee L'Heureux

779 Warren Ave

Portland, ME 04103

I play indie records on my commercial station. We have a highly rated "college like" show on Sunday nights where your artists can get BDS spins. Thank you to everyone who has made the switch, it's definitely appreciated. If you haven't conversed with my man Max who is new Hip Hop director at WMHB please feel free to reach out... Max is very involvedm, hitting everyone with feedback, doing interviews and so forth. You can reach him at mfbrown@colby.edu- thank you!"...

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SHOUT OUT TIZIME: Suspens from Suspens Recording in town all this week & makin' ish happen! To J Bully anotha fam of mine in town this Thursday to make some ish happen here in L.A.!... Phar City outta CT bout to make some new noise this year... Stico reppin' the I.E... Knowa Lazerus (ano ba pare')... Lorraine Pija (great meeting you & much love & respect always from your #1 Kuya)... Once again to Ty-C & Lilyan and Mr & Mrs Campbell. Congrats on the marriage & a special shout to Tony Curtis formerly of MCA & J Cor & now out of the biz but we all miss you homie!

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

Nasty-Nes

(Pinoy Pride4Life / John 3:16)