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A NASTY FLASHBACK
(l-r):
Nasty-Nes, GrandMaster Flash &
Kurtis Blow. |
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[[ May 7, 2007 ]] |
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What's
upper?
Floyd
Mayweather Jr.
couldn't win over the crowd, or even his own father. All
he could win was the only thing that really counted
Saturday night, his fight against Oscar De La Hoya.
Boxing's bad boy beat the Golden Boy in one of the
richest fights ever, using his superb defensive skills
and superior speed to take a 12-round split decision and
win the WBC 154-pound title in his first fight at
that weight. Rematch?
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Our
dawg, Kirk Hamm aka The DJ KL has just
produced this new Party Break track which can be heard
on Digiwaxx. This track is HOT! .
Artist: EturnaL Heat
Song: Eturnal Glamorous Boogie
Produced By: The DJ KL & DJ Emagine
Contact:
thedjkl@gmail.com
Website:
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Planet Asia's
"Havin' Thangs" is on MTVU now & here's what
several ballers in the industry are saying bout PA:
Bun-B : UGK
“The West Coast Rap Revolution has officially begun.
And Planet Asia is at the steering wheel!
DJ Muggs (Angeles Records)
“Planet Asia is one of the rawest talents in the rap
game and still unspoiled by the industry and any of it’s
bullshit agenda. Rap for the love of the art. I look
forward to every chance I get to work with the brother.”
Will.I.Am (Black Eyed Peas)
“[Planet Asia is] one of the illest….
WANT
TO BE ON THE FOLLOWING CD ???? KEEPITCLASSIC.COM -
UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP COMPILATION VOL. 9 "Summer 2007"
Are
now accepting submissions for Volume 9 of the
Mixtape.com/Keepitclassic.com Underground Hip-Hop
compilation CD Deadline is May 18th or Until CD is
filled. 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
*45
Second snippet or one verse of the song to be streamed
on Keepitclassic.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 Keepitclassic.com, and at various
hip-hop events.
*Each
artist on the CD will get 100 personal copies to give
out themselves. (Freestyle submissions only get 50
copies of the CD)
This
CD will be serviced digitally to all the
RapAttackLives.com reporters/DJ's who rep College Rap
Radio, Internet & Satellite Hip-Hop shows & exclusive
MixTape DJs
Once
they review and accept the track the artist submitted
for the CD. The artist must give $200 which goes towards
the cost of pressing, promoting, & shipping the CD's.
This is a non-profit CD and none of the funds recieved
from the artists goes into our own pockets. Also, this
CD is not a Mixtape. It is a compilation Album and You
get everything listed above for your $200 donation
towards the CDs production.
If $200 is a little too high for you at the moment, they
are offering Freestyle spots on the CD for $100.
Freestyles must be under 2 minutes. They will not accept
any freestyle that clocks over 2 minutes. Freestyles
must be recorded professionally and you may use any beat
you like, but they recommend something that you produced
yourself. If you can, Mention Keepitclassic.com in the
freestyle you submit to them. And if they do not pick
your freestyle, do not take it personally, it only means
that it didn't fit their CD's format.
I recommend that artists go to Keepitclassic.com and
listen to snippets of the songs we have on our volume 8
CD, So they know the type of flavor we look for on our
CDs.
Email
tracks to
info@keepitclassic.com
Track must be approved before they accept your payment.
Payments and tracks are due by May 18th 2007
Payments are accepted through paypal.com or money order.
THE
CD WILL FEATURE ON KEEPITCLASSIC.COM July 2007 - August
2007.
THE CD WILL ALSO BE GIVEN AWAY WITH ALL ORDERS PLACED ON
KEEPITCLASSIC.COM"...
WHAT
IS LATIN HIP-HOP?
Written by: Heist
www.Perrealo.com
www.myspace.com/heistness
perrealo@gmail.com
Si No Sabias, Nao Yu No!
"There seems to be a huge confusion about what Latin Hip
Hop is! We are faced with not understanding the music,
which is fast becoming the next Genre to come into its
own within the Latin market. The question is do we
consider an artist who is Spanish a Latin Hip Hop artist
just because of their country of origin? The
misconception is great when it comes to this particular
topic, not only is it a touchy one but also a little
difficult to really remark on. The reason its difficult
is because for many years no one really looked at
Latinos as major players within the Hip Hop community so
we had to go on and do our own thing so as to have a
part in the Music itself. When it comes down to the
elements of Hip Hop we Hispanics have played a huge part
in many of them, and sometimes actually making it our
own and Latinos being recognized as pioneers a few.
