What's upper? I remember it like it was just yesterday & I was in Jr. High School in Seattle when I first heard music from the Chi-Lites "Oh Girl." This single changed my entire life & heavily influenced me into loving R&B music forever. Eugene Record, leader of the 1970's vocal group the Chi-Lites, died last Friday in Chicago at his daughter's south suburban home following a long battle with cancer. He was 64. (R.I.P.)...
 

Props to my homegirl, Fiona B. who's now gettin' paid & reppin' TVT Records! Here's her latest contact info for your files:

Fiona Bloom
Dir of International Marketing
TVT Records
23 E. 4th Street
3rd Floor
New York, NY 10003
212-979-6410 ext 231
www.tvtrecords.com
 

Peep the following:
RAEKWON FEAT. ILL BILL & SKAM2 - THOUSANDS TO M'S
(PRODUCED BY SCRAM JONES) DIRTY VERSION
http://www.bplproductions.com/THOUSANDS2MDIRTY.mp3

RAEKWON FEAT. ILL BILL & SKAM2 - THOUSANDS TO M'S
(PRODUCED BY SCRAM JONES) CLEAN VERSION
http://www.bplproductions.com/THOUSANDS2MCLEAN.mp3

RAEKWON FEAT. ILL BILL - ENEMY (CLEAN VERSION)
http://www.bplproductions.com/ENEMYCLEAN.mp3

RAEKWON FEAT. ILL BILL - ENEMY (DIRTY VERSION)
http://www.bplproductions.com/ENEMYDIRTY.mp3

Come out and be in the Little Brother video shooting in NYC on Thursday, July 28th. Just respond at this email address: LittleBrotherVideoNYC@hotmail.com  with your:
- Name
- email add
- contact number
- age
All those who respond will be sent the location and call time for the
shoot...
 

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. RAPATTACKLIVES.COM will be one of the sponsors so I will be in the "206" for this & I hope to see you there...

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

Yay area's own B-Legit is making his strongest comeback this year with his new sdingle "Guess Who's Back" featuring E-40 (SMC Recordings/Universal). Stay tuned... Scott Storch does it again with some of his tightest production work with the debut release by artist Luc Duc "PG 21" (Frederick Ent.). This joint will be shipping to our RAP ATTACK DJ's panel next week... If Mike Jones is your type of steez than you're gonna be feeling the debut new joint by artist, Slick 23 reppin' Indiana with "We Can Handle That" (Mancini Wear Records). Peep their website out at: www.marcomanciwear.com... Jackson, MS. own, Goodfellaz "Holla Ooh" (Rich Boy Ent.) is about to make some noise with their debut single. Lookout for them at a city near you now!... LMNO is back with his third & most cohesive record to date with "P's & Q's" album on Up Above Records dropping August 23rd. "P's & Q's" is an album of LMNO & his message of hope. Featured on the album are: Supernatural, Chali 2NA, Chance Infinite, Arlano, Locksmith, Self Lion & the Visionaries. On the production tip, LMNO brings on board the talents of: LD, DJ Khalil, Detroit's  J Thrill, Key Kool of the Visionaries & west coasts' Life Rexall & Polyhedron. For more info to get laced, hit up my comadre, Sam Sayon at Up Above: (562) 983-9999; ext. 102 or online at: sam@upabove.com...

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!...

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 Radd 1 (WDBM-MI): " Please make note that I have 2 NEW EMAIL ADRESSES:

djradd1@comcast.net

tatnallc@comcast.net   
PLEASE UPDATE YOUR ADRESS BOOKS, AND DISCONTINUE USE OF djradd1@sbcglobal.net!!!!!Thank you!!!!"... 
 

Semp Rok (www.the305.com/bboy): " Whats up fam. I hope Phi has been treating you well. I've been around just here trying to make more action happen for our community. So here's the deal. I'm looking for key people in different cities to be involved in fan teams. I've been setting up an infrastructure where I won't be dependant solely on the individuals working these projects. Each of the projects I’ll be distributing will have national press, plus we’ll are working on the national commercials for these projects on local cable stations across the US. Honestly I’m just tired of whack music and I’ve been working on an effective method to get some dope hip-hop out on a national level. If you feel what I’m talking about and want to know more about joining, just reply and I’ll break you off with the info. Here's my info:

Semp Rok c/o Public Wizard, Inc.

930 Washington Avenue, Suite 206

Miami Beach, FL 33139

305.673.6739

DJ Stereotype (WHUS-CT): " I want to give a shout to my boy Motive (Demi-Godz) who's got a title roll in the upcoming movie, "Six Niggaz and a Cadillac." The film is directed by Michael Murphy and also features Grand Master Caz, Tre (Pharcyde), Wild Child (Loot Pack), Oktober (2For5), Mighty Casey and El vee. The movie is being filmed in Middletown, CT and should be coming to film festivals like Sundance & Toronto next year. For more info on Motive check out: www.authenticme.com or demigodz.com/bio_motive.html"...
 

