STLRAPNEWS 1-11-07 courtesy of DJ Trackstar

**http://www.riverfronttimes.com/Issues/2007-01-10/news/feature.html
--Shouts out to Brooke, Lyfestile, Finsta, Karim, Menace 2 Society, DJ Peace1, and everyone else who has helped us do what we do...blessed and grateful we are...

**Boogie Bang 5 available tomorrow night (Friday 1/12) at Halo Bar...10pm-3am, no cover, no dress code...spend that $5 you saved on cover to pick up the newest in rap, hosted by Young Jeezy and Monie Love:
Everything I Love (Remix)-Jadakiss

Money Over Bullsh*t-Nas

Shots Fired-Jadakiss, Styles P

Alex (Stolen Script)-Ghostface

You Should All Get Lynched-N.Y.Oil

Blood Diamonds-Nas

I Have a Dream-Common

James Brown Tribute Mix (RIP)-DJ Needles

Music 4 Life-Common, Nas

Imagine-Snoop, Dre, Dangelo

Beach Chair-Jay-Z

So Tired-Devin the Dude

Rap Up 2006-Skillz

All Alone-Lil Wayne

Dueces Wild-Killer Mike

Return of Malcom-Royce 5'9
So Good, So Right-Styles

Josephine-Ghostface

Still Dreamin-Kanye, Nas

Dreamz-Saigon

Hip Hop Died-Skillz

It Wasn't You-Nas, Lauryn Hill

Chain Hang Low Remix-N.Y.Oil

Freestyle-Big Will

**download Boogie Bangs 1, 2 and 4 for FREE here:
http://midwestmixtapes.com/category/dj-trackstar/

**In other weekly publication news, the Evening Whirl came out with its First Annual Hip Hop Awards...significant winners:
Nite Owl-Best Hip Hop Artist
Tef Poe-Rhyme Spitter of the Year (1st), Underground Artist of the Year (2nd)
Rockwell Knuckles-Rhyme Spitter of the Year (2nd)
DJ Needles-Best Hip Hop DJ (2nd)
and yours truly was blessed enough to receive Best Hip Hop DJ (1st), Best Mixtape DJ (2nd), and Best Mixtape (1st-Boogie Bang, 2nd-Red Bull SoapBox STL Mix).
Props to Toriano for puttin in the work.

**HiPointe this week: Myself and Reminise on the turntables, Divine Players Clique on the performance...MP O'Reilly's, on Manchester between Hampton and Kingshighway, 10pm-2am...$5 cover, free for ladies before 11pm...next week: Track Vandals...

**Many mixtapes for sale at Vintage Vinyl, as well as with me in the clubs (Halo and HiPointe)...if you need any of the old joints (see discography on my blog at http://www.djtrackstar.com/), hit me up and see what I got...

**If anyone ever looks at my Boogie Bang covers like "Damn Track where did you get your sh*t designed"...hit up my dude Tech Productions at http://www.myspace.com/techproductionsor 314-517-1005...also very nice with the beats...he will be putting out an instrumental album called Crate Creations Vol. 1 (Techstrumentals Series). It will be done by February 1st, and it will cost 1 dollar at Vintage Vinyl and the Hi Pointe.

**Chrewd Marketing is accepting resumes for promotion interns...hit the club, hand out flyers, and put up posters...no pay, but great perks (free posters, tshirts, cds, tickets to events...plus if you're lookin to break into the local scene/industry, its a GREAT way to meet major players)...send resumes to chrewdstl1@gmail.com by Tuesday, 1/16.

**'Fore you come by Halo, hit up Boogaloo for Hip Hop, 80s, and more courtesy of DJ Anisto...FREE, good food, good drinks...DO IT.

**Hip Hop Radio to check for...The Remedy, Monday nights 8pm-10pm with DJ G-Wiz and DJ Needles, and Deep Krate Radio, starring WaxMurdaraz Da Fly-D-Ex and Furius Stylz (Iceman), Fridays, 10pm-12pm...both dope and both on 88.1 KDHX...or http://www.kdhx.org/

**Speakin of Needles, the new JazzyPhatNappy is out...go see him at 609 tonight (Thursday) to grab yours...and don't forget...no ballcaps, no doorags, no athletic gear...$3 for ladies (free before 11), $5 for fellas all night, 10pm-1am...

**Download STL-ATL transplant Vandalyzm's EP for free here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/857432/Vandalyzm-The_Demo.zip.htm

**The Roots comin 3/22 to the Pageant...Saul Williams 2/23 at the History Museum...Redman 1/25 at Blue Hill for FREE, rsvp at scion.com...

**Jan. 12th at Off Broadway - Serengeti, Earthworms, Haiku and DJ Crucial...show at 9pm

**UNWRAPPED2
SATURDAY, JANUARY 13th 6pm to 8pm ART+MUSIC
A GALLERY BLENDING ART+MUSIC
Come join us to preview the works by Kevin McCoy featuring free Red Bull & Vodka, light refreshments, and soulful music provided by DJ Needles
LOCATION
VAUGHN CULTURAL CENTER (located inside Urban League)
3701 Grandel Square
COST
$FREE.99
DIRECTIONS
Take Grand to Delmar and turn West.
Go half a block and the gallery is located on the left.
**Who saw the White Rapper Show? Let me know what you think...

**If someone attempts to sell you:
A) a grey backpack filled with audio cables and dj needles (2 numark and 1 ortofon--not the jazzyfatnappy dude)
B) two technics sl1200s--well worn, covered in (mostly underground hip hop) stickers, missing a tonearm latch thing...formerly the turntables from the Science at Blueberry Hill if you'd recognize em...
or
C) flight cases from said turntables--also covered in (mostly underground hip hop) stickers

PLEASE
Either snuff dude and snatch my sh*t back or get a license plate or something and get AT me (my # is in the bottom of this email--lock that sh*t in just in case) and lemme know where to find my equipment...

**STLRAPNEWS can now be read, along with news, views, and plenty other content at http://www.hurtmesoul.com/, the new blog feeding the StL rap scene...keep checkin for us, plenty of cutting edge commentary, information, links, videos, music, etc. to come...expect multiple posts a day so refresh often...

-- Trackstar the DJ

www.djtrackstar.com

314-283-6384

St. Louis

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