What's upper? Is it just me or whenever you turn on your TV or change channels, do you see Gary Coleman with that "Cash Call" commercial? Also props to HBO's "Entourage" series as artist Saigon & his music made a dope cameo in last weekends episode...

Remember the name & music from Def Jam's newest signing, Tru-Life! This kat was on our Conference Call last week & I'm telling you, it was like witnessing history in the making as a new star is about to emerge! For real, Tru-Life really represents his lyrics. He can be comparable to hearing Tupac spit for the first time. This homeboy is for real so look out cause he may be the next big thing in Hip-Hop! The new N.O.R.E. featuring Pharrell "I'm A G" (Def Jam) is gettin' lots of early love. Peep it... Remember Suga Free? A lot of you may remember him off of the old DJ Quik joints from back in the day. Suga Free is back doin' his own thing with "You Know My Name" (Bungalo Records). His music & flows are still tight & after hearing this single, I felt like I was peepin' out some original old school Cameo ish for the first time. Suga Free droppin' soon... Another BIG BUZZ goin' on with the new Miri Ben-Ari featuring Styles P "We Gonna Win" (Universal) single. An OUT THE BOX RAP ATTACK CONFERENCE CALL PICK, this joint sounds like a fa' sho winner... Peep out the new project by Big Boi (Outkast), The Purple Ribbon Allstars with Kryptonite" (So So Def/Virgin) featuring Big Boi, Killer Mike, Black Owned C-Bone & Rock D Legend. This cut is da ish. This cut is gonna make some big noise on the real...La Bruja makes her phat debut with "Bruheria" (Ill Tongue) by taking the classic Big Pun sample from "100%" & flippin' it to make this joint solid! Also peep her track Fuego" featuring B-Real from Cypress Hill which also has some real tight flavas to it! For more info, log onto: www.LaBrujaMusic.com. To get laced, give our dawg Wes a shout over at Ch'rewd: (314) 785-0171... Dwele "I Think I Love You (Virgin) is gettin' a big early buzz on his ish. Don't sleep on what could be a BIG record for Dwele... 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)...

Here's what's droppin' on the upcoming MIXTAPE.COM - FALL 2005 "UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP COMPILATION CD VOLUME 2." Thank you for your support on this compilation & our RAP ATTACK panel will get the exclusive service on this:

1) Breakin' Down The Competition - MYG' Feat. Cappadonna, Killah PRIEST & DJ Spark  (Produced by Smoke)

2) Last Word (Reload) - Epidemic Massive feat. Rasco (Produced by Vega One)

3) My Everything - Clockwork (Produced by Sekken Thaughts)

4) Cool For Now - Submission Impossible (Produced by Ray Swift)

5) Left Behind - Ugly Duckling (Produced by Ugly Duckling)

6) Rock Solid - WadeWaters "SoulStice & Haysoos" feat. Cuban Link
(Produced by Shuko)

7) Zone - Insight (Produced by MoO the Beat Fanatic)

8) Don't Get Left - MYG' Feat. Skillz (Produced by Pale Soul)

9) Hustle - Fidget (Produced by M. Sharpe)

10) Sounds N' Stylz - Al Valient Feat. Indio (Produced by Al Valient)

11) Real Appeal - Irregular  (Produced by Irregular)

12) Young Girl - Soulflower (Produced by Kavayah)

13) I Still Love You - MYG' & Rose (Produced by Coley Cole)

14) Pump It 4 Tha Crowd - YSL feat. Skare Krow (Produced by JON-KEV for luv jones productions)

15) Road 2 Riches - Zakiya (Produced by G-Status)
16) Do my Thang - 3rd Degree Feat. E-40 (Produced by Yabie)

17) Never Gonna Get It - Sean Biggs feat. Akon & Topic  (Produced by Nephew)
18) Somebody Else - Johnny D feat. C-Dubb (Produced by Black Diamond, LLC)
 

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!
 

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...

