“Goin’ Off”: The Story of the Juice Crew & Cold Chillin’ Records by Ben Merlis (foreword by Peanut Butter Wolf), dropping November 5, 2019 on BMG Books.
https://amzn.to/2rP4KA3
It's Seattle's own MariBased1 with artist Blueface!
Look out for the new single, “Score'n” by MariBased1 dropping NOW!
The look Rocksteady's DV-One expressed when forced to wear the
NASTY-NES tee shirt!!!
Humbled & blessed to be recognized by L.A.'s Filipino/American “FIL-AM Game Changers” for my contributions to what I've been representin' since 1980, “Hip Hop!”
Listen Now!
The first episode of “KFOX NIGHTBEAT”!
https://bit.ly/2QycQHx
DJ 3rd Degree’s
Fire Pick of the Week
November 18, 2019
Thanks for continuing to support indie rap music and the Rap Attack DJ’s.
What is good my Hip Hop friends!!?
Hope the week has treated you well. I got something brand new for ya!
We are talking about the duo of Jayson and Jamal, also known as The High Children. With yours truly as their DJ, along with help from DJ Neebor (Seattle), DJ Shiftee (NYC), D’Lemma and DJ Royboy (both KUBE 93.3 Seattle), EVMB The BeatBox Panda, American Idol's Rocky Sandoval, the crew is also comprised of super-producer Robbie Rob (Minneapolis, MN.), along with Fysah (Seattle) and J.J. (Seattle) doing vocals. Hotness always hits the streets. With Takeshia Seward on the vocals, the boys just released “Get That Money” (White Label).
With an intro from DJ 3rd Degree, the keys kick in along with the beat, making the listener nod their head right off the bat. Jamal, aka Mr. E., takes the lead on the vocals, layin’ out how he gets that money. After the chorus, Jayson (aka Mr. Too Many Aka’s) lays down how he’s getting that scrilla. The verses, along with the vocals from Takeshia, really make this track stand out.
It is a rocker for the radios and the clubs!! Here is a link to the dope video, including an appearance from the one-and-only DJ Nasty Nes!
https://bit.ly/33zt1YW
If you're up in Seattle on Saturday November, 23rd,
come hang out with us at the Massive Monkey’s studio!
Let us know what you need! We got ya!
Til next time . . . Peace!!
DJ 3rd Degree
A candid moment with Cincinnati's DJ G-Fresh bonding with his grandchild, Nolan.
Now I can cross this off my bucket list!
RAP ATTACK REMEMBERS DJ ROB ONE
A BAY AREA 90's FLASHBACK
The 90's was a GREAT era for Hip Hop music! Especially songs #12, #15, #30 & #34. NASTYMIX Records was in full effect running the charts. Much love always to David Paul from SF's KCSF.
1992 GAVIN MAGAZINE AWARDS FLASHBACK
And guess who won?!?!
He's come a long way since this happened! After listening to Kanye's album, “Jesus Is King,” I'm really feeling, “God Is” and “Jesus Is Lord.” Whether you like him or not, he is no doubt NOT a Follower but a Leader in whatever he does.
CONGRATS! to Seattle's Emerald City Beat Box Champion & WINNER,
EVMB The Beat Box Panda!
Aside from PRINCE, MN is the place to be for my two homies who repp the Twin Cities.
It's Seattle's own King Otto & DJ Stage One!
Since 2001, the U.S. Department of State has been sending hip hop artists abroad to perform and teach as goodwill ambassadors. There are good reasons for this: hip hop is known and loved across the globe, acknowledged and appreciated as a product of American culture. Hip hop has from its beginning been a means of creating community through artistic collaboration, fostering what hip hop artists call building.
A timely study of U.S. diplomacy, Build: The Power of Hip Hop Diplomacy in a Divided World reveals the power of art to bridge cultural divides, facilitate understanding, and express and heal trauma. Yet power is never single-edged, and the story of hip hop diplomacy is deeply fraught. Drawing from nearly 150 interviews with hip hop artists, diplomats, and others in more than 30 countries, Build explores the inescapable tensions and ambiguities in the relationship between art and the state, revealing the ethical complexities that lurk behind what might seem mere goodwill tours. Author Mark Katz makes the case that hip hop, at its best, can promote positive, productive international relations between people and nations. A U.S.-born art form that has become a voice of struggle and celebration worldwide, hip hop has the power to build global community when it is so desperately needed.
