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GRAMMY NIGHT 2007
It's the
King of P-Funk, George Clinton (left) &
Skull (YG Entertainment).
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A NASTY 1988
FLASHBACK
The late Eazy-E
& Nasty-Nes. |
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[[ February 19, 2007 ]] |
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What's upper?
My
pick for VH-1's "The White Rapper" champ
is gonna be, John "King Of The Burbs" Brown!...
L.A. Lakers
guard
Kobe Bryant took home his second Most Valuable
Player Trophy at last Sunday's NBA All-Star game.
Bryant scored 31 points in the Western Conference's
153-132 victory...
Despite rumors that you may of heard over the weekend
regarding E-40 dying in a drive by shooting, he
is alive! Here is the statement released via E 40's:"Aye
this Watermelon man, to everyone who has love for me,
thank you so much for your concern, but I am alive and
well, no funk, no shoot out, no car accident... I LOVE
YALL! For those who want to see me down and are hating,
we will let God deal with ya'll"...
Check Out the Twamps and See
Why Seattle is on Tilt!
http://odeo.com/audio/8948323/view
powered by BREAKDOWN FM, THE
TWAMPS & ODEO
Mers from Dred I Movement, emcee Julie
C and B-Girl Chillz take us on a journey
through the gritty sounds of the Emerald City in a new
radio show they call the Twamps. Sleepless in
Seattle?-You're damn right.There's no way you can or
should sleep on the talent in this town. Everyone is
wide awake and making big time moves. If you sleep on
the artists in the Sea-Town you'll wake up regretting it
big time. Today's Seattle artists from Silent of the
Lambs to Common Market to Blue Scholars
to Choklate have firmly built upon the reputation
that nationally known pioneers like Sir Mix-a-lot
and Nasty Nes have laid down. Get set as Seattle
gears up for two big Hip Hop festivals this weekend (Feb
17-20). The town is definitely on fire.
One Luv,
Davey D
By
ATHIMA CHANSANCHAI
P-I REPORTER
Seattle,
you've paid your dues. From the I-D to the C-D to the
U-D, you started with mix tapes, battles, b-boying, b-girling,
tagging, scratching, back-spinning and cats that brought
each other up instead of beefing.
Now
you're on the verge of cresting, poised to break out
into the national consciousness and prove hip-hop isn't
dead, it's just, as Seattle's Blue Scholars said,
"malnourished and underfed."
This
city is ready to feed it, change it and recharge it with
its collective energy.
Northwest hip-hop might be thriving, but it's still
often overlooked by the mainstream media. There's no
shortage of places to see and hear it. And at the front
lines: young men and women who connect with their
communities, their elders and the ones coming up behind
them.
"The
world is ready for a breath of fresh air. It's ready for
authenticity and smart hip-hop," said Jace, a
Seattle
educator who is also an emcee with the Silent Lambs
Project, a hip-hop group. "We are the last frontier, the
Northwest."
Rainydawg.org
and
myspace.com/bgirl.
Indie
labels such as Mass Line Media and Sportn' Life Records
have sprung up to give artists a foot in the door.
Artists are teaming up for events such as Dope Emporium
(thanks to the Stranger, which has vigilantly covered
the local hip-hop scene). Recently, shows at Neumo's,
Chop Suey and the
University
of
Washington's
HUB auditorium attracted good-size crowds.
The
Northwest is energized with organizations that encourage
using hip-hop in education and for social justice
movements. These include the local chapter of the
non-profit Hip Hop Congress at Seattle University, led
by faculty adviser Dr. Mako Fitts, and 206 Zulu, the
Seattle
chapter of the international Zulu Nation.
Daniel "King Khazm" Kogita, Seattle chapter leader of
206 Zulu and its West Coast regional coordinator, is
trying to spread messages of unity and continuity
through his "Hip Hop 101" TV show and "Zulu Radio"
shows.
