[[  March 22, 2010  ]]

What's Upper? 

History was made on Sunday night, March 21, 2010 as the House passes the "Senate Health Care Reform 219 to 212 votes!" Now the bill goes to the President to get signed & it officially becomes law. Congress gave final approval on Sunday to legislation that would provide medical coverage to tens of millions of
uninsured Americans and remake the nation's health care system along the lines proposed by President Obama.

By a vote of 219 to 212, the House passed the bill after a day of tumultuous debate that echoed the epic struggle of the last year. The action sent the bill to President Obama, whose crusade for such legislation has been a hallmark of his presidency.

Democrats hailed the votes as historic, comparable to the establishment of Medicare and Social Security and a long overdue step forward in social justice...
 

RAP ATTACK welcomes to RAP ATTACK & our RAP ATTACK CONFERENCE CALL PANEL (13 Years STRONG) DJ's Shareef Abdullah (WRFL-KY) & Deena Bee (KBOO-Portland). Props to our guests on last Thursdays' call, Mykill Miers & R.A.P. Phenomenal...

HOW TO RAP: The Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC
by Paul Edwards
Foreword by Kool G Rap

With a foreword by Kool G Rap and interviews with over 100 major MCs, HOW TO RAP: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC guides the reader through the artform of Rap in the words of the artists, giving an inside look behind their creative processes and techniques.

Artists interviewed exclusively for the book include classic MCs and groups such as Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane, Mobb Deep, AZ, Jurassic 5, Cypress Hill, Pharoahe Monch, Boot Camp Clik, Masta Ace, and A Tribe Called Quest, as well as more recent artists such as Clipse, Styles P, The Black Eyed Peas, Crooked I, Immortal Technique, Royce Da 5'9", Papoose and Nelly.

HOW TO RAP breaks MC'ing down into content, flow, writing, and delivery with topics such as writing in your head, punching-in vocals, and interacting with the crowd all tackled from different angles by numerous pros.
The book also features the first complete breakdown of "flow", allowing readers to create tongue-twisting compound rhyme styles like Kool G Rap and Eminem, complex conversational flows like Nas, Jay-Z, and OC, the classic true school patterns of Melle Mel, and everything in between.

Available at all fine bookstores and from Amazon.com
For more info on the book, visit www.howtorapbook.com

About Paul Edwards:
Paul Edwards holds a master's degree in postmodernism, literature, and contemporary culture from University of London and has done extensive research on Hip-Hop lyrics, interviewing 104 MCs for HOW TO RAP.
Contact: p.b.edwards@gmail.com

Also available at fine bookstores everywhere!

Amazon
Barnes & Noble
facebook.com/howtorapbook
myspace.com/howtorapbook
youtube.com/user/howtorapbook
twitter.com/howtorapbook

Pharoahe Monch is on the front lines once again and this time it's bigger than just album talk. Monch is gearing up to release his new project W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) through a partnership with Duck Down Music, while establishing his company W.A.R. Media as a viable entertainment portal. W.A.R. is the follow-up album to Pharoahe's Desire project from 2007. Fans can expect what they've come to love from Pharoahe on the new LP; complex rapping techniques that are both intricate and intelligent.

Monch states, "I'm incredibly excited about my upcoming release W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) and my new partnership between my company W.A.R. Media, LLC, and Duck Down Music. This album deals with conflicts and resolutions of the spirit, the soul, the government, and the industry among other things. Thus far it features Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid, Jean Grae, Styles P, Phonte, Black Thought, with more to come. It also features production from M-Phazes, Marco Polo, Mike Low, Fatin, Lee Stone, Exile and others to be announced. I am working diligently to finish the work for a summer release and I am honored to join forces with the Duck Down family during their 15 year anniversary."

Pharoahe Monch will also join Slaughterhouse for a Canadian Tour starting in early April.

TOUR DATES:
April 3 Saint John, NB Evolution Nightclub
April 4 St. John's, NF Club One
April 5 Halifax, NS Paragone Theatre
April 7 Ottawa, ON Ritual Nightclub
Aprill 8 Toronto, ON Venue TBC
April 9 Cornwall, ON Rangatangs Nightclub
April 10 Montreal, QC Telus Theatre
April 12 Thunder Bay, ON Roxys Nightclub
April 13 Winnipeg, MB Pyramid Cabaret
April 14 Saskatoon, SK Odeon Events Centre
April 15 Calgary, AB The Whiskey Nightclub
April 16 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room
April 17 Lethbridge, AB Venue TBC
Aprl 18 Nelson, BC Spirit Bar
April 21 Victoria, BC Element
April 22 Vancouver, BC Venue TBC

It's that time again! Seattle's Coolout Network Television turns 19 on April 3, 2010. They will be celebrating with a historic revue-style line-up of some of the NW's finest Hip-Hop acts which includes:

 Emerald Street Boys reunion

Ghetto Children reunion

Xola aka Kid Sensation

D.Black f. Spaceman

Khingz

Canary Sing

Peep the new video from Khingz "Blaq Han Solo" online at: http://www.vimeo.com/8525207. More acts will be announced every Monday up to the week prior to the event. Please let Kitty Wu know if you would like additional information or would like to interview Georgio Brown and/or the participants of Coolout 19. This is going to be a historic event!: Kitty Wu Music & Arts Administration  206.734.1415...

