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WE CAME FROM BEYOND
(l-r):
O.G.'z Nasty-Nes & Mike Nardone (KXLU-CA) |
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DEF JAMMIN' IN CALI
(l-r):
Mazzi Behi (Def Jam) & Arash (SoFull
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KOCH IN DA HOUSE
(l-r):
Garbs Infinite (WJCU-OH), Sheek
Louch, Mick Boogie (WENZ-OH),
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MANNY PACQUIAO
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What's
Upper? HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S
DAY!!!
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Rap
Attack
would like to extend our condolences to Bum Squad's
own, DJ Wits, who passed away due to
complications from a heart attack. The Albany, NY native
made strides as one of the first blind DJs to make a
name for himself as a mixtape DJ player and disc jockey
for the Music Choice channel...
New
Orleans
was the place to be March 14-16 as the C.O.R.E.
DJ's got together for another fun filled, bonding &
networking weekend! I gotta give big shouts to the
following who were reppin' the "504" last weekend:
Tony Neil, RIP One and Derrick - Head
of
CORE
DJ's, Arash, Baby-C (SoFull Ent.),
Nasty Naz ( Canada represent!), Courtney
and DJ Excel (Bad Boy), DJ Commando
(KBOL-Iowa), DJ Onetyme (tymelynelife.com),
Eleazar "In The Mix" (Slip cue), DJ
Boobah, DJ Ism, Homer Blow, DJ Radd
1 (Metromix), DJ Bazial, DJ Gloss,
The Derrty DJ's (Derrty Ent.), DJ
Bishop (KBLR), DJ KTONE (Sirius),
Dramatic Da DJ (Radionhb.com), DJ Lil
John (WGCI-Chicago), DJ Scorpio (swurvradio.com),
DJ Black 'N Mild (365 Blaze), Icy (Digiwaxx),
Koko (Prot6type), Maddog, Hazel
and Alvin (Tommy Boy), Davon
(UK rep), Gazelle MCI and Sean Rock (KOCH
Entertainment), Papi Dominguez, Miss Kelly
(Cheveux Style), Brian, The South
Cakalak Crew: Neek (WHXT), Shera
(The Niche Magazine), Mahogany Steele,
Bree (Dons-N-Divas), Akon &
Konvict Muzic, Waleed, P. Wonda &
Rico (The Othaz). See you all again in
August...
Manny
Pacquiao
of
Philippines celebrates winning his title fight against
WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel
Marquez of Mexico at the Mandalay Bay Events Center
in Las Vegas, Nevada last Saturday night (see photo
above)...
DJ
D-Tragic (805HipHop.com) & I will be
hosting/dj'ing a Throwback Records poolside event
next week on a Friday, March 28th at the Urban
Network's 20th Anniversary Conference in
Newport Beach,
Cali. It'll be an oldschool get together as we also
spotlight the artists on Throwback Records. See you
there...
While
Blue Scholars is locking ish down, Maharaji
about to drop his solo joints & is puttin' my
hometown of Seattle back on the Hip-Hop map, get ready
for artist Orbitron to do the same. Props to
L.A.'s Mike Nardone (see photo above) for bangin'
Orbitron's tracks on his KXLU show. "B-Boy
Universal" (Beacon Skillz) is an album not to be
slept on. Orbitron spits the real Hip-Hop flavor & sound
that's been missing from the "206" for quite a long
time. His DJ Tecumseh is quick on the fader &
adds a great touch with his scratching skills over
Orbitrons tracks. You can peep more on Orbitron at:
www.OrbitronMusic.com or at:
www.MySpace.com/orbitronmusic...
BREAKING NEWS:
Aaron Wade from "The Late Night Hype Show" on
WMSE in Milwaukee will be retiring his mic &
headphones on March 25th.
Jordan (DJ Madhatter) Lee is
starting a new show to replace Aaron's on Tuesday nights
from 9p-12m starting this April. In closing, Aaron Wade
says, "I appreciated working with all of you over the
last ten years. Best Regards"...
Legendary filmmaker Gus Van Sant has enlisted the
services of Portland's own Cool Nutz to supply
music for his latest film and Original Soundtrack to
"Paranoid Park". "Paranoid Park" was the winner of 2007
Cannes Film Festival's
Special 60th Anniversary Award and Independent Spirit
Awards Producers Award, and was released in theaters on
March 7th, 2008. Cool Nutz was very excited when he
received the call from Producer David Allan Cress to
request music for the award winning film and Original
Soundtrack. The use of music from Cool Nutz for this
film and Original Soundtrack proves the importance of
Cool Nutz's contributions to the Northwest entertainment
scene...
Platinum selling super Hip-Hop star Trina is
having a MySpace contest that will coincide with
the release of her highly anticipated 4th album "Still
Da Baddest" scheduled for release on April 1st,
2008.
