DJ 3RD RAIL (WNUR/CHICAGO)

TRANSFORMERS

MOTION PICTURE/PARAMOUNT

Suspens Recordings

TAKE ME OUT 2 DA BALLPARK It's Seattle's DJ B-Mello on tha wheels during "KUBE Singles Nite" at Safeco field!

HE IS PINOY'S FINEST And Mike Swift is makin' some noise at: www.youtube.com/

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[[ July 10, 2007 ]]

What's upper? Yes believe the hype & go see "Transformers!" This is probably comparable & more to Will Smith's "Independence Day" release years ago. Hold on tight to your seats when watching this action packed movie. It's gonna be a fun ride with Megatron & Optimus Prime !!!...

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Ok now that the Apple iPhone is out, are you ready for the Sidekick 4? With all the hype around the iPhone, word is makers of the sidekick are planning to offer new features including Myspace and MMS/Video capabilities. The SK4 device is supposedly a cross between the ID & Sidekick 3 (rumors only) & is slated for a '08 launch...

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Latchkey Recordings and Chinga Chang Records have teamed up to release the highly anticipated new album “Half A Klip” by legendary MC - Kool G Rap. “Half A Klip” features all new G Rap material and includes production from legends DJ Premier, Marley Marl and Domingo (co-executive producer). Look for the DJ Premier produced single to drop in August and Half A Klip to hit stores September 11th 2007.
Kool G Rap rose to fame in the 80’s as part of the Juice Crew and is known for lacing classic tracks like “The Symphony,” "Streets of New York," "Poison," and "Road to the Riches.” G Rap was one of the first MCs to hit listeners with vivid tales of gritty street life and influenced a generation of artists.
For more info check out:
http://www.chingachangonline.com
http://www.latchkeyrecordings.com

Fiona B is repping C Rayz and he has a collection of albums dropping consecutively. This project is called ' CHORUS RHYME' and actually features a track with 30 MC's-- the first ever Hip-Hop project to incorporate that many MC's kicking different verses. It's historic. RE-MADE Episode. He's also in the makes of the MTV Reality Series shooting the next pilot from MTV's MADE called 'REMADE' since the first was a huge success. C Rayz Walz is one of the most prolific lyricists today. Stay tuned...

BUMSQUAD DJ'S PREPARE FOR 2ND ANNUAL BUM SQUAD DJ'S FAMILY REUNION (JULY 26-28) IN LOS ANGELES:
As DJ collectives become an ever present force behind establishing the careers of the hottest artists on the charts, the Bum Squad DJ's plan to turn up the volume on the summer music scene as they take over the Los Angeles Marriott, July 26-28, for the 2nd Annual Bum Squad DJ's Family Reunion. The DJ collective, founded 5 years ago, by Latin Prince (Universal Motown Director of National Mixshow Promotions) will convene for a weekend of fun to celebrate the hottest new music, fashion, gadgets, gaming and technology the entertainment industry has to offer.

The Bum Squad DJ's Annual Family Reunion was created as an opportunity for the DJ's, tastemakers, artists and corporate America to gather in an intimate atmosphere, and share what each has to offer by showcasing new music, products and creating new endeavors which develop ground-breaking co-branding opportunities.

The First Annual Bum Squad DJ's Family Reunion played host to over 200 of the worlds best DJ's who came together to catch up on what's hot in music's ever-growing backyard. Black Wall Street recording artist, The Game made a special surprise appearance to personally deliver his new single to the DJ's while Interscope Records hosted a mansion party which featured the newly signed Bone Thugs & Harmony and Snoop Dogg as well as introducing a fresh young Jibbs to the DJ's. The DJ's were also treated to workshops on everything from finance to how to operate the latest DJ technology in the midst of all the fun.
This year, the invitation only event, promises to be even bigger and better with Interscope Records hosting an exclusive yacht party with surprise special performances, a luxurious gifting suite featuring the hottest new gear and gaming products, and a host of other exciting events and previews. "The Bum Squad is focused on expanding our brand and this year our corporate participation shows that companies understand the importance of the DJ in getting to the consumer utilizing our resources in innovative ways. We have DJ's with shoe deal's, head phones, turntable's all types of exciting co-branding situations, so although we specialize in breaking artists, we also help companies take their message to the masses in style with our mass audiences." explains Latin Prince. The Bum Squad DJ's are made up of DJ's, as well as industry professionals and artists including: DJ Skee, DJ Clark Kent, DJ Eque, Paul Wall, Lupe Fiasco, Trey Songz and many more. For more info check out the complete roster at www.bumsquaddjz.com
Media: To interview Latin Prince or for more info on the BumSquad DJ's contact Octavia Bostick at thawrite1@bumsquadjz.com...

