What's upper? I hope you had a good weekend. Mine was great! I ended up doing the family thing by going to the happiest place on earth, Disneyland and I also got  a new kitten!...

I want to extend a huge welcome back fam to Boricua Jimmy who's now a part of the Def Jam family. Jimmy & I go way back to his beginning days at RCA to his last gig over at Arista. "If anyone needs anything like records, drops, sponsorship, etc. reach out to me and let me know what I could do for you. My main emphasis is on all DJ's that are in DJ crews (Heavy Hitters, Big Dawg Pitbulls, CORE,  Bum Squad, Soul Selector,  Purepain, Superfriends, Turntable Assassins,  Hitmen and any other crews out there). I have experience of being in a crew and know first hand how it is not to get love from the labels, so please don't hesitate to contact me at:
Email: BoricuaDefJam@gmail.com
Aim: boricuajimmy21
Sidekick: BoricuaJimmy@tmail.com 
Cell: (347)-672-4983

Last weeks RAP ATTACK CONFERENCE CALL featured Sam Scarfo who is by the way the first artist Jay-Z signed to Def Jam since he took over as President. We also got a surprise visit with N.O.R.E. who just dropped a bunch of Hip-Hop knopwledge on our dj's! He no doubt reinvented himself & the entire music scene with Reggaeton!...

 
ATTENTION all DJs and producers: Scion’s Free Up Your Mix DJ Contest is back, and they’re looking for the hottest DJs & producers in the country....

Categories have expanded!!!! Send us your best entries from the following categories:

Hip Hop (Live): just like last year folks. Live on two turntables and a mixer.
Hip Hop (Multi-tracked/street style): You can use computers and recording equipment to make edits to your mix.
Mash-Up (Live or Multi-tracked): Mix different genres together. Do it live or use your computer and its programs.
Reggae/Dancehall (Live or Multi-Tracked): All reggae. Roots Rock, Dancehall, or both.
Rock/Hip-Hop (Live or Multi-Tracked): Rock and Hip Hop blended together. Make it happen!
Rare Groove (Live or Multi-Tracked): Ain’t it funky. Get to diggin’ and break out those old 45 inches.
Best 2 x 4 Mix/Group Performance (Live or Multi-Tracked): Where the crews at? Let’s see what you can do when you’re all on the decks.
Best Produced Remix (Live or Multi-Tracked): True heads know what the classic Hip Hop joints are. Pick your favorite and send us your own version of it.

Grand prize winner gets $2,000, the opportunity to mix a Scion CD
sampler (distribution of 500,000 copies), and spin at Scion events
nationwide.

Semifinalists will get a variety of recording and DJ equipment from our
proud supporters at Rane/Serato Scratch Live, Pioneer, Mackie/Tapco,
and others!

Don’t sleep. All entries must be postmarked by October 1, 2005.Visit http://www.scion.com/mix  to download the entry form and read more about the prizes, judging, rules & regulations. Big Up to last year’s grand prize winners the Oakland Faders for killing it with their 30-minute live Hip-Hop mixtape. Peep their game on Scion CD Sampler Vol. 13 on the streets soon!
 

Universal Zulu Nation is coming to Los Angeles! It's their "WHAT AND WHO IS ZULU NATION?" seminar covering the past, present, and future. . .
Everything you ever wanted to know, but were too afraid to ask with special guests:. .
DJ Mark Luv - Zulu King Los Angeles
DJ Rhettmatic - Beat Junkies
Easy Roc - Rock Steady Crew
Feline Felicia - Zulu Queen Los Angeles
Joel - Zulu King Puerto Rico

SATURDAY AUGUST 6, 2005 from 4:00-6:00pm at STACKS VINYL located at: 18000 Gridley Rd. Suite B in Cerritos, CA 90701. For more info call: 562-809-8560. And following the panel at ZEN SUSHI will be west coasts' legendary old schoolers' the EGYPTIAN LOVER and ARABIAN PRINCE...

YO, SAVE THE DATE NOW! The Urban Network & Out of the Ashes Inc. presents "The Northwest Music Explosion" at the Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center - 17620 Pacific Highway South -Seattle, Washington - 98188. This event is coming up on a Wednesday September 28th thru Saturday October 1st, 2005. Come out and take part in this tremendous Networking and Marketing Opportunity!

