What's upper? I hope you a great 4th of July weekend. Mine was a blast spending family time with my lady & my daughter & hangin' with my O.G. pare' Jai while he BBQ'd & cooked one of my favorite filipino dishes, Pinakbit! Oh I also went to peep out "War Of The Worlds" too. It's worth the money so go peep it...

On a sad note, Luther Vandross, the silky-voiced R&B crooner who spun romance into hits like "Here and Now and "Any Love," died on Friday, July 1st, 2005 at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, NJ. He was 54. His 1981 debut, "Never Too Much" reached the top of the R&B charts and sold more than one million copies. Through the 1980's, he recorded a string of platinum albums, including "Forever, For Always, For Love," Busy Body and "The Night I Fell in Love." His last album, "Dance With My Father" (J Records) received 4 Grammy Awards (including Song of the Year for the title song "Dance With My Father") and has generated worldwide sales exceeding 3 million copies.Funeral services will be held at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel, located at 1076 Madison Avenue (at 81st Street) on Wednesday and Thursday, July 6 and 7 with public viewings from 4:00pm - 9:00pm. The Memorial Service will be held Friday, July 8 at Riverside Church, located at 490 Riverside Drive, scheduled for 12:00pm. (R.I.P.)...

Stevie Wonder showed off his dance moves, Will Smith arrived in a horse-drawn carriage and The Fugees got together again. Extravagant performances and on-stage antics largely stole the spotlight from the winners at last Tuesday night's BET Awards!...

Chevy's was the spot to be at last Saturday afternoon as Lucky Lou's Global Record Pool & RapAttackLives.com sponsored a luncheon featuring live performances by the I.E.'s Stico & Da Bandit and straight outta St. Louis, The All Stars! All the dj's in the house had a blast grubbin' on free food & gettin' laced with free vinyl & cd's. Both groups no doubt left a positive & memorable taste in every dj's mouth who was in the house!...

Camile Velasco the fly pinay from "American Idol" recently inked a deal with  Universal/Motown Records. Her new joint "Hangin' On" will be droppin' soon & the HOT remix will feature Pras! You heard it first right here at the RAP ATTACK. Stay tuned...

The motion picture/documentary "RIZE" is expanding to more theatres this and we just got wind of a really exciting opportunity: Log on to www.RizeMovie.com and you can send in your own Krump & Clown Dance Videos & be a part of the Battlezone! 10 lucky finalists will have their videos included in the Battlezone at www.rizemovie.com! Flii Stylz continues to make noise on RAP ATTACK charts nationally as his single "Rize" rises closer to the TOP 10...

The Yin Yang Twins featuring Pitbull "Shake" (TVT) is one track off their new album "United State Of Atlanta" that is pure FIYA! I'm lovin' "Shake" as they take the classic George Krantz sample & just freaked it into a hyped up reggaeton flava. Yo, this track is da ish...

L-Precise from Canada's KVRI is the official winner of the Kev "Chuurp" (Centerline Ent.) remix contest! His remix added new flava to the original & our homeboy will be receiving some paper for his effort & hopefully his remix will be featured on the B side of Kev's next single. Congrats homeboy...

Congratulations to Splif & BlueSteel workin' overtime at Def Jam as their Kanye West joint "Diamonds" climbs to the NUMBER ONE spot 2 weeks in a row on our TOP 30 chart. Already buzzin' is the new "Diamonds" remix featuring Jay-Z. This remix is making new Kanye fans give Chitowns own some new respect while his new single "GoldDigger" debuts OUT THE BOX at NUMBER 5 on this weeks RAP ATTACK CONFERENCE CALL PICK. Last week Def Jam featured on our CONFERENCE CALL, Philly's own Freeway who's new album "Free At Last" drops in a couple months. Corey Gunz also paid us a surprise visit as he jumps to Def Jam via Universal Records.

Phar-City is back as their new release "If You Want It" features Styles P. & it is DOPE. Our RAP ATTACK panel will be gettin' laced. CT's back in effect...