Hip-Hop's one of the most homophobic of all musical genres… There's an excitability in our culture around issues like homosexuality, transvestites and so on. And as wonderful and outrageous and avant garde as rap is, it's never meaningfully challenged any of these boundaries… the hip-hop community isn't suddenly going to embrace these folk [gays/lesbians], but they're going to have to make their peace with them one way or another."

--Professor Michael Eric Dyson--
(Author of Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur)

Why Gay Hip-Hop/Rap?
by Khali Amani

First of all, why not? We've got gangsta rap (NWA/Snoop Dog/The Game), beefing rap (50 Cent/Ja Rule), freaknik rap (Two-Live Crew/Petey Pablo), party rap (Hammer/Young Joc) dope boy rap (Young Jezzy/Rick Ross), sex rap (Trina/Lil Kim), backpack rap (A Tribe Called Quest/Kanye West), conscious rap (Common/Talib Kweli), militant rap (Public Enemy/dead prez). And then there's Snap, Crunk, and Hyphe rap genres. So what's the problem with gay rap, besides homophobia?

You homophobic hip-hop rap niggas sound just like white folks sounded forty years ago when the day came for integration and they had to "allow" black folk to eat in the same restaurant and drink out of the same water fountain and shit in the same toilet! Listen to yourselves! They thought that our black skin was gonna rub off on them or we got some different kind of germs that were unheard of in white people. Some of y'all think there's a "gay" germ or you're gonna turn gay or someone might mistaken you for gay. You're just as hypocritical and bigoted as a 1950's Southern racist cracka–ass cracka! (Chris Rock's expression) They used to call white people who helped blacks achieve civil rights "nigger lovers." So, by all means, call me "faggot lover." I'll be dat!

There might come a day when these so-called "faggots" start physically fighting back against homophobia. "Gayngsta" rapper Deadlee alludes to that when he raps, [You heterosexuals] "Dissin' faggots blindly, I'm doin' you the same! [to you heterosexuals] Unless you change the rules in this fucked-up rap game. Realest nigga after 50 Cent, you lookin' tame. Homo-thug for life G-A-Y-N-G…bang! Crucified for the truth, like Jesus I will hang. When the faggots strike back, I will take the blame. Sunday, bloody Sunday, they killin' in my name. Spell it! D-E-A-D-L-E-E… for all the years of shame!"

You claim that Emperor Haile Selassie was the "Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah"—that he was Jesus revisited—the messiah, yet you can't find one speech or quote where Selassie puts gays and lesbians down or preached death to the batty bwoy! That homophobic shit coming from the Islands is not Rastafarianism! It is cultural imperialism masquerading as religious truth! Haile Selassie encouraged freedom and tolerance! He said:

"Since nobody can interfere in the realm of God, we should tolerate and live side by side with those of other faiths…. We wish to recall here the spirit of tolerance shown by our Lord Jesus Christ when he gave forgiveness to all, including those that crucified him." … "Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph."

You may have been raised to hate gay people in the Islands, but it is wrong! Raise up your voices in song and proclaim that it is evil to sing praise to the raping and murdering of homosexual people! This is God-talk!

It ain't gay people who got your ass living in shantytowns! It's your goddamned BLACK government that's got you livin' in hell! Don't hate! Respect the truth! And the truth is that a gay Reggaeton, Dance Hall or Reggae artist will emerge from the islands and shut some of this homophobic ignorance down! Ire mon!

Eminem rivals these Third World Island fucks when he raps, "My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge. That'll stab you in the head. Whether you're a fag or lez. Or the homosex, hermaph or trans-a-vest. Pants or dress—hate fags? The answer is yes!"

In-the-closet gay/flamboyant Liberace was such a brilliant musician and entertainer that many in the hetero rap world are on his jock! Dr. Dre, in his song, California Love rapped, "Diamonds shinin', lookin' like I robbed Liberace…." Mannie Fresh rapped, "The ring I got, Liberace want it. He couldn't afford that shit, but I can afford to flaunt it!" Other straight rappers have paid homage to Liberace through their lyrics—Juvenile, Baby, 50 Cent (Hustler's Ambition), Kid Rock (American Bad Ass), G-Unit (Stunt 101), Eminem (Criminal), D12 (Fight Music), Big Pun (It's So Hard), Lil Wayne (We Fly High-remix), Clipse (Mr. Me Too). Don't tell me that gay artists haven't influenced hip-hop!

