[[  May 10, 2010  ]]

What's Upper? 

There's no doubt that Big Daddy Kane has been a well-respected rap titan for almost 25 years, but he finally get around to tying the knot. Kane, real name Antonio Monterio Hardy, married his fiancée Shawnette in a private North Carolina ceremony that took place on Saturday, May 1. Kane, a one-time member of the legendary Juice Crew, has always been known for his smooth style and success with the ladies, as well as on the mic. Kane is widely regarded as a pioneer MC and remains best known for dropping complex rhymes all over 'Long Live the Kane' and 'It's a Big Daddy Thing,' his first two records from 1988 and 1989, respectively...

Starting Monday May 10th, the world famous STAR & BUC WILD RADIO SHOW launches LIVE (weekdays) on VladTV.com 7:30 - 9pm est!! The Star & Buc Wild brand represents a tremendous partnership opportunity and has proven it can generate significant ratings and traffic in a short period of time across desirable demographics. To become a guest contact – bigshot309@yahoo.com  ...

Props to artist, Dynasty & DJ Sandman who blessed our RAP ATTACK DJ CONFERENCE CALL. Her new single, "Magnificent" is about to make some noise & if you'd like to get laced or get a personal drop from Dynasty, hit her up with your info at: bookdynasty@gmail.com ...

DJ Frresh formerly of Portland's KPSU & now reppin' his hometown of Chicago has good news! Frresh is back on the radio & this time it's on the internet. You can peep Frresh out on www.YouHottRadio.com  everyday from 6pm-8pm (est) & replays of his show at 1am - 3am (est). The "FRESH CONNECTION" is BACK!...

Here is an excellent article giving props to Ricky Leigh.He is the man who started the DJ CONF CALLs & gave Mixshow DJ's their recognition.Ricky passed his legacy to me at HITS Magazine back in 1997 so I could do the same with College Radio DJ's.13 years later my RAP ATTACK DJ's have kept that legacy alive. THANK YOU RICKY (R.I.P.):  http://newsroom.mtv.com/tag/ricky-mensh/ ...

Attention RapAttack Fam from Kevin Sakoda: "For the last couple years I've been working closely with a company called Fileblaze (www.fileblaze.net). We offer a fast and flexible solution you can use to manage and send out music, video, and any other large digital files. In addition, Fileblaze also allows you to view/listen to your files right within your browser - over 40 file formats are encoded automatically as soon as you upload, so you can listen to music, watch video, as well as view documents (MS Word/Excel/Powerpoint, pdf, etc.) instantly without having to download anything.

If you get the chance, please log on to Fileblaze.net and check it out for yourself. You can click "Register Now" in the upper right corner of the home page and start testing it out. If you like it, just hit me with an email and I can increase your account storage...just let me know: kevinsakoda@gmail.com..
 

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

Jason-D (RadioBoise.org): "Boise was blessed this week with a visit from LMNO & Kev Brown (see photo above). Both ripped through new and old material with professionalism and great stage presence. Kev even rocked some beats live off his drum machine. LMNO has been working on 10 albums for 2010. Each album features a different producer. The tour is in support of their latest project "James Brown" aka "Selective Hearing Part 2" featuring production entirely by Kev Brown. There is some double irony in the title. LMNO's first name is James and Kev's last name is Brown and the production is highlighting James Brown samples. The latest single "Ya Know" b/w "The Ultimate" is being promoted by Trevor@UpAbove.com . Hit him up for details. This is solid boom bap Hip-Hop that should be in rotation on your college station"...

Chill Will (WCBN-MI): "What up people? Been a hectic week with the passing of DJ Hideo. BumSquad is having a tribute (see photo above) for Hideo on Monday in LA at The Highlands Hollywood with all proceeds going to DJ Hideo's estate. The Bumsquad djz will be in the building rockin on 4 turntables so come thru and show your support. Also Mother's day is this weekend so give thanks to all the mothers who are here, and those who have passed on. Because if it wasn't for them we wouldn't be here. For more information about me DJ Chill Will go to www.myspace.com/djchillwill734 or www.twitter.com/chillwill734 "...

