What's upper! This weeks NASTY NEWS is comin' at cha' from the new home of Rap Attack! I'm finally 80% all settled into my new pad & my computer is now running through a fast speed cable connection! It's been a grueling 6 weeks (living outta my luggage & using a phone connection for my comp) but I made it through all the changes of adjusting to a new spot along with moving endless amounts of crates of vinyl dating back to my mid 70's. Yes, I have moved outta the burbs & moved on up to the upper class & phat flossin' streets of Sherman Oaks! Hey, didn't I once work in that neighborhood 2 years ago? So here is the official new mailing address to send your latest vinyl, cd's, mixtapes, dvd's, t-shirts, bootleg movies & magazines for review to:

RapAttackLives.com

4750 Kester Avenue, Ste. 20

Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

attn: Nasty-Nes

Make sure you update your files with that info so you can be guaranteed to get a write up here on NASTY NEWS & on the site that gets an average of over 120,000 hits a month! I want to thank DJ Creativity for lettin' me & my cat, Snuggles crash and work outta his crib, I also want to give another phat thanks to Kazzeo for locking down my column & to the Madoyan family for the great hospitality & for the best Armenian food that kept my stomach satisfied 24/7!... Aiight, check your mail & get ready to warm up your one's & two's with The Havnots from Queens. Their debut single is "How We Roll" & The Wonder Twinz are looking for your support to breaking this joint & adding it on October 15th...  Looks like Bow Wow has been hittin' up King Shameek with some paperwork about signing Ms. Nana to his production company for distribution. Stay tuned as we may be seeing a new female emcee on the come up... My dawg4life, Sam Figueroa (aka DJ Sammy Figgs) reppin' Jersey's WRSU rocked the party with his wheels at Club Platinum in New Brunswick, NJ last week! This will hopefully be a weekly gig for Sam so if you're in his hood & would like more info regarding future club dates, holla at my dawg at fviag6@aol.com or call him at 908-397-9109... "EQ here from SPARX ENT., INC. Some of you might know me from my hip-hop MD & Promotions Director duties over at WBCR (Brooklyn College Radio). Well, I'm officially taking that next step into the wonderful world of Independent Radio Promotions. I have a few dope projects that I will be taking care of in the next couple of weeks, but for now my main priority is getting JERU THE DAMAJA'S album "DEVINE DESIGN" (available 9.23.03) and the album's lead single "WAR" out and available to the masses. So if you didn't get laced in the past month feel free to drop me an email w/ all of your info. to:  EQPromotions@cs.com . I will be going for ADDS on both the album and single real soon, so please make sure to hold me down. JERU is also available for interviews and drops, so get at me and I'll do my best to set it up. Peace, EQ"... I know it’s still a little bit off but if you wanna start the new year off correct, you can’t miss if you reserve your copy now of the new album from the Visionairies entitled “Pangaea” on Up Above Records. It drops Jan. 2004 and the first single will be the title track produced by Life Rexall of the Shapeshifters with a b-side called “Strike” produced by DJ Babu. Special guests include Living Legends and Melo-D of the Beat Junkies along with production by Evidence of Dilated Peoples, Oh No of Kali Wild, KanKick, J-Rocc, Key Kool, and DJ Rhettmatic. Guaranteed heat… Live and direct in the Windy City. That’s right, Chicago will be the “Hip Hop & Social Change” conference on October 3^rd & 4^th at the Field Museum. Among the panelists at various discussions will be Mos Def, Talib Kweli, pioneering grafitti artist Zephyr, Triple Blak, and Jeff Chang and many more. For more info you can log on to www.fieldmuseum.com/hiphop or call Yasmeen Basheeruddin at 312.665.7481…Speaking of Chicago, I just got my hands on a copy of the new Daily Plannet album “Team Daily” on All Natural music. With production from Dug Infinite, J Rawls, Madd Crates, and Molemen along with guests such as Wildchild, Medaphore, Capital D, and El Da Sensei this is a great example of underground hip-hop. If you want to get laced, reach out to Kevynn Global at kevynnglobal@msn.com or 312.409.4754 and tell’em RapAttack sent ya…Why is no one pointing out that the reason De La Hoya is trying to get investigation into his recent loss to Mosley is because he made the claim prior to the fight that if he lost, he would retire. He’s trying to deflect the focus. You lost kid. Live up to your word and retire vato… For those dj’s in need of an inside contact at Priority / Capitol Records, here’s what you need to know. Kaos Brought is now handling promotions. You can reach him at 310.686.0860 or sacoffonk@aol.com . Get ready because dropping in February will be “Neighborhood Watch” from Dilated Peoples. Also, around Christmas time, get ready for Westside Connections' new track “Terrorist Threat” to hit your mailbox… Returning to the scene is MF Doom with the new single “Yee Haw” on Molemen Records. Don’t be fooled, this isn’t a 2003 remake of “Square Dance Rap”. This is some straight b-boy ish that MF is known for. To get your hands on this, hit up Chase Killz at chase_killz@yahoo.com … Arriving any day now in your mail should be the latest offering from Top Shelf Music entitled “2003 Summer Sampler”. Topshelf is based in Asheville, NC and this cd features tracks from Madd Rabbi, Simple Mathematics, DJ DQ, Murs, Scienz Of Life, and Grand Agent. Holla at Brycon @ 828.254.5949 / hbrycon@aol.com for more insight… Soon to be in your hands (if not already) will be the latest from Obie Trice entitled “Oh” on Shady / Interscope Records. It features Busta Rhymes so prepare yourself for the heat. Obie’s album “Cheers” hit stores on September 23… It’s being termed a “Gangstorious Classic”. Yes you read that right. Produced by Eminem, “Running” is a collaboration from 2Pac and Biggie. It’s the first single from the soundtrack to the movie “Resurrection”. The soundtrack will be in stores Nov 4^th and the movie hits screens on Nov 14^th… I've been knowing DJ J-Tyme (see photo above) for nearly 7 years now dating back to my days livin' in the "206." Word is that he is leaving KUGS but you can count on J-Tyme to reappear back in the mix & on the mic as he takes his career to the next level! Here's what our pinoy pare' had to say, " Due to circumstances beyond my control, I will no longer being doing my show on KUGS at Western Washington University. My last show aired on Friday September 19th, 2003. I have held down the college airwaves there since 1998. I want to express thanks to everyone who has supported me and given me guidance and knowledge along the way. I've built many friendships and relationships since then and have learned a lot. I feel that I have accomplished all that I could while being there and it's now time for me to move on. I have had doors open up for me and oppurtunities presented to me that I thought would never happen and for that, I am grateful. I will not completely disappear as I will explore other options within the DJ realm. I will continue to work the club circuit out here in the Pacific Northwest as well as dabbling in the mixtape game. Thanks and peace and blessings & R.I.P to my fam, Tom Craven aka DJ Crave., Jason Guerrero/ J-Tyme." Please keep J-Tyme on your mailing list & most important, keep in touch with him. I see a lot of dj's who after they exit the station they've been dj'ing on, a lot of you forget about these people who was there for you when you needed that radio airplay & chart support. So here's his info; Jason Guerrero/ J-Tyme - 17561 10th AVE. NE - Shoreline WA. 98155. His contact #'s; Cell: 206.601.2929 - 2way: jtyme@my2way.com - Pgr: 888.787.9704 and IM: jabroni73... We've been pre-hyping the "RETURN OF THE DJ TOUR" the past couple of weeks. David Paul from the Bomb wanted to reach out to you. " We have Oct. 9th open in our tour schedule and can play a show in either Seattle or Vancouver on that date. Our booking agent has not been able to find us anything in either city so we are searching to fill that date. We are willing to offer the tour (all inclusive) for $1,000 for that night (Thursday, Oct. 9th). If you know anyone that is interested please send them our way. We leave on October 8th for the RETURN OF THE DJ TOUR. We are still looking for a venue in Los Angeles to play on Sunday, November 2nd. This falls within our route and we still have that date open for a show. If you know any promoters/venues that might be interested in booking this tour for that date in the L.A. area please hit me up at: bombusa@mindspring.com... Thanks," says David Paul... Family Tree is now available for interviews this week September 21-27th. Hit up Trees ASAP if you want him to schedule interviews & drops for your show &/or mixtapes. Most of you should have gotten the wax by now. Also, Iomos Marad is available for interviews the following week. You can reach Trees at: treesandpaper@aol.com or at 305. 903.0043... Record label reps, please note the following new address changes for WUPX & KUSF:

