[[  July 19, 2010  ]]

What's Upper? 

George Steinbrenner, principal owner of the New York Yankees since 1973, has died at the age of 80. (R.I.P.)...

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...

Peep the ALL NEW L.A.J. slide show for "The Drama Way" here on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCE9fDCgMS8 and L. A. J.'s Album Links: CDBaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/LAJ1  

Itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lifes-about-juice/id374202214?i=374202222&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 ...

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!"...
 

"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:

Nate Abney (WKDU-Philly): "A lot of much needed rain this week. We really needed it here. The Phils are starting to get back on track this week. Now the National League has home field advantage we can host the World Series now( yeah I said it). Will be hitting Atlanta next weeek for a family reunion and some rest, looking forward to it for sure. Appreciate all the love everyone keep the good stuff coming"...
 

DJ Luicidal (KSJS-CA): "Nice week in San Jose. Rocked a show with Soapbox Melodics in Campbell, featuring the Sharkstyliens, Matty Slims, Kash, Sean Blak, and Tape Mastah Steph, the movement is taking over. Also had a show at Johnny V's with Dulok Shaman, Rec League, LoDeck, and Lucky Loosh. Catch them on the No Time Outs tour hittin' Los Angeles this week. Feels good to see so much talent in my city. Next week I will be rocking the stage with the one and only Dogg Pound, Kurupt n Daz!"...

DJ Sage (CFRO-Vancouver): "We set it off with another much-anticipated Double Shot, featuring Capone-N-Noreaga's latest disc, “The War Report 2”. Whenever an artist puts '2' after the title of a classic album, it creates some pretty high expectations. Unfortunately for CNN, the general consensus from the URP is that TWR2 doesn't deliver enough quality tracks to be considered on the same level as the original War Report. While there are some solid tracks and features (Nas, Raekwon and more) on the album, it does fall a bit short. It's still worth checking out if you're a diehard QB fan though!

We were then joined by Urban Renewal Project favourites, North Carolina representers, Kooley High. The collective has been putting it down for a minute now, and have their debut album, Eastern Standard Time, dropping on July 27th of this year. We discussed the group dynamic within Kooley High, the feeling of finally dropping an album and much more. Check out www.KooleyHigh.com for all the latest news, tour dates, downloads and more from Kooley High! Keep an eye out for “Eastern Standard Time”, which will be available wherever fine music is sold (iTunes, Amazon, ect...).

We also had Vancouver's own SonReal stop by the studio to plug his new, free mixtape, entitled “The Lightyear Mixtape” and his performance at Fortune Sound Club on July 14th. The kid's been in the game for a minute, released a couple albums and is making big moves with some very notable names in the Canadian Hip-Hop scene. Check out www.SonReal.ca for tour dates, downloads, videos and all the latest from SonReal!

We also got into some good tunes from Rahsaan, The Roots, Kooley High, SonReal, Big Boi, Tona and plenty more so don't sleep on this week's podcast, which will be up very shortly on www.URPRadio.Podomatic.com & www.URPRadio.Blogspot.com...
 

Savvy (KDON-CA): "Peace everyone, hope you are all enjoying the summer sun. I know all my folks out in NYC have been dealing with some real heat waves, was crazy to see they have opened up 'cooling centers' out there! Whoa. This past week was a very emotional for many residents of the Bay Area as we watched the verdict for the Oscar Grant trial come down. Johannes Mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, a verdict that many people do not feel was just. Later, more details emerged as we learned about the jury, it did not include ANY African Americans. Needless to say, this was very tough to witness because of all the aftermath too. Although rioting was expected, come to find out - many of the rioters were not even residents of Oakland. It's times like this where we can use the power of music to communicate important messages to our communities and fans: violence is not a solution.    

I had the great opportunity to catch up with The Jacka on the evening of the verdict, as he shared his thoughts on the trial. In addition, we also got to touch on some of the upcoming projects he has coming out with Andre Nikatina, Freeway, and Paul Wall. One of the things I admire the most about Jacka is his humility, and great sense of humbleness. You can peep the interview in the second hour of hour show below. And also don't forget to come out and support if you are in the Central Coast on Sunday July 18th, The Mobb Figgaz and Strong Arm Steady will be performing at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz"...

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: RAP ATTACK remembers the GREAT & late Bruce Lee who passed away on July 20, 1973 (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)