What's upper?  As a kid, I remembering buying & listening to two of my favorite comedians with my headphones on so my mom couldn't hear what I was listening to & to avoid a serious spanking! They were, Cheech & Chong & Richard Pryor. A couple days ago, Richard Pryor passed away at age 65 of a heart attack here in Los Angeles. For 19 years, Pryor suffered from Multiple Sclerosis, a degenerative disease of the nervous system that left the groundbreaking talent in a wheelchair for the past several years. "He did not suffer. He went quickly with a smile on his face," his wife says. Thank you Richard Pryor for puttin' tons of smiles & laughter on tons of peoples faces of all races. (R.I.P.)...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday refused to spare the life of Stanley Tookie Williams, the founder of the murderous Crips gang.

IMPORTANT TO ALL RAP ATTACK REPORTING DJ's & RECORD LABEL REPS: The last day to report your Top 30 chart for 2005 will be on Wednesday, December 14. We will start back up on Wednesday, January 11, 2006...

Trayonna Rankins is the new College Radio Rep. for Sony/BMG. You can reach Trayonna by e mail at: Trayonna.RankinsUCMR@SonyBMG.com or you can call her at: (323) 509-9946...

If your local cable or dish channel carries the "AZN channel" then peep out "The Bridge" which airs Saturdays at both 5pm & 8pm. Your host Hapa features a bunch of unsigned & independant asian Hip-Hop & R&B/Dance talent via videos & live performances. Their debut show over the weekend featured some incredible breakdancing talent outta Korea that just blew me away! Hapa runs L.A.'s local "Rehab" record store & is also an instructer at L.A.'s "Scratch DJ Academy." For more info, peep out his website at: www.hapa@hapaworld.com...

Nikki D from the 90's "Daddy's Little Girl" fame is back as Nikki Strong with four new cuts off her new mixtape featuring: "Take Yo Beat," "Dat Bitch," "Stand Up" & Nic_Shaun." Nikki Strong's been puttin' in overtime working over at Phat Farm & now she is ready to make her lyrical comeback! Stay tuned...

Fat Beats has started a radio program on EastVillageRadio.com, and in their first month they were one of the most listened to shows with over 10,000 podcasts/streams. EastVillageRadio.com is alway down to play the newest and hottest singles so record labels please add them to your servicing mailing list.     Please send 4 copies of every record to:
Fat Beats Radio
Attn: Dan Goldberg
110 Bridge St
3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
FatBeatsRadio@fatbeats.com

Fat Beats Records is also excited to announce their signing of Ugly Duckling and Louis Logic to artist deals. As two of the most unique artists in this world we are proud to bring their music to the masses. Look for Louis Logic’s long awaited follow up to 2003’s critically acclaimed Sin-A-Matic and Ugly Duckling’s newest offering Bang For The Buck Spring 2006 on Fat Beats Records. A quote from Louis Logic:
“I’ve been looking for a good home where I could settle down and partner with a label for a more professional release experience. Fat Beats is the longest running name in the indie rap business, so I’m proud to fly the flag.” A quote from Young Einstein of Ugly Duckling:

 "We're very excited about signing with Fat Beats Records. This is our first time signing with a label with hip-hop credibility and we're certain that it will take our career to a another level." Fat Beats Records is also proud to announce the addition of Count Bass D to its roster of signed artists. Count’s unique musical approach to hip hop has received never failed to draw massive critical acclaim, from his Sony/Hoppoh debut “Pre-Life Crisis” in 1995 to his more recent releases “Dwight Spitz” and “BegborrowSteel.” His scene-stealing performance as producer and guest-MC on MF Doom’s “Potholderz” in 2004 showed that he can hang with the best, and his new album will solidify Count Bass D’s status as one of hip-hop’s finest producers on the mic. Look for his new album “Act Your Waist Size” to drop in 2006. Check out Count Bass D on the net and on myspace: http://www.countbassd.com  & at: http://www.myspace.com/countbassd ...

Grammy award winner “Ashanti” (see photo above) is back in the  studio making beautiful music with Full Force who contributes writing and production work to Ashanti’s brand new album on The Inc./ Def Jam records entitled “Collectables by Ashanti” which features hot new songs & hot remixes. Besides Full Force, Some of the other guest collabo’s on the album are with Paul Wall, Ja Rule, Free, Method Man, Nas and others. Needless to say - there was a sigh of relief from friends and family of The Inc’s top dawgs Irv & Chris Gotti as they both were recently acquitted in a court of law of any criminal wrong doing. Irv Gotti is the man responsible for discovering Ashanti and Ja Rule. You can sample Ashanti/Full Force collabo at www.Forcefulworld.com  (Just click on to the jukebox song list and you’ll find it) Tune in to the year 2006 more FULL FORCE surprises to come!...