Phat Farm is gettin' ready to unveil the all new Reverend Run tennis shoes. Mike Money outta Def Jam is doing a promotion with our Rap Attack panel to lace us with a pair! If your name & station was picked, then you get props cause that means you are doin' your thing & are being a responsible dj with getting your playlists & feedback to me on time! Note that once you receive your RUSH card, please call the number on the back of that card to get it activated right away. Big ups to Russell Simmons for recognizing us... Jedi Mind Tricks are one of the hottest up and coming hip-hop groups on the scene. Their current single, “Kublai Khan”, should have been in your hands for a minute now. They are currently touring in the following city’s; September 29 in Baltimore, September 30 in Atlanta, October 3 in Houston, October 4 in San Antonio, October 11 in Seattle and October 17 in Chicago. If you’re interested in setting up phone or live interviews with the group or if you haven’t gotten the single yet , reach out to Papa D at  888.513.3998 Monday through Friday… Peep on your turntables the new 12" with Mr. WEBB "Tales From Da Delph" b/w Suspens featuring William "Poogie" Hart (from the Delfonics), "Suspens Da Don" & Insanity & Black Raw "Philly Shorties" (Suspens Recordings). Suspens, Insanity & Black Raw are all available to do radio interviews, freestyles & drops. Show our Philly fam some love & reach out to Mii Mii online at: SUSPENS@SUSPENSRECORDING.COM, on her 2-way: MIIMII@MY2WAY.COM or at 610. 292.9703!... 

IMPORTANT NEWS: Nasty-Nes, DJ Addition, DJ EQ from WBCR & Dan Shores from WHRW are all in the works on planning a huge hip-hop showcase at the upcoming CMJ conference in NYC on October 23rd, 8PM-2AM. We NEED the record labels support to help sponsor our event. Your donation/sponsorship will get the following: 1.  Your act can perform (20 min limit-Labels who sponor this event, gets 1st priority for their act to perform)... 2.  You can post your banner up in the club & pass out promo material... 3.  You will have a guest list good for up to 10 guests... 4.  I will post an advertisement of your artist you are  presently pushing on the RapAttackLives.com  site for 4 weeks... 5.  You will get exposure to up to 1000 people who will be at this event. DEADLINE FOR SPONSORSHIP IS OCTOBER 1, 2003. If interested, please contact DJ Addition at 617. 908. 3639!...

SHOUT OUT TIZIME: Papa D, Tribeca, Spectac, Dilated Peoples and Michael London!

PEACE, LOVE & HIP-HOP UNITY (God Bless & Isa Mahal),

Nasty-Nes

(Pinoy Pride4Life / John 3:16)