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BARBERSHOP 3???
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[[ May 19, 2008 ]] |
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What's
Upper? It's been in the 100's as far as temperatures
goes here in
Southern Cali.
HOT!
HOT!
HOT!
The Lakers are moving closer to a NBA
championship, my sons' going to WWE Smackdown in
June & the Memorial Day 3 day weekend is right around
the corner!
Thanks to MAINO & Niles (Atlantic Records)
& to SUBSTANTIAL & Jessica (QN5 Music/SPECTRE
Music) for spending time & sharing their knowledge
with our RAP ATTACK CONF CALL panel last
Thursday. We also want to welcome to our RAP
ATTACK CONF CALL PANEL, AHSAN "THE
GOLDEN CHILD" from WRSU-NJ. Here's his latest
contact info:
WRSU-Ashan "The Golden Child"
601 Route 206, Suite 26 #457
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
c/o The Blueprint Radio / D-Media Group , Inc.
ahsan@dmediagroup.com
MTV
calls
Kanye West the best MC for 2008...
"Rock
The Bells" is about to rock their ish this year as
tickets are already going on sale. Don't miss out on
this ground breaking show featuring legendary groups
like Tribe Called Quest, De LaSoul,
Method Man & Redman, Rakim and of
course, The Pharcyde reunion (all four members
Imani, Slimkid3, Bootie Brown &
Fatlip)all on one stage! For more info log onto:
www.GuerillaUnion.com or
www.myspace.com/rockthebells!!!...
www.TheBestJams.com
is taking technology to the next level!
Brother John has a link where you can send your MP3
directly to him & to TheBestJams.com. This will get your
music directly to the station & get quicker airplay.
Show Brother John some love & lace him with your new
joints at:
http://www.thebestjams.com/content/view/133/121/...
I
just found out that I'm getting inducted into the "Official
West Coast Hip-Hop Awards" as a "West Coast DJ
Legend" this coming July 19th at
Portland's
"Roseland Theater." What an honor & I give props
to the
MAN
up above for all these blessings that's come into my
life. For more info log onto:
http://www.myspace.com/westcoasthiphopawards...
"Rock
The Beat CD Compilation Volume 1" is coming, June 2008.
Here's the 411: Price to get your track on the
compilation is $250/title this includes a radio and
unedited version of the track. The track will also be
featured on
www.RockTheBeatOnline.com where members (RAP
ATTACK National DJ Panel, Club, Mobile, and Mix Tape
DJs) can preview, download, and rate your song online.
The RAP ATTACK National DJ Panel
(Approximately 110) will also receive a copy of the
compilation as well to ensure maximum exposure of your
track. You will also receive 50 comps for you to
distribute however you see fit.
Due
to the overwhelming response and proven history of
breaking tracks the deadline for the next installment is
May
27, 2008
to
ensure an early June 2008 release.
Copy
of your material on CD, credits, photos and/or cover
artwork should be sent to:
D-Media
Group, Inc
c/o
Rock The Beat
601
Route 206,
Suite
26
#457
Hillsborough,
NJ
08844
Make
money order or cashier check out to:
D-Media Group, Inc.
Online
payments can be made as well via Pay Pal... As an
extension of
RapAttackLives.com , RTBO (www.RockTheBeatOnline.com)
is a site devoted to the real Hip-Hop heads into the
Underground and Independent Hip-Hop releases that you
can download directly off the RockTheBeatOnline.com
site.
Exclusively taylored for the
Rap Attack reporting dj's, I encourage you to
use this site to get the music you want & to be the
first in playing it on
your radio show and mixtapes.
To be a part of RTBO, I need you to log on and
register yourself now so we can approve you and get you
to start rockin' tha beat 24/7! DJ's log on now:
www.RockTheBeatOnline.com
Trust
is
the new kat in promotions over at G-Unit: (djtrustnyc@yahoo.com
& 646 515-5310.) Here are some links to Mazaradi Fox
bio, videos, E.P.K., shows, mixtapes and etc.:
www.myspace.com/mazaradifox (A complete bio can
be found here)
www.wikapedia.com/mazaradifox
www.youtube.com/mazaradifox
www.youtube.com/wegotnexxtv1 This is the link
to Mazi’s E.P.K. (Entertainers Press Kit)
www.thisis50.com/mazaradifox...
The
word on the streets is Hip-Hop is dead. The word in the
boardrooms is the music industry is dead. Sway & King
Tech of the legendary Wake Up Show are on a mission
to prove the world wrong on both counts with the 100K
Battle, a revolutionary competition that, in conjunction
with the innovative new social networking website
urSession.com, may just end up being responsible for the
discovery of the next great rapper – and the next great
record label – of the future.
