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MR SANDMAN TAKE ME
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Tampa's in the house with Mr & Mrs Sandman
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DJ Q BERT
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WHO'S THE MAN?
(l-r): DJ
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[[ November 24, 2008 ]] |
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What's Upper?
HAPPY
THANKSGIVING!
IMPORTANT FOR RAP ATTACK DJ's & LABELS
The
LAST day to report your
playlist this year will be on Dec 10, 2008 . We will
resume with your playlist on Wednesday, Jan 14, 2009
I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO AN ALL NEW "RAP ATTACK" DJ &
CONFERENCE CALL PANEL.
"THANK
YOU" TO THOSE ALWAYS ON POINT WITH YOUR TOP 30,
FEEDBACK, SENDING ME PICTURES & NEWS & SHOWING
UP ON TIME & PARTICIPATING ON OUR RAP
ATTACK CONFERENCE CALLS.
ALL
OTHERS...SEE YA!
MC
Breed,
a legendary Flint,Michigan emcee who dropped one of
Hip-Hop's all time classic joint back in '91, "Ain't No
Future In Yo Frontin" has passed away. (R.I.P.)...
The
new issue of the "CONNEX LIST VOLUME 26"
is out & features KRS-One and Nasty-Nes!
Here is your direct link to the new issue of the
magazine:
Just copy & paste either link into your browser full
version (entire magazine):
http://www.wondertwinz.net/ConnexList/Magazine.pdf...
Phife
Dawg
of veteran rap group
A
Tribe Called Quest suffered a crushing
loss earlier this month when his protege, underground
rapper Jax,
died
on stage during a performance at Lenny's in Atlanta.
According to reports, the young rapper, born Chris
Thurston, died of a heart attack...
An
Interview w/ Oakland Rapper Ras Ceylon-Babylon will Be
Defeated
by: Davey-D
Click
the link below to peep interview:
http://odeo.
com/episodes/23635644-Breakdown-FM-Interview-w-Oakland-Rapper-Ras-Ceyon
We caught up with Oakland rapper Ras Ceylon and
talked to him about his new album 'Scientific Non
Fiction'. It's his second album and it looks to be a
monster.
Among the stand out tracks are cuts he did with Stic
Man of dead prez called 'Better Be
Ready', 'The Damage' featuring
Tragedy Khadafi and 'Many Levels'
featuring Bay Area icons Askari X and Taje
of Souls of Mischief.
The album is a masterpiece full of socially conscious
songs that keep you uplifted and in conversation without
being preachy. There is nothing trite about Ras Ceylon
and his music. He's a man of the people who wants us all
to advance. His album takes bold steps and will not
disappoint.
As for our interview, we started off talking to Ras
Ceylon about his background which Sri Lankan and how
that culture is often overlooked and misunderstood. We
talked to him about him embracing the Rastafarian
religion and how it influenced his music.
We also built with Ras about his revolutionary take on
politics and why he found it important to hook up with
people like Chairman Fred Hampton Jr of the
POCC and have him featured on the intro of this
album.
Ras is a force to be wreckon with in the years to come.
And for those who feel like Hip Hop has lost its sense
of adventure and commitment to politics, Ras Ceylon puts
those nagging doubts to rest...
ArtistWorks, Inc
announced today they have partnered with DJ Qbert
(see photo above) of ThudRumble to create the
Qbert Skratch University an online video learning
site. The groundbreaking university is expected to
launch in early 2009.
World renowned skratch innovator, DJ Qbert uses a series
of progressive videos to teach all levels of Skratching
techniques from basic to exotic as well as Beat
Juggling.
This format of exchanging videos with a legendary DJ
where the entire community learns is the first of its
kind.
Turntablists around the world use simple and innovative
video management technology created by ArtistWorks.
Student members post videos on the University site and
using the latest in Internet video technology, Qbert
responds to student videos, offering his personal
guidance and suggestions.
Students and fans appreciate the ability to access
previously unavailable world-class experts in an easy
and affordable manner. Unique to the ArtistWorks
approach is its customized interactive video learning
environment. Utilizing ArtistWorks proprietary
technology platform (patent pending), students submit
their own videos for evaluation, and are provided
written and video responses directly from the artist.
With this expert feedback and the opportunity to view
the other student's artist/student exchanges, progress
is unlimited.
DJ Qbert says "It's cool that Skratching has so many
fans around the world and we can all be in one place now
and learn from each other no matter where we live."