Trina, also known as The Diamond Princess, wants
to see which of her fans can design the best MySpace
using Trina content (her videos, songs, graphics,
wallpaper, banners, etc.) and as much glitz and glam as
possible! Winners will be judged on 3 points: Style,
Content and Creativity. 11 winners will be chosen from
this contest which ends on April 1st. Fans
can email their Trina inspired MySpace link to
trinafanbase@gmail.com. FOR MORE INFORMATION
PLEASE VISIT THE
LINK
BELOW:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=
blog.view&friendID=107660832&blogID=366277636...
Three 6 Mafia STRIP CLUB TOUR DATES::
Tennessee
- 3/17, 3/18, 3/19
Jackson,
MS - 3/20
Birmingham,
AL - 3/21
Atlanta,
GA - 3/22, 3/23, 3/24
Tucson,
AZ - 3/29
San Antonio,
TX - 3/30
Texas
- 3/31, 4/1, 4/2, 4/3, 4/4
Chicago
- 4/10, 4/11
Detroit,
MI 4/12, 4/13
BIZZY
BONE, 50
CENT,
CHINGY, MAINO, OTHERS COLLABORATE ON NOTORIOUS B.I.G.
TRIBUTE
Just days before the 11th anniversary of the death of
the Notorious B.I.G., rapper Bizzy Bone
has joined a host of other rap superstars in recording a
special tribute to the slain New York rapper.
The song, "Can I Speak to Biggie," also features 50
Cent, Chingy, Maino, Bobby
Valentino, R&B singer Chris Notez, and New
York rapper/ songwriter H.B. "Hav-Boy"
Monte, who also executive produced the project.
Monte said "Can I Speak to Biggie" is the first tribute
of its kind."This is the first tribute that has not been
affiliated with Bad Boy Records and everyone that
I reached out to was happy to do it," he says. "Nobody
even wanted any money for doing this." Monte said the
idea for the song, which promotes a positive message and
features artists from every coast, was born out of a
conversation he had with Ma$e and Jadakiss
during which they discussed the idea of doing a song
that would pay homage to Biggie. "I had the vision," he
said. "The studio that I work out of is in Bed-Stuy
where Biggie was raised, the block that he was on
everyday and that conversation between Ma$e and Jadakiss
just kept running through my mind so I called a bunch of
people that I thought would be great for the record –
people who had meaning whether it meant past, present or
future."
Bizzy Bone said his participation in the recording was a
"no brainer.""I didn't even have to think about it," he
said. "How could I not want to pay tribute to such an
amazing spirit and talent as Biggie. It is an honor to
be a part of this."
Monte said he will continue to do Biggie tributes each
year using different artists. He added that the song is
being released to radio stations nationwide today and
tomorrow and he hopes to tie the song into "Notorious,"
the upcoming Fox Searchlight biopic on Biggie. He
said he also plans to release exclusive
behind-the-scenes video footage from the recording
sessions. HERE'S THE
LINK
TO THE DOWNLOAD:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/8609039c429ece/...
Major
League's
follow up single is "Fly With The Time" featuring
Buchannon (EP/New Realm Records).
Already getting great feedback...
VH-1's
"White Rapper" show has came & gone. I don't even
remember who won the contest but one of the finalist,
Sullee has dropped a new joint that I think heads
will feel. Get ready for Sullee featuring Dre (of
Cool N Dre) with "Today" (Old South End
Records). Peep him on:
www.MySpace.com/SulleeMusic...
As an
extension of
RapAttackLives.com I want to introduce to
you:
www.RockTheBeatOnline.com
RTBO is a site devoted to the real Hip-Hop heads
into the Underground and Independent Hip-Hop releases
that you can download directly off the
RockTheBeatOnline.com site.
Exclusively taylored for the
Rap Attack reporting dj's, I encourage you to
use this site to get the music you want & to be the
first in playing it on
your radio show and mixtapes.
To be a part of RTBO, I need you to log on and
register yourself now so we can approve you and get you
to start rockin' tha beat 24/7! DJ's log on now :www.RockTheBeatOnline.com
WE'VE
GOT SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST DJ's! THE RAP ATTACK
DJ'S!
GET
TO KNOW OUR DJ's BY LOGGING ONTO:
www.MySpace.com/RapAttackLives
AND PEEP OUR UPDATED PHOTO PAGE...
ATTN
RECORD LABELS!
ICY
ICE WANTS TO PLAY YOUR VIDEOS:
"Sorry for the mass mail....If you know me - what's up!,
If you don't: I've been a DJ for more than 15 years here
in Los Angeles....and have been on LA Radio for about 10
years now with stations: KKBT, KDAY & now
currently with KMVN "Rick Dees In The Morning Show -
Rick's Mix. Here's the stations webpage:
http://www.movin939.com/airstaff/icy_ice.aspx
I'm
writing to let you know that I've made a huge leap into
the digital world and have been mixing music videos.