Kazzeo (KHDC-CA): "Listed below are the links to download my Guru Tribute show:.
PART 1 - http://www.mediafire.com/?mwnqoonchyo
PART 2 - http://www.mediafire.com/?z45ykomm0ni
PART 3 - http://www.mediafire.com/?4tyz1hlywdd
PART 4 - http://www.mediafire.com/?vmdztyydmgy
 

Jeffrey Oakes (WMHB-ME): "Just wanted to remind everyone that Malcolm Kerr will be taking over as Urban Music Director in the next few weeks for WMHB. He's a great guy and a lot of fun to work with! Thanks for everything, let me know if there is anything I can do for you!"...

Shareef Abdullah (WRFL-KY): "Peace...I have issues with lazy and non-skilled DJ's who think they can make up for their shortcomings by playing popular records. For instance, at the Reflection Eternal show, the DJ played consecutive songs by Biggie and Wu-Tang that where down right predictable with no creative blends or mixes. To add insult to injury, his tribute to Guru only consisted of a 30 sec snippet of Mass Appeal, then he went back to his boring and typical set which included shout outs to everybody he knew that was in the building. I'm sure with all the mp3 files he had on his laptop he could at least break one or two new records, but I guess that would be too much to ask for in this day in age of wack and unoriginal DJ's! Much respect to all the DJ's who still break new records"...

DJ Sage (CFRO-Vancouver, BC): "We came back again with some heat today. First of all, all of us at URP give a big shout out to DJ Brukout; we wish you a speedy recovery and all the best.

We had a New York rapper join us by the name of Ayinde. He is making some serious noise with his banging new original material mixtape “No Slices”, which is available on his myspace as a free download. www.MySpace.com/Ayindemusic  Follow him out on: www.twitter.com/@ayinde5

We had a little go - off on some Ras Kass and even featured that new Eminem single “I'm Not Afraid”. We came with the usual heat son.

Peep the podcast soon at www.urpradio.podomatic.com
Join our Facebook page, search Urban Renewal Project "...
 

Kevin Sakoda (KSPC-CA): "Hope everyone's doing well. I definitely have to kick this week's email off with a SALUTE to DJ Hideo and Guru. Hideo was a friend and mentor before I even got into the music business, and his perpetual kindness will truly be missed. Guru had already created classic albums before I ever met him (incidentally, it was the one and only DJ Rob One who introduced me to him), and through the years he has always been one of the most generous artists to deal with. I sometimes get negative about the state of our business and culture, but I pray that the next generation is lucky enough to follow the lead of people like Hideo, Guru, Rob One, Bigga B, and our many other fallen comrades who understood that we are only as good as the company we keep.

In brighter news, as the show goes on I want to start highlighting some of the new music I've played. This past Saturday's show kicked off with the El Medina Project's "Battle of Badr 317" (big shout to Ern Dogg...west up!). I also worked in new joints from the homies Eternia (feat Ras Kass), Droop Capone, 2 Hungry Bros/8th W1 (and the AOK crew), Trek Life, Mad One (San Antonio stand up!), YP, Amad Jamal (thanks Beni), and appropriately enough...something DJ Ice sent over from DJ Lord Ron featuring Guru.

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!"...

D-Tragic (805HipHop.com): "Oh and just started the new show on air 91.9FM – KCSB Santa Barbara “WORD ON THE STREETS RADIO” Thursdays 4-6 Also First Friday of Month 8-10PM “WORD ON THE STREETS RADIO” www.KCSB.org"...

Matt Chan (CJSF-Canada): "Hi all. As my you may or may not know I have relocated to Toronto. I will still be doing my radio show however it will now be pre-taped and I will still be doing my chart. Please send your emails/mp3's/promos/priorities to my new email address: matthew.chanbros@gmail.com  My contact number is (604) 306-6086 however I might be changing it to get a Toronto area code"
132 Chatham Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4J-1K7
Canada
 

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 Niko Madoyan celebrating this Friday, May 14th...

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)