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MEMORIAL DAY 2009
Gettin'
their BBQ on at LA's Basement Records are;
Hobin Choi, Nasty-Nes & Arash! |
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DJ FRRESH EXITS KPSU
DJ
Frresh turned off his mic last Saturday night
& is relocating from Portland back to his hometown
of Chicago! |
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THE BROTHERS JOHNSON
"THE BEST OF FUNK" (MVD VISUAL) DVD
(see info below) |
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[[ May 25, 2009 ]] |
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What's
Upper?
Hope
you had a great 3 day Memorial Day weekend...
With
almost 100 million votes tallied last Wednesday night,
Kris Allen defeated front-runner and judges'
favorite Adam Lambert to become the 'American
Idol' season 8 winner...
Last
Monday, May 18th there was a shooting & killing here at
LA's Beverly Center Mall. Konvict artist Dolla
who's hit single "Who The Fu#ck Was That" was
pronounced dead on the scene. (R.I.P.)
Atlanta-based rapper
Dolla
was
shot
and killed at the Beverly Center in Los
Angeles. According to reports, the 21-year-old, born
Roderick Anthony Burton II, was sitting with a
friend, fellow rapper DJ Shabazz when he was shot
in the head. He was then taken to Cedar-Sinai Hospital
where he later died. The killer Aubrey Barry is
under arrest...
THE 2009 DMC AMERICAN BATTLEGROUND
DMC DJ Battles are the World's most longest
running and most prestigious DJ Battles. This year, DJs
took charge of their local battle scenes to bring DMC
battles to both San Antonio TX and New Orleans LA for
the first time ever, as well as to tried and true DJ
battle cities: New York City and Los Angeles. DJs from
across the USA will enter battles in these select cities
with the hope of representing the United States in the
2009 DMC World DJ Championships in London on Sept. 11th
and 12th.
In the traditional DMC DJ battle, which began in 1985,
DJs showcase two and six minute routines on 2 Technics
turntables and 1 mixer for the judges. The first US DJ
to win this battle was DJ Cheese from Plainfield
NJ who incorporated scratching into his routine, taking
the 1986 DMC World title and forever changing what was
more of a mixing competition to a Hip Hop DJ battle.
Since that time Americans including DJ Cash Money,
Roc Raida, Craze, ie.MERG, Qbert,
Mix Master Mike and Apollo have claimed
the World title. This year, DJs will enter the regional
battles in TX, NY, CA and LA to gain a place in the 2009
DMC USA Finals being held at NYC's hot spot Santos Party
House (96 Lafayette St) on August 1st.
Two additional DMC battles were created more recently to
meet the battle DJs demand for variety. The DMC Team DJ
Battle, debuted in 1999, and consists of crews of two to
four DJs battling showcase style for six minutes each on
as many as 6 Technics turntables and 4 mixers. Since
2008, DJ teams have been permitted to use computer
programs such as Serato Scratch Live. The Team
battle will be held in Los Angeles at The Sabor Lounge
(847 S. Union Ave.) on June 27th along with the DMC West
Coast Regional Battle.
The DMC Battle for Supremacy, a classic head to head
style DJ battle, established in 2000, pairs competitors
up and squares them off for two 90 second rounds on 2
Technics turntables and 1 mixer. This battle will be
held in New York City at Santos Party House (96
Lafayette St) on June 13th along with the DMC East Coast
Regional Battle.
PRIZES:
1st: The 2009 US Team, US Battle for Supremacy
and regional champions will receive the recently
released
Rane
SL 3 as well as prizes from our other
sponsors.
2nd: Runners up in the Supremacy and regional battles
will win UDG/Rane Creator Backpacks.
3rd: Regional DJs who place 3rd will receive UDG/Rane
Messenger Bags.
On Aug. 1: The 2009 DMC US Champion will take home the
Rane
TTM 57SL mixer. Runner up receives the
Rane
TTM 56S mixer and third place will recieve
the UDG/Rane Creator Backpack plus Messenger Bag.
