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HE IS MIGHTY
Chillin' in sunny
Cali' are (l-r): Nasty-Nes & Mighty
Mystic. |
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LIVE365.COM RAP
ATTACK
welcomes to our
DJ & CONFERENCE CALL PANEL,
Vernassa Fields from, "SPYN CYCAL." |
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GETTIN' HYPHY
Keepin' It West
Coast are (l-r): E-40 & Skull! |
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[[ March 27, 2007 ]] |
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What's
upper? This years "URBAN NETWORK"
Conference in
Newport Beach,
CA was off tha hook! A lot of good quality heads in the
house. The panels were good but NO ONE mentioned the
importance of COLLEGE RAP RADIO. So yours
truly had to make it known to everyone that COLLEGE
RAP RADIO is a very important outlet especially for
independent labels to get their music heard first!
RAP ATTACK was in the house & stood up for
every DJ on our RAPATTACKLIVES.COM panel!
The poolside event was crazy sponsored by Omni
Entertainment. Heads got a chance to see for the
first time both Skull & Mighty Mystic (see
photos above) perform live on the same stage
their new collabo single "Here To Stay" droppin' in 2
weeks. Great weekend & thanks to all who came thru...
Thanks to Chop Dezol (MCS Ent.) for
spending time with our RAP ATTACK CONFERENCE CALL
PANEL last Thursday. Reppin' South Carolina, you
can peep his page out at:
www.MySpace.com/ChopDezol. We also want to
welcome to our DJ & CONFERENCE CALL
PANEL, Vernassa Fields (see photo above). She
is gonna be a great asset to RAP ATTACK. She's
been down with Hip-Hop since 1979. You can peep her out
at: www.Live365.com
& go to "SPYN CYCAL." Labels & DJ's, add her
to your files & mailing list. Here's her info:
SPYN CYCAL RADIO (Live365.com) - Vernassa Fields
10
Cabot Road, Suite 302
Medford,
MA
02155
617. 605. 2771
Email:
vernassafields@spyncycal.com
MP3 Email:
SpynCycalRaydio@spyncycal.com
SUSPENS IS AVAILABLE TO DO PHONE INTERVIEWS!!!
Get "up-close & personal" with the dynamic, lyrical
PhiLLy MC "SUSPENS" talkin about...
*his
move to Florida !
*his
pressing and distribution deal with Ramhaus Records
/
Navarre
!
*his
album “Frum Da Mussl” which will be in stores June 26,
2007 !
Please contact MiiMii to set-up an ON-AIR PHONE
INTERVIEW with SUSPENS at:
miimii@suspensrecording.com or call
1.215.3173825...
"GET-A-BAR"
an online sight goes one on one with RAP ATTACK's
own Truly OdD:
DJ
Truly Odd you are truly one of the most revered DJs on
the West Coast. Tell everybody how long you have been in
the game?
Truly: I started DJ’ing in the 80's and doing' my
thing around northern
California where I grew up. I left to go to school in
San
Diego
and kept DJing to make some money. The whole time I was
making beats, rapping, djing...etc. but after I finished
school I knew I had to leave San Diego if I wanted to
pursue the music business. I left for Los Angeles with
DJ Jam (Snoop Dogs DJ) who I was friends with from djing
in San Diego and started getting connections and DJing
parties...the whole time I was really trying to put out
records and make some $. I always knew I wanted to be in
the hip hop game....and just kept doing whatever I
could.
You have been one of the few DJs that have been able to
be a Tour DJ, Mixshow DJ and Mixtape DJ. How do you
balance all those things?
Truly: DJ has just been my foundation for me in the
music business...but I wanted to be producing and
putting out records. I’ve been DJing for a minute, doing
clubs and events and stuff that it kept me active in the
scene. People knew me as a DJ. I wanted to get my music
heard so I figured that if I could get on a radio
station...I could play my own records. I eventually met
people and knew this guy who had a radio show at USC
(University of So Cal.) who didn't have a DJ...so I
asked if I could DJ on his show and he was down. That’s
where I really started meeting people in the business
(artists, label reps, etc...). That’s when people really
started to notice me in the business. I knew all the DJ
guys around and became friends with DJ Babu and J.Rocc
of the Beat Junkies who were just starting to get into
the scene too. I soon met artists that wanted me to go
around and DJ for them when they performed. (Defari,
Everlast). Everlast was getting a band together and
asked me to join....I was with it and ended up leaving
the radio station and touring for 3 years. After
Everlast fell off....I went back to working with my
homies (like Krondon who I had put out a single with
right before leaving on tour). Nick & Eric V. (Baka
Boys) always showed love playing our song. They ended up
leaving Los Angeles and passed their show down to Mr.