Nate Abney (WKDU-PA): " Its hot as all in the Illadelph this week. My squad is playing like it wants a wildcard and Rocksteady is just about here and I can't wait.My favorite question is always will this be the year the Whispers sing Rocksteady at Rocksteady? I should be in NYC Thursday-Sunday so I'll try to hit up as many people as I can. We got a few callers last week on E-Soundbites. Slowly but surely we're getting our fanbase back I hope. Kenny Rogers needs a hug and Bernard Hopkins was robbed (typical things that happen to Philly athletes). Can anybody help me out with DE LA and Common tickets on the 23rd. I've seen this show before but what the heck I'll go see it again. In the famous words of Harry Kalas I'm Outta Here"...

Jason-D (KHDC #2-CA): " Now I know there a lot of you looking forward to seeing Jessica Simpson in Dukes of Hazard but what the hell is up with all the throw back movies? Scooby Doo, Herbie the Luv Bug, on and on with this crap. Have we as a society just gotten so stupid that we can't come up with any new shit? I just read that they are contemplating making a Smurfs movie and that shit just pushed me over the edge. If you can't beat em, join em. I got a little song called, "Roxanne, Roxanne." I'll start the bidding at $100k",,,

Max Brown (WMHB-ME): "What's up all?! I hope everyone has been well. It's been pretty busy up here and it's felt like the summer is just flying by! Before I know it, I'll be back at school! (Senior year, ahhhh!!) But, it's all good! A new school year means a whole new "Hip Hop Nation" show and I'm totally psyched to rock the whole state of Maine with the craziest Hip Hop! On that note, I'm looking to getting drops for the show, and if anyone knows artists that would be willing to contribute some drops, I would be very grateful! Aw man, I've got to keep this thing short this, so I'ma cut to the chase and hit you with the hot stuff! Get at me if there's anything I can do for you! Script For Drops: (Something like) "Hey, you've touched down in "The Hip Hop Nation" with DJ Double A on WMHB, central Maine's #1 source for the hottest in Hip Hop!"...
 

Edgie Kokoski (WUNH-NH): "I never thought that my home state would resemble the Amazon Jungle, but here we are. You cannot move a step outside without breaking into a sticky sweat. When I go out to my car after work, grabbing the steering wheel is like plunging your hands into the lava filled pits of hell. The heat and humidity are so unbearable, that I finally broke down and bought my first air conditioner. I thought that it was basically the type of thing that you tossed in the window and plugged in, but boy was I wrong. After slicing my hand open, destroying the window liner, dropping half the screws I needed out of my 2^nd story window, I finally got my apartment down to a frosty 72 degrees. Now I just sit back and wait for the outrageous electric bill to roll in…

Some funny Hip-Hop tidbits that crossed my radar screen this week:

Big Tigger “I’m Not Gay”- Big Tigger had to come out this week to make a point of the fact that he is not gay. I could be wrong, but when you are holding a press conference to deny being gay, there’s probably overwhelming evidence that you really are.

Eminem “I’m Retiring” - Rumors are floating that “Encore” was the last time that we will hear Mr. Mathers gracing the microphone in a long play format. I can understand his desire to focus on production, but why “retire”. Why do rappers feel the need to use that term? Can’t they just say, “I’m sick of making albums right now, and I’m taking a break”. These artists have to be high school drama queens and say “I quit” so that all of us hip hop geeks swoon and beg “No, please don’t leave.” I just hope that Em will stick to his word like Master P, Jay-Z and Too Short. When they said “I Quit”, they meant it god damn it!

U-God “I’m Mr. Xcitement” - Wu-Tang underachiever U-God preps his sophomore release “Mr. Xcitement”. "Mr. Xcitment ain't just about partying...I took my time [on this album], I didn't rush the shit” he beams. If it were up to me, you could have taken the rest of my natural life to finish this album. You may not have rushed U-God, but I guarantee that no one will rush to the record store if this disc is the crap fest that the last one was. I had to beg the attendant at my local landfill to let me dump my copy there.

Well, I’d better get going. I have to go watch the Red Sox blow another easy win"...

COMING SOON "Rock The Beat Volume 3" Promo Vinyl & CD

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SHOUT OUT TIZIME:  To my brotha Ricky Peji serving our country in Iraq (I hope you like the cd's)... To James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures who responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty," who died lastWednesday. He was 85 (R.I.P.)...

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

Nasty-Nes

(Pinoy Pride4Life / John 3:16)