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What's upper!  I hope you & your family are enjoyng this three day Memorial Day weekend. Last Friday night, I went out to peep Prince Paul in concert at the House Of Blues & I gotta tell you, if he comes to your part of town, you gotta see his show. It's not like your ordinary hip-hop show where the emcee gets on the mic, walks left to right & the dj's behind him cuttin' it up. Prince Paul actually puts on  a show with a bunch of funny skits & he goes down memory lane to his days with De la Soul, Stetsasonic & the Gravediggaz. My dawg & Rap Attack mixtape reporter, DJ Avee is the tour dj for Prince Paul & their sidekick who shares the stage with them is a cat by the name of Dead who adds a lot of life to the show. Another one of our mixtape reporters, DJ 3-D is on the road with Prince Paul & it was great seeing all of them in my part of town! Prince Paul's album "Politics Of The Business" will be released via Razor & Tie Records. His single "What I Need" featuring Sly Boogie & Kardinal Offishall (the Sensimilla Mix) is bangin' according to DJ Chill Wll from Ann Arbor, MI's WCBN. Big ups to my potnah in hip-hop crime, Abby O'Neil for hookin' this up for me but girl you are dangerous when you start lighting up the L's & tossin' down the liquids!... Kansas City's up & coming artist, Tech N9NE's in town this week & I look forward to parlayin' with all the local L.A. dj's at his show at the House Of Blues. Tech N9NE's joint "Imma Tell" (Strange Music) is gettin' a lot of good feedback & I think his time to make noise is gonna happen this year. My dawgs Dave Weiner & Mark Cerami best known for getting Masta P his big label deal at Priority back in the days, are the same heads who are responsible for gettin' Tech N9NE signed. We wish em all the success & thank them for not ignoring our college radio & mixtape panel with servicing them with the vinyl. We got your back!... A couple weeks ago I tipped you on a new group outta CT., Phar-city. I recently got a copy of one of their cuts "Hands In The Air" (Dolo-Mic) featuring Panjabi MC. Yo, this cut is on FIYA & is already getting out the box airplay on an unreleased cut in their own hometown. Stay tuned as I try to convince their upper hands to release this cut & gve it to our panel to blow the ish up!... Check your mail this week for Avatar Records release of the National Vinyl Association sampler featuring new joints from Slum Village "Da Villa"& new ish from Rakaa & Babu of Dilated Peoples and a new cut from Phil Da Agony featuring Planet Asia. Peep it & then pump it up on your one's & two's... Be on the lookout for th debut single by Canada's own 24K "Skully" (Madd Records) produced by Just Blaze. This joint is perfect to rock the clubs with. Stay tuned... I just got the new DJ Kayslay album "StreetSweeper Volume 1" (Columbia/CRG). KaySlay the 4 time world heavyweight mixtape champion pulls no punches on this album. It is hittin' hard on my wheels & just about everybody who's anybody that's makin' noise in hip-hop is featured on this album. Heads like 50 Cent, Scarface, Fat Joe, Craig Mack, Nas, Cam'ron, N.O.R.E., Wyclef & Joe Budden to name a few are all spittin' lyrics on KaySlay's album. Much props & two thumbs up for "The Streetsweeper Vol. 1"... Last but not least, a huge congratulations goes out to Papa D. a.k.a. Doug Kato from Up Above Records on the birth of his first ever newborn daughter, Keala Hahiko Kato born on May 22nd! Big Papa D's a for real papa now & we all wish him & Ms Papa D the best in raising up their first child. May God bless you both & your daughter... SHOUT OUT TIZIME: To the Roberto family ( Mr & Mrs Roberto, it was a pleasure meeting you both. You are wonderful people. Props to Banig, I enjoyed watching your rehersal & you are the bomb & to Jo Jo outta Bryan Farrish Radio Promotions, you are wonderful, the bomb & a very special friend all in one! Thank you), M-Smooth outta the Bay Area's KZSU (sorry to hear about your job situation homie. I will pray that another bigger & better door will open up for you), Meddafore in Philly (you always look out & thanks for the lovely present you sent to my nephew,baby Niko!), Bad Boy my ni##a & pare' from Long Beach SATANAS foo & R.I.P. to Onyx member DS who passed away from cancer. Our condolences goes out to his family & fans.

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

Nasty-Nes

(Pinoy Pride4Life / John 3:16).