Power
to the people. The Internet has transformed the world by
operating on this simple premise, and it’s the same
philosophy that drives the 100K Battle. 28 brand new
beats are ready for download at urSession.com from
top-shelf producers like Pete Rock, DJ Muggs, 9th
Wonder, Rick Rock, Alchemist, DJ Babu, DJ Q-Bert,
Evidence, DJ Revolution and the late, great J
Dilla by any emcee who creates an artist profile.
Rappers record the best song(s) they can on their picks
and upload a maximum of three to their profiles, at
which point urSession non-artist members are free to
listen and vote for the songs they enjoy. The artist
with the most votes by the end of the competition gets
$5,000, a round-trip ticket to Los Angeles to appear on
the Wake Up Show, and all the exposure one can expect
from the first, longest-running and most influential
Hip-Hop specialty radio show in the world, which graces
the ears of 11 million people in 19 markets across three
countries every week, and has been instrumental to the
careers of everyone from Eminem to Xzibit.
“How
the 100K Battle came up, I was up in the Bay on the
radio,” explains Tech of the Battle’s beginnings. “When
I go to the Bay, a lot of the callers are young cats who
want the stories [of our past]. So one guy called, and
he was like, ‘OK, this is great, you guys are legends -
but what can you do for us now?’ And one of the
ideas that has always been in the back of my mind is,
one of the problems I got is that cats are rapping to
wack-ass beats! And it’s hard to listen to a dope dude
over [imitates a synthesizer plinging]! So I
called Pete Rock, The Alchemist, the Avila Brothers,
Focus, right on the commercial break. ‘I need a beat,
dude. Can I get a free beat?’ ‘What are you doing?’
‘Tell you later. We gonna have a rap battle.’ So I got
on the radio even before I put it together and said, ‘In
a month I’m going to come back to the Bay and make the
biggest announcement.’ I went back to the Bay a month
later, got on air and said, ‘Remember what I told yall
last month? These are the producers. These are the
beats.’” As the mastermind behind the
Battle,
Tech took time to ensure that the beat selection would
provide something for everyone. “I wanted to make sure
there was a sound from everybody. I would call up Pete
and say ‘Yo Pete, give me old school.’ I would call up
the Avila Brothers and be like ‘Give me a party single.’
Focus: ‘Give me grimy.’ Khalil: ‘Give me
orchestral.’ In other words, I organized it to make sure
that all the beats don’t sound the same, so I don’t get
that complaint – ‘Man, I can’t rap to this s**t!’”
The
100K Battle was born out of the very real need to
preserve and nurture the voice of the independent
artist, as Sway explains. “The industry has been
shrinking recently in the conventional fashion. Major
labels are consolidating, radio’s narrowing their
playlists - it’s getting harder for the independent
artist. For the Wake Up Show, the 100K Battle was an
opportunity for us to tap into our resources and allow
independent artists who aren’t getting breaks because
their music isn’t compatible with what’s out there. They
don’t have access to Grammy award-winning,
well-respected, proven producers like all these
different guys that we got to donate their beats. We can
give you access as an artist to music that can make you
competitive with artists who already have that kind of
access for free. You just gotta be able to write the
song, and if you got what it takes then you’ll get that
break. Not only that – we’ll give you the exposure
that’s hard to get. These independent artists can’t get
on commercial/mainstream radio. You get enough votes,
and we’ll fly you to LA to be on the Wake Up Show, which
means a ton of exposure. Plus, we’ll put money in your
pocket.”
But
as fruitful as all this sounds, it’s only the tip of the
iceberg. The 100K Battle is a litmus test of sorts for
urSession.com, which is gearing up to be the record
label of the future by utilizing the same force that has
brought the record industry to its knees – the Internet
– to spawn its rebirth. Co-founded and owned by Tech,
Sway, Shavo of metal band System Of A Down
and entertainment lawyer turned music business maverick
Narb Avedissian, urSession is looking to the
people to decide which artists it should sign and
promote – because who knows what the people want better
than the people themselves? “urSession was born to fill
a much-needed gap in social networking and the music
industry as a whole,” says Narb. “ We saw too many
talented artists struggling to make it in an industry
that has barriers that have nothing to do with talent.
The Internet knocks down these barriers by empowering
the masses and, in our case, democratizing the discovery
of new talent. urSession is more than just a social
networking site. Our objective is to create the first
ever fan-driven open market for unsigned and independent
music – the Sundance of the music industry. urSession
members act as our A&R by voting for acts they want to
see get signed. Fans should be the ones deciding for
themselves what they like to hear – not a couple of
corporate suits. If you’re an artist, what better way to
see if you have what it takes to make it than to have
actual music enthusiasts set your value?”
“Every and any independent artist across the genre
should be building profiles on urSession,” Sway
concludes. “And any hip-hop artist that really believes
they got what it takes - because everybody believes it,
but not everybody’s got it – show and prove, and enter
the 100K
Battle.