Choc and C-Minus who used to DJ the second half of
"Friday Night Flavas". J.Rocc was doing guest spots on
the show...and we all talked and decided to form a crew
called "Fantastik 4our" and keep the legacy of the "Flavas"
show happening.
What artists have you toured with on the road?
TRULY: I’ve done a lot of spot date shows with a bunch
of artist but the first artist I started traveling
around and DJing for was Defari (that’s my homie...big
up Herut!) I was putting out records and DJing with
Krondon, performing around...I remember doing our first
show at Unity (R.I.P Bigga B). Everlast split with House
of Pain and was forming a HipHop/Rock band and I was
asked to audition. I was the first to audition and was
hired right then. We toured 3 years. but now....I’m back
to the real shit....I’m the DJ for the Strong Arm Steady
Gang (Krondon, Phil The Agony, Mitchy Slick...) plus I
got other groups I perform with now (Krown Kings, Young
Brandoe, Koolwon and Headrush).
How did you hook up with Will Blast?
TRULY: Blast and I have been in the business and homies
for years now....we go back to pre Strong Arm Steady
days. When I was touring, he started up with the Strong
Arm Steady guys and started putting out mixtapes. I
finished the tours and came back and started working
with Krondon and Steady again. Blast was always repping
the West Coast shit and I done some stuff too ( an all
West Coast show on Power106 with Fuzzy a few years
earlier called "Curb Servin"). We decided to showcase
the West Coast movement and focus on the artists out
here that weren't seeing' any shine. At the time nobody
was putting West Coast artists on their mixtapes....everybody
was following what the East Coast DJ's were playing
(Jay-Z, Lil Kim, etc...). Blast was all about the west
coast...and I saw what he was doing and I felt the need
for it in this market, so we ended up collaborating on
some stuff.
I have heard that the Great Western Forum is doing a
Radio Show thru Larceny Ent for themixtapeshow.net. How
did that come about?
TRULY: We are...we finally got a chance to shoot some of
this fire music and flavor of what we do out here. We
got that banging, hardcore gangster shit. We’re reppin
the West Coast and that’s it. Larceny been doing that
too. I've been doing radio for years, and Blast has been
hosting mixtapes, etc....so it was easy for us to take
what we were doing and put it in a radio format. Larceny
built an outlet that we wanted to be down with. They
been handling business in the industry for a
while....music, artists, radio, DVDs...all that. It was
a blessing for us to hook up with them and create a
team. We all just came together and created something
cracking for Los Angeles.
You are a member of several different crews run those
down for us.
TRULY: No doubt, I’m down with the Strong Arm Steady
Gang (Krondon, Phil the Agony, Mitchy Slick & Xzibit).
The Shadyville DJ's (www.Shadyville.biz). The Krown
Kings are the new fire I’ve been working with....a
couple of artists that've been blowing up the mixtapes
and performances all around the West Coast. Young Brando
is another artist I’m recording with and have a bunch of
material getting ready to drop. Another couple artists
I’ve been finishing up material with are both out of San
Diego...Koolwon, a straight lyrical beast on the mic....and
another named Headrush, both have some real street music
that you'll be hearing real soon. Also, The Heavyweight
DJ’s....that’s my crew...my record pool, I’ve got about
50 DJ’s that network together and run the club scene
around Southern California and spin at all the hottest
spots. And Johnny Juice holding it down for Fat Beats.
You are also the only DJ in L A that is down with G
Unit's DJ Whoo Kid. Who did you link up with him?
TRULY: Yep....I’m down with Shadyville DJ’s....with the
hottest DJ’s from various markets around the world. I’m
the only Los Angeles representative, but there are
others in
San
Diego
and the bay too. Shadyville actually reached out to me.
They had hit me and a few other DJ’s from around the
country and overseas to get down with them to build a
network of DJ’s that were putting it down in the city.
They explained what would be happening and I was with
it. I also figured I might get access to some of Whoo
Kid's exposure and distribution knowledge on how he does
his mixtapes. He’s revolutionized the mixtape game and
I’m definitely down to learn some things. It’s also
helped a lot of us DJ’s to network and be up on the
music from everybody's market.
Seattle's
Gordon Curvey has openned up his, Music Inner
City Online Store at:
www.musicinnercity.com Gordon is also webcasting
two of his four shows that run on Comcast On-Demand
online too for online viewing. For more info on
getting your videos aired on his show & more, email
Gordon online at:
gcurvey@yahoo.com...