Black Buddafly f/ Fabolous "Bad Girl" (RSMG) is a big priority on Russell Simmon's list & this joint is TIGHT! Already makin' some noise off their MP3 & getting a great response & airplay support "OUT THE BOX", the vinyl for "Bad Girl" ships this week...

Coming in 2006, lookout for Native Guns. Kiwi, Bambu & DJ PhatRick are all filipino who together become Native Guns. These kats are already buzzin' on the L.A. & Bay Area underground tip. You may have caught them recently spittin' their latest rhymes & freestyles on the Sway & Tech show. Their debut 12" "Champion" b/w "Get Down" (produced by DJ Rehettmatic) will be shipping to our RAP ATTACK DJ panel this January 2006. Log on to: www.NativeGuns.com for more info. Stay tuned...

M-1 f/ Stickman of Dead Prez "Early" (Sotti Records) is the next joint to lookout for! You can peep out M-1's site at: www.myspace.com/m1rbg. Don't sleep on this aiight? To get laced hit up my boy Gusmo at:

 Gusmo Nat'l Dir of MixShow & Promo
Sotti Records
1212-244-8010 EXT 4
GUSMO@SOTTIRECORDS.COM 
M-1 of Dead Prez solo Album dropping March 8, 2006
 

I'm really feelin' the new GMC "Pay It No Attention" (X Records). This indi group has got lots of potential to become a BIG record for 2006. Check your mail for the single & MP3! Hit me up for more info...

Straight outta TN is artist Brandy Li who's debut single Envy" b/w "E" (Union Avenue Ent.) is gonna garner new fans from both the dj's & consumers. You heard it first right here on the RAP ATTACK! Droppin' in Jan 2006...

Rebecca Altman with Conspiracy Sounds is back in full promotions effect. Please hit her up with all your current contact info to: conspiracysounds@hotmail.com or call her at (914) 260-4092. Rebecca & I will be promoting the new A-Alikes joints, so give her a holla now! The long awaited A-Alikes joints are finally bout to drop in a couple weeks on Nervous Records.  The A side features: "What's Your Politic?," produced by DR Period and the B side features, "They Wanna Murder Me," produced by Madsol. Their album "I Eat U Eat" drops next Spring...

Reppin' Kentucky, artist Verbal has dropped his debut 12", "Yaw Don't Know" b/w "That's Gonna Be A Problem" (Slaughterhouse Music). Here's what New York's own DJ PrizMatik from WFTU radio is sayin' about the new Slaughterhouse: "I gotta say man, I'm loving this shit. This is by far the best thing you serviced in a while. I am really feelin this joint. I'm all over it. I was gonna add it to rotation this week, but i will wait to officially drop it with the rest of the dj world.Don't know where I've heard it before & I don't know where these dudes came from, but this shit is real hot"...

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

Chela (WXDU-NC): "I will be moving to NYC this March. I had always planned to make this move and just recently decided that 2006 is the year. I have loved working here in NC for the past three years. It's been a great environment to get my business off the ground and I will always rep this area, where I was born and grew up for most of my life. There is a lot going on out here in the Hip Hop scene; it has grown so much while I've been here and is constantly expanding. At the same time I am really looking forward to being based out of the city, where I know I will be challenged, inspired, and closer to... um, pretty much everything. My last radio show is on January 23, and from then on I will remain on the Rapattack Dj Panel as a Mixtape Reporter. After almost 5 years in college radio, first at WOBC in Ohio and then at WXDU in NC, I definitely feel sad leaving college radio, but also feel the need to take a break. In NYC I will focus on mixtapes, clubs, and community organizing as I have here, as well as Djing as needed for Immortal Technique. The Justo's Mixtape Allstars show has been discontinued on Music Choice (yes... it's true) but stay tuned as we work on moving the show to another home. And there you have it... now some of ya'll can stop harrassing me if I don't tell you when I'm in town... lol... it's March 1 homies!"
 

Nick Huff (KPFA #2-CA): "A lot of you have been hitting me up for exclusives from Rico Pabon RMX to "Jamrock," which is FIYA. Rico, some of yall might remember him from his group Prophets Of Rage is currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on his album "Louder Than Fiction", which will hit stores in late January. The album will feature guest appearances from Dead Prez, Zion I, Kam, Bamuthi and Crown City Rockers among others.

If y'all need additional tracks, drops or interviews for you shows or mixtapes hit us up. We also have exclusive mp3's of Rico's RMXs for Diamonds F/ Kanye West and Bin Ladden F/ Immortal Technique. Here's the link to the mp3, for those of yall that want to check it out before you down load it: http://www.hardknockrecords.com/hardknock/public_html/jamrock.mp3
Hard Knock Records Presents "Soundtrack To The Struggle", in stores 12/13"...
 

