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PHILLY'S NO. 1
MIXTAPE KING
DJ Meddafore |
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URBAN NETWORK 2009
HIP-HOP POWER PANEL:
(l-r) Steve Lobel, Nasty-Nes, Kevin
Black, MC Lyte, Brian Samson, David
Mitchell, (front) Maani Edwards,
Flossy & Nasty-Nes |
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A NASTY NASTYMIX
FLASHBACK
He's back! (see story
below): Kid Sensation & Nasty-Nes! |
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[[ March 30, 2009 ]] |
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What's
Upper?
Rapper T.I. was sentenced to one year and a day
in prison as part of his guilty plea on federal weapons
charges dating back to his arrest in October 2007. TIP
arrived at an Atlanta courthouse just after 9 last
Friday morning, followed by his girlfriend Tameka
"Tiny" Cottle and members of his Grand
Hustle team. The ATL superstar and his legal team
worked out a plea deal that had TIP performing thousands
of hours of community service, some of which was
documented on his MTV show "Road To
Redemption." TI is expected to begin his sentence within
the next 6-8 weeks...
LET'S GET LIVE WITH KID SENSATION!
For those that don't
know my musical history, before I recorded music as
Xola
www.myspace.com/xolamusic,
I started out as a
teenager with Sir-Mix-A-Lot under the alias "Kid
Sensation."
Alongside Anthony (Sir-Mix-A-Lot),
I was one of the MC's
that helped Seattle get on the Hip-Hop map. Along the
way, I had ups, downs, a million units sold (over 4
cd’s), the label (Nastymix) folded, but I believe
everything happens for a reason. My prior CD's were
considered by many to be classics, but were out of print
and unavailable... I had no clue what to do being young
and not so business savvy.
Now through a deal with Burnside Recordings, I've
been able to compile
my past CD's, and bring new music projects to the table.
The prior CD's will be available coming soon.
New Kid Sensation release NOW AVAILABLE "Back
Home" featuring two Ken Griffey Jr. tracks, the
20th anniversary edition of my almost gold debut single
"Back to Boom", the street burner INFERNO, and 12 other
heaters.. The site
www.kidsensation.com
is up but still a work in
progress... I've removed all objectionable
language/material from prior Kid Sensation CD's, for
remaster, and re release. This has been a huge
breakthrough for me! After all I've been dragged
through, cheated out of, and deceived on, my fractured
past is beginning to fall into place.
As most everyone knows, Griffey's back with the
Mariners! His return created huge buzz in the media.
On radio it caused a resurgence of a nostalgic rap duet
piece I conned- ahem... I mean humbly requested my good
buddy Ken to record with me entitled "The Way I
Swing".... If you never got a chance to hear the
original you can hear it at:
http://www.imeem.com/people/s23b9M/music/hke1ntx7/kid-sensation-the-way-i-swing-ken-griffey-jr/
Yes, that's actually Ken and I flowin, he was maybe 23
(he's got me by a couple) you can tell how young we
sound :) see the attached promo picture...
KUBE93FM
recently honored me with a request to record a track
welcoming him back home. It features myself and Ken
(sound drops and rhymes from the original release). Jump
onto the link below, to hear snippets of both Griffey
tracks.
KUBE has given this song a nice number of spins, but
please spread the word, have everyone you know call
(206.421.9393) email (karenwild@kube93.com)
or text (97373) the station and request the track if you
want to hear it. As opening day gets closer, the story
and song will build, the Seattle Times
interviewed me, Fox Sports Network plans a
feature, and I'll be on KUBE to promote... With your
support, it will continue to bubble!
On to the present and future: Those who know me well
know- God is my source, and my heart is in
serving my community, especially the kids. Aside from my
own kids, I have a heart for every young person in the
world. I simply believe in their potential, and I
dedicate my life/career to do my part in setting an
example, and serving them first. Through The Boys and
Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound, and many other
sources, I strive to give them all a piece of me. I want
my days on this earth to be remembered for what I gave
and who I served, as well as my music. My career is what
I do, but not who I am.
I'm
also part owner of an energy drink company Hench Hench (www.henchhench.com)
check us out, drink with both hands, and FEEL THE HENCH!
(strength). We will be doing some revolutionary things
with the drink and music company, stay tuned...
The Xola Project "My Heart, My Soul, My Music" is coming
soon. It’s my first release as Xola rather than Kid
Sensation and it will reflect all of the above
mentioned... The world will get a look into my life; I
took the road of transparency hoping something I've
survived might draw a connection with one many. My
journey through this thing called life has had every
imaginable twist and turn... God gave me a gift to put
it together in a compelling fashion (I hope others
agree).
Summer 2009 on Hench Hench Music.
Anyhow, those who support, download the Kid album, it’s
9 bucks, a good listen, and please pass it on to
everybody. You can preview snippets and buy it at this
link...
http://www.amazon.com/BackHome/dp/B001VSMAAS/ref
=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1238050654&sr=8-1
Sincerest thanks, blessings to you and yours!
