What's upper! Have you been watching the news lately? It's fo' real, Saddam's sons, both Qusay & Uday Hussein are dead. Dayum, the pictures they showed on the news of their dead bodies were truly convincing photos. Let's hope that this leads to a closer end to the war in Iraq so our troops can come home... Thanks to our Big Baller Big Rube outta Austin' KOOP, he's hooked us up with the 411 on Roc-A-Fella's new College Radio Rep. His name is Chiko & his info is as follows: work #: (212) 445-3614, e-mail; ROCCOLLEGERADIO@UMUSIC.COM and his 2way: 8779946134@skytel.com. Hit up Chiko to get serviced on the latest flavas & don't forget to ask him about the blazin' new Kanye West joint! Tell him Rap Attack sent ya'!... Philly's #1 Mixtape DJ, Meddafore who's featured in this weeks Tales From The Tapedecks, wants you to know that the "First Round Draft Pick" tour is trying to set up a college tour & they want your college to be a part of this big tour event. So far scheduled to be a part of their line up are; Joe Budden, Juelz Santana, J Hood, Black Child, Jinx Da Juvy, Graph, LoveJoi, Meddafore, CNN & Caddillac Tah. Any college/universities interested should contact; ROMEO@TEFLONMUZIK.COM or call; (212) 714-3567... L.A.'s own underground & up & coming, The Longevity Crew will be performing at the House Of Blues this August 3rd in Los Angeles. They've got extra tickets to give away to our Rap Attack dj's to peep em out live, so hit up Choice 37 online for tickets at: MCCHOICE@AOL.COM and peep out their website too at: WWW.LONGEVITYMUSIC.COM... Detroit's Vishiss is about to drop his next single "Thaswassup" (Spit). Just last weekend, both Mr. Pete from Dreamworks & Vishiss stopped by Chill Will's show on WCBN in Ann Arbor, MI & threw down with some phat freestyles! Meantime,Vishiss is available to do custom radio & mixtape drops & phoners. With the drops, you need to send in your name, station call letters, mailing address & phone # plus what you want said on your drops to: SARAH@GOODVIBEMUSIC.COM. Vishiss is gettin' ready to go on his promo tour to the following markets. If you want to set up a meet & greet, etc., hit up Sarah at her email addrress:

VISHISS PROMO TOUR:

