[[  July 5, 2010  ]]

What's Upper? 

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!

UFC 116 is history & what a great UFC 116! Ub the main event, Brock Lesnar defeats Shane Carwin via submission (arm triangle choke) & Chris Leben defeats Yoshihiro Akiyama via submission (triangle choke)...

Rammellzee, the pioneering legendary graf writer and emcee Hip-Hop artist & Wild Style star whose ten-minute-plus 1983 record Beat Bop has passed away...

FORGIVING CHRIS BROWN by: Thembisa Mshaka

I am on record as being one who advocated for the forgiveness of the multi-talented, multi-platinum Chris Brown as far back as February 2009, when the most media and much of the public wanted to banish and boycott him forever. His missteps with the media in the aftermath turned the fury way up, as he looked far from remorseful—especially in contrast to Rihanna’s composed, deliberate testimony on 20/20. I understand the fury; I was furious about his assault of Rihanna on Grammy Night 2009 too.

But this rigid, visceral approach to such a layered issue is neither humane nor realistic. Endless castigation does not break the cycle of relationship violence. If we want young men, especially young men of color, to stop abusing women, we must condemn the behavior, and support the full rehabilitation of the person. Ron Artest has shown us that therapy can help anyone rise to become a champion in work and in life. Chris must seek help from psychological professionals, spiritual counselors, and anger management experts. Chris is going to be atoning and reconciling for years to come. That process is well underway.

The part we as consumers, fans, and members of the media can support him with is the revitalization of his career. Chris Brown is a gifted young performer who deserves to make a living at what he is passionate about. BET provided Chris Brown with the opportunity of a lifetime on the 2010 BET Awards: to pay homage to his mentor Michael Jackson with a powerful medley of the King of Pop’s hit songs and signature dance routines. True to form, the media looked for the worst from a heartfelt and otherwise technically flawless performance–until the part where Chris broke down emotionally in an effort to sing “Man In The Mirror”. His sincerity was questioned. His tears, snot and hoarse voice were called ‘staged’. Just another signal that the path of least resistance, further vilification of the young Black male, was being tread yet again. A brother can’t even emote!

But the audience on their feet at the Shrine and millions on couches across America knew that what he was feeling was very real: the overwhelm of Michael passing and finally being able to commemorate his idol’s life; the passage of the hardest of his own 21 years; the energy of the room singing when he could not, crying with him, releasing with him. This is what it means to be human. This collective catharsis was an important step in the healing process for everyone who empathizes with Chris and wishes him well. It’s exactly why that moment was the one everyone was talking about the morning after and well into this week.

The crime will not be forgotten, but the man needs to be forgiven. We say we want him to take a look at himself and make a change; change is hard. Let him do it.

You can peep Thembisa at: www.thembisamshaka.com  (blog site), www.putyourdreamsfirst.com  (book site) and www.thepassiontoaction.com  (seminar site)...

Phil Jackson will return to coach the Lakers! It's official...

According to Sports Illustrated, representatives of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather have agreed to terms on a deal that would place men in the ring together at long last for a November 13th title fight. The terms, which have apparently been approved by Pacquiao, are pending the approval of Floyd Mayweather, but otherwise, it looks like we could finally see the blockbuster that boxing fans have wanted all along...

Peep the ALL NEW L.A.J. slide show for "The Drama Way" here on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCE9fDCgMS8  ...

 

A MESSAGE FROM DJ AARON WADE ( djaaronwade@yahoo.com ):
"Been a while since you've heard from me (for a lot of you). Since I retired my FM radio show in Milwaukee, I've been career and family focused.

BUT... i just can't stay away! I've been given this cool opportunity, and I jumped on it. I'm now the Program Director for "Underground Hip Hop" on www.slacker.com.
Hopefully you all know what slacker is... if you don't, in short, it's internet radio (like pandora or aol) and it has a sweet mobile app available for all smartphones. I recently linked up w/ the head folks in San Diego, explained my ideas on the station, and BAM! I'm programming this stellar station!