REGISTER TO BATTLE
Please write to
usa@dmcworld.com with the following
information:
DJ Name
First Name & Last Name
Complete Address, Apt or House City State Zip
Phone
Email
Website,myspace, facebook etc.
Which battle/s you are entering?
Crew affiliation
CALL
TO ACTION: Help Save Black Radio:
The Honorable John Conyers, our 80 year old
African-American Congressman is the sponsor of a new
bill that could put many black owned radio stations out
of business. And force others to abandon their
commitment to provide free music, entertainment, news,
information, and money losing formats like gospel and
black talk.
This is Cathy Hughes, founder and chairperson of Radio
One with an urgent call to our Radio Family.
The John Conyers Performance Tax Bill is the brain child
of the foreign owned record industry who would receive
at least 50% of the revenue that would be charged to
radio stations in order for them to play music. The
music that you now receive free from us - we would have
to pay millions of dollars for.
And in the midst of this economic depression, black
radio stations simply do not have that financial
ability.
There has been only one hearing on the bill and that
hearing did not have any black ownership representation.
Black radio owners and community leaders including Rev.
Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Dick Gregory, Tom
Joyner, and myself have all begged Conyers to at least
allow us the opportunity for a hearing. He has flatly
refused.
We now ask you, our radio family, to assist us in
saving the future of black radio. Please call or email
or visit the offices of John Conyers today.
His phone numbers are 202-225-5126 and
313-961-5670 and his email address isjohn.conyers@mail.house.gov
TELL HIM that you oppose this bill that would
murder Black owned radio and the free music that you now
hear on all free radio stations. In the midst of an
American economic recession, it is not the right time to
send millions of dollars to foreign owned record
companies that don’t even pay taxes like you and me in
this country. This bill is not in the interest of Black
people! Please help us save Black radio!
WANT TO LEARN MORE? See below why it is IMPERATIVE that
we act to save Black radio:
1.
The promotional value of free local radio airplay
translates into significant revenues for artists and
record labels:
·
According to the Recording Industry Association of
America (RIAA), record sales in the United States in
2007 were approximately $10.4 billion;
·
Touring revenue in 2007 in the U.S. was approximately $5
billion;
·
The
above figures exclude the several billion dollars
derived annually from merchandise, songwriting royalties
and licensing deals for commercials, films, etc.; and
·
Also
excluded is the boost that U.S. popularity provides for
foreign sales and concerts.
2.
Local radio also actively promotes artists by:
·
Devoting considerable and valuable airtime to promoting
artists’ concerts;
·
Featuring artist weekends
·
Providing opportunities for live in-studio performances;
and
·
Creating buzz through on-air ticket and album giveaways,
helping to drive concert and merchandising revenue.
Without doubt, the engine driving these billions of
dollars into the pockets of the record labels and
artists is free, local radio promotion.
Artist Examples of Increased Sales From Local Radio
Airplay
Each of the next graphs details and compares the spins
on over-the-air radio (highlighted in red on each graph)
with the retail sales and downloads of the artists’
releases (highlighted in blue on each graph). The
results are consistent in every artist example:
Significant play on radio results in significant sales
of the artist’s song, demonstrating the significant
promotional and economic impact that free, local radio
provides to the recording industry.
The recording industry suggests that the Internet and
viral marketing is now the way to break a new artist.
However, despite numerous new methods for artists to
showcase their music, such as MySpace.com, retail
outlets, etc., radio’s promotional value in spiking and
sustaining sales is clearly demonstrated by the
information included below.
Kanye West
Kanye West is an American record producer and is a
multiple Grammy Award-winning rapper and singer who rose
to fame in the mid 2000s.
Albums
He released his debut album “The College Dropout” in
2004, his second album “Late Registration” in 2005 and
his third album “Graduation” in 2007. His first three
albums have received numerous awards (including nine
Grammys), critical acclaim and commercial success. The
first two singles from “Late Registration” sold over
860,000 copies in its first week, and earned him eight
Grammy Award nominations including Album of the Year and
Record of the Year for the song “Gold Digger.” His first
three albums have certified sales of three million,
three million and two million copies respectively by the
RIAA.