TOLEDO, OH: MONDAY, JULY 28th

INDIANAPOLIS: TUESDAY, JULY 29th

COLUMBUS, OH: WED., JULY 30th

ST.LOUIS, MO: FRIDAY, AUG. 1st

CHICAGO: MONDAY, AUG 4th & 5th

MILWAUKEE, WI: WEDNESDAY AUG 6th

Planet Asia is back with "Summertime In The City" (produced by J-Thrill) b/w "G's & Soldiers" featuring Kurupt (Avatar). Rap Attack dj's, peep your email for the MP3. Vinyl coming soon! For more info, contact Dionte Griffin over at Avatar at (323) 878-1114 or online at: DEE@AVATARRECORDS.COM... Make sure you peep out on your wheels the new Drag-On featuring Jadakiss "Tell Your Friends" (Ruff Ryders/Virgin). This track is blazin' HOT! Drag-On's album "Hell And Back" hits the streets this September 2nd. Contact Aaron Mellion for copies at (323) 692-1187 or online at: Aaron.Mellion@Virgin-Records.com... Comin' straight outta Columbus, Ohio, get ready for rap artist Relm a.k.a. Relm Diggie! His debut album "Veterans Memorial" (FU Entertainment) is a tribute to the beloved who have passed: 2Pac, Biggie, Aaliyah, Lisa Left-Eye Lopes & yes even Princess Di! Relm's debut single "Yahoo" features Kokane & is a sure club hit & a party anthem. The b-side is also another banger giving props to his hometown on "O-H-I-O" utilizing a sample from the legendary Ohio Player's old school hit, "Love Rollercoaster." For more info call (562) 529-3838 or hit em up online at: platinumqueen@prodigy.net & tell em' Rap Attack sent ya'!... Couple of off tha heezy 12"s outta Vancouver, Canada is about to put your turntables on fiya! Concise is back with "Bust Back" b/w "Defender Anthem" featuring Checkmate and "Gangsta" featuring Sticky Fingaz & Checkmate on Double Up Records. Also get ready for A.M.P. with "Today Yesterday" b/w "AMP Anthem" & "Seventh Sign..." on Bank Of Portugal Records. All three cuts were produced by Flipout for A.M.P.. The acronym "A.M.P." could stand for: All My People, Acknowledge My Presence, Afflicted Music Productions, All Mighty Poets & Producers, All Must Pray or Anger Management Program. These up & comers are actually refined veterans of hip-hop. The four members of A.M.P. have deep history in the Vancouver hip-hop scene. Member Flipout is one of the most well known figure who's spent the last 8 years dj'ing at Vancouver's top clubs & is currently in the mix & on the air at Vancouver's The Beat 94.5FM. For more info & to get laced, contact Jay Swing (Jay's also in the mix at The Beat 94.5FM) at (604) 689-5822 or online at: SWINGPROMO@TELUS.NET... Kuttin' Kandi's website launch party for WWW.KUTTINKANDI.COM along with Jeru The Damaja's live listening session (WWW.THEDAMAJA.COM) is coming up this Wednesday, July 30th at NY's club Opaline (85 Ave. A-between 5th & 6th Street) as part of the Rock Steady 26th Anniversary weekend. 5th Platoon dj's will be rockin' the wheels along with special guest Tony Touch from NY's Power 105! For more info contact: EQSPARXBOOKINGS@CS.COM or log onto: WWW.GETFATSHOW.COM... Kirk Hamm, Elektra Records' Manager Of College Marketing & Promotions is keeping busy with one of his new ventures. Peep this. Kirk says, "I have just recently become apart of  "The Ear To Da Streets Music Producers" conference: (www.eartodastreets.com). We connect up & coming producers with A&R's as well as inform them of proper procedures and pitfalls of getting their music placed. If any of your DJ's produce or make beats or know of others that do, have them check out the site. We are approaching our second annual conference in September. All of the information is on the site, we've had alot of notables come through. Kanye West, Rockwilder, Kay Gee, Rza, Kim Osorio/Editor In Chief-Source Magazine, etc. When they make contact, have them say they were referred by me. If any one should have any questions have them send it to info@eartodastreets.com I also have an email address kirk@eartodastreets.com . You can also reach Kirk directly at Elektra at (212) 275-4175... Big props & a thank you to Tina Potterf from my hometown's Seattle Times Newspaper. Last Sunday's paper gave yours truly some props. It's great to still be recognized in your own hometown where it all started for me! Here's the link: ... If you're in Seattle, make sure you peep out the special "History Of Asians In Seattle Hip-Hop" exhibition from July 5th through Nov '03 at the Wing Luke Museum in Chinatown (407 7th Ave.).Yours truly is featured in the exhibit. For more info, log on to: http://www.wingluke.org/curremtnewsreleases.html... While in Seattle for all you martial arts & Bruce Lee fans (like me!!!), check out the Bruce Lee Memorabilia at the former Uwajimaya Bldg. (519 6th Ave. S. in Chinatown) 10am-8pm, Wed-Sun, June 5th-Oct 16. Log on to: WWW.BRUCELEE-EXHIBIT.ORG for more info...

RAPATTACKLIVES.COM is moving to a brand new location. I will be contacting our Rap Attack panel & the record label reps within' the week with our new mailing address. Stay tuned.

SHOUT OUT TIZIME: Happy Birthday to Peter Rosenburg from WMUC in Chevy Chase, MD.! Big Rube at KOOP in Austin, TX, DJ EQ my pinoy pare' outta Brooklyn's WBCR, Mr. Supreme outta Conception Records, Aaron Eng a.k.a DJ Crazy ASE from WWW.DJCRAZYASE.COM, DJ MaxMillion in New Orleans, Cleavon Shuler at SRC, FunkDaddy & to Tribeca (thank you for the shout out on the back cover of the "Charlie Hustle" single)! Our condolences goes out to the family of Sam Figueroa from New Jersey's WRSU. Sam's father recently passed away. May your dad R.I.P..

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

Nasty-Nes

(Pinoy Pride4Life / John 3:16).