"Now
we have music that's mindless, that carries no meaning.
Zulu is trying to be guardians of this culture and make
this culture transcend our differences and seek unity in
our similarities," he said. "It's about integrity and
living hip-hop, not just doing it for the money, and to
do that we need to support independent and local
resources."
These
groups and other elements are trying to make an urban
arts coalition, called the Hip Hop Political Convention,
which can pull together all this energy and represent
Seattle, united under the banner of local hip-hop.
Meetings and workshops have pushed it forward, but
there's still a lot of work to do.
"Hip-hop is a very competitive sport," Jace said. "You
get a lot of battling and beefing, but we want to draw
strength from the collective."
One
way to empower the community is to bring young people
into hip-hop in a positive way.
Jen
Johnson with the Seattle Urban Debate League helped
organize a camp last summer that brought in kids to
learn how to use rap in debate. It's now a regular
program.
"A
lot of people who never debated before wanted to do it,"
she said. "The kids are also listening to the lyrics
closely, especially to artists around here who are
incredibly politically conscious. These underground cats
are working in the trenches and they challenge
mainstream hip-hop."
In
return, the artists are giving back by teaching the
kids.
"They're saying, 'We've worked really hard to open these
doors, we want you to walk through them,' " Johnson
said.
A
new kingdom
It's
been said that Sir Mix-a-Lot is the king of Seattle, and
you can debate that from here to the East Coast, but
without a doubt there are a whole mess of young'uns
ready to create a new kind of kingdom.
Besides Blue Scholars and Common Market, there are guys
such as D. Black, who grew up in a household of hip-hop
(parents were Emerald Street Boys and Emerald Street
Girls) and is now blazing on the Seattle-based Sportn'
Life Records label.
I
remember Daycamp Garfield to
Rainier
when trouble was my first love I was never scared
got my ass whooped for going to school with a gun
that's when I learned that trouble wasn't fun
-- D.
Black, "This is Why"
There
are producers such as Jake One and Vitamin D,
responsible for producing tracks from 50 Cent's G-Unit,
who have lured other big acts to Seattle.
And
though it will be an incomplete shout-out, let's not
forget Choklate, Saturday Knights, Asun, Rebelz, dRED.i,
Massive Monkees, Def Dyme, Laura "Piece" Kelley and
Alpha P.
There
are also artists such as Draze, a native Seattleite who
came up with a different kind of mix tape. He called it
mixtapemovies.com and it combined scenes from
"Trading Places" with his own original rap about how it
seemed to him -- in jest of course -- that Jay-Z was
living his life.
He
has a different perspective on the Seattle scene: "crabs
in the bucket mentality." When one crab tries to crawl
out, the others drag him back in. He wants to see more
unity.
The struggle continues
With
all that's going on locally, the question is who's
listening?
Local
hip-hop is barely scratched on the mainstream airwaves,
radio or television.
But
through other media, the sound pounds, relentless in its
energy and its determination to give hip-hop listeners
an alternative to booty-slapping, blinding bling and
utterly predictable playlists.
"Look, at the end of the day, we're here to play big hit
records. That's what the community wants," said Eric
Powers, KUBE's programming director.
"I'd
love to be playing more local music but we have to take
the research from the people. There's not a huge
appetite for it. A lot of mediums could be doing more.
For us to give up an hour and a half speaks volumes.
We're not against local music or else we wouldn't be
playing them."
Whatever breaks, the hope is that it'll spit true to its
Northwest roots, embrace the needs of the many versus
the one and reject any attempts to label it.
people of the current who ain't mainstream drowning
from east los to westlake with free flows
to underground punk shows
mosh pits with shamans and they shift forms
so many hats worn
and a torn mindstate
make music with higher stakes
refuse to assimilate
--
Gabriel Teodros, "No Label"
Congratulations to this years' GRAMMY winners in the RAP
catagory:
Best Rap Solo Performance
"What
You Know," T.I.