Please go to www.slacker.com and look under "hip hop" to find the station. It just went live tonight. PLEASE PLEASE send me all your new singles for consideration, as I can add songs and change the rotation on the station at ANY TIME on my own time and 100% at my own discretion.

YOU KNOW HOW I DO - nothing but HEAT! I built the station on the foundation of that classic boom-bap rap sound... that's what it's all about.

So please make sure you send me the hot mp3's. This is worldwide, and I spent hours and hours and hours preparing it for the debut. The station is comprised of the best 450 songs (not mainstream) that i could come up with... 80's, 90's, 99-09, and current.

Thank you in advance for working with me and checking out this dope ass new station!"...
 

Peep out Seattle's Lady Flava in this months edition of "Flava Coffee House News" (Supporting Underground/Indie Artists since 2007)  available NOW by clicking on this link: http://flavanews.com/FlavaNewsMonthlyNewsLetter.aspx...
 

DJBabe's OFFICIAL Newsletter 4
Whew, had to get back on this newsletter thing-a-ma-jig, time to kick more knowledge for the ill-informed out there, the people looking to read some useless jokes & for those who genuinely care about me.. all 3 of you.
First! Let me congratulate everyone who's graduating from any type of school, be it high school, college, med, nail tech, or getting your GED in prison - salute!
I must dedicate a special section to my twin boys Davonte & Deonte who graduated from high school & turned 18 June 22.. I'm not too gangsta to still tell my kids I love them & they still tell me that they love me.. awww...
Now their ass needs a job!

Anyway, the BET Awards are coming up & the host is Queen Latifah.. Now I like Latifah but so I won't clown on her but let's hope this show doesn't turn into straight buffoonery (again) or even let Justin Beiber perform.

Then again that would be the shit seeing mullet ass Justin crackin' out Baby while Soulja Boy is sitting in the front seat. So it's official that the ex-drug dealer Rick Ross is suing the fake-but-Steve-Harvey-when-he-had-hair-perfect-hairline-and-beard Rick Ross over the use of his name. So is that the reason we're seeing Ricky Rozey more these days? I don't know where I stand on this one, sure Rick No.1 has the real name but he did flood the streets with drugs and destroy a lot of lives - should he be celebrated? Then we have Rick No.2 who wouldn't admit to being a C.O., most likely has one of the most unlikely street lives among the game, but makes fuckin' great music.. But has poor taste in babymamas..

Either way work it out..

Ya boy Waka took another L when he was paid recently with fake money to the amount of $10,000. This dude Waka is like the 2010 Yung Berg, next somebody is gonna cut his dreads off and pass them around like Bergs chain. You'll see everyone on World Star taking pics looking like a rasta man..

You can catch me on www.svmixradio.com every Tuesday with the crew known as The Drama Queens - now I'm not a Drama Queen, I'm like Bosley from Charlie's Angels.. I'm the dude sitting there surrounded by a bunch of beautiful women & they cook pancakes for me.

So check us out.. www.svmixradio.com  Tuesday 6pm - 8pm..

Thanks to a few friends I should be back on my international tip soon, looking to spread my wings to Japan, Holland, Africa & Jamaica.. and Pittsburgh. Hell, if you've ever been to the Hill District in Pittsburgh then you'll know know that it looks like a 3rd world country.

Shout out to Adam Favors on his belated birthday, ya'll hit him up and wish him a happy 50th birthday. Oops, he just looks like he's 50.. actually Adam is 19.
One thing that irks me more than a verse from Bizarre (sorry Bizzy LOL) is the fact that Twitter & Facebook has exposed the educational system of our generation and let's just say that a lot of people are dumb as fuck. Now.. should you see any typos in here blame it on the fact it's almost 3am & I'm about as tired as a Kelly Rowland hair-do & I know that some people, myself included, make up words as we have Cyber-Ebonics i.e. cool = kool... alright = aiight.. sometimes we just want to look "kool" while typing/texting.

