[[  March 8, 2010  ]]

What's Upper? 

Guru is said to be recovering from a successful surgery last Monday, March 1 after suffering a heart attack. Despite internet rumors that the rapper had died, sources say the Gang Starr emcee is not only doing “fine,” but should make a full recovery. Guru's Statement: "I am doing fine and I am recovering! I'm weak though. Solar is the only person who has the accurate info on my situation. Any info from anybody else is false! I appreciate your well wishes and all the love!" A YouTube video has also been released by Guru's nephew saying Solar is not letting any of Guru's family member have contact with him. Here's Solar's official statement, ""Guru is recovering and his doctors are guarded, but hopeful for his recovery. Guru  has a history of lung problems and asthma and has been guarded about revealing his health issues. "Guru has entrusted me to be accurate and truthful in relaying information to the media," Solar said. The legendary MC always tried to keep his private life behind closed doors and Solar said he was confused as to why Guru's nephew, Justin Nicholas-Elam Ruff, accused Solar of withholding information about the rapper from his family and not allowing them to see him, given that Ruff's mother, Trish, and other family members have visited with Guru.

"It's very, very baffling to me because his mother [Trish] was at the hospital not even a week ago with Guru's brother and his sister," Solar told CNN. "I speak to Guru's father and his brother daily. This is amazingly untrue and I have no idea what this is about."

 "I have nothing but the deepest love and respect for the Elam family but I have not stopped them from seeing Guru!" Solar added. Doctors have not given any indication as to when Guru might be released, Solar said, and the rapper is touched by the fan support.

 "The outpouring of love from around the world has been tremendous," Solar said. "I'm reading some of the best e-mails, texts and Twitters that come in and he enjoys them. I think that's what has been helping his recovery and what's got him in there fighting."

 During what must be an incredibly hard and stressful period in life, keep sending your prayers, thoughts, and wishes to Guru, Solar and his loved ones. 

Guru, the sole founder of the world famous Hip-Hop group GangStarr and the legendary Jazzmatazz series, has suffered a heart attack and Hip-Hop fans around the world have shown massive love and support to one of the greatest rappers of all time"...

Ron Banks lead singer for the 70s R&B group the Dramatics (“Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get”) died of a heart attack in Detroit. Banks, 58, was a founding member of the group back in the ’60s, when they were teenagers...
 

"The Hurt Locker," the Iraq war drama directed by Kathryn Bigelow, took home the the Academy Award for best picture, defeating nine other films, including the 3-D blockbuster "Avatar." Congrats to Mo'Nique in winning "Best Supporting Actress" in "Precious"...

Props to our guest on last Thursday's RAP ATTACK DJ CONF CALL JEM aka JEMINI (if you'd like to get a custom drop, send your drop info to: DJAddition@gmail.com ) You can also peep Jem on: www.RollingStone.com: http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jem/albums/album/32138023/i_am_haiti

Rap Attack welcome back to our CONF CALL panel, DJ COMMANDO & congrats on his NEW Radio station that is a BDS & MEDIABASE station. That's large. So hit him up if you want to contribute your mixes to him at: stepincommand@gmail.com . Also to DJ Jeep WPKN-CT; it's GREAT to have you on board. Your 10 years in radio will be an asset to what we do!"...

It's that time again! Seattle's Coolout Network Television turns 19 on April 3, 2010. They will be celebrating with a historic revue-style line-up of some of the NW's finest Hip-Hop acts which includes:

 Emerald Street Boys reunion

Ghetto Children reunion

Xola aka Kid Sensation

D.Black f. Spaceman

Khingz

Canary Sing

Peep the new video from Khingz "Blaq Han Solo" online at: http://www.vimeo.com/8525207. More acts will be announced every Monday up to the week prior to the event. Please let Kitty Wu know if you would like additional information or would like to interview Georgio Brown and/or the participants of Coolout 19. This is going to be a historic event!: Kitty Wu Music & Arts Administration  206.734.1415...