A great example is the Rock Steady Crew, a troop of
Break Dancers that emerged within the Hip Hop community
in 1977 and started by Joseph Torres, which was of
Puerto Rican descent. The fact that we had a big part of
the Graffiti movement and popularity during the 70's
also proves we were involved way back when Hip Hop was
still at its infancy. During the early 80's we had
producers that were deeply rooted within the rising
genre and of course we had what some would consider our
forefathers of Latin Hip Hop starting out their
fledgling careers. Hip Hop is not only music, but a
culture within itself, and one that has no particular
color or race involved within it. If we only look at
sales and those who buy the music we will come to see
that we have come a long way from where it all started
and it has grown to be accepted by everyone through out
the world.
As the music has gained acceptance so should those
involved in the industry from both the English and
Spanish side alike. We Latinos have been making Hip Hop
music since day one, be it producing, dancing, rapping,
singing or Dj'ing we have always had a part in Hip Hop.
Now the whole thing is what part and how can we
determine where we belong? All in all we just straight
up belong within the culture, no ifs and or buts about
it! Now it's only about recognizing what we have to
offer and properly assessing how to manage and market
it. As we move into a New era where we will have Latin
artist’s making Hip Hop music in Spanish and having the
world as their stage we truly need to learn from our
past mistakes and correct them so we can rightfully gain
the spot we have so long fought to have. We have Hip Hop
artists in our community and we have Latin Hip Hop
artists as well.
To differentiate we only need hear what they are saying,
in all reality it's that simple! Hip Hop is Hip Hop no
matter what Language it's in, so you can't really say
the artists are different. The only thing different is
the language they rap in. Now where it becomes a little
tricky is when you have a Spanish artist and he/she raps
in Spanish or English or even more confusing when you
have a non-Hispanic rapping or singing in Spanish, how
would you classify them? We all have our own opinions on
this and none of us are wrong but when you sit down and
analyze it you can only have one real answer. If you rap
in English no matter your origin it's just Hip Hop but
when you rap in Spanish you now have Latin Hip Hop even
if you're a black artist doing it. It's that simple!
What we need to grasp is that we aren't inventing
something new, or reinventing the wheel here! We are
just making music we Love for our own people and others
who will appreciate it. We are singing or rapping in our
own Language and adding our own rhythms to the Beats
that we are all accustomed to and have been listening to
for over two decades. So why do we not know how to
market this? Because the record labels don't pay close
enough attention to the origins to understand that the
same methods will work if put into use in our own
markets. Just change them to work for us and we will be
fine. Consumers know what they like and will buy it if
it's out there, but if you don't provide the product it
will not be purchased. So make it accessible and you
will have success. Radio, Record Labels, Marketing
companies need to give it a chance and it will work,
just don't sit there and wait for the next Daddy Yankee
because it will NOT happen. If we take this by the horns
and make it work not only will we have a solid genre we
will not have a FAD! What we have done so many times is
gotten in late and allowed the American Market to come
in and take it away from us and turn it into a Fad that
fades away just as fast as it came in. So let's do this
right this time and lets take control of it, so we too
can have a genre that generates Billions of dollars a
yr, we are the largest minority in the , why can't we
have the biggest selling albums too?"...
Be
the first to peep out Skull's new 3-D/animated
video for "Boom Di Boom di" here:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=
vids.individual&videoid=2025458205...
Top
10 Worst of the Best MCs of All Time
by
Brian Gaffey aka DJ BRI-G
BGaffey187@aol.com
www.myspace.com/djbrig
I
know I'm gonna catch some hate for this list. Over the
years there have been several rappers who, either
through great beat selection or crossover popularity
have gotten way too much credit. Below is the list of
the Top 10 Worst Famous Rappers of All Time. While there
may be worse rappers than the guys on this list, they
aren't nearly the stars that these MCs are. Think of
this as the worst of the best.
Greg Nice
Hands down, Greg Nice is the worst famous rapper of all
time. While Smooth B isn't exactly Rakim either, he
pretty much held down the lyrical side of Nice & Smooth.
Greg Nice might have some of the worst rhymes in the
history of rap music. "Greg Nice, Greg N-I-C-E, Droppin
dem basso ah oui oui, Rock for a fee not for free, Maybe
I'll do it for charity, Now my employer or my employee,
Is makin Greg N-I-C-E very M-A-D." Nobody's ever
listened to a Greg Nice verse and said to themselves,
"Damn, Greg be spittin some straight heat!!".