Then we have the people are who are just as dumb as a bag of rocks that type things as: I was so waisted last night, I don't know weather I can go to work.
If you didn't catch the illness in that sentence you too are dumb as fuck.. yes you TOO not TO, but TOO..

There is a difference between there, their & they're & 80% of the people reading this always fuck it up..

Maybe I shouldn't take it that serious, but that's from the private school mom paid for 8 years which required me to wear the same fuckin' tight ass, blue knee high pants 5 days a week looking like a nerd ass Gary Coleman walking to school.. See, I be smart now!

SHOUTS: I wanna send shout-outs to: Carlton, saw you at the party.. you looked fried homie.. Wattupdoe! DJ Henhouse for the lost of his mom, The Outlaw for the lost of her mom, Arnold Castro for never sending me my money, Evil Eye - wattup, Rap Vatican DJs it's great to re-connect with you: DJ Debonair, Rory Mack, Jimmy Jamz, Mad Linx, I even talked with DJ Ran! Nasty Nes wattup! Young MC still getting those checks, the legendary Mixmaster Ice, Tim "Ill Ass Tim" Burke, Lisa Coleman & Alex - happy belated to both of you, Kesha Starr happy upcoming birthday, my class reunion - wattup to all of you old fuckers, DJ Yoshi for his new job as a lesbian stripper (HA! Got You!!), DJ Sarasa in Japan, Daryl in The Netherlands, DJ G-Raw, Mr. Nice Guy, hey - my 2 sisters that I now have daily communication with thanks to Facebook, @kingboola for the pics on Twitter, Kobe Bryant for just being a bitch, Big D The Weatherman wattup! Jen Boogie, Big Ced, Rob Love, CL - all of my New York fam

My cousin Mikka whom I forgot to mention her birthday - in April.. here's a whole section just for you cuz ...

Whats good? It's ya boy Garbs Infinite & I am happy to be sending you my brand new single..."Feel Good Music". This is the "push" single off of my upcoming release "Eclectic Taste". Any support that you can give of this record I would appreciate it. Whether it be playing it, putting it in your mixes, sharing it with your social network, and so on.... I think you'll like this one:

 Garbs Infinite - Feel Good Music - Produced by Garbs Infinite
Download: http://www.divshare.com/download/11815649-3e0
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?gztymdbzumz
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS2TN4zLz38
 

"BACK IN DA 206," it's the original Crazy Pinoy of Seattle DJ "NASTY-NES" hosting and djing with DJ's R-Sin and D'Lemma. After being away from the northwest Nes decided to visit the 206 and record a new 60 minute Hip-Hop mix with the next generation of CRAZY PINOYS! Enjoy everyone!DOWNLOAD NOW...LOG on NOW...and LISTEN NOW: www.seattledjs.podomatic.com ...

If you'd like your artist to be on the ALL NEW RELAUNCHED www.RockTheBeatOnline.com  "You're #1 Source For Clean Radio Edits" hit up Ahsan from WRSU at: admin@rockthebeatonline.com  Get your NEW single on our site NOW! Once again for more info contact: Ahsan "The Golden Child" from NJ's Longest Running Hip-Hop show on WRSU at: admin@rockthebeatonline.com  "You're #1 Source For Clean Radio Edits"...

 
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:

DJ Luicidal (KSJS-CA): "Left Coast Live was a big success this weekend in the sun. Shouts out to Fritzo and the Bring It Back movement. Catch them on the Van's Warped Tour this summer. We're staying busy all season long. Shows from Slop Opera, and Babbleon in San Jose. Soul Therapy grand opening at Maxwell's in Oakland. Best of San Francisco going down at the Metreon tonight! Shouts out to Pacific Art Collective! Big Fourth of July event this weekend, Filth of July bass festival out at Angels Camp! RBL Posse's Black C is stopping thru my show this Friday. That's what's up on this side"...