• Learn at the Radio, Retail, Marketing and Distribution seminars
• Showcases for Urban and Gospel Artist/Labels
• Meet top Music Industry Professionals
• Promote your music, products and services to the Urban Community

Sponsorship Opportunities Available!
For more information regarding sponsorship opportunities, please contact Bill Daniels at (619)-255-6597 or bdaniels@urbannetwork.com.

For more information regarding “The NorthWest Music Explosion”, please contact Arthur Mitchell at (619) 723-9358 or businessdevelopment@urbannetwork.com. My Seattle contact for this if you have an artist you want to book will be Gene Dexter with CrazyPinoy.com & you can hit him up online at: hiphop206@aol.com. RAPATTACKLIVES.COM will be one of the sponsors so I will be in the "206" for this & I hope to see you there...

The Billboard/AURN R&B Hip-Hop Conference & Awards Show will be held on August 3-5 at The InterContinental Hotel, Atlanta. The Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Conference is the premiere event for the industry's who's who to network, share knowledge and discover new talent! Now in its 6th year, the Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Conference and Awards brings together the music professionals that help to create, produce, promote and distribute the hottest genre on the charts today. For a full schedule of events please visit www.billboardevents.com. Billboard is offering a one time special offer to friends of myspace.com! Register for the Billboard R&B Hip Hop Conference at the highly discounted rate of $399. That is a $250 savings! Register by visiting the R&B Hip-Hop conference website at: www.billboardevents.com. On the website go to the online registration section, fill out the registration form and make sure you enter the PROMOTIONAL CODE: myspace. Call Kelly at (646) 654-4643 if you have any questions...

Attention all Hip-Hop & Neo-Soul Artists. MixTape.com will be accepting submissions for Volume 2 of the Mixtape.com "Underground Hip-Hop" compilation CD in August 2005. They will have room for 20 tracks. The cost per track to be placed on the CD is $199. This includes The Following

*Song Placed on CD

*Song Title, Artist Name, Production Credit, Record Label Name, & Website, placed on the back cover of the CD

*30 Second snippet of the song to be streamed on Mixtape.com

*Street Promotion of the CD & Online Promotion of the CD

*3,000 CDs will be pressed and will be given out with all orders placed on Mixtape.com

you can see who was on volume 1 and even order yourself a FREE copy at the following link. http://mixtape.com/freestuff.htm  

Volume 2 is due out September 2005

To Commemorate the upcoming 41st Anniversary of the late Eazy-E's birthday on September 7th, Capitol/Priority Records are releasing "Eternal E: Gangsta Memorial Edition cd/dvd" featuring a grip of Eazy-E's classics & a bonus track by his son, Lil' E with "A Lil' Easier Said." Make sure you peep out track #8 "Radio" where I'm featured on the very end of the record! Don't sleep on this aiight. I'm tellin' you now, this is the ultimate Eazy-E compilation featuring; ""Boyz N The Hood," "8 Ball," "Eazy Duz It," "Radio," "Only If You Want It," "We Want Eazy" & "Straight Outta Compton" to name a few! For Radio Giveaways & Promotions contact Geo Bivins at (323) 871-5033 or online at: geo.bivins@capitolrecords.com. Tell him Nes on track #8 sent ya!...

So So Def/Virgin Records are about to make some big noise with College Radio once again. According to Virgin's own Aaron Mellion, Jermaine Dupri who's now running ish over there is restructuring things & getting ready to release a bunch of new ish with College Radio as one of their top priorities to break their new releases with. So RAP ATTACK's gonna be in full effect with their new vision! JD's bout to drop his new album & right about now there's a big buzz on Dem Franchise Boys featuring Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat & Bow Wow with "I Think They Like Me." Stay tuned for more...

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:

Jason-D (KHDC #2-CA): "On the road again... the 9 to 5 has me in San Diego, Cali this week.I always check out the radio when I travel to see if there are any regional differences on commercial radio. And there's not... further proof the matrix exists. But anyway, this particular station keeps saying that they are the home of Hip-Hop. I just can't believe anyone is still claiming that in 2005. Then they play all this r&b shit. Go figure. Same shit, different Clear channel. OHHHH and... hit up Nasty Nes if you don't have the Rhymefest & Kanye "Brand New Shit" mp3. It's a must have. I made a radio edit too. Let me know if u need dat"...

