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URBAN NETWORK TURNS
20 D-Tragic
(805HipHop.com)
& Nasty-Nes will be dj'ing/hosting the
ThrowBack Records party this Fri-March 28th at
the Hyatt Regency Poolside! |
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DOWN TO THE C.O.R.E.
(l-r)
Arash (SoFull Ent.) & DJ R.I.P.
from the C.O.R.E. DJ's chillin' in New
Orleans! |
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REMEMBERING EAZY-E
"Radio"
featuring KDAY's Greg Mack &
Nasty-Nes |
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[[ March 24, 2008 ]] |
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What's
Upper? This Thursday will be the season finale of
MTV's "America's Best Dance Crew" & I'm voting for
Jabawackeez to WIN! Big props to Kaba Modern
who I thought would be in the final two. This show
is amazing. Peep it...
The place to be this week is at "Urban Network's 20th
Anniversary Conference" in
Newport Beach
at the Hyatt Regency.
DJ
D-Tragic (805HipHop.com) & I (see photo
above) will be hosting/dj'ing a Throwback Records
poolside event this Friday-6:30pm to 8:30pm, March 28th.
Come check us out: 6:30pm-8:30pm Throw Back Records
Hosts a Cocktail Reception
Performances by Hoodlum West, Mahagani,
Tyrant, Ras Ceylon & Ms. Triniti...
RUTHLESS RECORDS CELEBRATES THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH
A LUNCHEON AND SHOWCASE DURING URBAN NETWORK CONFERENCE
Ruthless Records,
one of the most successful independent music labels of
all time, celebrates its 20th anniversary
with a full roster of fresh new talent and an exciting
2008 release schedule. The new face of Ruthless Records
includes a Latin Pop female, an R&B angel, a Hip-Hop
lyricist, a mid-western rapper and a
get-the-party-started group from Atlanta.
WHO:
RUTHLESS RECORDS CELEBRATES THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH
PERFORMANCES BY RUTHLESS' NEW ARTISTS
NASHEY,
HOPSIN, STEVE STONE AND AGINA
WHAT:
A LUNCHEON AND SHOWCASE
WHERE: DURING URBAN NETWORK CONFERENCE
WHEN:
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008
TIME:
12:30PM-2:30PM
HYATT
REGENCY NEWPORT BEACH HOTEL
1107
JAMBOREE
ROAD
NEWPORT BEACH,
CALIFORNIA 92660
949-729-1234
CONTACTS: Brian Gilmore/BG Group
770-808-4243 office
briangilmore76@aol.com
Remembering a Hip Hop Icon: Eazy-E
The Hip-Hop community has experienced many losses over
the years, loosing such icons of the culture as Tupac
Shakur (2Pac), Notorious BIG, Jam
Master Jay and a host of others.
The tragic loss of Eric ‘Eazy-E’ Wright,
before his time; is often over shadowed, possibly by the
passing of Tupac (2Pac), another well loved HipHop icon
from the west coast. It seems Eric does not get the full
credit and admiration he deserves nor is he remembered
for his accomplishments in the music and entertainment
fields.
From the streets of
Compton
to NWA to Ruthless Records,, Eric ‘Eazy–E’
Wright made his mark. And it is sad that he is not
remembered in the way that some other artist we have
lost are remembered.
Ruthless Records brought us many gangsta rap tracks.
Eazy paved the way for the gangsta rap movement. He had
Dr. Dre, he discovered and brought us the Bone
Thugs. He added so much to the ‘rap’ game with his
street savvy and business skillz.
March 26, 1995 at the aged of 31, Eric ‘Eazy-E’ Wright
passed from this world, , ten days after being admitted
into LA's Cedars-Sinai hospital on 24 February. He went
for a lung problem. When he was diagnosed as having
full-blown AIDS, Wright made no bones about it. He was
the first rapper ever to admit such status. Eric
‘Eazy-E’ Wright passed away of AIDS
Eric Lynn Wright (September 7, 1963–March 26, 1995),
better known by the stage name Eazy-E, was an American
Hip Hop Icon, a rapper, producer, and record executive
from Anoush Street in Compton.
He was a Kelly Park Compton Crip (although he was
connected to many other Crip gangs) from the early
teenage years, and until his death. He is widely
regarded as the founder of the gangsta rap sub-genre and
initially rose to fame as a member of the group N.W.A,
but later achieved critical and commercial success as a
solo artist. Eazy-E's vocal style was marked by his
youthful, high-pitched voice and his lyrics focusing on
the elements of urban street life such as guns, drugs,
relations between residents and the police, and deviant
sexual activity. He had also for some time hosted a
Hip-Hop radio show on Los Angeles-based radio station
KKBT.