DJ Chill Will (WCBN-MI): "What's up? Been a good week with all the shows in town. This past week St. Andrew had Jay Electronica, Slum Village and a host of other Hip Hop cats rocking the stage. I also had Phoenix Flames call into the show and talk about his new dope Single "Hello World" and what he's got poppin. But it's time for me to get outta here, Barrington Leavy is in town tonight. Which should be a dope show, and Friday night DJ Jazzy Jeff will be here to rock how a real DJ should. For more information about me DJ Chill Will go to www.myspace.com/djchillwill734 or www.twitter.com/chillwill734"...

Shareef Abdullah (WRFL-KY): "Peace friends & A-Alikes...perfect summer weather is finally in my midst, not too hot and a nice breeze, reminds me of Cali weather! This week we got another nice handful of dope adds, First up is the mesmerizing single, "Rock Me II" by the Mission/Project Move/Electric emcee Moe Pope. "Rock Me II" sports seriously dope production and killa kuts that gives me an idea of the type of Hip-Hop A Tribe Called Quest would be making right now, no joke! Frank Nitt builds off the momentum of his last single, "L.O.V.E." with another serious winner on the soulful stunning "Go Girl." This cat is 2 for 2 since he has been on his solo mission. Equally as impressive is the Hip-Hop meets jazz fusion of "Hip Hop Meets Bee Bop" by Hip Hop's Damage Control. These cats combine Old School Hip-Hop techniques with classical jazz instrumentation that would make Guru proud! And finally we have a dope selection from the Florida trio Llamabeats featuring Parable on the suicidal, "Gun In My Hand." As always be safe and sound...salaam"...

DJ Sage (CFRO-Vancouver, BC): "We switched up the Double Shot format this week. Toronto's own Marco Polo is on the grind and just released "The Stupendous Adventures of Marco Polo", so we got into some cuts from the new albums as well as classics from one of the best producers in the game right now. The new album is a banger and should be supported! Features include Large Pro, Rustee Juxx, Skyzoo and plenty more! Don't sleep...
We also had the privilege of having a Vancity veteran from The City Planners, Jeff Spec. We discussed his new project, "Sneakerboxxx", working and touring with a live band, and the rise of online distribution as opposed to the old school techniques. The album sounds real nice and features the likes of Moka Only, NaRai and more. Check Jeff Spec out at www.JeffSpec.BandCamp.com, www.Twitter.com/JeffSpec, and www.Facebook.com/JeffSpec!

We also had the pleasure of having DJ @Large from Winnipeg come by and lay down most of the music for us tonight. Make sure you check out his radio show, The Dope Joints, at http://dopespot.podomatic.com!

Tons of big tunes tonight! Marco Polo, Jeff Spec, D-Sisive, J Bizness and Richard Wright, Common, Scarface, and many more. Make sure you check out the podcast very shortly at www.UrbanRenewalProject.net  (which is operational once again)!"...

Jeep Ward aka DJ Halo (WPKN-CT): "Dang it is a nice day (WTF am I doing inside???) out today...gonna grill in my back yard all by myself it's just that nice!!! So tons of great singles out this week...keep it coming everyone needs good music for their outdoor activities speaking of check the article I was quoted in this week about summer songs (my top summer song is "bucktown" Smif N Wesson...yeah, yeah not really what you'd think).
http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/music/music-articles/best-summer-songs...

Nate Abney (WKDU-Philly): "Another week of heat and humidity and man is it ever draining. The Phils are getting hot at least. Evan Turner got a nice reception at my job this week, how long before they start booing, welcome to Philly young man. Big up to my man Dan D who tied the knot congrats homie. I also rediscovered this week why I was a fan of Deborah Cox. Watched the movie Love Come Down and I started remembering. Out for now stay cool."...

Kevin Sakoda (KSPC-CA): "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: Rammellzee (R.I.P.) & Hovig Vanoian (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)