Mike Jones
If Greg Nice is the #1, Mike Jones is #1B. I don't know
anybody who's been able to rock a cheesy gimmick for
longer except Gilligan. Mike Jones sounds like a rapping
muppet with the same lyrical ability of my 7 year old
cousin. You should not be allowed to say your name 30
times and call it a record. Who? I don't fucking care.
Guru
Guru
is the classic example of how great production and a
great voice can make up for a lack of lyrical ability.
Guru has spit some of the wackest verses over some of
the most classic beats ever. You understand how truly
wack Guru is when he’s on his own, away from the safety
net that is DJ Premier. For proof, check out any one of
the 39 Jazzmatazz albums. Can you honestly imagine if
Premier partnered with a top level rapper to form
Gangstar instead of carrying Guru for 15 years. While
obviously Gangstar material is still classic Hip Hop to
the highest level, could you imagine if he had partnered
with a guy like say Kool G Rap?
Diddy
Do me
a favor and go back and listen to No Way Out and I dare
you to get through one Puff verse without cringing.
Puff’s so bad that even with other people writing his
shit for him, it comes out terrible. His newest album
would be a classic just based on the production and the
melodies. One problem: Puff’s flow is atrocious.
Noreaga
We
can’t bring up the Noreaga from the classic album War
Report, when Tragedy Khadafi and Capone were writing his
lyrics. When we can bring up the days since then, when
he became N.O.R.E., he’s had some of the classic worst
lines in rap history. “I get head and I don’t even iron
my pants.” “I only rock jord-ons, I can’t stand pip-ons.”
“You a frizzeak always see you in the strizzeet, walkin
walkin til you get widdeak”. Nore’s swagger and flow
have definitely allowed him to maintain a steady career
thoughout the years and when you mix that in with some
classic production from the likes of the Neptunes and
Marley Marl, you get a rap superstar.
Baby
CEO’s
shouldn’t rap, even if they’re CEO’s in the rap
industry. I don’t think Bill Gates goes down to the
factory and helps package up copies of Office 2007 and
Baby shouldn’t pick up the mic. We know your rich, you
got diamonds in your mouth, and you drive nice cars.
Thanks. I don’t need to hear an entire album where you
repeat those 3 facts over 16 tracks.
Pharrell
Another case of a producer who thinks he can rap. All
too often producers feel that they need to crack the mic,
and the results are often horrendous. While Manny Fresh
might be the worst producer/rapper, he doesn't have
nearly the profile that Pharrell has. I understood who
truly bad Pharrell was as a rapper when I listened to
him ruin some classic beats on his mixtape, This guy
took some of the greatest beats of all time and spit
some of the worst nursery rhyme, cat in the hat, bars in
history. The thing about bad rappers is that they run
out of content quickly and Pharrell falls right into
that realm. You get real sick of hearing about clothes,
sneakers, and skateboards real quick, especially from a
guy who's not lyrical enough to flip it in different
ways.
Erick Sermon
The E-R-I-C-K is a great producer, he's a terrible
rapper. He might have carried EPMD on the beat side of
things, but when it came to picking up the mic, E.
Sermon spit a lot of utter doo doo.
Juelz Santana
Cam'ron is a good rapper who doesn't try and ends up
spittin' some terrible shit. Juelz is a bad rapper who
doesn't try and ends up spittin' some terrible shit.
Juelz is very lucky to be affiliated with Dipset and
have solid business people overlooking his career
otherwise he'd be hanging out with the Jae Mills and
Graft of overhyped New York rappers.
U-God
Wu Tang consists of 9 members and 47 other guys who
happen to randomly show up on their albums. In the Wu
Tang hierarchy of lyrical ability, U-God is somewhere
behind Killa-army. U-God's had one memorable verse in
the dozen years of Wu Tang existence. One verse on
Triumph, that's it.
NC's
Ethemadassassin is back with "Walk My Shoes!"
Some of you may remember him from last years, "ROCK THE
BEAT VOL. 2" banger, "Try So Hard." You can download his
new mixtape here:
http://download.yousendit.com/79B1E794093397D9 .
You can hit up Ethemadassassin too for radio drops,
freestyles, phoners, etc. at:
HASSASSIN1@YAHOO.COM...
Now
you can see RAP ATTACK's own DJ 3rd
Rail doin' what he does best at:
www.YouTube.com
then type in "DJ 3rd Rail." This Chicago Hip-Hop
pioneer can be seen in various YOU TUBE videos goin' off
on the 1s & 2s, to seeing 3rd Rail in action as a
Guardian Angel, to 3rd rail live at Times Square on New
years Eve!...