DJ Static (CKUT-Canada): "Yall can hit me up at my new cel number: (514) 813-1879. My mailing address is still the same:
Mike Lai aka DJ Static
3655 St-Laurent, #204
Montreal, QC
H2X 2V6...
 

Kristyles (HBNRadio.org): "First off I would like to shout out my man Nasty Nes, he's been in the game for 25 yrs and still have the same fire as when he started, So Thanks Nes, for letting me be apart of raptacklives.com the hottest college radio panel in the country.Make sure the guys check out Little Brother "ain't nobody like me" that joint is hot, I mean reallly it;s a great song I urged everyone to check out the track Foxy Brown "Come Fly with me" classic, the flow the beat, lyrics...it's foxy at her finest Freeway-Where you been- anotha banga, I love this track, I think freeway has a bright future in Hip-Hop Smif n Wessun, Sean P, 9th wonder and Buckshot, all hot tracks make sure you check them out!!!!!"...

Solo (WECI-Indiana): "What up I have to take a moment to say, look out for those in the deerty with all that Hurricane and tropical storm mess.This July 26th I will be making my fouth trip to Riley Hosp in INdy for my little girl, please put my baby in your prayers she is almost two and does not walk yet and has a delevolopmental level of a 10 month old. On another note, I currently dont get Interscope servicing, due to budget cuts, fair enuff, however, i did get M.I.A., I am speechless, someone who likes an ear full of candy will feel it"...

Earthquake (Live365.com): "If you haven’t heard my Pick Hit of the Week which is the new E-Dawg then you are missing out. If you are a dj or just want to hear some “feel good” music then holla, so I can get you in contact with him"...

Ahsan "The Golden Child" (WRSU-NJ): " I'm sending this out because there are a number of joints that we do not have and are unable to play and chart. I'm still receiving mail from some of you but not all. There was a problem with our mail late 2004 but this was fixed early 2005. If you didn't know we are still on the air 10 years strong. The show still has loyal and growing fan base, plus we're very active and involved with local retailers in the surrounding areas. Below is all my information, if you dont have or lost it:

Ahsan "The Golden Child"           
TheBlueprintRadio.com 88.7 WRSU FM, NJ
Wednesdays, 10 PM - Midnight

Day Time Office #: 908-431-9787 On Air #: 732-932-8800

AIM: GoldenChild777

Email: ahsangc@theblueprintradio.com  

Mailing Info:
Golden Child c/o
TheBlueprintRadio.com - WRSU FM
14 Easton Avenue #208
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

IT'S BACK: EXCLUSIVE NEW RAP ATTACK OFFER:

Here it is the ALL NEW Blackberry 7100t. TMobile is offering our Rap Attack DJ's & affiliates friends & readers of RapAttackLives.com & business associates the following special:

OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU FOR MAKIN' RAP ATTACK NUMBER ONE!

$100.00 plus a $100.00 rebate ($000.00 for the unit)

THIS IS FOR REAL! RAPATTACKLIVES.COM APPROVED!

$100.00 plus a $100.00 rebate

$29.99 monthly fee which includes unlimited web browsing & email plus 300 incoming & outgoing text!

$150 SIDEKICK II - 2WAY DEAL:  I've got the exclusive hook up if you're lookin' to buy a "Sidekick II" 2 way. They normally retail for $300 plus. TMobile is offering our Rap Attack DJ's & affiliates (friends & readers of RapAttackLives.com & business associates) the following special:

$200.00 plus a $50.00 rebate ( $150.00 for the unit)

$39.00 monthly fee for cell & unlimited text messaging & online, etc.

Contact Alex Nguyen at (408) 310-3933 or online at: vtxguy4O8@yahoo.com.

Tell him Nasty-Nes from RapAttackLives.com sent you & save yourself $$$ on a brand new "SIDEKICK II."

P.S. Great news!!! Effective NOW the 1000 minute phone/cell plan with unlimited nights and weekeneds is NOW only $39.99!!!!!!!
 

www.RapAttackLives.com has the all new Pro Club Thick T-Shirts!

 Yup it's the #1 Hip-Hop clothing brand for Tees & we've got the hard to find Long & Short Sleeve T-shirts from sizes: XL to 7XL!

Log on here for more info: http://www.proclubthicktees.com

SHOUT OUT TIZIME: Happy Birthday this week to Brian Coulombe from WBRS in MA. celebrating on Friday, July 22nd!...

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

Nasty-Nes

(Pinoy Pride4Life / John 3:16)