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
"Ridin',"
Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"My
Love," Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.
Best Rap Song "Money Maker," Christopher Bridges
& Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Ludacris
Featuring Pharrell)
Best Rap Album Release Therapy, Ludacris
GGGG-Unit!
Yes, G-Unit has opened a College Rap Radio
department & they hit me up to show our DJ's love. So I
need you to hit up Jeremy Bettis to get laced
online at:
jbettis@g-unitrecords.com or call him: (212)
359-3307. Tell Jeremy, Nasty-Nes & RAP ATTACK
sent ya'! Good lookin...
Chicago's,
Ch'rewd offices has moved. Here's their new
address:
Ch'rewd
200 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 505
Chicago,
IL
60601
Chop Dezol
f/
Sean Paul (Youngbloodz) "Pump It" (MCS
Entertainment) is pure FIYA! Log onto:
www.mcs-entertainment.com for more info...
Skull
&
Mighty Mystic are about to collaborate on their new
joint "Here To Stay" (YG Entertainment). This
track is BANANAS!!!!...
Nas
is no doubt the ish right now. His latest, "Where Are
They Now?" (Def Jam) features the following dope
remixes:
80'S REMIX:
MC SHAN, RAHEEM (FURIOUS FIVE), DOCTOR ICE (UTFO),
KANGOL (UTFO), KOOL MOE
DEE,
S
HA ROCK (FUNKY FOUR + 1), TITO (FEARLESS FOUR)
,GRANDMASTER CAZ (COLD CRUSH BROTHERS),
LINQUE (ISIS OF X CLAN), DANA DANE, PEBBLEE POO, JUST
ICE, AND SCRATCHES DONE BY
MIX MASTER ICE (UTFO)!
90'S REMIX:
REDHEAD KINGPIN, ROB BASE, THE ORIGINAL SPINDERELLA
(SALT
N PEPA),
FATHER MC, MONIE LOVE, MIKE G (JUNGLE BROS), EST ( 3X
DOPE), POSITIVE K,
DAS EFX, DO IT ALL (LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND), CHIP FU
(FU-SCHNICKENS),
DRES (BLACK SHEEP) AND SCRATCHES BY MIX MASTER ICE (UTFO)!
WEST COAST REMIX:
(PRODUCED
AND ARRANGED BY DJ BOBCAT!)
BREEZE, KAM, KING TEE, CANDYMAN, THREAT, ICE T, SIR
MIX-A-LOT,
CONSCIOUS DAUGHTERS!
Rap
Attack takes a "WHAT'S UPPER" look this week with:
Ernesto Acosta
(WODU-VA):
"What's up fam? To my fam in the north stay warm and get
out and enjoy that snow. I really would like to see some
snow here in VA, but that is not going to happen. Keep
the hits coming, and if you haven't peeped the Little
Brother & Mick Boogie tape yet make sure you
cop that. Good stuff. Also the J Dilla mix by
J Rocc off the Stonesthrow site. Both of
these joints are in steady rotation"...
Raw-B
(KUSF-CA):
"Big thanks to Motion Man for dropping by
Beatsauce this past Sunday night. The veteran Bay Area
MC has been ripping mics for years and his latest album
Pablito's Way does not dissappoint. Dude broke
down the process of collaborating with Too Short,
Kool Keith, and Gift Of Gab and he made sure
to melt our mics while freestyling. Don't sleep on
dude...check out http://www.threshrecs.com...
Kiz-One
(KKFI-MO):
"I’m going on tour with Big Daddy Kane from 21st
of February to the 28th. I’ll be in
Atlanta,
New
Orleans,
Huston, and Austin supporting MC Reach. Reach won
the Scion next up competition and he gets to open
up for big daddy kane, and I’ll be spin’n for it So if
you happen to be in the area hit a brother up so we can
network. For more info you can hit up http://www.scion.com/livemetro
You have to RSVP these events. If anybody can be so nice
to maybe hook up some interviews while we are there
please hit me up at
KIZONE@gmail.com and get’er done"...
