D4L's "Laffy Taffy" Smashes SoundScan Digital Sales Record; Atlanta
Hip-Hop Group Is #1 on Billboard Chart for Second Week


NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/05/06 -- "Laffy Taffy," the
infectious hit single from Asylum/DeeMoney Entertainment/D4L Records
recording group D4L, made SoundScan history this week with digital
download sales of over 175,000 copies, marking a new one-week high for
sales of a single track. This achievement smashes the previous record
set by Kanye West's "Gold Digger," more than doubling the latter's
one-week sales figure of 80,500, set last September.


"Laffy Taffy" also remained at #1 on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs
chart for the second week in a row. "Laffy Taffy" has sold over
510,000 digital tracks in its 12 weeks on the chart. D4L's debut
album, "DOWN FOR LIFE," was released November 8 and debuted on the
Billboard 200 at #22.


Since their founding in 2003, D4L have made a name for themselves as
one of the most innovative outfits on the current hip-hop scene,
pioneering the hot party sound known as "snap" music. Introduced by DJ
T-Rock at the Bankhead, GA club, the Pool Palace, snap music takes the
Dirty South to a new level, as heard on a number of sensational
mixtapes that have blazed through the ATL underground in recent
months. Along with D4L, the sound of snap has broken out via such
Bankhead-based artists as Trap Squad and Dem Franchize Boyz, as well
as through the work of an influential group of strip club DJs known as
the Legion of Doom DJs, whose ranks include such names as the DJ
Cloud, DJ K-Base, and DJ Cool Aid.


"DOWN FOR LIFE" -- which also includes last year's underground smash,
the crazy-catchy "Betcha Can't Do It Like Me" -- sees D4L doing what
they do best, spitting nimble southern-fried flow over unprecedented
snap grooves. Also known for their inventive dance moves, Fa-bo,
Mook-B, Stoney, and Shawty Lo have created a truly unique new hip-hop
noise, captured at its best on tracks such as "Game Owe Me," "Diggin'
Me," and "Do It Like Me Baby."