Xola Malik (Kid Sensation)
www.myspace.com/kidsensation
www.myspace.com/xolamusic
www.livreunited.org/msuic
www.henchhench.com
Bert
Bocachica
has been scheduled to introduce Rap Fest Radio on
Holy Culture Radio on March 24th of
this year. The show is a Christian Hip Hop and Reggaeton
Podcast that combines years of Christian Hip Hop
ministry experience and an in-depth look at the current
state of the Christian Hip Hop community through live
interviews.
Together with Brother E as the co-host for select
shows, and other special guest co-hosts, Rap Fest Radio
will take you beyond backstage into the hearts and lives
of your favorite artists in the genre. The kick-off show
for the HCR Podcast will have Gessie Thompson
of the UpLift Group, Katalyst and
Trig of Holy Culture as the featured guests.
Bert and Brother E will ask Gessie Thompason what it's
like to be the manager for Da TRUTH, JR and
Ambassador. They will also take you on a tour of
Katalyst's ministry and music and also discuss the
recent ILLSPOT and HCR merger with Trig. Listen in as
Bert and Brother E take you on a wild ride that is
informative, real and fun. Their unscripted, unrehearsed
comedic flair shows that its ok to have a good time in
Christ.
Rap
Fest Radio streams live via
http://www.rapfestradio.com 24/7 with live
shows on Monday and Friday nights from 8:00 to 11:00 PM.
However, be sure to check out the show when it drops on
March 24th, either via ITUNES under Holy Culture
Radio; listen online at
http://www.holyculture.net/ or download it at
http://holycultureradio.blogspot.com.
Rap
Fest Radio aims to connect the listeners to the artists
in a more intimate way than your regular radio shows.
From Old School to New School. Classics to Exclusives.
Their mission is to cover all aspects of the Global
Gospel Rap genre. Rap Fest Radio...
Sullee's
label Old South End Records have inked a
distribution deal thru KOCH & Rap Attack's
own, DJ Addition will be their Head of
Mixshow Promotions, Dir. for Old South End Records.
Congrats...
Cypress Hill
is back in the studio wrapping up its first new album
since 2004, with hopes to release it in the fall on
Suburban Noize Records. "We're mixing right now,"
says B-Real, who just released his first solo
album, "Smoke N Mirrors.". He describes the group's new
music as "gritty. It's aggressive. It's like Hip-Hop
straight-up. We just felt like we needed to go back to
that raw, gritty Hip-Hop sound but try to find a way to
bridge it with what's going on now." B-Real says the
as-yet-untitled album will have input from pals
Everlast, Evidence and The Alchemist,
but he didn't anticipate many other guests. "We don't
really do a lot of collaborations in Cypress. We keep it
in house." The group members have been mostly working
on their own projects since 2004's "Til Death Do Us
Part" and a split with Columbia Records, their
longtime label home...
Arash's
debut album, "Transcripted Thoughts" independently
released through SoFull Entertainment, now has
two #1 singles that has charted: "Howudoin?" and "Rise."
The album is a cross of Marvin Gaye meets Mos
Def and is reminiscent of the sound of the Golden
Era of Hip-Hop. If you like quality music, then this
album is for you.
On that note, for a limited time, Arash is posting the
album on his dj website
http://www.shammydee.com for free download.
You need to register to become a member (if you haven't
already, only takes 2 minutes) and you'll find the
members link where you can download and enjoy the
album...
If
you’ve lived in LA for any length of time, you’ve bumped
him in your ride on a Friday night. He’s worked at your
favorite radio stations - Power 106 and 100.3
The Beat and any hot club from here to Japan.
They’ve called him the “Hardest Working DJ on the West
Coast,” but we just call him DJ Hideo (see photo
below). If you’re on this site, then you’re wondering if
the rumors are true. Unfortunately, they are. DJ Hideo
has cancer.We are all in prayer for Hideo, his daughter
Danny and the entire Sugano family. Please
log onto his site for more info on how you can help
Hideo:
http://www.prayforhideo.com/
and this website is intended to keep people
alerted about Hideo's progress. Please visit
www.djhideo.com for all information...
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...
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:
Mel
Boogie
(CKLN-Canada): "We know it’s been a few weeks
since our last newsletter and here’s the scoop – as some
of you may already know, the infrastructure at CKLN
88.1FM has been in turmoil for the past 18 months,
with some serious infighting between two groups of board
members. The infighting escalated to the point where the
Student Union at Ryerson University (home of CKLN
88.1FM), has the station on ‘LOCK OUT. Simply put,
ALL programmers have been locked out of the station, and
no new programming is airing until the situation is
resolved.
Originally it was hoped that things would be worked out
within a few weeks, but a month later, things are still
in poor shape – it’s truly unfortunate that it’s the
community and volunteer programmers (some of whom have
been at the station for over 20 years), are the ones who
have to shoulder most of this burden. THANK YOU for
all your emails and calls to find out what happened, and
show your support of our show and the station itself!!!