Eric ‘Eazy-E’ Wright is buried at Rose Hills Memorial
Park in Whittier, California.
Just never forget; always remember and appreciate where
the roots of rap and Hip-Hop came from. Rest in Peace
– Eric ‘Eazy E’ Wright...
While
Blue Scholars is locking ish down by puttin' my
hometown of Seattle back on the Hip-Hop map, get ready
for artist Orbitron to do the same. "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. Orbitron's debut single "Freedom Song"
features Geological from the Blue Scholars.
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::
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
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, Canada): "In the
words of O-Dog, last night radio show was "BIG!"
and you need to go cop it –
www.urpradio.podomatic.com. We started
things off by highlighting and previewing the catalogue
of Guilty Simpson. With "Ode To The Ghetto"
dropping next week and me holding it down on Friday for
the release party at Shine Nightclub. You know we had to
get the man from the D to join us to talk about things
including the upcoming Stone Throws release, the
Detroit music scene, and first meeting linking up with
Dilla (RIP).
We also had Charon Don join us from Pittsburgh
talking about "The Art of Life" Mix CD &
DVD.
Charon Don track "Just Wanna Know" has been a URP
Radio favourite for months now; in fact, it made are
best of 2007 show. So, make sure you check it out.
Don't forget to hit the website www.stylusspinfest.com
to vote for the best DJ, DJ Sage.
Best Underground Hip Hop DJ
Best College Radio (DJ Sage and "The Urban
Renewal Project") Best DJ in Vancouver (If you
think so! Why wouldn't you?)
We're needing votes, give us a hand"...
Brian
"ColdRigourous"
Leahy (WHUS-CT): "Post SXSW...Oh
My, did I ever get too drunk at the Urban meet n'greet.
Sorry if I puked on your shoes. Just kidding, there was
no puke, but there was def. me finding a nice dry
riverbed to lay down in for an hour or so afterwards"...
Edgie Kokoski (WUNH-NH): "Funny follow up
from last week: I was just reading that the "Strapped"
Condom company has issued a cease & desist order against
media outlets displaying their ad that I attached to my
chart last week depicting Lil Wayne bent over the
hood of a car. So I'd delete that email from me
immmediately or face potential legal action! Seriously
though, the irony is that they probably brought more
publicity to their brand with that ridiculous ad. The
cease & desist order may indeed be just another
escalation of such a stunt. If they want to sue me
however, they are welcome to do so. I can't imagine
having "Strapped Condoms Vs. Edgie Kokoski" in the legal
books for eternity doing any damage to my
reputation...in fact, I might go up in some people's
estimation.
One person who should have learned the lesson that
Strapped Condoms just did about public presentation is
Jimmy "Henchmen" Rosemond. This
week he was accused of being involved in the 1994
Tupac/Quad Recording Studio shooting, at the
direction of none other than Sean "Diddy"
Combs. Although it will take a lot to
authenticate this story, the moral here is that when
your nickname is "Henchmen", it doesn't really bode well
for defending yourself against criminal accusations.
Just ask C-Murder. Plus, being associated with
Diddy is like being associated with Barack Obama's
pastor. Excuse me, "former" pastor. Seriously
though, how ludicrous are these charges? What's next,
they will accuse Diddy of spitting ghost-written lyrics
or pinning shootings on Bad Boy employees? Sheesh...
Speaking of shootings, let's hope and pray that the
Supreme Court does the right thing and protects our 2nd
Amendment rights to go shooting whenever we want. Today
in D.C. they debated the legality of civilians owning
firearms in the U.S. The irony is that D.C., which bans
handgun ownership, is one of the most violent cities in
America partly due to the fact that law-abiding citizens
can't defend themselves or fight back. Seriously though,
what criminal will think twice about sticking up someone
innocent who may have a knife or pepper-spray at the
worst? I won't even get started on how useful guns are
for hunting gorillas or keeping pesky zombies away. So
do the right thing Supreme court, and keep my dream of
mounting a Civil War cannon on my front porch alive"...
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
Birthday this week to DJ Revolution (Wake Up
Show) celebrating this Wednesday, March 26. To the
DOVE celebrating this Friday, March 28 & to
JayForce (WRFG-ATL) celebrating this Sunday,
March 30th... Our deepest condolences goes out to
JayForce (WRFG-ATL), his mother passed away last week in
his hometown of Philly. (R.I.P.) to Glennie Williams...
Eazy-E (R.I.P. March 26, 1995)...
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) |
