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What's upper & HAPPY FATHERS DAY!... Dayum, another major label bites the dust this week. MCA Records are closing their doors. A lot of good people will be losing their jobs & some of the MCA employees will be merging with Geffen & Interscope Records. What's up with Interscope? Lots of rumors flying around about more shake ups about to happen. MCA is one label that's been close to my heart for many years. After Nastymix Records closed their doors back in 1992, I decided to stay in the game by opening up Crazy Pinoy Promotions which enabled me to promote hip-hop music to radio & be able to promote material that wasn't on Nastymix. MCA was one of my very first radio accounts as an indy promoter & a label that believed in me. I'll never forget workin' the Crooklyn Dodgers "Crooklyn" joint from the motion picture & it was also my first non-Nastymix record that I worked that went NUMBER ONE on the Gavin Rap chart! I worked under the guidance of Brute Bailey who was a very intimidating type of person but this guy got the job done & put MCA on the hip-hop map back in the days! I wish my peeps over at MCA the very best including a couple of close homies of mine, Latin Prince & Ty Campbell... Attention MIXTAPE dj's & Rap Attack MixTape reporters!!!! This just in from my girl Jessica Weber over at SPECTRE Music. URB/SPECTRE and SCION present the "FREE UP" mixtape contest. Here's the 411:  The contest deadline has been extended to July 18th, so now there's no excuse! You actually have some time to put something dope together...also...the prize list has been amended. They're giving away a CDJ 100...not a CDJ 1000 & you can also win $1,000 dollar and a ton of free pub! Remember, you can use whatever kind of music you want for this contest! You have absolutely 100% free range to do whatever you want with this mix, so get creative!!! EVERYONE and ANY ONE is eligible to win, so please do whatever you can to let your listeners know this contest is going on.
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY JULY 18th 2003!!!
THE GRAND PRIZE...

-$1000 CASH
-1 Pioneer CDJ 100
-The winner will mix URB/SCION's fall CD sampler (470,000 copies made and distributed across the US)
-the opportunity to perform live at a Scion event
RUNNERS UP...

-9 runners will receive promotional gear from sponsors
-your mix will be posted on www.spectremusic.com
THE CONTEST...

-there are no limitations as to the type of music...it can be any style, any genre...you can do whatever you want as long as its fresh...
-the mix should be less than 45 minutes...
-all the fine print details are below...so make sure you peep em!

SEND ALL ENTRIES TO...

SCION DJ CONTEST
c/o URB
2410 Hyperion Ave
LA CA 90027

The RULES (aka fine print):
1. Mixes must be made live on turntables. No digital sampling, multi-tracking, tape-editing or other "digital tinkering" is permitted.
2. Write your name, address, telephone number, and email address (if available) on the CD or the Tape case. Entries missing this information will automatically be disqualified.
3. Length of mix should not exceed 45 minutes.
4. Entries must be postmarked by June 23,2003. Winners will be notified by phone.
5. Winner will receive tracks provided by URB to be remixed. Winner will produce mix with tracks provided by URB with a deadline to be decided upon after entries are all received. Mix should be no longer than 74 minutes.
6. Winner will send CD via Federal Express to URB magazine to arrive no later than August 29th, 2003, unless otherwise notified.
7. Winners will be determined by a panel of URB representatives. Judges' decisions are final and non-negotiable.
8. URB contributors and employees, along with employees of contest sponsors, are not eligible to enter.
9. Limitations of liability: By entering the contest, contestant agrees that (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (2) any and all claims shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs only; (3) In no event shall URB magazine, Native Son Media, Inc., Scion, or any of the respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, shareholders, employees, or agents be responsible to contestant for any damages or attorney's fees and (4) under no circumstance will any contestant be permitted to recover, and contestant hereby expressly waives any and all rights they may have to claim punitive, incidental, general consequential and/or an type of damage from URB magazine, Native Son Media, Inc., Scion, or any of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, shareholders, employees, or agents. General release: By entering the contest, contestants hereby release URB magazine, Native Son Media, Inc, Scion, and any other promotional sponsors and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, directors, officers, employees, representatives, and agents from any and all liability whatsoever for any claims, costs, inquiries, losses, and damages related to personal inquiries, death, damage to, loss or destruction of property, negligence, copyright infringement, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation or portrayal in false right...

Yo, Chill Will outta WCBN in Ann Arbor, MI is screamin' about the new KRS-One b-side joint, "Ya Feel Dat" (Koch). "This sh#t is on fire," says Chill Will! After one peep you'll know what I'm talkin' about & Nelly's gonna start sweatin' once again as the legendary KRS-One breaks it down just like he did back in the mid 80's... Fans of Roscoe should peep their mail this week for his three song dj sampler "Young Roscoe Philaphornia" (Priority/Capitol). With the success of Chingy, I feel strong that Roscoe will keep business booming over at Capitol Records with the release of his new album. It is HOT! The three song vinyl sampler features three joints "Smooth Sailin'," "Trouble" & "Get Flipped." Show some love & peep it... Landspeed has got more fiya for your turntables. Lookout for the new Black Moon "Rush" (produced by Da Beatminerz), 1st Infantry (Alchemist, Mobb Deep, Twin & Evidence) "The Midnight Creep" featuring Havoc & Twin (already gettin' out the box support from Austin' DJ Nick Nack!!!) and Mathematics "Respect Mine" featuring the Wu-Tang Clan... Don't sleep on Brooklyn's 24K "Skully" (Madd Records). " I threw this joint on not expecting a whole lot. But, from jump the Just Blaze track hit me, made me want to grab a drink and head to the club. 24K reminds me a lot of Angie Martinez. The remix isn't anything new, just Terror Squad & Triple Seis spits some nice lyrics. Good 12" for the club and it will be a banger for radio," says Darin Gloe from KDRU in Springfield, MO!... Speakin' of Angie Martinez, she gave birth last week to a healthy baby boy, Niko Ruffin weighing in at 9 pounds. Congratulations mama!... The 9th Annual B-Boy Summit is coming to Los Angeles this June 26-29th! Asia One is back this year as the B-Boy Summit promises to be bigger & better than ever! Some of the guest dj's, artists & crews scheduled to appear are: Icy-Ice, Truly OdD, Choc, Ron G, Incredible Breakers, Full Circle, Ground Zero Crew, Flipside Kings, Frank Boogie, Supermat, L.A. Symphony, Planet Asia & Sway & Tech. On Saturday, June 28th, you can catch me on the panel "Hip-Hop & Business Exploration" at 2pm. I hope to see you there showin' your support. For more info, log on to: BBOYSUMMIT.COM or call (213) 896-0877... SHOUT OUT TIZIME: Happy Birthday to Jessica Weber at SPECTRE Music & to all the fathers peepin' out RapAttackLives.com, "HAPPY FATHERS DAY." To my kids who I love & miss very much, "Daddy will always love you. One day the truth will come out & we'll spend Fathers Day & everyday together. I miss you very, very much."  Happy Fathers Day to my dad, Vincente L. Roldan (R.I.P.).

PEACE, LOVE & HIP-HOP UNITY (God Bless & Isa Mahal),

Nasty-Nes

(Pinoy Pride4Life / John 3:16).