Cover image: Sylvester Shonhiwa, aka Bboy Sly, Harare, Zimbabwe, February 2015. Photograph by Paul Rockower.
Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe
Countries visited in researching BUILD
Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Colombia, Croatia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Honduras, India, Indonesia,Madagascar, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Senegal, Serbia, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, USA, Uzbekistan + Zimbabwe
ABOUT the AUTHOR
Mark Katz is Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Capturing Sound: How Technology has Changed Music and Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip-Hop DJ. He is co-editor of Music, Sound, and Technology in America: A Documentary History. In 2013 he developed the U.S. Department of State-funded cultural diplomacy program Next Level, serving as its director until 2018. In 2015 Katz was recognized by the Hip-Hop Education Center in its inaugural awards ceremony, and in 2016 he was awarded the Dent Medal by the Royal Musical Association for his contributions to music scholarship. Mark Katz is donating royalties from his book to Hip Hop community organizations around the World.
Visit:
https://music.unc.edu/people/musicfaculty/mark-katz
SELECTED INTERVIEWS
DJ 2-Tone Jones
ADUM7
Akim Funk Buddha
Harry Allen
DJ A-Minor
Suzi Analogue
DJ B*Money
DJ Mista B
Black Zang
Toni Blackman
Junious Brickhouse
Charles Burchell
Jaci Caprice
CHINO BYI
Deena Clemente
Big Tara
Def-i
Diamond D
D.S. Sense
Pierce Freelon
Elliot Gann
Javier Garcia
Dumi Right
Baba Israel
J-Live
Mahogany Jones
B-boy Kareem
Mark Kaweesi
Tsiry “Panda” Kely
B-girl Key
Kiche Legend
Klevah
Zephyr Ann Doles
Konshens the MC
Kuttin Kandi
Madlines
Maxi Krexy
Medusa the Gangsta Goddess
DJ Supaflava
Plot Mhako
Nick Neutronz
Omar Offendum
One Be Lo
Popmaster Fabel
B-Boy Frankie
Pinqy Ring
Will Power
Stringz
B-boy Samuka
Soultana
T.R.U.T.H
Rocc Williams
Ahsan The Golden Child & Rakim
PROMOTION PARTY at ATLANTIC
Congrats! to former RAP ATTACK MIXTAPE REPORTER DJ Raize!
READY OR NOT
(l-r): Gemma, Dre Kno & Lauryn Hill
RAP ATTACK continues to represent —
this time at the latest FIL-AM GAME CHANGERS event!
Guest panelists included Filipinos making a difference & an impact with their talent.
MTV's Candida, yours truly, Alex & Luna (two up & coming alternate music and pop/Hip Hop artists), Lainney Dizon of Fil-Am & of course Maria Karmina, Fil-Am's own & moderator of this great event.
Portland was recently on FIYA as RAP ATTACK's own D-Tragic (KCSB-CA) paid a visit to Platinum Records (104 SW 2nd Ave. in Portland, OR) & owner Jeff Frady!
It was an Old School reunion in LA with LA's Living Legends Rick Nuhn (Q104.7FM & Atlantic Records), Nasty-Nes & PJ Butter (KDAY & The Beat).
From Macklemore's HIT single ”Thriftshop.”
It's Wansley & Nasty-Nes, both lookin' for that $20.00 missing from their pockets!
RAPATTACKLIVES.COM TAKES YOU BACK & REMEMBERS
The High Children
with Nasty-Nes, JJ, DJ Neebor, Shock Boogie &
EVMB The Beatbox Panda!
(Aug. 25, 2019 – Seattle)
Seattle's Jose Rizal Park Award
August 25, 2019
BOARDS DON'T HIT BACK!
My Sifu Taky Kimura, the head of the Jun Fan Gung-Fu Institute, was honored as Bruce Lee's first & number one student at Seattle's 5th Annual Martial Arts Championship!
Str8 FROM THE MOUTH of LA's LEGENDARY DJ, PJ BUTTA (KDAY-CA)
Here It Is!
E-Dawg's "Drop Top" NW remix video feat Wojack, E-Dawg, Nasty-Nes, DJ 3rd Degree, Cool Nutz & a gang of local Hip Hop heads from Seattle, Tacoma, The Bay and Portland.
If you love LOWRIDERS & DROP TOPS, you'll LOVE this!
Watch all the way to the verrrrry end!
https://youtu.be/vaKHwimmVS8
T h a n k Y o u !
Phelo The Great & Valerie Denise Jones
for interviewing me on their dope show,
“The Big Exclusives!”
