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HE'S MY BRUTHA! WXDU-NC's
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KSJS IS IN THA HOUSE!
It's DJ
Luicidal reppin' the real Hip-Hop in San Jose |
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[[ July 12, 2010 ]] |
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What's
Upper?
Spain
Wins 2010 World Cup Over
Netherlands,
1-0. A goal by Andrés Iniesta lifted
Spain to a victory in the 2010 World Cup final over the
Netherlands, 1-0. The goal was scored in extra time
after neither team could score in regulation. Spain
became the first team to win the world championship
after losing the opening game of the tournament...
BREAKING
NEWS!
LeBron James picks Miami Heat and
Lindsey Lohan is sentenced to 90 days in jail!!!...
The
family of legendary rapper Guru have announced
plans to honor him on July 18th, just one day after his
birthday. The Gang Starr
founder passed away from cancer in April.
Representatives for the family say that a memorial for
family members, close friends and invited guests will
take place
University of
Massachusetts-Boston
campus. Additionally, an official concert tribute will
be held in the near future. For more info visit
www.gurutributes.com...
WHAT'S UPPER WITH DJ ROB SWIFT
July
8th, 2010 will officially go down in history as one of
the most EPIC nights in NYC HIP HOP. I mean, isn't it
obvious? It's
10:00 am and I'm still wired from the energy I felt on stage at
Brooklyn Bodega's "Salute The DJ" event.
Wajeed,
DJ Spinna and Bobbito Garcia aka Cumberslice kicked off
the event on the perfect note. Their love for music of
all kinds was evident in their selection. They played a
variety of genres and kept the dance floor rocking from
the time I walked in, to the time I hit the stage at
11:45 pm! People, I saw vinyl being played at a HIP HOP
show! This is a huge deal for me cause in my travels
across the globe this year it started to feel as if the
DJs I encountered here and abroad have lost touch with
feel of wax under their fingertips. In short, Wajeed, DJ
Spinna and Bob showcased the art of true DJing and did
HIP HOP justice!
At
about 11:20 pm Rhettmatic took to the turntables and
proceeded to take us back to a time where Hip Hop was
about clever lyrics and hard hitting
BOOM BAP beats. Rhettmatic completely raised the energy level. The
minute he executed his first scratch you could feel the
vibe in the room was ramped up yet another notch.
Rhettmatic held it down strong till I joined him on
stage 20 minutes later for tag team of cuttin' and
scratchin'. Rhett's classic BEAT JUNKIE style of rocking
the decks meshed perfectly with my X-ECUTIONERS style of
attacking the wheels! Considering we only practiced for
about 2 hours the day before, the chemistry between
Rhett and I only emphasized when the smoke clears, true
skill and experience triumphs over the "make shift" DJs
we've seen popping up in the scene lately. None of them
fools want it with us!
At
approximately 11:45 pm, Rhett passed the scratch baton
over to me and I took off running like there was no
tomorrow:
http://yfrog.com/0d16463153z Words
cannot describe how it felt to perform my routine
"Nobody Beats The Biz" in front of the actual producer
of the actual song, Marley Marl! After my performance, I
was humbled when Marley walked on stage and said "Rob, I
was waiting for you to pull that one out". Words cannot
describe how it felt to give a copy of THE ARCHITECT to
Large Professor, the man who taught me how to produce a
song from scratch (Haha, excuse the pun). Words cannot
describe how nostalgic it felt to see Bobbito Garcia
backstage, it was Bob and Stretch Armstrong who
introduced the X-men and I to New York radio on their
classic "Stretch and Bobbito Show" from back in the day.
Words cannot describe how it felt being photographed by
Joe "the man who took Hip Hop's baby pictures" Conzo. I
was in front of mentors, teachers and legends like Grand
Wizard Theodore (the man who invented scratching) and
Pop Master Fabel (member of Rock Steady Crew)But just as
important, being in front of all of those beautiful
yellow, brown, white and black people in the audience
really hit home for me. All of those that came out last
night serve as a reminder that HIP HOP LIVES. You just
gotta know where to look!