Are rappers the first to make it fashionable to wear excessive jewelry? No! Gay Liberace did! Was Cam'ron the first to wear pink fur? No! Gay Liberace wore furs down to the floor! Rapper/producer Jermaine Dupri said, "You ain't a balla unless you drive one of these!" (a Bentley). Liberace drove a tricked-out Rolls Royce! Whether consciously or unconsciously, covertly or overtly, Liberace set the standard for stuntin'—an ostentatious show of wealth, celebrity fashion, celebrity clothing lines and excessive jewelry. He is the undisputed bling-bling king—the original stunna! And gay Elton John is the prince of stuntin'. Lil Jon might be in the Guinness World Book of Records for the biggest pendant, but he's just a copier of something a gay man started before he was born! All of your clothing lines, your pink furs, your virgin chinchilla spreads, your outrageous jewelry, your ostentatious show of wealth—gay, feminine! I didn't create the paradigm. I'm just

The point is that they are making mainstream music despite their quirky eccentric lifestyles. And there are others in the music industry whose sexuality has been questioned as homosexual, like Freddy Jackson, Queen Latifah, Mc Lyte, Da Brat and Missy Elliot. I'm not saying they are gay/lesbian, but the rumor mill in the 'hood has speculated that they are. And still, there are/were many outwardly gay/lesbians in the music industry, including Janis Joplin, Melissa Etheridge, kd lang, Me'Shell NdegeOcello, Chastity Bono, Nona Hendryx, Grace Jones, Iggy Pop, Johnny Mathis, Joan Baez, etc., etc., etc. But goddamnit! Their sexuality just shouldn't matter! It should be about the music and the message and there's a large part of me that feels stupid for even having to write on this subject to make a case for homo hop!

Every genre of music has gay and lesbian artists—from gay classical musical composer Tchaikovsky to blues singing lesbian Ma Rainey. Check your music history pimpin'! And then… and then here comes the infant of musical genres… rap music frontin' like a gay person ain't got no place or business in this particular genre of music! Get the fuck outta here with that shit! The same genre of music that talks about the underdog, the impoverished, the voiceless, the disenchanted, the disenfranchised, the marginalized, the 'hood, the ghetto, keepin' it real… the dregs of American society! Yeah, rap music has been around 30 years, but that ain't shit on the world stage of musical history! Humankind has been making music for more than 8,000 years! Can you dig that? Do you want rap to last? Then it's got to evolve! And homo rap is a part of its evolution. Not all hip-hop heads like all types of rap. Gangsta heads don't like backpack heads! Conscious heads don't like party heads! So what! You ain't gotta like every genre of rap, but EVERY genre of rap has a right to be heard! Even the whack-ass heterosexual rap of a fake-ass Vanilla Ice! Get-in-where-you-fit-in and stop hatin' on what you personally don't like. Hell, if we left it up to some people ALL RAP would be banned—even the shit that you like.

I've heard these hetero hip-hop heads talk about gay rap! Ignorantly, sarcastically and

We've heard of someone named "Misdemeanor" (Missy Elliot), but have you heard of someone named "FELONi ?" There ain't a better straight woman rapper out here who she can't go rhyme for rhyme with! You can take words like "lesbian," "woman," and "feminist" from this rhyme-sayer's name and sit them in the corner! She is a true MC in the purest form. Her CD, A Woman's Revenge is one of the best rap CDs I've heard in years—a CD where every song is bangin'—no filler bullshit—and thank God, no special guest appearances from lesser popular rappers! Thirteen tracks of pure fire—all FELONi—A "Five Mic" classic CD! Definitely a homo-hop/rap classic. On her opening song "No Fear," she comes right at you rapping, "My mama never had a good man in life, for all you muthafuckas wantin' to know why I'm a dike!" On her title track song "A Woman's Revenge," a spoken word piece, she raps to the men, "Try to change your world 'cause pretty soon no girl will be willing to bow down and suck your dick—especially after she—suck my clit… this is a New World Order and it involves some of your daughters." Fuck what you heard (about gay and lesbian rappers)!

