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Nasty-Nes
April 27, 1961 - February 15, 2025
PEACE, LOVE & HIP-HOP UNITY
(God Bless & Isa Mahal)
PINOYPRIDE4LIFE / JOHN 3:16

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NEW CHARTS!
April 21, 2025

DJ’s! Spring is in the air and our Top 30 is fresher than fresh!

On top of the mountain this week is the young stallion, Lord Sko and his Curren$y collabo, “Understand.” It's off his latest project, “PIFF.” (below)

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#1 Added is Cymarshall Law’s latest, “Blowtorch” featuring DJ Rhettmatic and Planet Asia. It's from his upcoming album, Peaceful Warrior 2, Raw Self Expression coming this Summer.

Also new joints added by
Droogie Otis (Madlib & Your Old Droog), M-Dot & Confidence and Real Bad Man & Boldy James.
(How Many projects can he do this year??!!)

Show love the Rapattack way!
Until next week, be safe.

TOP 30 CHART and more!
https://www.rapattacklives.com/charts/

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DJ 3rd Degree’s
Fire Pick of the Week
April 21, 2025

Peace Up everyone.
We are heading towards springtime and sunnier warmer days. Hope all is well with you and yours. I am back with some more dope music for you to check out and add to your playlists!
It is 1989. I am two years removed from high school and I was working as the singles buyer for a Tower Records location in Southern California. I was heavily into Rap music at the time, still am obviously, so I was interested in any new rap release. One group,
Brand Nubian, especially piqued my interest. It was the collective vibe of the music and the three emcees consisting of Grand Puba, Sadat X and Lord Jamar. Even today I love listening to their music. Individually, each emcee has forged their own solo path outside of the group. Sadat X consistently puts out new music and we are being blessed with what is being tagged as the final releases from Grand Puba.

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Just out, Puba has a new single titled “It Ain’t No Big Thing” (Babygrande Records) featuring Stunna Gang (Puba’s son). It is the first single from his final trilogy album series. This is his victory lap and this single is a good tone-setter for what is to come.
Starting off with a 50’s-era guitar riff, the energy and vibe of the song is retro for sure. Then the title-track vocal sample kicks in over the drums and Puba soars onto the track and does what he does best, rhyme over beats. Always sly with his wordplay, Puba and his son fit flawlessly over the beat, which is a simple drum track with that dope guitar sample. Puba’s son is equally dope on the mic and for sure inherited his dad’s skills.
If this is the first release, I am excited to see what is next!
You can for sure hear the new music LIVE on my show, The Coast-to-Coast Hip Hop Show, Sunday nights at 7pm Eastern/4p Pacific LIVE on
blackcultureradio.com. All replays of the show can be found on the Black Culture Radio page on mixcloud.com. You might also check out some dope new music on my new show called “Backpack Radio” which airs Tuesdays at 11pm Pacific time on theurbaninfluencer.com.
 
Until next time, Peace!
DJ 3rd Degree

IG: @dj3rddegree
The Coast-to-Coast Hip Hop Show
Sundays 7pm Eastern/4pm Pacific on
blackcultureradio.com
“Backpack Radio” Wednesdays 2am Eastern/Tuesdays at 11pm Pacific time on theurbaninfluencer.com.



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LISTEN!
to Encore & Best Of KFOX Nightbeat on our
Nightbeat page
or Sundays, 9-11 pm (pst)
https://www.rainieravenueradio.world

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Last week I was back home in the “206” Seattle. The magic happened on both Thursday (15th) & Friday (16th) nights.

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On Thursday we were at Rainier Avenue Radio’s Black History Month Museum at 4916 Rainier Ave South. Sheila Locke, Sir Mix-A-Lot & I reunited for the first time since NASTYMIX Records closed in 1992. We shared behind-the-scenes look at the birth, creation & fall of NASTYMIX Records!
Friday found us at the
206 Zulu’s 20th Anniversary event at Madame Lou’s (2505 1st Avenue).
Both nights were memorable!

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Rest In Peace, brother Nes.
April 27, 1961 - February 15, 2025

PEACE, LOVE &
HIP-HOP UNITY
(God Bless & Isa Mahal)
Nasty-Nes
PINOYPRIDE4LIFE / JOHN 3:16

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