I've been sponsored by Numark Virtual Vinyl and
did a video clip promoting their Video Mixing
Software....CHECK OUT THIS SHORT VIDEO
CLIP
ON
MY VIDEO MIXING:
Video
Turntablism / Numark Virtual Vinyl Promo v1.5:
http://www.circlefilms.com/comps/numark/numark_v_v_intro_1_5.mov
I'm
writing to see if you can start servicing me Music
Videos from your label. I need high quality videos that
I can use in my mixes. I would appreciate it if you can
put me on your mailing list or forward me to the person
in charge of video servicing so I can start receiving
music videos just as I receive music from your labels.
(For those of you that have me on your mailing list,
I've moved. Please update my info to the following
address below):
DJ
Icy Ice
16155
Sierra Lakes Pkwy
Suite
160-101
Fontana,
CA
92336
Feel
free to call me at: 909-356-7053 or email me at
icyice@aol.com, Thank you from DJ Icy Ice"...
Log
on NOW to:
http://youtube.com/nastynes818 & click on
"FAVORITES" & Flashback with me with music I grew up to
& played on the Seattle radio airwaves when it was brand
new! It's a visual musical journey BACK, wayyyy back,
BACK into time with: The Spinners, Run
DMC,
The Jackson 5, The Treacherous 3, Eric B. & Rakim,
Millie "YeS" Vanillie, Stylistics, Blondie, BDP, U.T.F.O.,
Shalimar, Rick James, Musical Youth, Debarge, New Kids
On The Block, New Edition, Del The Funky Homosapien,
Jimi Hendryx, JJ Fad, Flavor Flav, Nu Shooz, Queen
Latifah, Soul Sonic Force, Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam, The
Cover Girls, The Jacksons, Paul Hardcastle, Nice &
Smooth, The Dazz Band, K-9 Posse, Hall & Oates, Midnight
Star, Rocky, Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly, Angela Mao Ying aka
Lady Kung-Fu, Muhammad Ali
to
name a few
AND
Flashback 20 plus years with yours truly by going down
Hip-Hop history lane with me & Sir Mix-A-Lot
(Posse On Broadway, Beepers videos & more), Nastymix
Records (Kid Sensation, High Performance
videos & more), My 1978 Buick Regal Lowrider
days!!! and video footage from my cameos in "House Party
4," "Kung Pow! Enter The Fist" and more! Log on
NOW &
ENJOY at:
http://youtube.com/nastynes818...
Rap
Attack takes a "WHAT'S UPPER" look this week with:
DJ Sage (CFRO-Vancouver): "Two big guests
on our "The Urban Renewal Project. Firstly, we had
Bishop Lamont aka Mr. Next Too Blow in this
Hip-Hop game talk candidly about being signed by Dr.
Dre, the necessity for rappers to step their game
up, and what we can and should expect on Dr. Dre's
highly-anticipated project "Detox". Although, we have to
wait on Bishop's solo album "Reformation" as he is
highly involved in the "Detox" project right now. In the
meantime, fans can check out his "Pope Mobile" and "Caltriot"
mixtape for free on his
www.myspace.com/bishoplamont and
believe me when I say these mixtapes are better then
most albums.
In the second hour, we talked to another rapper who is
also about raising the bar and giving back the love to
his supporters, S.O.U.L. Purpose. Right now, he
has got a hot single and video for the "The Way We Live"
joint and be on the look out for the full-length, "The
Constuction" dropping April 28th. Check out both these
interviews as well as all the great music we played last
night at:
www.urpradio.podomatic.com...
Nesto (WODU-VA): "I
was in
Maine
recently, and the cold up there is different then the
cold in VA. Up there it's a "dry" cold and I can dig the
"dry" cold more then the "wet" cold in VA. It was at
least 15 to 20 degrees colder on average up there and I
was able to go outside with just a jacket on and still
feel comfortable. And the snow was refreshing. I know
that sounds crazy, but I actually miss the snow. Got to
play with my kids in the snow, and ride the snowmobile a
few times. Always good being able to relax with the fam
and enjoy the outdoors (need to do that more often). The
weather in VA is almost spring like right now, but
that's nothing new for the big VA.
On the music side of things, music has been slow coming
in, but I do have to shout out the new Akrobatik
album, DOPE. His post about lack of sales and
downloading is so very true, but thanks to the digital
changes over the years this is only going to get worst.