Tours
Kanye West headlined 190 concerts between 2004 and 2007,
grossing an average of $244,669 and selling an average
of 5,235 tickets per date. (Source: Pollstar Artist
Profile Report, © 2007)
50
Cent
50 Cent is an American rapper.
Albums
He rose to fame with the release of his albums “Get Rich
or Die Tryin’” (2003) and “The Massacre” (2005). Both
albums achieved multi-platinum success, selling over 21
million records worldwide, including 11 million RIAA
certified sales in the United States.
The lead single from “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” “In da
Club,” which The Source noted for its “blaring horns,
funky organs, guitar riffs and sparse hand claps” broke
a Billboard record as the most listened-to song in radio
history within a week.
Tours
50 Cent headlined 199 concerts worldwide between 2002
and 2007, grossing an average of $632,272 and selling an
average of 11,406 tickets per date between 2005 and
2007. (Source: Pollstar Artist Profile Report, © 2007)
SPYN CYCAL RAYDIO on Live365.com will be
debuting: "WEST COAST WEDNESDAYS" from 7PM - midnight
premiering this week.
West Coast Hip-Hop from all over... Not just Cali... so
send music for the show!
"LEFT COAST RAYDIO EVERY SATURDAY" features California
Hip-Hop all day long every Saturday!... Send music for
the show to:
Vernassa Fields - Spyn Cycal Ent.
7710
Brabham Way
Elk
Grove, CA 95785
vernassafields@spyncycal.com
THEY
LIVE SneakerPimps.com TOUR DATES
5/28
@ Wild Buffalo (Bellingham, WA) w/GMK & Linda & Ron's
Dad
5/30 @ Soho Studios (Miami, FL) w/Asher Roth, Clipse,
Cool Kids
6/9 @ Studio Seven w/ B-Real & Bizzy Bone (billed as
Bruce Illest show)
6/12 @ SNEAKER PIMPPS NYC TBA
7/11 @ SNEAKER PIMPS PHILLY TBA
7/18 @SNEAKER PIMPS DC TBA
7/24 @ Neumos - Capitol Hill Block Party
7/25 @SNEAKER PIMPS BOSTON TBA
8/8 @SNEAKER PIMPS CHICAGO TBAQ
8/14 @ Hell's Kitchen (Tacoma) w/ Evergreen One & Todd
Sykes, Helladope & The Revengers
8/15 @ SNEAKER PIMPS MEMPHIS TBA
8/29 @ SNEAKER PIMPS SF TBA (DATE LIKELY TO CHANGE)
9/9 @ Showbox (most likely)- SNEAKER PIMPS SEATTLE
Former rapper Willie D of the Geto Boys is
reportedly facing 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine
on charges that he ran an Internet scam involving
iPhones. The rapper allegedly took orders for the
device, pocketed the money and never sent the product...
In
the summer of 1995, one song was inescapable. Blasting
from cars, parks and parties, Blahzay Blahzay’s
“Danger" became New York Hip-Hop’s most memorable
anthem, reaching #1 on the Billboard Rap Single
Charts. Composed by the renown Brooklyn-based
MC/DJ team Blahzay Blahzay – Blahz the MC and
PF Cuttin’ on production – Danger had fans worldwide
chanting the thunderous Jeru-sampled chorus,
"When the East is in the House, Oh My God!"
After
"Danger's" success, Blahz recorded numerous independent
projects and developed his company, 25/8 entertainment.
Now ready to release his new solo album – his first
using other producers – Blahz heats up the streets with
fellow East New York don, Uncle Murda. “Working
with Uncle Murda was a play my hood called,” Blahz says.
“Everybody in East New York wanted us to work together.
It’s like best of all worlds: the ‘90s mixed with the
present day.”
On
the first Murder/Blahz first collaboration, producer
Metaphysics works wonders with Dances with White
Girl’s iconic “Everybody's Got To Make A Living”
sample for an ode to recessionary survival. It already
sounds like another anthem...