Public Enemy
has
been added to the all-star line up of artist performing
at this years' "Rock the Bells" Hip-Hop festival
scheduled for August 11th in San Bernardino, CA.. The
festival, at the National Orange Show Events Center will
also feature Cypress Hill, the Roots,
Mos Def, EPMD, the Coup, MF DOOM,
Jedi Mind Trick, Murs and Sage Francis.
The festival will also hit Randall's
Island
in New York City
on July 28th and McCovey's Parking Lot in
San
Francisco on August 18th. The San Francisco show will
have Nas headlining and he will join Wu Tang
on 15 more "Rock the Bells" dates in other cities to
be announced soon. In response to the 20-minute sell-out
of the previously announced Saturday, July 28 Randall’s
Island/New York City date, Guerilla Union in
conjunction with Live Nation have revealed they
will add a second ROCK THE BELLS festival show at the
venue for Sunday, July 29. Confirmed artists for both
NYC-area shows are headliners Rage Against The
Machine, The Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill and many
more. This second Randall’s Island/New York City show
now marks one of five opportunities where fans can
experience the highly anticipated return of Rage Against
The Machine which includes Coachella and other
Rock The Bells shows: Saturday, August 11 at the NOS
Events Center in San Bernardino, CA and Saturday, August
18 at McCovey Cove Parking Lot in San Francisco, CA.
Tickets for ROCK THE BELLS Sunday, July 29 at Randall’s
Island go on sale Friday, May 4 at 10:00 am via
Ticketmaster...
Rap
Attack takes a "WHAT'S UPPER" look this week with:
Meddafore
(Mixtape/PA
& FL): "I'll be home for the summer so record labels
please use this address for the summer '07:"...:
Meddafore
117
Washington Avenue
Ephrata,
PA
17522
Nesto
(WODU-VA): "What
up, What up?? Looks like we have 2 Virginia Tech tribute
songs out now. A Hip-Hop cut and an R&B cut. Good to see
artist getting behind the students. That's a good look.
So yeah I started riding my bicycle to work (8 miles
round trip), and my big ass is struggling... haha..
WOW.. keep yourself in shape. If I can keep this up I
should be a lot smaller by the end of the summer. I
think I can do it.
Big up to Jess @ Spectre, Big Lee,
Nasty Nes, Papa D, Malachi @ ABB,
Kate, Sean @ Koch nd all of the
promoters out there that bless us weekly with the beats
and rhymes. You are just as much as part of this
movement to keep Hip-Hive and well as we the DJs are..
Big ups to you all...
Please keep all MP3s coming to
INTHECRATES@GMAIL.COM...
Anilast
aka Stuart de la Rosa (KSMT-CO): "Word up
people, a lot exciting thangs are happen around these
parts. 1st of all I got kicked out of a local
ski resort cause I was Djing a snowboard competition and
I played Gin & Juice along with Nelly’s
country grammar song and some moms found it offensive.
Old people really don’t under stand this Hip-Hang. Next
I became a home owner this past Monday. That’s right
people I own a home in KeyStone!!! I am almost a full
time balla. 45 crates of records later and a 100 gallon
fish tank I am through moving the big shit, moving sucks
by the way! I have some feedback for some of you so hold
tight cause Once I am all set up at the new house I will
be destroying a lot more Hip-H my path. Holla at you boy
and let me know whats good……….D.I.T.C For LIfe"...
Damian Rodriguez
(KGNU-CO):"Nas
was a
great show last week. Hip-Hn’t dead. Summer madness
approaches & I only hope this year’s summer concerts
wont be lame.
Ghetto highlight of the week:
A friend met someone on Myspace & made the outta state
journey to see him. Long story short, it didn’t work
out. He turned out to be a hermit & computer nerd. Not
as outgoing as the profile suggested. Lots more of
disappointments, but that about sums it up
Moral:You’re
ghetto when you don’t bring the cousin/friend as backup
when PLAN A don’t work out.
Ghetto highlight #2:
Love the flea market (swap meet), find all kinds of neat
stuff there, including people selling off brand
shoes….with scuff marks…worn soles…& free smells.
Moral:You’re
ghetto when you try to sell used sneaker shoes at the
flea market. Bonus was the kitchen sink that I saw for
sale also"...