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:

Brian Gaffey aka DJ Bri G (Mixtapes-NY): "Now, about The Power Summit. I sent out a press release about the Super Radio Mixoff. You have to submit a 10 minute mix to the Baka Boyz and could win a syndicated show on Super Radio. Also, for those who signed up for the Producer/Remix Battle, Sony will be contacting you about all the details. If you have no RSVP’d to me or Radio Rahiem yet, get that in ASAP. Space is limited and I can’t hold spots for people. Wackest Hip Hop Line In A Long Time Award: Bow Wow - Hold You Down “I need to work on it like a crack addict home from rehab.” - if anybody else said a line like this in Hip Hop, they would be banished immediately, however, 12 year old, overweight, females seem to love Bow Wow and keep his career alive. If you can throw a baseball, please call Theo Epstein, GM of the Boston Red Sox and let him know that you are available for bullpen help. I’ve been thinking about making the call myself, but I’m too busy. I’m in week 3 of sobriety, healthy eating. I’m at 178 pounds after starting at 183. I actually don’t miss the drinking as much as I thought I would. I mean, by no means am I gonna stop forever, but its nice waking up on a Saturday morning without a headache and being able to get some shit done before noon. With that said, I haven’t had my true test yet, cus I haven’t been around my boys since I started this and I’ve been known to succumb to peer pressure"...

DanShores (WHRW-NY): "Aug.26 marks the 5 year anniversary of Live and Direct . Do remember to stay tuned to www.whrwfm.org from 10pm - 1am est. / 7pm-10pm PST on that Friday Evening . Quality Hip-Hop, Interviews, New Exclusives, Classics, Breaks,& More. For all promoters , label reps and artists out there - any giveaway material is welcomed , as this is going to be a very big show w/ a large number of guests and listeners"...

DJ Spider (www.TheBassMent.com): "YO! I'll be spinning at the MIXWELL Booth in Vegas at Magic on Aug. 31st along with Steve1der.. come by!

Also, Check out Spider & Steve1der doing 2x4 at QUALITY with Haul & Mason on Sept 24th! And don't forget Oasis (LaBrea & Melrose) Every other Friday, Circle Bar (Santa Monica) Monday's, Tantra (Silverlake) Saturday's with Steve1der. This Friday, come see Move.meant LIVE with Procussions & Giant Panda & an all girl dj line-up at Conga Room.. 8/19 for Jointz Mag.. PEACE!!!!!! Spread the word"...

DJ Toast (WRPI-NY): "So I survived another year at Scribble Jam. I rolled with about 20 other people from the 518, MC's, DJ's and even our own tattoo artist who setup his equipment at the hotel. R.A. the Rugged Man killed it live. Prince Paul was so-so, and Masta Ace "represented lovely", as did One Be Lo. DJ Spare Change was the DJ battle winner and he deserved it by far. Skratch Bastid felt jerked, but I don't think it was all that close. The guys who run Scribble Jam are a joke. I know its hard to do, but after 10 years, you would think they'd have their shit together. Nope. The best performance of the event was by the Finger Print Records crew (Nobs, Eibol & DJ Gyro). Check them out. I predict big things from these guys. http://www.fingerprint-records.com. Shouts to everyone I saw at Scribble this year, Icon the Mic King (who knocked Copywrite down with one punch), R.A., Masta Ace, Wordsworth, Pumpkinhead, Bekay, Matt from Coalmine Records, Ethan at Fat Beats, Oktober Zero and everyone else. Big shows coming to Albany area soon, including the Cappadonna, Killah Priest, R.A the Rugged Man & Icon the Mic King tour and a free show on Labor Day by The Perceptionists (Mr Lif, Akrobatik, DJ Fakts One) in the park. If you want some of your promo stuff distributed at the event by me (for free), let me know. (see photo above)"...

L-Precise (KVRI-Canada): " Hey! Who is going to the Power Summit this year? Holla back.I may be going but need someone to room with. Any help would be appreciated !! Hit me back with an email to: lprecise@hotmail.com. Thanks!"...

Edgie Kokoski (WUNH-NH): "It was that time of year this past weekend when I repay all of the friends who have let me drunkenly destroy their homes this past weekend as my little bro and I hosted our annual “Kokoski Brothers BBQ & Beiruit Bash”. As you may have guessed, the staples of the event are grilling lots of meat and playing lots of beiruit (“beer pong” to you people that suck at life). So I spent most of Saturday partying and then most of Sunday cleaning up the horrendous mess that I had made of my family’s home. I don’t mind picking up trash, but what really burns my ass are “wounded soldiers”. If you don’t know what a wounded soldier is, I will tell you. It’s when someone cracks open a beer and then abandons it half consumed. It’s easily the worst crime against humanity imaginable. I don’t know about how the rest of you feel, but I think that 2005 is easily shaping up to being one of the worst years for hip hop in recent history. Each week I painstakingly try to find new music for my radio show that doesn’t suck. Lately, I have found that I am spinning more new mp3s than vinyl. That’s how sad it is. I hope that the fourth quarter is better, because the first three have been about as dope as cane made out of flour. That’s word to Willie D! If anybody knows where the real Curt Schilling is, please send him home to New England. The guy who pitched for us last year is no where to be found. If I have to watch him blow another save against the lowly Detroit Tigers, I may just have to take a bath with my toaster. I want to shout out my man DJ Addition who engaged me in an intellectual dialogue last week regarding my comments about NASA. So I am taking a survey this week: Is NASA a waste of time and money, yes or no? You decide"...