The
Brothers Johnson (see
photo above) backed up many touring artists like
Bobby Womack and the Supremes before
joining Billy Prestons band. Following their
departure from Preston's band, Quincy Jones hired
them to play on his album Mellow Madness and as a result
recorded four of the brother's songs. Quincy Jones then
produced the Brothers Johnson debut album 'Look Out For
#1' in 1976. It was however the following album 'Right
On Time', also Jones produced, which was to break them
into the mainstream. The Best Of Funk is a compilation
album that highlights the brothers talents and shows not
only why they were so popular as an act in the late
seventies and beyond, but also musically and why they
were in such great demand.
The
Brothers Johnson deliver the goods in this 2003 "Best of
Funk" (MVD Visual) concert dvd (filmed in
Oakland, CA) just like the inimitable funk duo did all
throughout the 1970s and '80s alongside such acts as
Bobby Womack, the Supremes, and Billy Preston’s band.
Featured live in concert some of their big hits: "Ain't
We Funkin' Now," "I'll Be Good To You," "Strawberry
Letter 23," "Get The Funk Out Ma Face" & "Stomp" to name
a few! For more info you can hit up Clint Weiler
at MVD Entertainment Group online at:
clint@mvdb2b.com
or call: (800) 888-0486 ext 115...
Props
goes out to DJ Patrick Budhabong with
SolOfHipHop.com
as this weeks' online issue features
RapAttackLives.com! Peep it:
http://www.solofhiphop.com/wordpress/...
LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED A LIFE…. THE REALEST SH#T
I'VE EVER SEEN by: Vader (WonderTwinZ)
HERE
ARE THE STATS:
-
98,668 people nationwide waiting for organ
transplants right now.
- 28,352 transplants performed last year.
- 14,393 donors last year.
- 6,411 people died waiting for an organ
transplant last year.
- 17 people die each day waiting for a
transplant.
- 1 person is added to the waiting list every 12
minutes.
If
you could save someone’s life, would you? My brother is
a well-known HipHop DJ who has built-up his name through
hard work, a dedicated hustle, and his sharing nature.
My brother has a work ethic like none I’ve ever seen.
He’s the type of guy to set his mind on something and
truly complete it. He decided one day he wanted to start
getting healthy and become a runner. Now, 9 years later,
he’s up every morning and completes 10 miles on the
treadmill before 9am. His drive and determination has
always amazed me. Since he was a little kid, he was
always the type to split his food and offer you half.
Collectively my brother and I have been working hard to
help other musicians in need. Almost 10 years ago, my
brother developed The Original HipHop Yellow Pages (The
Connex List). This magazine shares contact
information of individuals that can help out the careers
of independent HipHop artists. Sharing info and helping
others seemed like common sense to my brother. People
have never stopped thanking him for his help and he’s
never stopped offering.
My brother aka DJ Sonic, and myself are known as
The Wonder TwinZ. We’ve both achieved some
amazing goals and accomplishments in our lives. We are
the tour DJs for HipHop Icons, Naughty By Nature
and have traveled around the globe to DJ in dozens of
foreign countries. We are celebrating our 8th year as
the hosts and DJs of our own morning show on SiriusXM
Satellite Radio. Our magazine, The Connex List, is in
its 10th year and still going strong. We’ve created an
empire for mass communications through our email system
(you probably have an email from us in your inbox right
now).
While we are extremely proud of all of these
accomplishments, none of them even compare to the heroic
accomplishment my brother has achieved this past week.
DJ Sonic is a true hero in my eyes and a true-life saver
in Will’s eyes.
Ya’ see… Will is one of our greatest friends from
childhood. We all grew up together with dreams of
becoming successful in the HipHop world. As the years
went on and we got older, Will developed diabetes and
eventually his kidney’s failed and he was added to the
7-year waiting list of patients in need of a transplant.
Will has been going to kidney dialysis treatment for a
while, which required him to go to the doctor 4 days a
week and hook up to a kidney dialysis machine for 6
hours each time. Throughout all of this, Will maintained
his good spirits and managed to suppress the thoughts of
him losing a battle to kidney disease, the same battle
that has taken the lives of almost 7,000 people last
year alone.