WELCOME OUR NEW 2010 RAP ATTACK REPORTERS

RADIO:

DJ Luvva-J aka Jose S. Gutierrez Jr - KAOS 

EMAIL: jose@devastatorgroup.com 

Olympia, WA

Silver Shadow-D - KBCS 

EMAIL: admin@shadowmuzik.com  

Bellevue, WA

Savvy - KDON  

EMAIL: savvy408@gmail.com  

Salinas, CA

Darnell “KIZ-ONE” Williams - KKFI  

EMAIL: Kizone@gmail.com   

Kansas City, MO

Dj D'Lemma aka  Warren Van Patten  KMIH   

EMAIL: djdlemma@gmail.com 

Mercer Island, WA

Jeep Ward (DJ HALO) WPKN/WPKM 

EMAIL: jeepdjhalo203@yahoo.com 

Bridgeport, CT

DJ Eclipse   WNYU  

EMAIL: itsdjeclipse@gmail.com  

New York, NY

Kerri Hughes       WRFM

EMAIL: badteccy@hotmail.com  

Blue Bell, PA

INTERNET:

Commando - IUMMMUSIC.COM -Program Director  

EMAIL: stepincommand@gmail.com

DJ LoKash - AllHipHop.com   

EMAIL: djlokash@gmail.com

MIXTAPE:

DJ FRRESH (Chicago, IL)

Nesto Acosta (Culpeper/Norfolk, VA)

Rap Attack takes a "WHAT'S UPPER" look this week with:

Chill Will (WCBN-MI): "What's up? Gotta say my prayers and many others prayers go out to Guru during his health issues. Gonna keep it short, but big shout to everyone I ran into at the clubs this weekend. Also if your in the Detroit area this weekend you can check me out Friday night at Shotz sports bar inside the Greektown Casino. For more information about me DJ Chill Will go to www.myspace.com/djchillwill734 "...

Jason-D (RadioBoise.org): "I've definitely been thinking about Guru a lot this week as many as you have. My best wishes on a speedy recovery. I'm not privy to his medical insurance situation but count my blessings that my day job affords me to be covered. As many of the golden age rappers approach their 50's, we will undoubtedly have more occurences of our favorite artists suffering from more serious medical conditions and I really wonder how many of them are prepared finacially or have proper coverage for the realities of growing old.

 I last saw Guru about 4 or 5 years ago while at CMJ attending an event that Nasty Nes and others sponsored at NY City College. He was very excited about his new project with Solar and many of the DJs were grilling him about not working with Premo. He was a really good sport about it and took time to take pictures, do drops, etc. I've had the pleasure of meeting with Guru on several occasions and every time he took the time and made the effort to connect with me. It is my sincere hope that he recovers soon"...

Jeffrey Oakes (WMHB-ME): "All Im going to say this week is a shout-out to the Hip-Hop legend Guru, my thoughts and prayers are with you!"...

DJ Sage (CFRO-Vancouver, BC): "Here in Vancouver everyone is suffering from Olympic hangover. For 17 days we had an amazing buzz in the air, parties on every corner, and of course exceptional athlete performances to watch. Our Canadian athletes wind up setting a new Winter Olympics record with an impressive 14 gold metals. Perhaps, one of the biggest surprises is the amount of Americans, a 17 TV rating in fact, who were also talking about the final match up between the USA and Canada. That is a big yay for hockey, which is truly one of the best sports on the planet!

We tried to cheer up and fill the void of Vancouverites with that quality Hip-Hop. We had producer Rel!g!on join us to talk about his new CD “Revelationz I” as well as the creative process from sampling and playing beats to selecting MCs to rock on his beats.
www.myspace.com/religionbeats

We are extremely happy that the legendary Guru is making a full recovery from his heart attack and send our thoughts and prayers out to him and his loved ones. Decided no time like the present to celebrate some of our favourite Guru verses.
Check it all out at www.urpradio.podomatic.com"...

Nate Abney (WKDU-Philly): "Well not as much to talk about this week. Nothing to really go on. Pray for Guru that he recovers. It is always alarming to hear about someone so young ( and yes 43 is still young folks) having issues let's hope for the best. I was listening to Wu-Tang's last album and realized I was sleeping on it. It was pretty good production wise and lyrics wise. Gza is the illest. Villanova got rocked by the Cuse but we'll see what happens in the tourney.
The Phils are getting ready and the Yanks are first up in Spring Training, just a preview of what's going to happen"...

Kazzeo (KHDC-CA): "First & foremost, thoughts & best wishes go out to Guru who suffered a heart attack and is recuperating after surgery. So this past week I took a quick road trip down to Los Angeles. While in LA, or “Plastic Town” as I’ve been known to call it, I had a chance to hit a couple events and catch up with a couple heads. Last Tuesday I made my way to The Roxy on Sunset Blvd. for Kevin Blacks' event. I got there at 7:15pm. The problem was that the event, which started at 6:15pm, was over when I arrived. WTF? Apparently another event was booked for the same club a couple hours later and Kev Black’s event was rushed out. So after a couple text messages back & forth, I linked up with Nasty Nes and made my way in the club. Inside I ran into D Tragic, Arash, LA J and a few others. From there, 6 of us made our way down the block to Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles. Good food no doubt. After that I went back to my hotel. Wednesday I had a meeting in the morning which ran until around noon. After lunch, I picked up a friend and hung out for the afternoon. Before you know it, it was dinner time. Picked up Nasty Nes at his crib and we rolled out to Santa Monica for dinner with Kutmasta Kurt. And what better place to have dinner than at Hooters? I love that place. So much so that I was coerced into buying a calendar. My arm didn’t need to be twisted to hard on that one.  