Where will you get the opportunity to download this
caliber of music from this caliber of producer – for
free? And if you can’t create a noise beyond that, with
those type of resources, then you might wanna question
what it is you’re doing. If you get a beat from J Dilla?
The Alchemist? Pete Rock? And you can’t make a hot song
outta that - what are you doing? So it’s like, show and
prove. Get it poppin.”
VIEW THE 100K
BATTLE
TRAILER AT:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xBnKifQAkJI
...
This
years' Presidential Election is already heating up. Wait
till you peep Tha Brain with "The Obama
Ticket" (FifthLane Music) video & single. Our boy
outta
Kansas
is steppin' up to the plate to break it down on why you
should vote for ??? Peep it at:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mmogW6eZJr0
...
WE'VE
GOT SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST DJ's! THE RAP ATTACK
DJ'S!
GET
TO KNOW OUR DJ's BY LOGGING ONTO:
www.MySpace.com/RapAttackLives
AND PEEP OUR UPDATED PHOTO PAGE...
Log
on NOW to:
http://youtube.com/nastynes818 &
click on "FAVORITES" & Flashback with me with music I
grew up to & played on the Seattle radio airwaves when
it was brand new! It's a visual musical journey BACK,
wayyyy back, BACK into time with: The Spinners, Run
DMC,
The Jackson 5, The Treacherous 3, Eric B. & Rakim,
Millie "YeS" Vanillie, Stylistics, Blondie, BDP, U.T.F.O.,
Shalimar, Rick James, Musical Youth, Debarge, New Kids
On The Block, New Edition, Del The Funky Homosapien,
Jimi Hendryx, JJ Fad, Flavor Flav, Nu Shooz, Queen
Latifah, Soul Sonic Force, Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam, The
Cover Girls, The Jacksons, Paul Hardcastle, Nice &
Smooth, The Dazz Band, K-9 Posse, Hall & Oates, Midnight
Star, Rocky, Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly, Angela Mao Ying aka
Lady Kung-Fu, Muhammad Ali
to
name a few
AND
Flashback 20 plus years with yours truly by going down
Hip-Hop history lane with me & Sir Mix-A-Lot
(Posse On Broadway, Beepers videos & more), Nastymix
Records (Kid Sensation, High Performance
videos & more), My 1978 Buick Regal Lowrider
days!!! and video footage from my cameos in "House Party
4," "Kung Pow! Enter The Fist" and more! Log on
NOW &
ENJOY at:
http://youtube.com/nastynes818 ...
Rap
Attack takes a "WHAT'S UPPER" look this week with:
DJ Spazo (Mixtapes-New
York):
"I WILL LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO TUNE IN TO
WWW.FLOWLIVE.COM
TUESDAY & THURSDAY @
6:30PM (est) & SUNDAY 8:00PM (est) & CHECK OUT UR BOY,
SPAZO IN THE MIX...
D-Tragic (805HipHop.com):
"Be
sure to add that new Black Milk Feat Fat Ray
“Take Control” That Track is heat!"...
Nesto
(WODU-VA):
"Gas prices continue to rise,
China
is still feeling after shocks from their massive
earthquake, midwest still getting jacked by tornadoes
and the rain is seriously making it's mark on the south
and east coast. Not much more to say really, it's been a
slow week"...
DJ
Sage (CFRO-Vancouver,
BC):
"I
was mad excited musically about last night's show. We
got to premiere tracks from two highly appreciated
projects: started things off with a Kidz In The Hall's
double shot; the album "The In Crowd" is fire. In
addition, we mixed in a couple cuts off the upcoming
ImmortalTechnique album "The Third World" (how long
have we been waiting for this one?).
www.urpradio.podomatic.com
Interview-wise we keep it live. Firstly being joined by
Substantial repping Baltimore. Substantial was
been around for more than a minute; however, his music
is quality and timeless. Substantial talks about his new
album "Sacrifice" out now on QN5 and the
frustration/need for unity amongst hip-hoppers worldwide
to support and spread the good word. So consider
yourself informed add him to your myspace contacts.
www.myspace.com/substantial
One Hip-Hop scene that is extremely united is the Bay
Area, CA. Our next guest, Traxamillion, reps the
Bay and has been behind and worked
with some incredible artist such as E40, Too
Short, San Quinn and Keak Da Sneak.
This talented producer/MC really gave us some insight
into the do for self Bay Area work ethnic and how the
hyphy movement really mirrors that hustle. Traxamillion
also talked about the come up, to his more recent and
upcoming projects such as the PSP "Traxxpad"
portable production studio and "The Slapp Addict 2.
www.myspace.com/traxxamillion...
Nate
Abney
(WKDU-PA):
"Another week and some not so Spring like weather. The
Flyers are just about done. The Phillies
will become my main focus. The Roots album is
pretty good. And what's up with with Remy Ma and
Papoose trying to get married at Riker's
Island.