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/18180922
. . . & he's Never Forgotten his roots!
HITS MAGAZINE 1999 FLASHBACK
ASK THESE QUESTIONS
BEFORE YOU SIGN
WITH AN INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL
by DJ Iceman
1. How many artists are signed to the independent label?
2. What is the duration of the recording contracts that you offer?
3. Do the artists on your indie label retain the rights to their music?
4. What is the royalty percentage you give to the artists signed to your label?
5. What is the most singles or albums you have sold thus far?
6. What is your average recording and promo budget per release?
7. Do you have a profit sharing program in regards to merchandise sales, etc?
8. Does the Label offer tour support?
9. How many people are part of the staff of the indie label?
10. How many singles or albums do you release per quarter?
11. Do you have any beefs with anyone in the music industry?
THE EMERALD CITY BEGINNINGS
(documentary)
COMING SOON to a streaming service near you!
E-Dawg, Nasty-Nes & The Maharaji discuss
the origins of Seattle Hip Hop.
ATTENTION ARTISTS!
Do You OWN your name?
Is your stage name COPYRIGHTED?
Do you have a logo"Is your logo TRADEMARKED
Do you own your likeness?
Is your music COPYRIGHTED? Do you OWN your masters?
Is your music REGISTERED?
If you have videos,who owns the rights?
Do you have YOUR OWN platform?
If not, what the *?%! are you doing???
OWNERSHIP IS EVERYTHING!!
DJ ICE MAN
#ARTIST TIP OF THE DAY
by DJ ADDITION
If you do not know what Sound Exchange is, please — do your homework. They are basically a master-side collection society
for all the internet radio stations.
What if you, as an artist, send a song to an online radio station without an ISRC code? Then the routing of the money earned on those plays is very, very unlikely to ever get back to you. Factor in publishing plus lack of knowledge about publishing and there are probably close to 100’s of Millions of dollars NOT distributed correctly.
Truly sad and disheartening,
as this is mostly for independent artists and songwriters.
Do your Research. Do your Homework.
Signs Of A Great Publicist
Echo Hattix
1. Easily Identified As Your #1 Fan
2. Answers Your Phone Calls & Texts
3. Plans Your Next Big Steps
4. Gets Upset With You When U Miss An Interview,
Event And/Or An Opportunity
5. Tells Your Story Like A Manager &
Stands Up For You Like A Lawyer
6. Celebrates Your Wins As Their Own
7. Believes In You & Let’s You Know
8. Pushes You To Do Things You Would Not Normally Do
9. Is Lowkey Your #1 Instagram Stalker
10. Seen Above)))
Rule No. 1 Trust Your Publicist
The MIX & NASTY of NASTYMIX
WHO'S LEGIT TO HIRE TO PROMOTE YOUR MUSIC TO RADIO?
by DJ Addition
Here are some tips and suggestions when looking
for the right kind of promoter for you.
What are the key, definable attributes that matter most?
Check their reputation: Look around online at what other artists make of them. Search their name on social media and Google. Look for reviews on places like Linkedin. Having no reputation is often as bad as having a bad reputation.
You should hire the one that comes across from more than one source as a good, stand-up person. You don’t want to hire a promoter who lacks moral fiber.
Project updates: Do they give you analysis on feedback, actual playlists and charts, listening details, etc? If not, why not? It’s a major factor in your business.
Reception: One of the most annoying attributes of a radio promoter is when they don’t pick up the phone. Try and call a few promoters. See how fast they respond. Do they respond at all? Are they are slow getting back to you when you are paying them? That’s a definite warning sign that you might want to look elsewhere.
A good promoter will latch on like a piranha when you give them the chance to work. If they are slowly taking the work on with the promise of payment, think how slow they will be when they have your money.
Don’t put yourself in this awkward position. Instead, look for a radio promoter that you know can be trusted.
The above points are major factors, but the last one is something you should think of when making any new connection. How well do you get on? Is there a rapport and a general connection? And most important — is there trust?
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SHOUT OUT TIZIME
Happy Birthday!
to DJ Addition,
celebrating on Monday, November 18,
&
to Ahsan The Golden Child (WRSU-NJ),
celebrating on Friday, November 22.
PEACE, LOVE & HIP-HOP UNITY
(God Bless & Isa Mahal),
Nasty-Nes
www.FaceBook.com/NastyNes
www.twitter.com/nastynes1
PINOYPRIDE4LIFE / JOHN 3:16