WELCOME OUR NEW 2010 RAP ATTACK REPORTERS

RADIO:

DJ Luvva-J aka Jose S. Gutierrez Jr - KAOS 

EMAIL: jose@devastatorgroup.com 

Olympia, WA

Silver Shadow-D - KBCS 

EMAIL: admin@shadowmuzik.com  

Bellevue, WA

Savvy - KDON  

EMAIL: savvy408@gmail.com  

Salinas, CA

Darnell “KIZ-ONE” Williams - KKFI  

EMAIL: Kizone@gmail.com   

Kansas City, MO

Dj D'Lemma aka  Warren Van Patten  KMIH   

EMAIL: djdlemma@gmail.com 

Mercer Island, WA

Jeep Ward (DJ HALO) WPKN/WPKM 

EMAIL: jeepdjhalo203@yahoo.com 

Bridgeport, CT

DJ Eclipse   WNYU  

EMAIL: itsdjeclipse@gmail.com  

New York, NY

Kerri Hughes       WRFM

EMAIL: badteccy@hotmail.com  

Blue Bell, PA

INTERNET:

Commando - IUMMMUSIC.COM -Program Director  

EMAIL: stepincommand@gmail.com

DJ LoKash - AllHipHop.com   

EMAIL: djlokash@gmail.com

MIXTAPE:

DJ FRRESH (Chicago, IL)

Nesto Acosta (Culpeper/Norfolk, VA)

Rap Attack takes a "WHAT'S UPPER" look this week with:

DJ Luicidal (KSJS-San Jose): "Happy St. Patricks day to everyone out there. The weather is lovely out here in San Jose CA and Spring is right around the corner. Shouts out to everyone at SXSW. I will be in Los Angeles attending The Jungle/Slaughterhouse Battle event featuring Slaughterhouse, WC, Yukmouth, and Jacka. Plus a ton of Grindtime battles"...

DJ Sage (CFRO-Vancouver, BC): "We set things off right last night beginning with a double dosage of good music from Consequence’s new mixtape, “Movies On Demand”. I have been a fan of Consequence’s flow and voice since the “Beats, Rhyme, Life” days and this free CD definitely doesn’t disappoint also
boosting other heavyweights including: Kanye West, P. Diddy, Q-Tip, Common, John Legend, Pharoahe Monch, Talib Kweli, Rick Ross, Kid Cudi, The LOX, Asher Roth, Maino, Clinton Sparks. So go partake www.mediafire.com/?jtzvniyuxlj and www.ItsTheCons.com!
Interview/guest wise we were joined by Pug$ Atomz originally hailing from Chi Town; however, these days he is more a travelling man, touring across the USA and Europe. He took a few minutes out of his drive to SXSW to chat with us about touring, linking up with DJ Vadim and Sadat X, and how he is trying to do his part to maintain a balance in Hip-Hop.
www.myspace.com/pugsleeatomz

The Black Phoenix and Global Syndicate crew also joined us in the house. Premiering some of their new material, talking about their avourite movie “The Anchorman”, and letting us know they are stoked to be hitting the road again this time with the D12 cats.
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=338139844170&ref=mf
Check it all out at www.urpradio.podomatic.com...
 

Chill Will (WCBN-MI): "Gonna keep it short this week with a lot of family ish going on. But always got time to get my mind off things with djing. So check me out Thursday at PJ's Live on First Street in Ann Arbor. For more information about me DJ Chill Will go to www.myspace.com/djchillwill734...

Nate Abney (WKDU-Philly): "Another week and March Madness is official now. Hope you all filled out your brackets, of course I did the homer picks here is hoping they actually do it one day. Little Brother is having a video shoot here for their finale album( How can you do that already?). If you are in the Philadelphia area on March 26th check out Soul Survivors, a cancer awarenese benefit put on every fourth Friday of the month. For more info check out Soul Survivors on Facebook. That's all for now folks"...

Kazzeo (KHDC-CA): "So it's St. Patricks Day. I'm not Irish so I'll pass on the green clothing. However, like St. Patrick, I carry a stick and will use it on any serpents I encounter today. LOL.

While I only met him twice very briefly over the years, I wanna send a big R.I.P. to Ricky Leigh who passed away on March 11. While my experiences with him were minimal, I know he helped out a couple friends of mine in a big way and he did a lot for the mix show community. That's good enough for me. R.I.P"...

DJ Savvy (KDON-Salinas): "Hola Amigos, hope everyone is doing well, happy and healthy :) Lot's of shows are coming up again in the Bay this month. I am super mega excited to check Jay-Z out next week @ HP Pavilion in San Jose. He has always been one of my absolute favorites. I dare say he actually may have changed my life with some of his music, mmmhmm thas right! Also, I wanted to share some good news with you - I recently received the ratings for our show and discovered we are kicking MAJOR ass. THANK YOU so much for supporting us, working with us, and spreading the word. That is what Hip Hop is about!"...

Vernassa Fields (SpynCycal): "I have switched my e-mail address from nattyhead99@yahoo.com to spyncycal@aol.com. Please be sure to update your Address Book. Thank You!"...
 

Jayforce (WRFG-Atlanta): "Check out the video I Directed by Arablak ( www.Arablak.com )  "The Deed": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E_9VZIa5Ic  ...
 

Kevin Sakoda (KSPC-CA): "Hope everyone's doing well. If you're not in the LA-area, you can catch the show live (via iTunes) every Saturday, 5-7PM (west-coast time): http://www.kspc.org/popup.html   You can also find archived playlists and download links 24/7: http://blogs.myspace.com/kevsakoda   Enjoy!

Here is our address for 2010 to send material for review, etc (vinyl, dvd's & 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 DJ Revolution celebrating this Friday, March 26 & to Dove celebrating this Sunday, March 28...

To actor Fess Parker who played the part of Daniel Boone back in the 60's (R.I.P.)...

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)