Lil Kim, Trina, Missy, Shawna, Remy Ma, Jean Grae, Eve, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Yo-Yo, Lady of Rage, Salt-N-Pepa, Foxy Brown, Khia, Jackie-O—FELONi is better than most of them and as good as any of them! Add her name to the pantheon of great female MCs. The rap game better not sleep on this chick FELONi! And she ain't the only lesbian rapper doin' the damn thang!

And this nigga Deadlee, the "gayngsta" rapper—another homo rapper who summons the spirit of Ice-T's CD Cop Killer. His CD, Assault With A Deadlee Weapon—a groundbreaking record, courageously contrived to dispel the myth of the soft, effeminate homosexual man. His rap style blends rap, rock and spoken word, woven together to fit his uber-hyper-masculine persona. And at the same time Deadlee exposes us to the woes of growing up gay in a masculine world with cuts like the soul-bearing "Good Soldier II," which conjures up the ghosts of Otis Redding with its heart-wrenching backup vocals. Again, fuck what you heard about gay rappers! Check the technique!

Anyone who does not want to see homo hop/rap succeed in the mainstream is the enemy of rap/hip-hop! Why? When you censor the growth of any artistic expression, you run the risk of killing it. Don't tell me what America isn't ready for! America wasn't ready for black folk to sit on the front of the bus either! And don't tell me that rap music's foundation is based on some superficial bullshit "street credibility!" You're a hypocrite and let me tell you why! When critics of rap criticize rappers for their lyrical content about guns, bitches, hoes, drugs and sex, rappers are quick to point out that movies show violence and killing all the time! And this is true! But the difference is that Stallone and Schwarzenegger don't carry their movie personas on their sleeves! Stallone is not Rambo in real life and every moviegoer knows this! Stallone and Schwarzenegger ain't never been shot like Tupac and Fiddy! So the analogy between a Rambo (Fictitious) and a 50 Cent (certified gangster with a rap sheet) are bogus!

But so-called "gangsta rappers" claim they are what they rap about! They call it "Keepin' it real," "Keepin' it gutter." "keepin' it 'hood." And many of them have rap sheets to prove it. So the comparison is unfounded. We don't associate words like "killer," "thug" "gangster," or "menace to society" when we see Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Steven Seagal, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Rock, Vin Diesel or any action hero movie persona when we see them in the street. Why? Because even the simplest among us know that they were just ACTING! You will never see Stallone at the Oscars mean-muggin' Mel Gibson and shouting, "PPPP…Paramount Pictures Bitch!" as he accepts his award. But when we see Tupac, who was shot five times rap, "Call the cops when you see Tupac! Pull your Glocks when you see Tupac… we gon' kill all y'all niggas…"—when 50 Cent says he was shot nine times and raps, "Front on me, I'll cut ya, gun butt ya… I'll have yo' mama pickin' out yo' casket, bastard!"—When Jay-Z raps, "If you shoot my dog, I'm-a kill your cat…I put my muthafuckin' faith in a Tech [9=gun] "—when Rick Ross raps, "Nigga try me, I'm-a teach his mama homicide!"—When Trick Daddy says, "I'm a thug!"—When Young Jeezy and TI inform us about their trap star (selling drugs) days—when The Game raps about gang life, you better damn well know that they are what they rap about… the so-called "street credibility" factor that you wouldn't question if you met them on the street! They don't stop being what they rap about and become nice citizens and wear suits and have aspirations to run for governor. Nay! They want you to believe that they will fuck you up in the street! And indeed, they will! Their thug persona is what helps sell their records. They've got 'hood rap beef videos. They walk the walk and talk the talk! When you read about them in rap magazines, their thug persona is clearly on display. Even the way they pose on the magazine covers. It's never a big cheesy smile with the words, "I'm rich bitch!" over their heads. Nah. They gotta mean-mug and ice-grill us as they floss their Jacob watches. Angry at nothin'! Got a million dollars and still can't find happiness!

Kwame, suave Special Ed, super high-top fade Kid & Play, aesthetically challenged Biz Markie, backwards pants-wearing prepubescent Kriss Kross, college graduate Young MC, fake Jamaican accent rapping Snow, underwear modeling Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, lip-syncing C&C Music Factory, Latin Adonis Gerardo "Rrrrrrrico Suave," and MC Hammer dancing impresario Vanilla Ice? Fuck STREET CREDIBILITY!!!!!!!!!! Bring back STREET TALENT!!!!!!!!!!