Qbert's entire method is going to be presented and
available at all times, so students can learn at their
own pace and move around the lessons if they prefer.
Although the lessons are progressive and get more
difficult, they will never go away. Qbert will also be
posting some videos from the road, competitions etc. The
students will have a personal area where they can post a
few of their own videos of themselves Qbert will
critique the student video submissions with a response
video or a written text assessment and give them an
assignment if need be. The introductory fee will be
extremely affordable at $60 for 3 months.
About
DJ QBert: Lauded as a groundbreaking and revolutionary
turntablist, DJ Qbert's career has been distinguished by
trail blazing a path to push turntablism into the 21st
century. He continues to travel the globe taking
turntablism to the next frontier and has gained great
respect both for his spectacular skills (including
numerous skratch inventions) as well as educating the
next generation of turntablists. He comes from the era
of experimental battle DJs who in the 90s gave shape to
the infinite sounds of 2 turntables and skratching
vinyl. He has been featured in two major documentary
films SCRATCH and HANG THE DJ, both of which were
selected at Cannes and Sundance Film Festival. DJ
QBert's first album Wave Twisters was reverse engineered
from sound into visuals, becoming his first feature
film, also selected into the Sundance Film Festival. The
future holds an unllimited array of mighty influences by
QBert, from his Skratch University to his sophomore
album, from newer and innovative hardware, to fantastic
sounds, DJ QBert will be there. To learn more about
Qbert, please visit
www.thudrumble.com,
www.djqbert.com
and of course,
www.qbertskratchuniversity.com,
For
more information, please visit
www.qbertskratchuniversity.com.
Press, please contact:
Patricia@ArtistWorks.com
Have
you ever wondered what it would be like to be woken up
by The Wonder TwinZ in the morning? Well, if the
answer is yes, we honestly find that to be a little bit
creepy, but its all good. Eitherway, I am PROUD to
announce that The Wonder TwinZ are the morning show
hosts of the BRAND NEW Sirius / XM Channel,
“The Heat." Yup, tune in every Monday – Friday from 6am
– 12 noon (est) and listen to what The Wonder TwinZ
For Sirius Subscribers, the show will be on Ch. 50
To listen online, log onto;
www.sirius.com
For XM Subscribers, the show will be on Ch. 68
To listen online, log onto:
www.xmradio.com
The
popular 66 Raw / XM Satellite Radio show
"Militainment Crazy Raw Radio" which features
N.O.R.E. (of Capone-n-Noreaga) and Miami's
Mixtape king DJ EFN has been moved to its post
merger slot. You can now hear the crazy antics of
N.O.R.E., DJ EFN, Hazardis Soundz, DJ K-N-S
and the rest of the Thugged out Militainment
/ Crazy Hood family every Thursday Night @ 12AM -
2AM on Hip Hop Nation. Not only is Militainment Crazy
Raw Radio officially a part of the new Sirius / XM
Satellite family but its also been extended an hour
longer. For the first time ever; both Sirius and XM
Satellite subscribers world wide will be able to hear
Militainment Crazy Raw Radio, already adding to the
growing fan base the show already has. N.O.R.E. - "I was
so happy excited and scared at the same time when I
heard bout sirius sat and Xm sat was merging but when I
just got the news of the merger and when they said they
was not only keeping my show but also they were
expanding it 2 hours now on hiphop nation every thursday
from 12 to 2 I was so overwhelmed and happy thanks 2 the
great people at serious / Xm for recognizing me and my
partner DJ EFN loyalty 2 our fans and listeners I am
truely honered thanks Leo g"...
(R.I.P.) OL' DIRTY BASTARD
The following is a letter Cherry Jones, Ol'
Dirty Bastard's mom, would like to release to the
media (in her own words):
Four years ago today marks one of the most tragic days
in my life when I lost my son Rusty whom many of
you know as Ol' Dirty Bastard. For the past four years I
have sat back and watched certain individuals try and
tarnish my sons beliefs. My son loved every single one
of his children and every single one of their mothers
and provided for them all the best he could when he was
alive. My son was an extremely generous soul. In the
past four years, my daughter has portrayed me very
poorly in law, Icelene. While I am very upset with my
daughter in law's false remarks towards me, I am more
upset by the way the other children Rusty had fathered
and cherished are not being taken care of properly. I am
also outraged that it appears Icelene has been diverting
money away from the other children and taking out
personal loans against Rusty's Estate Assets. She has
gone through numerous attorneys and her new attorneys
have racked up numerous amounts of legal fees and have
accomplished nothing. The fans want my son's last album,
which they are not allowing Koch to drop.