Edgie Kokoski (WUNH-NH): "Argh…it’s officially winter…it’s cold out, there is snow on the ground that won’t melt, scraping frost off of my windshield is a daily routine, and you can’t find a parking space at the mall or any restaurant within 50 yards of a store. It’s not enough to stop another installment in my random thoughts of the week:

- Is it just me, or does Reverend Run look a little too much like a vampire on the cover of his new solo album “Distortion”? And why are there like 4 songs (on a 10 cut album) that are 1:30 long? Talk about phoning it in…

- As I was Christmas shopping this past weekend, I drove past a Pizza Hut. The familiar sign had been revamped to now read “Pizza Hut: Italian Bistro”. I think that calling Pizza Hut an Italian Bistro is a little much. Pizza Hut is McDonald’s with a salad bar. Calling Pizza Hut an Italian Bistro is like calling Miller Genuine Draft “The Champagne of Beers”

 - Speaking of fast food, in Manchester, New Hampshire this past week a Wendy’s employee was arrested for robbing his own restaurant. What was the guy’s name? Ronald McDonald. That’s no bullshit. Look it up online: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051128/ap_on_fe_st/fast_food_theft 

- I love it when some horse’s ass at my job sends me an email that says “Bill Gates wants people to see how fast an email can get around the world. If you forward this to 10 people then Bill Gates will send you a check for $24,000”. I love the fact that I work with college educated people that think they are going to be mailed $24,000 for forwarding an email message. These are the same people who think that they are going to win Publisher’s Clearing House, sing well on “American Idol” and find true love on the internet. If you know a person like this, do us a favor and have them spayed or neutered as soon as possible. At least then we can stop the regeneration of ignorance"...

DJ Raw-B (KUSF-SF): " Sup peoples! We had a packed house this past Sunday at Beatsauce. Big thanks to Sonny D (Capital Records) and Beni B (ABB Records) for bringing Dilated Peoples through the show. Rakka, Evidence, and Babu re-assured everyone that they will stick to their guns and bring us the music that has got them to where there at. The crew also conceited that the Warriors will sweep the Lakers this season (jk...but likely to happen). Be on the lookout for their new album 20/20 which drops in January. For more info go to Http://www.abbrecords.com

We also had the Unified School District in the building this past Sunday. The charasmatic trio of Super Ugly, DJ Ecto One, and DJ Saurus have been making noise with a 12" distributed by Fat Beats and a brand new self-released EP called Take Warning. Take a listen at http://www.myspace.com/unifiedschooldistrict  ...it'll be well worth your time.

Finally...props to Felonious for stopping by to promote some shows and play a couple songs off their latest 12". This super talented crew has been dazzling crowds for a minute here in the Bay Area. They hit you from all angels...Beatboxing, Live Instrumentation, Theater and concious laden lyrics. The new 12" is a must have. Get more info at http://www.onelovehiphop.com

DJ Radd 1 (WDBM-MI): Peep out my MySpace page at: http://www.myspace.com/4585537 "...

Lee L'Heureux (WRED-ME): "As some of you know, I personally am making some changes. I'm leaving WRED. I have some excellent other opportunities including a radio venture available through Yahoo and Itunes which you'll hear more about later and some label work with Asylum Records. We did some great things at WRED which is #1 18-34 in the market and my new music show is #1 rated all demos in the market. However, it is time to move on. For those of you who service me records, please change the address to:

Lee L'Heureux

6 Old Belgrade Ave.

 Oakland, ME 04963

Thank you for working with me. There will be another new address coming but for the time being if you could use that it would be appreciated. Thank you all for the support of my endeavors"...

Here is our new address for 2005 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

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SHOUT OUT TIZIME: Happy Birthday this week to Mii Mii from Suspens Recording & to my homegirl Joanne "Ate Mon Mon" Ticsay from Universal both celebrating this Tuesday, December 13th. To DJ Static (CKUT-Canada) celebrating this Friday, December 16. To M-Smooth (KZSU-CA) celebrating this Saturday, December 17th. To DJ Chill Will (WCBN-MI) celebrating this December 24th. And to the love of my life, my fiance', Jen "I.E.'s Finest Pinay" celebrating this Wednesday, December 14th (143 & 27 ALWAYS)... To all my homies I kicked it with at the unofficial HITS Magazine X'Mas party (see photo above) last Friday night: Lisa St. John, Roy Traiken, Joe Fleisher, John O'Hara, Simon Glickman, Satan, Anna, Dave Adelson, Cassidy (Young Chuuch), DJ Creativity, Jocelyn, Murphy, Gary & Judy Jackson & Mark Pierson to name a few. I do want to extend a HUGE & sincere "THANK YOU" to Ricky Leigh, Todd Hensley, Lenny Beer & Dennis Laventhal (they were not at the reunion) for hiring me back in September 1997 & giving me a new life here in Los Angeles. I am so thankful to all of you... Welcome back home from Iraq to my future brother in law Ricky Peji... John Lennon December 8, 1980 (R.I.P.) & to Richard Pryor 1940-2005 (R.I.P.)

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

Nasty-Nes

(Pinoy Pride4Life / John 3:16)