Once my brother realized that his homie’s life was in
jeopardy and without a kidney transplant Will might not
live long enough for this 7-year waiting list, he
immediately called the doctor and setup an appointment
to see if there was any way he could help Will out.
After one simple blood test, the doctor told my brother
that he was a match for Will’s blood type. The next
thing ya know, the two of them are taking care of all
the proper insurance paperwork and setting a date for
the actual surgery.
While this news was obviously good news, it still scared
our mother to think of her son going into a serious
surgery. There is always a chance of some infection that
could complicate the surgery or even claim the lives of
both my brother and my man Will. Needless to say, we
were all worried.
5am Tuesday morning we were at the hospital ready to see
a miracle. The doctors were going to perform two
surgeries back-to-back and transplant my brother’s
healthy kidney into Will’s body. 6 hours later, the
operations were done. The doctors said everything worked
out perfect and both my brother and Will spent the week
recovering at Stony Brook University Hospital.
My brother came home today and has been takin’ it easy,
as are the doctor’s orders. He’s a hustler by nature so
he’s back on his blackberry handling some light
business. Will’s health is getting better everyday and
the doctors say that will continue. At this time last
year, Will received some of the worst news of his life.
Now one year later, He’s back!!… and better than before.
My brother saved Will’s life and for that he is a true
hero. And I’m proud to be his brother...
Rap
Attack's
own reppin' New Mexico, DJ S.A . is back & in
full effect on the air at:
www.hiphopfriendsonline.com...
You
can peep L.A.'s up & coming, DKLA who's already
creating a huge nationwide underground buzz and can be
seen in the latest issue of the "Music Connection
Magazine" - May's Issue Vol. 33 "Directory of
Distributors. For more info log onto:
www.musicconnection.com. DKLA just dropped
their phat new joint, "UnGodly" (Zeal Entertainment)...
Headlining this year's annual Rock The Bells
festival series is Queensbridge's finest Nas
along with Jamaican sensation Damian "Jr. Gong"
Marley. Joining them on the bill is Philadelphia
ensemble The Roots, Chi-Town vet Common,
Outkast rapper Big Boi, KRS-One,
Buckshot, a reunited House of Pain featuring
super-group La Coka Nostra, DJ Hi Tek and
Talib Kweli's Reflection Eternal, Wu-Tang
mainstays RZA and Raekwon, internet
supergroup Slaughterhouse and Brooklyn reps
M.O.P...
BUY
AND SALE YOUR VINYL RECORDS
Sell your vinyl records or buy them.
You might have your old vinyl records that are
collecting dust in your basement and since they are of
great value to you, we know how hard is for you to
depart from them. So how would you like to get them in
right hands and get some cash for it?
Or you have been looking for a certain record that you
can’t find anywhere? Well, give it a try; this is your
lucky day.
Register to
www.LPvinyls.com
and buy or/and sell vinyl records.
www.LPVinyls.com
is a specialized auction sitethat deals only
with vinyl records. And that is not all.
Since you are on our special list, we will give you 7
days for free when setting up your auctions. That’s
right, 7 days absolutely free of charge whatsoever to
start selling your precious vinyl collection that you
are not using any more. Don’t wait, register right now
and put up your vinyl for sale or buy as we offered
these great prices on
www.LPvinyls.com...
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...
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:
DJ
Sage (CFRO-Vancouver): "We got it kicked off
with a double shot from Redman & Method Man's
second team effort, Blackout 2. Every track I've heard
from the album (which is most of them) has been solid
which leads me to believe this is one you're not gonna
wanna sleep on. Check it and support two East
Coast veterans who stay providing good music!
We were then joined live by West Coast veteran Roc C,
who is setting up to have a busy second-half of 2009. We
discussed his new release with IMAKEMADBEATS, entitled
"The Transcontinental. This is another solid album that
features Chino XL, Rapper Big Pooh and
more! Roc C also discussed the Hip-Hop scene Oxnard
California, production on his new album, Oh No,
Prince Po and more! Do NOT miss this album! Check
out Roc C's MySpace (www.myspace.com/rocthisway)
and www.cafepress/unbornent for some Roc C swag!