What
does this mean for DD RADIO?? Well, you know
we’re soldiers!! Our home is at CKLN, but while we wait
patiently for things to work out, one of our sister
stations has given us a temporary home. We still plan to
bring you the exclusive interviews, music and straight
heat that make DD RADIO the jewel that it is via our
podomatic page! In the meantime, we're still on the
heavy grind - no doubt!! Over the past month, we've done
a guest spot on
OTA Live, been on panels for International
Women's Day, rocked the mic at the Hip Hop
Karaoke 2nd Anniversary Party (well, Mel gave it her
best try and gained a whole new respect for MCs!!), and
of course you can still check us out LIVE
at various hot spots throughout the city, including
Girls Love Hip Hop Too (it's a birthday party for
JJ ROCK this Saturday alongside The Real Freqs
& Special Guest Agile!) and the Big Daddy Kane
concert – peep the flyers below to see where we’ll be!!
Having Monday nights off has also allowed us to catch
Canada's HOTTEST New Television drama,
The LINE, which premiered this month on The
Movie Network (Canada's HBO), starring Wes
"Maestro" Williams, Cle Bennet, Linda Hamilton, Sharon
Lawrence and Ed Asner -- peep the trailer
HERE !!
It's
that time of year -- VOTING for the Annual Canadian DJ
Awards is now open. It was an honor it was for
MelBoogie to take home Female DJ of the Year 2008,
but this year we're setting our sights a bit higher and
would like your nomination for College Radio Show of
the Year!!"...
Jason-D
(RadioBoise.org): "I don't know about the rest of
my DJ's but I have been struggling to keep up on new
music. . Recent albums to check for Saigon &
Statik Selektah "All In A Day's Work", Rise &
The Avid Record Collector present "Rise",
B-Real "Smoke & Mirrors", Tone Spliff
"Authentic", Keeley & Zaire "Ridin High", & MF
Doom "Born Like This". There is a lot of good
underground music out right now"...
Chill
Will
(WCBN-MI): "It's DJ Chill Will of the University
of Michigans's WCBN 88.3 FM. Home of the longest
running Hip Hop show on radio 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 from 9pm to 12 midnight
est.
Gotta
send a big shout out to everybody at SXSW,
and WMC . Wish I could be at both but
gotta do my thing here. Speaking of music there's been a
lot of dope stuff coming out. And Flo Rida yeah I
said it FLO RIDA!!!!! Has a song called Yayo with some
of Miami's dopest mc's. Check for that and Curtains
new joint called Dope Supremacy which is fire also.
Curtains has a video for the song that is dope. For more
information about me DJ Chill Will go to
www.myspace.com/djchillwill734...
Nesto
(WODU-VA):
"What's up people? I'm stuck on one, because I can't
get to two... DJ Exile.. Check it out when you
get a chance, and check out that Keelay and Zaire.
How did SXSW go? Sounds like it was good
times. Hopefully next year I will be able to make it.
Speaking of SXSW I know there was some goodies
and I just got my hands on a mixtape, and it just so
happens to have a RMX of the Heltah Skeltah
"Midnight Madness" track mixed by my homie J Clyde.
Check it out, it's dope"...
Edgie
Kokoski
(WUNH-NH):
"Although I'm sensitive to the tragic events surrounding
her death, am I the only one who had never heard of
Natasha Richardson?
I wish the Government would buy up my "toxic debt". I'd
settle for them buying up my "slightly nauseating debt",
like my $157 monthly Comcast bill for internet,
cable with HBO, and DVR. Writing that
check will make you queasy each month.
Kid Cudi un-retiring? Wow, what a shocker!!! I
can't believe that he made the courageous decision to
stop pouting like a baby and continue on the path to
fame and fortune. Good for you Kid Cudi. You have the
heart of a lion.
Although I'm impressed with Asher Roth's
humorous delivery and lyrical dexterity, I haven't heard
a record from him yet that has a hook. I wonder if that
will be his achille's heel.
Each day my colleague insists on recapping the previous
night's March Madness games for me, even though I've
made it blatantly clear that I am not a huge basketball
fan and can barely follow the NBA let alone 64
different colleges. If I wanted to watch a bunch of kids
pursue a career that is almost assuredly a dead end,
then I'd watch "American Idol". I'm really ready for
some Major League Baseball. At least those guys
know that you have to cheat to make it a career"...
Nate
Abney (WKDU-Philly):
"This is a good cause I am a part of so I thought I
would let you know about it. I am involved in an annual
golf outing with my brother and father's fraternity(Kappa
Alpha Psi), that takes place every June in
Mainland,Pennsylvania. The outing is to raise money for
the Community Advocates Association for
Children&Youth. The organization also known as CAACY
helps counsel troubled youth and their families and
their is also a scholarship fund for the Kappa Alpha
Psi's Delta Theta Alumni chapter. The brochure is in the
attachment. All who are interested can contact the Golf
Committee list and send all registration to address
listed. So please join us on Monday June 15,2009 for a
great cause"...
Here
is our address for 2009 to send material for review, etc
(vinyl & cd's)!
RapAttackLives.com
4750 Kester Avenue, Ste. 11
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Attn: Nasty-Nes
(FOR MP3's):
nastynes818@gmail.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 Jay Force (WRFG-Atlanta)
celebrating Monday, March 30...
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) |