I'm not a lawyer or a judge but the children's attorney,
the Estates lawyer Donald David and Jeremy
Shure and the Judge Margarita Lopez Toress
seem to have no interest in stopping Icelene from
looting the estate. In fact many of the mothers have
recently hired their own attorney's for the children
because some of them felt that the attorney that Judge
Margarita Lopez Torres appointed for them wasn't
properly representing their children. He hasn't showed
up at depositions, he hasn't done anything to protect my
grandchildren. How can you allow someone who has spent
over six figures and taken out personal loans against
estate assets to continue? Even the bonding company who
bonds the Estate is fighting to get out because of the
fraud she has committed on the Estate.
It also troubles me that Ferrar and Strauss,
a division of Macmillan, are publishing a book
about my son's life. After my son got out of prison,
Dirty's manager, Jarred Weisfeld, and I received
a call that Rolling Stone wanted to do an
interview with Dirty. We said ok and allowed the person
to interview him. She came back for one more interview,
which took place at a concert. The article never
appeared in Rolling Stone however it did appear in The
Village Voice. After my son passed this author who knew
my son for only a few hours decided to write a book and
asked Jarred and myself to take part in it. We declined
and asked that she not use any part of the interview she
conducted with my son, in her book, but she did. I am
asking all of Dirty's fans to boycott this book as none
of the proceeds are going to his children and this
authors motives and intentions seem to be to disgrace my
son's legacy.
Also, quotes from lawyer, Robert Shapiro, in
yesterday's newspaper, are shameful. The fact that an
attorney who represented my son for less than a minute,
would comment and speculate on my son's health to get
his name in print is disgraceful. The world knows that
Robert Shapiro was not really my son's attorney and his
real attorney was like a second father to him and his
name is Peter Frankel, one of the only people who went
above and beyond the call of duty for my son and whom I
love dearly for that.
I hope next year my son's final album will be released
for the 5th Anniversary of his passing. It pains me to
have to write this on the day of his passing but I
needed to address this.
I know my son would have been at that rally in Chicago
when the first African American President was elected
and I'm sure he would have gone up on stage and grabbed
the microphone as only he could.
Lastly today is a very sad day not only for me but also
for my entire family including Dirty's father and his
siblings and children. I will always love my son Rusty
and I will always make sure all of his children are
taken care of.
His loving mother, Cherry Jones...
The
time has come, Fashawn's first video from
his debut album "Boy Meets World" is here. "Our Way"
featuring Evidence produced by Exile &
directed by Punit Dhesi. Peep it here:
http://videos.onsmash.com/v/IMSXs9yvVDqTtjm1...
RapAttackLives.com
is compiling a list of College/University Festivals
for the 2008-2009 academic year. Please reply with
the name and dates of your school's festival(s) and any
contact information regarding the festival so we can add
you to the list. Please take a quick second outta your
day & hit me with that info to:
nastynes818@gmail.com...
A.J. Woodson's
book will be officially available on ELECTION DAY!
Tuesday November 4th!
GOD is awesome, He picked the day we will make
history in this country as my release date for the book!
The book is called SPIRITUAL MINDED: da daily devotion
for da Hip-Hop generation and can be purchased online at
http://www. lulu. com/content/2830182
There is a brief preview of the book on the site as
well! I thank you all in advance for your support, your
prayers and pray you will all be blessed by what GOD is
doin' thru me! Tell a friend to tell a friend because
IT'S ABOUT TO GO DOWN!!!! Here's my contact info:
A.J. Woodson
Freelance Hip hop Journalist and Professional Hip-Hop
Junkie
official myspace page
http://www.myspace.com/daprofessionalhiphopjunky...
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...
Rap
Attack takes a "WHAT'S UPPER" look this week with:
Nesto
(WODU-VA):
"What's good fam? Damn it's getting cold out here. Not
the typical weather for this time of year, but can't say
I'm not welcoming it. I don't mind the cold, but then
again I don't live in Boston either, may be a different
story if I did. So now the auto industry wants a bail
out, and they are already doubling the amount they want.