We got into a ton of good tunes tonight as well, from
KRS-One & Buckshot to Marco Polo,
JD Era to Raekwon and beyond! The Podcast is
up now at
www.UrbanRenewalProject.net
so check for it!"...
Nate
Abney
(WKDU-Philly):
"Another week and it is starting to feel like Summer. Be
on the lookout for the JJ Brown album coming a
little later this summer. There are a lot of people on
this record so I know it will be one of the best records
of the year. Did I mention I was on the record too?"...
Chill
Will (WCBN-MI): "What's
up folks? Another dope weekend and all got started last
Thursday. Fat Joe came to town and ripped the mic
while giving tribute to Big Pun and Biggie.
Rockin the house with Fat Joe was DJ Twinn.
Formally Red Man's DJ(His twin brother was Red's
Hypeman)Twinn kept the crowd moving and is one of the
coolest brotha's you'll ever meet. Torched the
turntables at the Greektown Casino Friday night with DJ
Babe. Rocked the air wave at WCBN on Saturday
night, followed by a quick set at the club. Which leads
me to last night Eminem's free concert with all
kinds of special guess in the house. Thanks to Shady
for the hook up and big shout to Troy Marshall
from Interscope. For more information about
me DJ Chill Will go to
www.myspace.com/djchillwill734...
D-Tragic
(805HipHop.com): "We got a NEW HEATER in from
G-UNIT COLLEGE from 50 Cent “OK, You’re Right”
produced by DR. DRE. This is a new track from
50’s new release “Before I Self Destruct”
coming out soon! Be sure to Hit me up if you haven’t
received it yet! More stuff coming from Thisis50.Com
as well! Be sure to get with me on those!! Also RIP
to “DOLLA” who was known for his 1 hit “Who
the F**K is That” on So So Def. He was
shot and killed at the Beverly Center yesterday from
what our Core DJ fam Tony Neal tells us.
That’s a sad thing and we send our condolences out to
his family. That is a tragic thing to happen to a
upcoming artists getting ready to make it happen big!!
The
Tech N9NE show was a success. We put over 1000
people in the Ventura Theater last Wednesday Night. The
show was a success for Strange Music and
805HipHop.Com. We look forward to working with
Tech N9NE, Kutt Calhoun, Krizz Kalico and Short
Dawg The Native again soon!! It was a blessed thing
when MAC-10 from the West Side Connection
showed up to the show and Bossed Up with us during the
show, and gace us a drop. 12 Grand opened up the
show and brought a nice big Juggalo Following to the
show as well. A HUGE WOO WOO goes out to 12 Grand for
holding it down. Did you see his track on our charts??
Hit me up for that, or check him out at
http://www.myspace.com/thereal12grand...
Kazzeo
(KHDC-CA):
"To say I'm pissed is an
understatement. First, Fox has canceled
Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles just when
they time traveled. Fox is notorious for fucking up
programs. They canceled Dark Angel when it was about to
heat up. Whoever is heading up that network needs a
shovel to his head asap. Then, secondly, it's been
announced that Jon Gruden is coming to Monday
Night Football. For those who don't know, Jon Gruden was
the coack of the Oakland Raiders when they were
on their climb to a Superbowl appearance. Rather than
see them through to a championship, he turned his back
and took a job in Tampa so he could be close to his
daddy. So I have no respect for his punk ass.
Caught Wolverine over the weekend and thought is was
pretty good. It was no where near as good as Ironman. I
also think he ending was a little screwed up. Here's
what I'm talking about (If you haven't seen the movie,
sorry for the spoiler). The movie itself is supposed to
be the first in a new chapter in the franchise called
"origins". The premise as I understand it is to show how
Wolverine, Storm, and the others came to be. Then, in
the final chapter of originas, they would all come
together at Charles Xaviers school. So you would think
that during the final sequence of the final origin movie
is where you'd finally see Charles Xavier. So in my
opinion, he should not have been revelealed in
Wolverine. They should have had the kids rescued by some
black ops and maybe just made subliminal references to
the Charles Xavier school. That's just my thought. No
more geek talk I promise.