Nate Abney (WKDU-PA): " Well the rain has soaked us for the last two days here giving us relief from the heat. It's Terrell Owens not Terrell Reid, the Phils remain the Phils. I spent most of last week at work. Now a free man at my house I can reflect on the week that was. I'm starting to look forward to CMJ, the show with Little Brother and Dwele definitely looks like heat for sure. Those of you who don't who Little Brother is by now shame on you. The Flight Brothers will be performing at L Heaxgone (between 16th and 17th and Sansom) on August 28th"...

Brian Coulombe (WBRS-MA): " Howdy y'all, hope all is well with you...looks like a busy week so getting this week's chart out early. We have the DMC's coming up in Boston as well as Non Phixion, OC, Hiero,etc on the same night...craaazy! As always we have a ton going on music wise at the station and we're surrounded by quality records. The latest Smif N Wessun (see photo above) joint continues to grow on me, can't wait for the album! The Cool Calm Pete material is very, very solid as well. Keep sending us the good ish y'all!!! Also if anyone is going to the Mixshow Power Summit this year, please hit me up if you know of any solid flight deals :) IMPORTANT NEWS: I am moving on Sept 1st so as a result I have a new mailing address AND email address. Please update your records with the following:

 49 Lane Park

Brighton, MA 02135

Email: thebriancotter@gmail.com

Meddafore (Mixtapes-PA): "What's goin on yall? Summer's winding down but it's still been hot hot heat out this way. The collabo mix cd, from myself & Menace, "Street Muzik 2", hosted by Stat Quo & Angelous has been flooding the streets quite nicely and picking up good reviews from the press too. HOOD DJS! If any record labels are looking to sign the next hit maker, you need to swing thru Philly and check out Bliss of Fire. This kid is one of the dopest in the city right now and very diverse with the styles he can flip. If you want more information or wanna do the smart thing and get at him, let me know. He has 3 songs in my Top 5 right now, you can check about for audio links. I was notified by Social Philly Magazine that I have made their "40 Under 40" list, it's a list of the 40 most influential people in the Philadelphia social scene that are under 40 years old. That's definitely a good look for ya boy! Little Brother are about to kick off their tour, you need to check them if they're coming to your area. "The Minstrel Show" album drops next month, September 13th. That's all for this week, swing through my site and message board, to see what else I've been cookin up. http://www.meddafore.com"...

Jason-D (RadioBoise.Org): "I've been keeping this quiet for a minute so they could work out the bugs! I have been helping to launch a community radio station here in Boise, ID that just began webcasting. I've been in it from the ground up and doing a lot of consulting for them. We have secured funding, grants, etc, have a radio station and complete studio, and are working on our FCC license. We expect to be on air in 2006. In the meantime, we are webcasting and I have a weekly show. You can check me out this Friday at 8pm Pacific on www.radioboise.org with The Wreck Show. All of my contact info remains the same. I still report to rapattacklives.com, rap network, submersive and insomniac. Thanks to Nes and everyone else who looks out for me each week. I will see all of you at CMJ in just a few weeks! I will now be officially reporting to RAPATTACKLIVES.COM as an Internet Reporting DJ:

RadioBoise.org  Internet Station Boise Community Radio: www.radioboise.org with "The Wreck" Friday's 8pm Pacific & Tuesday's 8pm Pacific  Here's all my current info for your mailing list & files":

Jason D

2247 W Stansbury Drive

Eagle ID 83616

djjasond@yahoo.com

www.djjasond.com

208-890-2044 cell

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SHOUT OUT TIZIME:  Happy Birthday to Brett "OB1" Johnson (WUPX-MI) celebrating this Wednesday, August 24th...

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

Nasty-Nes

(Pinoy Pride4Life / John 3:16)