Thursday morning, I again had a couple errands to run before I hit the road back to the Bay. Left LA around 1pm and got home around 8pm.

Shout out to Nasty Nes, Arash & brother, D Tragic, Baby C, Kutmasta Kurt, and everyone else I ran into while in town. I might be back that way in April. Not sure though. Happy belated birthday to my homie Mike Nardone"...

DJ Resident (WKNC-NC): I wanted to pass along to you that I have departed from WKNC-FM in Raleigh, NC (the radio station for NCSU). My last show was on 02/24/2010 after almost 15 years of holding it down. My reason for leaving is that I am moving from Raleigh to Philadelphia for a job. I’ve been dragging my feet on giving folks the heads up since it’s been sort of emotional for me to depart from not only a great station, but to leave the airwaves after such a long run, for the delay I apologize. My commitment is to continue delivering the same raw, indy flavor on my personal venue at djresident.org. Over the past year and some change I have made the efforts to post all of my radio shows for streaming (for free just like the airwaves baby). I intend on providing continual content of the same format and style that I brought to my radio show to my internet only version. My hopes are that after I get settled into my job that I can tap into the radio resources in Philly and get back on the air (any contacts or help you can pass along is greatly appreciated), but I see no issues with me keeping the djresident.org rocking and rolling. Next week I’ll be sending out my new contact info and a notice about my new circumstances to all my radio contacts.

 It will take me a couple of weeks (no longer than 4 weeks) to get my equipment up to Philly and set back up such that I can record content on a regular basis, and I just wanted to see if not only can I continue reporting to you as djresident.org but also get a pass on the charts for a couple of weeks while I get moved and settled in. I’m heading out to Philly Friday morning (02/26/2010) with only my Jeep packed up, and much of the other stuff will come the next weekend.           

 Nes, it’s been a wonderful and lifelong memory to be at WKNC and on the RapAttack panel, it’s both sad and happy that I depart, but I would very much love to keep on being a part of the movement. Please let me know if we can get things bumping with the new venue"...

Vernassa Fields (SpynCycal): "I have switched my e-mail address from nattyhead99@yahoo.com to spyncycal@aol.com. Please be sure to update your Address Book. Thank You!"...

 

Jayforce (WRFG-Atlanta): "Check out the video I Directed by Arablak ( www.Arablak.com )  "The Deed": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E_9VZIa5Ic  ...
 

DJ Luvva-J (KAOS-WA): "DJ Drastic is the 2-Time DJ of The Year for The 25360 (Tacoma/Olympia joint area codes - and we represent the rest of The 360 from Vancouver to Bellingham, but mainly Tac and OLY) and of course this year we were honored by  The Nasty Nes DJ of The Year award to DJ Drastic. Drastic is a native of Georgia and moved to The Olympia area some years ago. He is known for rockin' parties in a real way and DJs from Seattle to Portland, calling Olympia home. Check him at myspace.com/djdrastic24 and he is on Facebook as Damien (Laronte) Carthon"....
 

Mel Boogie (CKLN-Toronto): " Lookout for Theo3, with production from Anonymous Twist. His whole album is pretty dope actually - feel free to check it out http://music.theology3.com "...

Kevin Sakoda (KSPC-CA): "Hope everyone's doing well. If you're not in the LA-area, you can catch the show live (via iTunes) every Saturday, 5-7PM (west-coast time): http://www.kspc.org/popup.html  You can also find archived playlists and download links 24/7: http://blogs.myspace.com/kevsakoda   Enjoy!

Here is our address for 2010 to send material for review, etc (vinyl, dvd's & cd's)!

 RapAttackLives.com

4750 Kester Avenue, Ste. 11

Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

Attn: Nasty-Nes

 (FOR MP3's): nastynes818@gmail.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: Happy Birthday this week to Notorious B.I.G. (R.I.P.) celebrating this Tuesday, March 9th... To Vernassa Feilds from Spyn Cycal celebrating this Wednesday, March 10... To DJ Bri-G celebrating this Thursday, March 11... To both DJ EarthQuake & Roslynn Cobarrubias from MySpace celenrating this Friday, March 12... To my Sifu Taky Kimura (Jun Fan Gung-Fu Institute) celebrating this Sunday, March 14th...

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)