So some "rapper" who I don't know got capped at the
Beverly Center. I'm no criminologist but it's pretty
easy to see that what went down was a thought out hit. I
mean you have to pay to get in the parking garage at the
Beverly Center. Then the guy they busted for the
shooting was caught at LAX waiting to board a plane. I
don't know any common street hood who would have his
ducks lined up in order to carry this out. My gut
feeling is that this rapper was into some shady dealings
and just got caught up.
Lastly, can a certain northeastern records promoter
PLEASE empty out your inbox occasionaly so that these
charts don't bounce back? Thanks"...
Nesto
(WODU-VA):
"What's up people? Being a fan of the Celtics, I
knew it would come to them going out like they did.
Honestly, I was surprised they made it that far. My hat
goes off to them though. Playing injured and still able
to hang tough with Chicago and Orlando was
not an easy task. Maybe next year they can come back and
reclaim the crown. Although, I do have to say that
Pierce's play wasn't anything exciting to me. Being one
of the stars he really never shined, and Rondo stopped
taking charge. Either way, it was a good season. Now I
still think the Cavs are a lock for the East, but
not so sure about the Lakers, especially after
watching the game tonight. The Nuggets are
looking good. Mello can taste that championship right
now, and it doesn't hurt having Mr. Billup, aka
Mr. Colorado running the point for the
home team. I wouldn't mind seeing them going to the
finals against the CAVs.
On the music tip, did anyone see that BestBuy is going
to start selling vinyl? I'd like to walk in there and
see some good stuff. I guess vinyl has seen an steady
increase in sales that last few years, and some
retailers are starting to stock vinyl again. And who
says vinyl is dead?"...
Edgie
Kokoski
(WUNH-NH): "One thing that I'm really getting
sick of is people finding God in their food. A
couple weeks back I saw a news story about a woman who
was cooking salami and found three pieces that had
scorch marks that spelled out "GOD". Now I see a story
about a Cheeto that someone found shaped like Jesus.
I have news for the faithful food finders: God and Jesus
are not returning to Earth until we get rid of American
Idol, TMZ, Twitter, Perez Hilton,
Starbucks, VH1 shows about Flavor Flav and
Bret Michaels geting laid, Dog Clothing, Wedding
Planners, Smart Cars, Donald Trump, Crocs,
Bluetooths, Bud Light Lime, and new Bow Wow LPs.
The more I use it, the more I'm certain that the iPod
armband is the biggest piece of crap that I've ever
wasted $30 on. Aside from the fact that the velcro won't
hold, the clear disc over the controls peeled off, the
spongy rubber that it is constructed from is so
absorbant that it smells like a zombie's crotch. I think
next time I'll just get an old jock strap at the
Salvation Army and knot it around my arm and iPod like a
tourniquette. It should have the same results.
Wow, glad that we had that big long farewell tour,
MTV series and melo-dramatic music video to send
T.I. off to prison...for two months. I guess
spending 305 days in your own mansion is punishment
enough. Two months in prison for buying two illegal
machine guns is tough, but fair, right? He should have
splurged and tried to buy a tank and a few Cruise
missles. It probably would have only been another 10 or
14 days on his sentence.
Chipette singer Michel'le is suing Suge
Knight for unpaid child support for two children
that Suge allegedly fathered with her. Michel'le is
asking for a very reasonable $13,000 per month. It's not
that her kids cost $13K a month in expenses. She simply
wants to save it up so that their kids can follow in
their Father's footsteps and piss away $150 million"...
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
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SHOUT OUT TIZIME:
Happy
Birthday this week to DJ Chela celebrating
this Wednesday, May 27th... To Sheila Locke
celebrating this Thursday, May 28th... To Brett
Carlson & my Godson Nico Camilon both
celebrating this Friday, May 29th!...
PEACE, LOVE & HIP-HOP UNITY (God Bless & Isa Mahal),
Nasty-Nes
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