I gotta give props to Deep Thinka Records on their latest release of "Rebel Radio II" compilation. Based outta Buffalo, NY, this compilation is hosted by the Ketchup Samurai featuring some real tight Hip-Hop tracks by Buffalo's own; DJ Cutler, DJ Anubus, Rhyson Hall, Catastrophic, Ajent O, Xnow The Last MC & Wise Mecca to name a few. If you don't have a copy you can download the entire album FREE at: www.deepthinka.com or contact the label at (716) 873-2151. Please let em' know RAP ATTACK sent ya'. This label gets props!...

Barak Records has got a guaranteed hit artist with Emelee "Head Over Heels" single. This R&B/Hip-Hop track is on fiya & will heat up the radio airwaves & clubs fa sho'. Peep it!...

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:

Earthquake (Live365.com): " I have 2 shows I need drops for!!!!!! Drop Script for DJ EarthQuake’s “Off Da Richter Scale Rapshow” on live365.com:

This is _______ and your listening to the Off Da Richter Scale Rapshow with DJ EarthQuake on live365.com.
Make sure this one is radio playable.
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“Northwest Aftershock show” on www.hiphopfundamentalz.com

This is ________ and your checking out DJ EarthQuake holding it down on the Northwest Aftershock show on hiphopfundamentalz.com .
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Be creative with them both please!!!!!!!!!!!

 Two options on sending them to me.
1. send it as an mp3 file to quake551@comcast.net
2. send it on cd to

Shaun Hulbert (Dj EarthQuake)
131 75th St SW
Everett, Wa 98203

Raw-B (KUSF-SF): "What up?! We were honored to have one half of Gang Starr in the studio this past Sunday on Beatsauce (see photo above). Guru was in the building, along with producer Solaar, promoting their new venture. Guru broke down his situation as a solo artist and reassured us that Gang Starr isn't going anywhere. We debuted several tracks from his new album "Street Scriptures" and every track had head's nodding in the studio. We've got a lot of respect for Guru for always taking time to stop by and chop it up. Don't sleep on his new material. Get more info at http://www.gurugangstarr.com "...

Jason-D (KHDC #2-CA): "Happy birthday to Kut Mast Kurt hitting the big 35. He is rumored to be djing a backyard party in Santa Cruz, CA to celebrate. Our man in the streets (and at the party) with the alcohol and explosives is none other than DJ Kazzeo. I expect a full report. CMJ is 2.5 months away. Anyone making plans yet? Jason D & Kazzeo will be in the bldg. I think the pressure is on Splif this year. The last dude at Def Jam took us through Kevin Liles office then over to Russel Simmons office at Phat Farm collecting many fine gifts along the way. So Splif, I don't have all the answers of what I'm expecting yet but the formula involves Heineken, Beyonce and some guy named Sean Carter making death threats on my cell phone. Will get back to you on the final version"...

(WZND-IL): "What's Good Fam? I hope the summer's been treating you all good. My name is Javier Evelyn and I go by the air name of "Stamina". If ya haven't heard, I'm the cat filling in Brian "Z" Zishook's shoes as the new Music Director here at Z 106 Jamz. I know it's been a while since y'all heard from us, but we're gonna keep moving with a fresh new list "fa the summer". Feel like talking music? Hit me up whenever cause I just love this rap game and the culture that is Hip Hop. I'm a reporter for RapAttackLives, Urban Network, College Music Journal, Insomniac Radio Magazine, Ustyles, Core DJZ & BumSquad DJZ.

DJ Buddhabong (SolofHipHop.com): " SOL of HIPHOP Radio will be moving to 8-10pm PST on Fridays online at: www.solofhiphop.com  (Every Friday 8-10pm pst - Live from Cal State Fullerton (TIR)), SOL of HIPHOP Over 5 years STRONG!!! THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT & PORT COLLEGE RADIO!"...

Here is DJ Kristyles new mailing address (please update your files):

 2231 Jefferson Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110
c/o HBNRadio.com
Email: DJKristyles1@aol.com
Cell: (717) 773-5578
 

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SHOUT OUT TIZIME: Happy Birthday this week to my O.G. brutha & former Nastymix Records artist, Y.S.L. reppin' New York & to my brutha in Christ, Pastor Butch Johnson both celebrating on Monday, July 4th... Luther Vandross (R.I.P.)

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

Nasty-Nes

(Pinoy Pride4Life / John 3:16)