No
Luck Club 'Turntables on Bayou' (Expansion Team)
Based in
Vancouver,
Canada,
no luck club (NLC) is an instrumental Hip-Hop group
which combines turntable improvisation with sample-based
rhythms. Founded by the Chan Brothers (Matt &
Trevor from RAP ATTACK's CJSF), no
luck clubs beat-driven soundscapes have been compared to
the works of DJ Shadow, Kid Koala, Cut
Chemist, Coldcut and Handsome Boy
Modelling School.
The group started in 2000 when their mix CD and demo,
Newfangled Moments, resulted in a recording contract
with Dan the Automator's 75Ark Records.
NLCs debut album, Happiness, was originally scheduled
for an August 2001 release but unfortunately 75Ark
imploded that year. Fortunately, the project was rescued
by Ill Boogie Records and a revised version of
Happiness was released in September 2003 to wide
acclaim.
In late 2004,
Vancouver
DMC DJ champion, Paul Belen (Pluskratch)
joined the group to complement NLCs infectious live
show; a continuous, instrumental mix of music styles,
tempos and moods. As the groups rhythm section, Trevor
incorporates an arsenal of laptops and MIDI keyboards to
generate the grooves and to manipulate samples.
Meanwhile, Matt and Paul are the musical improvisers;
employing their turntablist skills and a variety of
instrument effects units to create lead lines,
additional rhythm and harmonies.
no luck clubs latest release, Prosperity (2007
Expansion Team), is a diverse, genre-smashing sonic
collage comprised of four musical suites. The album is
also the second chapter of a planned trilogy of
recordings inspired by the Chinese deities symbolizing
luck and good fortune. A self-proclaimed strange brew of
Hip-Hop, jazz-funk, scratching, tall tales and humour,
no luck club is an idiosyncratic project seeking a place
in todays progressive music culture...
UPDATE
ON SEATTLE'S DV ONE TRIAL
"Unfortunately, as often happens, the trial is not going
to start on Monday 3/19 as scheduled.
The prosecutor is in trial in a case that will last
through 3/21 at least. Then he has several other in
custody cases on that may get sent to trial before ours.
That means that we can't say for sure what date it will
actually start, and we probably won't know till the day
before. Which makes it challenging to organize a show of
support, I know.
When we finally know the firm date, we will email, call,
etc. to alert folks. It should be a 3-4 day trial so
most people should be able to find a time to drop in.
I love all of u for keeping us in your thoughts and
prayers," DV One...
Just
peeped out the all new DVD/CD of Run DMC "Live At
Montreux 2001" (Eagle Vision/Records). It was
like goin back down memory lane watching Run DMC & the
late Jam Master Jay back together on stage again.
Although certain parts was hard to watch as DMC's voice
isn't the same as of DMC from the 80's but beyond that,
their concert performance was hype! Straight up
turntables, no dat machines, no Serato, just
vinyl on the wheels & 3 mics! The dvd/cd features their
classics: "It's Like That," "It's Tricky," Sucker MC's,"
"King Of Rock," "Walk This Way," "Peter Piper," "Down
With The King," "Mary Mary" & more. I've been down with
Run DMC since they first dropped back in 1983 & I'm
still down with the group who by all means are the
"KINGS!." For more info, log onto:
www.eaglerockent.com...
Keepitclassic.com
just
dropped their Volume 8 CD for Spring 2007 and is hosted
by Rawkus Records Allstars, The Procussions,
Kidz In The Hall & Panacea. You can
download the full CD and tracklisting here at:
http://site.keepitclassic.com/kic-vol8.zip...
Rap
Attack takes a "WHAT'S UPPER" look this week with:
DJ
Stage-One from MN's KMOJ has a new email
address. Please update your files. Here's his email
address:
Mrdjstageone@Aol.com...
DJ
LoKash (WNHU-CT): "Hey y'all... we are in the
midst of our annual phone-a-thon trying to raise money
for our yearly budget. I have been at the station for
almost 20 hours straight at this point, so I'm thinking
it's time for me to leave and maybe eat something... We
are no longer supported by the student government here
at school, so whatever money we take in from this
fund-raiser is what we have to work with for the year.
If I haven't already, I will be calling you up to see if
there are any extra promo materials that you would be
able to send my way that we could give to the people who
make pledges... It's going to be lasting another week so
anything that you would be able to send my way would be
appreciated"...