Raw-B
(KUSF-SF):
"What up! Although we were unable to connect with
Pharoah Monche while he was in the city performing,
we still paid tribute to one of the greatest MCs in the
game. Click on this link to listen:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/dj-raw-bs-tribute-to-pharoah_organi-mp3.html
Kazzeo
(KHDC-CA):
"It's really a sad time when you can't even go to school
without having to worry about some fucking lunatic
coming in and massacaring people. What is wrong with
people?
I invite you all to stop by and join.
http://kazzeosworld.proboards70.com/index.cgi
First things first. Happy belated B-day to Nasty Nes.
I hear he's finally old enough to stay up past 10pm on a
school night. Congratulations.
In light of his retarded remarks regarding cooperating
with the police on 60 Minutes, I can't wait for the day
that Cam'ron is the victim of a serious crime
that requires him to ask the public to help with police
efforts to solve it. This guy has absolutely no common
sense and is just a sheep following this stupid "stop
snitching" code. Call me a sellout or a snitch all you
want. If I say a crime committed, I'm calling the cops.
The same way I would feel violated if a crime was
committed towards me, that's the same way others would
feel. And that's not a good feeling.
Once again Young Buck is in trouble. This time
from being involved in a shooting at a hotel after party
that began, apparently due to a chain snatching
incident. I think this dude needs to stay away from
necklaces.
This is why the NBA sucks now. First they
institute a dress code that makes athletes dress like
Wall Street execs. Now they fine a player $25,000
for tossing a mouthpiece into the crowd. Are you kidding
me? A 2 ounce piece of rubber is worth a $25,000 fine?
It's ridiculous. Thank god football season is close to
starting. Speaking of that, I can't wait to see how my
Raiders do with our first round draft pick. Even
more crucial than our lack of a good qb last season was
our lack of a solid offensive line. If we can correct
that, we can be a force"...
D-Tragic 805HipHop.com:
"Anytime you want to come check out our New Club "The
Connect" in Ventura, Holla @ Me! We support independent
Hip-Hop Artists down here in the 805!!
Picks: Checkout O. Brown - "Sex In the Air" and
Kemo The Blaxican "5th of May"
We
will have Tash of The Liks down to perform
Comin Closer on 5/19/07 - Support That!
The
first single "Cruzin" from Butch Cassidy and
Damizza's debut album "Back B4 You're Lonely"
is blowin' up westcoast radio here is a video link to a
live performance of Cruzin' @ Q1047 "Cruizin
CarShow and Concert"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQwUbokE5eU
(CRUZIN' Live Butch Cassidy & Damizza)"...
Edgie
Kokoski
(WUNH-NH):
"C’mon dude…I get “Scratch” a week ago and
who is on the cover? Young Jeezy. I get “XXL”
on Saturday and who is on the cover? Young Jeezy. I
think we can do a little better than that Elliot
Wilson. Not that I really give a rat’s ass who’s on
the cover of the magazines I read, but I wouldn’t mind
more covers like that black and white Janet Jackson
“Rolling Stone” where her boyfriend
was covering up her fun bags. I’m just saying…use some
creativity…or you’ll end up bankrupt like “The
Source”.
I’m
pretty happy with the Red Sox as they took the
first 5 out of 6 from the hated Yanks and currently have
the best record in baseball. I have tix to two games
this in May, so this month is already shaping up to be a
good one. Now I just need to visit the sperm bank every
other day and raise enough cash that I can afford a beer
and a hot dog at Fenway. Last time I checked, a beer was
about $12 and you had to fill out loan papers for a
wiener (insert juvenile joke here) (I would).
I’m
debating whether or not I want to sink money into the
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
fight this weekend. Although I have to admit I’ve been
more interested in UFC than boxing recently, this
may be the last great boxing match ever. But HBO’s
pay-per-view is almost as much as Fenway’s
concessions and I just can’t show my face that often at
the sperm bank…or can I?"...
Witnes
(KPFT-Houston):
"Hope all is well. Once again I want to thank you for
all the support for the past 5 years. It's time for me
to move on to other things. I found someone to take over
on the charting with Rapattack Lives for KPFT. He
goes by the name Grinch or Mr. Grinch. He
was my co-host for 4 years on LateNiteSnax and was there
from the beginning. He also is a part of the Soular
Grooves Collective where we all rotate w/ DJ Sun's
show on Saturdays. Here's his contact info:
KPFT
- Akanni K. Jones aka Mr. Grinch
9701 Meyer Forest Dr., APT 14207
Houston, TX 77096
713-775-0431
Email:
liveguy@gmail.com...
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 Magic "The King of Bass"
Mike from WPYO in
Orlando,
FL
celebrating this Wednesday, May 9th!...
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) |