I do not back the bail out, but again I can see it being
a necessary evil. If the bail out happens a lot of
stipulations need to be placed on the auto industry. No
big payouts to CEOs, not payouts to shareholders, etc.
Pay the government back before you pay the people that
helped you get in this big ass whole in the first place.
And start making cars that are worth something. Quality
cars, efficient cars, etc. Ok enough of the soapbox"...
DJ
Sage (CFRO-Vancouver BC, Canada): "Another
jam packed f--kin show! Got things started with some
Vancouver flavour in the form of the new online
album released by Defenders of the Faith entitled
"African Kings". The legendary Vancity duo Checkmate
and Concise bring the heat as usual, and the
production is big! Check it!:
www.myspace.com/defendersofthefaith
We were joined live over the phone by Sammy Bananas,
one of the hottest DJs on the scene right now, as well
as Double-O from The Kidz In The Hall.
Both talked about their upcoming projects and we are
definitely waiting to see them live. Good for us, Sammy
Bananas is going to be at Shine nightclub in Gastown
(Vancouver) on November 21st! Although there is
currently no Vancouver dates for the "Murs For
President" tour definitely make sure you check out the
boys alongside Murs and Big Pooh. I will testify
to the fact that all these artists put on a phenomenal
live show:
www.myspace.com/kidzinthehall
www.myspace.com/sammybananas
Snak The Ripper, Fatt Matt, Young Sin
& D-Rec also joined us live in studio! We got
the scoop on some projects coming up from them, and they
also got into a filthy freestyle session. Check the
podcast for that one!
www.UrbanRenewalProject.net
www.myspace.com/snaktheripper
www.myspace.com/drecbeats
www.myspace.com/youngsinmusic
www.myspace.com/kingfattmatt"...
Nate
Abney
(WKDU-Philly): "It is starting to get cold and I
don't really like it but that is a cold weather city for
you. In the middle of working two jobs so if you call
and don't get me don't be offended. Loving the
Diamond D record. Reminds me of when I was in middle
school and the early part of high school with him.
Black Milk album a favorite now too. Keep the music
coming till next week stay warm"...
Chill
Will
(WCBN-MI): "What's good people? Or should I say
it's cold people!!!!! It's DJ Chill Will of the
University of Michigan's WCBN 88.3 FM. Home of
the longest running college radio Hip Hop show in the
Mid-West and maybe the country. Be sure to tune into the
show weekly on 88.3 FM in the Ann Arbor/Metro Detroit
area. Or at
www.wcbn.org Saturday nights from 9 pm to 12
midnight est.
had
a dope show with Prince Po and my boy Matt G
doing there thing in the deuce. Hip Hop will be in
the building!!!! Also coming soon interviews with DJ
Babu, Black Milk and Fashawn. And a
big shout out to "VATO LOCO # 1" Nasty Nes for the
role on ER!!!! So does this mean you need sercurity???
For more dates and information about me, DJ Chill
Will go to:
www.myspace.com/djchillwill734...
Brian
"ColdRigourous" Leahy (WHUS-CT): " So I
been a bit MIA the last couple weeks, sorry about that.
Finishing my Ph D, looking for my first real job in 31
years, and my developing career as a club DJ (which pays
a hell of a lot better) just aren't leaving enough time
for radio. So over the next couple weeks, I'll slowly be
handing control of the urban department at WHUS over to
my man Phil. He's a good guy and I'm encouraging
him to take this very seriously, so I hope he'll be good
with the charts and feedback. That said, I'm going to
miss this shitt! Knowing everything that's coming out
has seriously helped my path to success as a DJ. And I
am still a seriously working club DJ (every Friday and
Saturday night, plus a monthly on Thursdays), so if you
feel like it please add
coldrigourous@gmail.com (note: 2 u's in
rigourous) to your mailing lists. Anyways, like I say,
this transition should take a couple weeks, while I show
Phil all the ins and outs of managing 500,000 emails a
week, so I'm not out quite yet, but in the mean time,
give a holler, and shouts out to everybody who is
working so hard to keep that indie rap alive. Youse good
people! Stay grinding yall"...
Here
is our address for 2008 to send material for review, etc
(vinyl & cd's)!
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 two of the most influention people
in my life, my mom Leonarda Hocson Rodriguez (R.I.P.)
& to Bruce Lee (R.I.P.) both celebrating
this Thursday, November 27th...
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) |