Damian Rodriguez
(KGNU-CO):
"Any of you heading out to the Core dj’s retreat
by chance? I’m putting together $$$ to head out to
Miami, holla if any of you will be out that way. I’ll be
working on a new mix cd project for march, & will be
looking for a good guest
host"...
Edgie Kokoski
(WUNH-NH):
"I’m not exaggerating when I say I’m nauseated by the
new Mistah Fab song “Ghost Ride It”. Aside from
the horrific rework of Ray Parker Junior’s
hit “Ghostbusters”, the song encourages the dangerous
and deadly practice of ghost riding. It wasn’t bad
enough that artists dropped records encouraging
violence, drug dealing, and misogyny, now they have to
encourage them to ride on top of moving vehicles with no
one behind the wheel. What will be the big hit 6 months
from now? A song telling kids to commit suicide? Spread
A.I.D.S? Join the Taliban? Vote for Hillary
Clinton?"...
John
"DJ DePen" McCarthy (WUSR-PA): "My
name is Dj DePen, and I’m a DJ and the Urban Director
at WUSR Scranton, the college radio station for the
University of Scranton. I’ve had a passion for
Underground Hip Hop for just under a decade. This is
only my first year as the Urban Director, and I’m
putting the “dire” back in the title because we are in
dire need of more music. The station used spin monthly
promo’s from any flavor of the month mainstream artist.
I helped initiate a station-wide policy to eliminate a
wide majority of top 40 mainstream artists. But since I
dropped the guillotine on years of tracks, I’m in a need
of music.
Artists underground and independent that support a
positive movement for Hip-Hop I want to play; I need to
play. WUSR Scranton holds the main listening audience
for the
Scranton
area, and I would love nothing more but to give the
airwaves to the new artists.
My mailing address is:
WUSR 99.5 FM (Dj DePen)
c/o The
University
Of Scranton
800
Linden
St
Scranton,
PA 18510
I
encourage radio friendly music. If not, please indicate
what is dirty so I might clean albums up accordingly.
Also, if you want to send MP3’s my way, please e-mail
them to me at:
mccarthyj3@scranton.edu
To contact me, you may e-mail me at the address at:
mccarthyj3@scranton.edu
You
can Instant Message me on AIM at “DePen The Adept” or
befriend me
www.myspace.com/depen.
My office hours are from 12:45-2:45 pm (EST) where you
may reach me at (570) 941-7648 ex. 6 & simply leave me
a voicemail.
My
radio show broadcasts every Monday night, from
6-8pm
(EST) on the frequency 99.5 FM and it also streams live
through Real Player and Windows Media at:
www.wusrfm.com...
Dex Digital
(KUCR-CA):
"Just wanted to update you with my correct address to
service vinyl & cd's to:
KUCR Radio attn: Dex Digital
691 W
Linden
Dr
Riverside,
CA 92507
Attention Record Label heads. This DJ NO LONGER
reports to RAP ATTACK. Please remove him
from your RAP ATTACK list:
MIXX 96.1 - Brian Rush aka DJ Flex
7414 Cornelia Avenue
Cincinnati,
Ohio
45216
Email:
rush12auto@hotmail.com
513. 266-1139
Dundee
(KBLA-CA):
"Please let the labels know that we are a cd only
station"...
Here
is our address for 2007 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
SHOUT OUT TIZIME:
Happy
Birthday this week to Jason-D (RadioBoise.Org)
celebrating this Wednesday, February 21st!...
PEACE, LOVE & HIP-HOP UNITY (God Bless & Isa Mahal),
Nasty-Nes
http://www.myspace.com/nastynes
http://www.myspace.com/rapattacklives
(Pinoy
Pride4Life
/ John 3:16) |