It's okay to call black women "bitches & hoes," but don't let those gay people tell their stories! It's okay for the 'hood man to rap about his days as a D-boy/snowman (drug dealer) and all of the criminality of "trapping," but those gay rappers gotta go? It's okay for rappers to tell us how they are fucking the be-Jesus out of daughters, but don't let those fags rap about man love! It's okay to slide credit cards up black women's ass-cracks ala Nelly, but don't be rapping about a man suckin' another man's dick and liking it! It doesn't matter that Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg had visions of homosexual sex with rapper Luke (Skyywalker) when they rapped, "Gap teeth in your mouth, so my dick's got to fit… Luke's bendin' over so Luke's gettin' fucked…" You can rap about homosexual sex if it's meant to degrade, dehumanize and emasculate a person—this is acceptable homoerotic poetry. It's acceptable that we bounce to the lyrics of the bling-bling materialistic nature of mainstream rappers who floss diamonds that our brothers in Africa dug up from the earth in an effort to support their starving families, but goddamnit, those fucking homos got no business in hip-hop! Damn we're some ignorant cusses!

Personally, I don't believe that rap music was ever intended to include gays and lesbians, just as it was not intended to include a parachute-pants wearing brotha from Oaktown (Hammer) or some silly white Jew-boys from the Bronx (Beastie Boys). But something wonderful happened—rap evolved! Those early South Bronx rappers didn't foresee a Beastie Boys, a Third Bass, a Vanilla Ice, a Bubba Sparxxx, a Paul Wall or an Eminem, who is arguably one of the best to ever spit on wax! This is the essence of Hip-hop! Hip-hop was founded with the same mentality that they claim America was founded—a melting pot of cultures, religions and ideas. The Statute of Liberty reads, "Give me your tired, your weary, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe… send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me…" That was the promise of America, but like America, hip-hop reneged and became the bastard love-child of mainstream America, frontin' like it's all-inclusive when, in reality, hip-hop is a hypocritical child weaned from the breasts of its mother (America). America is male-centered and hip-hop is male-centered. Young brothas and sistas, huddled together in the ghettoes of America, yearning to breathe (have a voice) during the "tempest-tossed" era of Reaganomics and hip-hop was that way out. Hip-hop became the voice of the voiceless, decrying all of the social ills and hardships of living in urban America as a black heterosexual male (and to a lesser degree) and female.

And yet still, 30+ years in the rap game, no homosexual voice has been heard in the mainstream. Pathetic! Again, I say homo rap was never meant to be a part of hip-hop! Some of the earliest rap lyrics suggested that as such. In 1982, rapper Grandmaster Flash released, The Message, an ode to ghetto life. He hints at homophobia when he raps, "Crazy lady/livin' in a bag/eating out of garbage piles/used to be a fag hag… Got sent up for a eight year bid… spent the next two years as an undercover fag… till one day you was found hung dead in a cell…." He called homosexual/bisexual men "undercover fags." Today they are called "down-low" or "D/L".

Many of the new hip-hop fans of rap music don't know or understand where and how rap evolved. They don't know that rap was a movement among the ghetto-voiceless that grew out of the concrete jungle of South Bronx, New York. Rap and hip-hop represented change! It was no fad like Disco music! Hip-hop is to minorities, as Rock & Roll was to white folk—rebellion, liberation, and freedom to think outside the box. Rappers came on the scene and presented themselves in ways that were clearly in protest to what America stood for—baggie pants, oversized shirts, hats twisted backwards, tattoos, earrings, fancy cars, excessive/gaudy jewelry, profanity, creative vernacular (slang & Ebonics), etc. But along the way, the hip-hop community lost its way. Women became bitches & hoes, money became more important than the message, and talent was decided by which rapper could "diss" another rapper the best and payola. The truth be told, gay people were never even considered in the hip-hop equation for the voiceless, which is the hypocrisy of the hip-hop movement! Word!

I'm holding this book up before the hip-hop world and asking for a Reformation. Like Martin Luther (the 16th century German/Catholic monk), who nailed his famous 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, I'm nailing this tome on the door of hip-hop! And I'm looking to start a "Protest Movement"—not just against homophobia, but also misogyny, xenophobia, and the "minstrel show" that Wynton Marsalis so eloquently analogized.