These are our rap heroes
for you.Check out my man NYC's album In Retrospect on
Itunes now and all that good stuff. Go to:
www.neveryetcontested.com,
www.5gproductions.com,CD BABY,AMAZON,just
to name a few places you can get it at. If you listen
closely to track 5, you may hear a familiar voice"...RHAPSODY"...
Edgie
Kokoski
(WUNH-NH):
"I have to say that Remy Ma and Papoose
are the comedic gift that keeps on giving. Yesterday,
Papoose arrived at Riker's Island Prison to marry Remy
Ma. Unfortunately, the ceremony was derailed when a
handcuff key was discovered on Papoose. Slick move
genius. He should have baked a file into his wedding
cake. The good news is that today Remy was sentenced to
8 years in prison for shooting a childhood friend over
$3,000.00, so a 2016 wedding is looking pretty good. I'm
sure that Papoose will wait for her and maintain a
strict vow of celibacy. Because 8 years isn't a big
price to pay to be able to sleep with an overweight
chick who looks like a man.
Here's my favorite quote from an interview of The
Game in this month's XXL magazine:
"My life was better when I was gang-banging, shooting,
robbing, stealing, getting shot and selling drugs".
Hmm...I guess to me that doesn't really sound quite as
good as selling a million records and making a million
dollars. Plus, that must have been a pretty busy day for
The Game. I'm guessing he has more free time now. Time
to get shitty facial tattoos.
Honorable mention goes to the article tracing the career
of Fat Joe and his comment about the making of
"Lean Back":
"We did the chorus at (DJ) Khaled's studio
and Remy (Ma) was there...she was like 'F***k that, I
gotta be on that'. At the time she hadn't blown yet".
Sorry to argue with you Fat Joe, but I'm quite sure that
she blew all along.
Interesting this past weekend that the seemingly
invincible Suge Knight got his clock cleaned at a
club and after regaining consciousness, left bloodied
and battered. Although I'm sure that Suge will be fine,
I hope that he doesn't miss any work. It could delay the
upcoming release of albums from Crooked I, Petey
Pablo, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, MC
Hammer, Danny Boy, The Lady of Rage,
Sam Sneed, Eric B. and Kurupt"...
JayThreeoh
(WITR-NY): "Whatup? They just named who's coming
to the Rochester MusicFest this year (http://RochesterMusicFest.com/).
You know ya boi is gonna be up front and center for the
Legendary Roots Crew to take stage. They're
having a bunch of shows coming in the upcoming months (Rick
Ross and Trina, Elephant Man,
Shaggy, etc). Should be a good look for the
region"...
Vernassa Fields (Spyn Cycal): "I
NEED YOU/YOUR ARTISTS TO VOICE THIS SCRIPT FOR ME...
FEEL
FREE TO ADLIB A BIT, BUT START THE LINES OFF BY LETTING
FOLKS KNOW WHO YOU ARE:
HEY THIS IS ________________________...
1) UNDERGROUND SOUNDZ FEATURES THE BEST OF INDEPENDENT
HIP HOP MIXED BY THE COUNTRIES HOTTEST DJS. EACH
PROVIDING THEIR OWN UNIQUE SOUND AND STYLE TO EACH SHOW.
2) UNDERGROUND SOUNDZ TAKES YOU BACK TO A TIME WHERE THE
MIX SHOW TRULY WAS A "SPECIALTY
SHOW".
3) WELCOME TO UNDERGROUND SOUNDZ
4)
NOW
BACK TO UNDERGROUND SOUNDZ
5) IT'S UNDERGROUND SOUNDZ
6) YOU'RE TUNED INTO UNDERGROUND SOUNDZ
7) YOU'RE LISTENING TO UNDERGROUND SOUNDZ
Meddafore
(Mixtapes-PA
& FL): "I heard about this
site last night on a talk radio show. Go to:
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com and click on
the "Click to Give" link....IT IS
FREE!!
How It Works:
Your click on the "Click Here to Give - it's FREE"
button helps fund free mammograms for women in need —
low-income, inner-city and minority women whose
awareness of breast cancer and opportunity for help is
often limited. Your click is paid for by site sponsors,
and mammogram funding is provided to clinics throughout
the U.S. through the efforts of the National Breast
Cancer Foundation.
Tell your friends!
It is free, it is easy to do, and you can save
lives...don't wait! You can (and I strongly encourage
yall) to click daily!"...
Here
is our address for 2008 to send material for review, etc
(vinyl & cd's)! Same address, just a new Ste. number:
RapAttackLives.com
4750 Kester Avenue, Ste. 11
Sherman
Oaks, CA 91403
Attn: Nasty-Nes
nastynes1@aol.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 "JUST-O"
(March 17, 1969 - May 14, 2005) 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) |