Rob
Swift
www.djrobswift.com
www.myspace.com/djrobswift
www.scratch.com
*To listen to my new online radio show Dope On Plastic,
just log on here:
http://www.scionav.com/music/radio17/index.html#general3,9030958
...
Whats good?! Garbs Infinite is sending you the 1st
installment to
ALL BEATS "Yea It Look Bootleg" mixtape series. This one is called "Beat
Specials All Night". 16 of his beats & a bonus
track...if you like it, share it with your peoples!
ENJOY!
Garbs Infinite - Beat Specials All Night
Download:
http://www.mediafire.com/?u1zzwnmto2q...
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)...
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...
"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
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...
DJ
Sage (CFRO-Vancouver): "We got into a
Summer-friendly Double Shot this week, featuring Big
Boi's new album, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of
Chico Dusty. This is Big Boi's first album without his
partner in rhyme, Andre 3000, not counting
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. However, Andre does make an
appearance on a bonus track, joining other heavyweights
such as T.I., B.o.B., Jamie Foxx, Sleepy Brown,
George Clinton, Too $hort and Khujo. Check
this funky spaced-out album ASAP! Perfect for Summer
time cruising!
We were then joined by
Portland's
own, Cool Nutz. This Northwest veteran has been
putting it down for a minute now and dropped “The
Incredible” on June 15th of this year. He's been in the
game since 1993, and shows no signs of slowing down. We
discussed touring, working with various producers, and
his involvement in Portland radio. Check out Cool Nutz
at
www.myspace.com/coolnutz,
www.twitter.com/coolnutz,
www.facebook.com/coolnutz,
www.jusfamilyrecords.com and also at
www.wild1075portland.com.
We got into a lot of nice tunes, including plenty of
good jams to drop the top and ride to on a nice Summer
day! Cool Nutz,
AZ,
Souls of Mischief, Dilated Peoples,
Ghetto Concept and many more! Hit up the podcast
shortly on
www.URPRadio.Podomatic.com and
www.URPRadio.Blogspot.com!"...
Shareef
Abdullah
(WRFL-KY): "Peace y'all, judging from all the
emails I have been getting today it seems unanimous that
everybody is ready for the fall. Not to add insult to
injury I will skip commenting on the weather heat, but
instead run down the heat we got for adds this week!
First up to bat is a nice return from the indy veteran
L.I.F.E. Long, who drops science on his longevity
in the game on his dope new single "Veteran" featuring
some nice kuts by JS-1. Next up to bat is hot
newcomer, Freddie Gibbs who reps the pain and struggle
of his hometown of
Gary,
Indiana
hard on the dirty banger, "National Anthem." Batting
third is Ominiscient, who drops some noteworthy
jewels on the smooth, "Like Them." Fourth, is Serum &
Manifesto who drops some ridiculous wordplay and
metaphors on their flavorful single, "The Blade Rack"
and lastly we have "Stupidface" another fresh to def gem
from the 2 Hungry Bros featuring the lyrical
astute 8thW1. I'm out until next time...peace to
the cratediggers....
Jason-D
(RadioBoise.org): "Had a great 4th of July
weekend and hope all of you did too. I had a chance to
reconnect with the homie The Mayor Mike Jax who
recently moved to Boise to hold down a daytime spot on
93.1 fm. Always good to see college DJ's moving up
through the ranks"...
Jeep
Halo
(WPKN-CT):
"Holy Schnikies it is FREAKING DEATH VALLEY out there...fo'
reeel!!!! Thankfully my studio is quite cool with the AC
unit bumping...thank god. I'm moving to Alaska, I HATE
the heat. Serious, I wish it would be winter and snow
everyday...ahh the good life. Enough temp induced
rambles"...
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:
Happy
Birthday this week to DJ Stage One (KMOJ-MN)
celebrating this Tuesday, July 13th, J-Tyme
celebrating this Friday, July 16th & to my cat "Meow
Meow" who turns 5 yrs old this Saturday, July
17th!...
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) |