Taken From Khalil Amani's Upcoming Book, Hip-Hop Homophobes: Origin & Attitudes Against Gays & Lesbians In Hip-Hop Culture; As Perpetrated By Rappers, Thugs, Athletes & Religionists; Essays On A 3,000 Year Old Polemic Against Homosexuality; A Religious Hoax! (Aug. '07 iuniverse)

Mike Swift (see photo above) has been blazing a trail throughout the United States promoting his dvd,"Get Jay-Z For Me Before Christmas." Peep his travels on YouTube.com with the last one being in Virginia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIrnoaVw8VE
With his relentless and creative approach and a fast growing movement, no doubt that soon he will make on to the BILLBOARD! Currently finishing up a dvd project for Spike Lee, "Still Doing The Right Thing" keep your eyes glued to the Pinoy's Finest YouTube files and witness his strategy on how to get in the game...

Grand Verbalizer Funkin' Lesson Brother J of X-Clan will release his new single "Voodoo" f/ RBX from X-Clan's latest Surburban Noize Records album "Return From Mecca". All mixtape djs who need to get laced , drops, interviews can contact Erik Perry at 646-312-0178 or info@foodonthetable.net. You can peep Brother J on MySpace at: www.myspace.com/xclanmusic...

Tim Glover is the new Youth Lifestyle/College Radio Coordinator for Island Def Jam Group. You can hit him up at:

WORK: 212. 445-3652

CELL: 267. 228-1846

EMAIL: timothy.glover@umgtemp.com

Fans of the Old School era 1983 will love peepin' out this link featuring Boogaloo Shrimp, Ice-T, The Egyptian Lover & The Glove both on the wheels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl7tiH2Zis4

Blue Scholars have an awesome new video for the single "Back Home" and you can peep it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En8DwCeKa6M. This video is deep & hits a homerun dealing with our men & women fighting in Iraq. I got so caught up in this video that it brought a tear or more to my eyes. Great to see my boys outta the "206" puttin' it down with a hot single & video that'll get lots of love & respect for years to come...

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:

Bri-G (RPM/Mixtapes-New York): "I know you've all missed me the last few weeks. I've actually been on tour with this Pepsi DJ Contest and trying to make sure it runs as smoothly as possible in each of the 12 markets its taking place. But, I had this week off and before I pop off to LA for the weekend, I figured I'd check in.

I wanted to do a Diary of the BET Awards, but by the time I got around to typing it, they were at the 15^th replay and I figured it'd be a little outdated. One observation. I don't understand the Monique thing. Maybe it's cus I'm white and this is just one of those cultural things that I'm just not gonna ever understand. Do black people really think she's funny? Does she just remind them of some good natured, kind hearted aunt they have? I tried watching that thing, I swear I did. But I don't think she made me laugh once. I wonder if this is what black people think about Seinfeld?

Now, as many of you may have seen when I shot out the playlist, myself and my UNbassador crew just got our first mixshow. We're trying to lock in 4 stations by the end of the year, so holla at me if you're looking for a mixer at your station.

On the personal front, your boy is newly single. This was pretty much a long time coming. Neither me nor my ex-girl live lifestyles that are very conducive to a relationship. It ended well and we could always possibly end up together again. As for now, I'm kinda looking forward to being a scumbag for a little while.

And since I no longer have a woman in my life, I can now spend much more time rebuilding my hard drive that crashed the other day. I'm truly sick about this. To add to the hurt, I had just bought a 400 gb hard drive to use as a back up in case shit crashed and had only gotten to the letter "D". I dropped it off to the Data Recovery place thinking that at the very least I'd have to kick out some dough, but at least I'd have the files. Nope, its unrecoverable. So here I am, with a perfectly organized ITunes and nothing to play off it. I'm truly, truly sick. I'm sure the Crooklyn Clan site will be excited that I'll be rebuying all the mashups I've bought over the last year or so. Excuse me, I'm gonna go throw up.

Ok, I'm back. Luckily, just as I think I'm going to slit my wrists thinking about this, my boy Raize saved the day for a little while by sending me links to Funk Flex's show from 4^th of July. Funk Flex, 5 hours of straight 90's heat. I have an FM tuner on my bootleg mp3 player so I caught a little of this walking around town that night. Made me wanna go home, throw on my Dallas Cowboys Starter Jacket, some Tims, and some bootleg Tommy Jeans with the big ass, fake ass, patch on the back, drink a 40 oz, sit in my '87 Chevy Celebrity with the roof caving in, and smoke a swisher sweet. For those of you who would like to know what radio sounded like in the northeast in the 90's, you can click on this link: http://www.rosenbergradio.com/2007/07/05/dont-get-gassed-funk