Jason-D
(RadioBoise.Org):
"When I was at the Consumer Electronic Show in January,
I spent some time in the Pioneer Pro DJ booth
watching Roonie G (Las Vegas) tear it up on the
Pioneer DVJ's (dvd players, like the cdj's). He
was cutting up music videos, movie clips, and video
drops that he had gotten from artists (see example at
http://www.roonietunes.com/Video.html). I had
seen it the year before and was equally impressed. I
spoke to Roonie at that time and he said it was about
$10k in equipment to get started and a subscription to
promo only to get videos. While the idea is incredible,
I don't have the $10k to play around with and most of
the videos were commercial joints. The other impressive
use of this was mix dvd's in the car audio section. At
CES they have a ton of show cars with dozens of
video screens and high end audio systems. Many of them
were playing mix dvds instead of the usual mix cds. Very
impressive.
Meanwhile, Serato is currently on a 1.7 release.
1.8 will include the management of video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VA5beTs8LM&NR).
Not much information is available but I can speculate. I
use itunes today to manage my music library in
Serato. In theory, if you can load the video into itunes,
you could potentially mix it in Serato. With a lot of
the underground cats (ex. Termanology,
Evidence, Skillz, etc) releasing underground
videos on youtube, the potential to do an underground
video mix show on the internet seems right around the
corner. Anybody doing this today? Looks like Serato has
the potential to take a huge chunk of the cost out from
how it's done now. Might be time to start asking about
video servicing"...
Adam
L
(WMHB-ME):
"Make sure you check us out on iTunes now--head
to radio, click on either "alternative" or "eclectic,"
and select WMHB! Also, as always, weekly
playlists are posted at
www.wmhbhiphop.blogspot.com... Peace"...
Kazzeo
(KHDC-CA):
"So this week we found out that Rah Digga has
left Flipmode. I think I’m not alone when I say
“Who cares”? Seriously, shouldn’t Flipmode be more
concerned about keeping Busta out of court rather
than if Rah Digga is still part of the team?
I am part of the big the movement to keep Sanjaya
on American Idol. This guy absolutely sucks! He can’t
sing to save his life but damn, how funny would it be if
he won? The show is such a joke that him winning would
be the absolute icing on the cake. Make sure to visit
www.votefortheworst.com Speaking of Sanjaya, his
sister is smokin’ hot"...
Edgie
Kokoski
(WUNH-NH):
"I was driving behind a car today that had a bumper
sticker that read “My Brother Is A Marine!”. Good
for you. That doesn’t make you less of a douche bag. How
do I know the guy is a douche bag? The sticker on his
bumper.
If
you enjoy seeing people be cut to ribbons, I highly
suggest taking in “300”. I was thoroughly
impressed with the film from start to finish, but it did
have a little too much “Dude-ity”. For those of you not
up on cutting edge slang, that’s “male nudity”.
What
really churned my stomach though was the preview for
“Ocean’s 13”. Enough is enough. Someone needs to get
their ass beat over this.
Mobb
Deep’s new “Infamous Archives” double CD does
offer a few rare gems (most of which I pirated off of
Napster back in the day, thank you Shawn Fanning!),
but otherwise, it’s about as hot as the foot of snow
sitting in my front yard. I’d skip it…
Enjoying the Young Jeezy/R. Kelly collabo “Go
Getta” is like eating a tube of frosting. You can’t
look at yourself in the mirror for a week afterward, but
somehow you don’t regret it either"...
DJ
S.A.
(KHQT-New Mexico): "I know its been a minute, but
things got shady at the station, so I have moved back to
KRUX 91.5 FM at New Mexico State University.
Sorry its been so long, it took a while to get things
situated, but Im Back!!! Thanks for your patience in
bearing with me.Peace and God Bless"...
Dan
Shores
(WHRW-NY):
"Here's my new cell number to reach me at. Please update
your files:
New cell: 607 372 3395"...
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
nastynes1@aol.com
SHOUT
OUT TIZIME:
Happy
Birthday this week to Jay Force (WRFG-Atlanta)
and to Charlie Gambetta (Jambetta Music)
both celebrating this Friday, March 30th!...
To my
peeps I ran into at the Urban Network Conference
too many to mention but here's who I remembered
to shout out: Skull, Mighty Mystic, K-Sly, Morgan
Carey, Nick Huff, Rockbarry Benson, Roddy Rod, Sir Jinx,
Neil Levine, Al Franklyn, Steve Pina, Them People,
Original Sin, Chris Roker, Troy Marshall, Brannon
Scales, Life Allah, ET, Macaroni, Jerry Boulding, Joanne
Gamalinda, Dave Mitchell, Marv Mack, Kevin Flemming,
Twala Sharp, Spinderrela, Mona Lisa, Kermit Crokette,
George Daniels, Dundee, Big Wes, Medusa, Violet Brown,
Mar & Aaron Mellion, A Scott Galloway & to Urban
Networks' own, Miller London!...
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) |