I can see Akro's side of the story, but I think there is
light at the end of the tunnel so to speak on this
digital downloading thing. Yes, it's affecting sales,
but it can be a blessing. Have to embrace it, and figure
out how to use it to your advantage. I don't know the
numbers but I think one group that has benefitted from
this new digital downloading is Little Brother. I
think they are still doing
fairly well on their sales, but they have also been able
to build a huge fan base by posting tracks for download
on their MySpace
page. They have been able to benefit from allowing
digital downloads, and their shows seem to always be
packed. That shows something for their approach to
embracing the new digital technologies. The days of the
old "business model" (new buzz phrase lately) are GONE.
If any label, or acts try to hold on to that model then
you can garantee some level of failure. I am old school
myself, and miss the vinyl servicing days, and white
label records showing up with no titles on them. I also
miss being able to hit up RECORD shops to dig through
the vinyl, but there are very few of those left, and the
selection of any vinyl is sad to say the least. I'm glad
I came up in the days of that and having to wait for the
albums to drop or the single to be shipped and going to
vinyl shops to buy the single or finding something dope
in the dollar bin, but I realize that I have to stay up
with technology too. I have yet to get my hands on
Serato or any other digital vinyl system, but it's
coming. I have to get that to be able to keep up with
the MP3 servicing that has replaced vinyl. The argument
can go on forever, and the debate about staying true to
vinyl will continue, but technology is only going to
continue to evolve. I've said it before and I'm sure
I'll say it again, but we have to embrace the new
technology and use it to our advantage. That doesn't
mean we have to replace our vinyl or get rid of it, but
we do have to embrace the new technology in some kind of
way or we going to be left out eventually. Hit me up at:
inthecrates@hotmail.com for priorities
inthecrates@gmail.com for MP3s....
D-Tragic (805HipHop.com): "Man
it’s getting hot out here in
Cali!
Im not sure if it is just the weather or all this heat
that I am getting in from labels. I am feelin the return
of Hip-Hop Classics. That New RAKIM “It’s Nothin”
joint is FIRE! Also The Roots new joint “75 Bars”
is hella flammable – Keep the good music spinnin!! Also
2ND II NONE is stepping back on the
scene with a couple new joints. The first single “Mz
Pacman” is a nice track to put in the streets. I just
finished listening to the new Snoop Dogg and
Rick Ross. Those are albums to definitely pick up!!
With
the new music coming in, I wanted to let you know I see
a nice steady rise in the Conscious Rap Segment.
I have received some tight cuts from: Priesthood,
Big Milla and 2nd Chance.
With
huge rap successes like Talib Kweli Droppin
serious game like in “Hostile Gospel” on Warner Bros.,
I hope to see more righteousness put in the music
soon!"...
Edgie
Kokoski
(WUNH-NH):
"I have to thank the good people at Str8hiphop.com
for bringing to my attention this very odd
advertisement featuring Lil Wayne for "Strapped
Up" condoms. I guess I don't really get a good vibe when
I see Wayne bent over the hood of a car with a grimace
on his face while another man is positioned behind him.
I think if I were in
Wayne's
position in this photo, I'd be praying that the other
guy was "strapped up".
Speaking of things that make you grimace how about
Papoose and Remy Martin as a couple? Talk
about two people who shouldn't procreate. This would be
like the kid from "The Mask" and Ugly Betty having a
baby together. We'll just have to hope that the prison
that Remy gets sent to disallows conjugal visits, or
that during their next rumble Fat Joe uses his
"TS" piece to slash Papoose's ball bag like he did
Cuban Link's face.
Speaking of mutants, how much of an alien does this New
York Governor look like? I think somebody feed him after
midnight or got him wet. It just amplifies the
humiliation for his wife who had to stand at the podium
and realize that women were paid to have sex with this
disfigured goon while she did it for free"...
Meddafore
(Mixtapes - Philly & FL): "YEAAAAAAAAAAH, WE LOCKED IN A
COUPLE NOMINATIONS... THE VOTING
HAS
BEGUN FOR THE
CENTRAL PA HIP HOP AWARDS!! Please go to the Vote
Section of:
http://www.cphiphopawards.com and VOTE:
Meddafore for Mover & Shaker of the Year
Meddafore for Mixtape DJ of the Year
Meddafore for Myspace Artist of the Year
Voting ends on March 21st at Noon.
VOTE
NOW...and
PLEASE help me SPREAD THE WORD!!!"...
Here
is our address for 2008 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
Attn
MySpace heads! If you haven't joined our
exclusive RAP ATTACK page on MySpace, log
on
NOW
& join at:
http://www.myspace.com/rapattacklives...
SHOUT
OUT TIZIME:
Happy
BELATED Birthday this week to Mike Nardone (KXLU-CA)
on March 1st, Aaron Wade (WMSE-WI) on
March 10 and to Bri-G (RPM-NY)
on March 11. I'll be on time next year homies soooooooo
Happy B'day...
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) |