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Edgie Kokoski (WUNH-NH): "The 4^th of July meant very little to me this year as its position on a Wednesday leaves it as a scant oasis in the work week on a day where I still have to host a radio program. Apparently my neighbors also had no plans for today, as they thought it would be great to blow off fireworks into the late hours of the evening. I guess like most holidays, the 4^th of July is an excuse to pig out, get way too drunk, and act like an idiot in general. And what’s more American than that? Ironically, I don’t think the founding fathers every ignited any fireworks. If people wanted to celebrate authentically, they should probably shoot off muskets and spend the day ripping on anything remotely British.

I spent the afternoon taking in the new Stephen King movie “1408”. Although the movie was decent, it’s not a mandatory theater trip. What did boggle my mind is the fact that somebody spent a lot of money to make a movie out of “Transformers”. As Hollywood scrambles to pillage every last TV series and comic book for a movie idea, I was surprised to find that no one really seems to remember that Transformers were amongst the lamest of our childhood toys. Okay, Optimus Prime was cool, but they went down hill pretty fast from there. Aside from the hologram that you breathed on to find out if they were Autobots or Decepticons, they were pretty a pretty inferior runner up to the GI Joe, Star Wars, and He-Man that dominated my collection. They broke easily. When contorted into a vehicle, they loosely held the shape and began to open up with any slight handling. I also don’t remember them being 100 feet tall, unlike the ones that are in the movie. If they wanted to make an interesting movie about things transforming, they could make one about a girl who transforms from Jessica Simpson into my girlfriend"...

Nesto (WODU-VA): "Time is flying by. It was awesome down here in my part of VA. Low humidity, nice breeze, mid 80's, clear skies. For the month of July you couldn't ask for a better day in VA. Oh yeah forgot to mention the classic summertime song came on while we were driving to the beach.. Summertime by Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. I don't think there is any better song for Hip-Hop heads to summarize what summertime is like. CLASSIC!!!"...

Scene (KUBE-Seattle): "DJ E Rock in the Bay put me on a guest spot with him last Friday from 12-2am on WILD 94.9 (KYLD) San Francisco. Here's a 15min portion of that mix: www.dj-scene.com/WILD.zip...

DJ Stage One (KMOJ-MN): DJ Stage One is dropping a mix-cd on his 35th birthday July 13th & he would like your help in gettin' him drops? The name of his cd series is called: "STREET CINEMA!" Here's his info:

DJ STAGE ONE

3755 Logan Ave. North.

Minneapolis,MN 55412

EMAIL: mrdjstageone@aol.com

DJ Imperial (KSMU-MO): Please update youyr files with my new mailing address:

Rich "DJ Imperial" Lawson (KSMU-MO):

1100 Lees Ln
Florissant, MO 63031

Garbs Infinite (WRUW-Cleveland): "The 2007 Ohio Hip Hop Awards are around the corner & will be held September 22, 2007 @ The Galleria (Downtown Cleveland). The website has officially launched, www.ohiohiphopawards.com. The nomination page is up and we want to hear who you think should be on the official ballot this year! We also will be doing a Talent Search Series in numerous cities around the state (including Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo, Youngstown & Dayton). At these showcases, artists will have the opportunity to compete for a chance to perform on the night of the big event! We also have made the Sponsorship Package available for download on our webpage. For more info, reach out to us:

Email: info@ohiohiphopawards.com

Phone: 216.659.4780

PrizMatik (Sprint Radio):"Ch-ch-cheaahhh... Keepin it movin as usual. Below is my updated drop scripts. Got that heat? Get your artists to bang out some dope drops, the more creative the better. Bold type is the important info to include. Drops are a great incentive for DJs to hype up your project and give it the attention it deserves. Don't sleep...

DROP INFO
1) Yo its ____. Right now you are checkin out Showtime Radio w/ DJ PrizMatiK (Pronounced Pr-is-matic) & Wildman Steve on 101.7 The Beach.

2) This is ______ chillin wit my main man DJ PrizMatiK (Pronounced Pr-is-matic).

3) This is _____ reppin that real hip hop, along side my favorite DJ of all, DJ PrizMatiK (Pronounced Pr-is-matic). Keep it locked, right here on Skeet Skum yall. Peace.
Drops should be sent via email in high quality mp3 or wav format to: DJ @Prizmatik.com ...