Top Authority Uncut (The New Yea)

Top Authority Uncut (The New Yea)
Top Authority Uncut (The New Yea)
Studio album by Top Authority
Released	October 21, 1997
Studio	Silver Sun Studio (Flint, Michigan); Pierrenandos (Flint, Michigan); Sandcastle (Gary, Indiana);
Genre	Gangsta rap; g-funk;
Label	Wrap Records; Top Flight Records;
Producer	Atty Tom Lewis (exec.); Johné Battle (exec.); Top Authority (also exec.); Gee Pierce; Rodney Jones; Lavel Jackson; Pierre Copeland; Paxton Miller; Reggie Mayes; "Skeet" Jones;
Top Authority chronology
Singles from Top Authority Uncut (The New Yea)
	"Playaz / Dope Game"; Released: 1997; "World War III"; Released: 1998;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Top Authority Uncut (The New Yea) is the third studio album by American hip hop group Top Authority from Flint, Michigan. It was released on October 21, 1997 through Top Flight Records and Wrap Records with distribution by Ichiban Records. Recording sessions took place at Silver Sun Recording Studio and Pierrenandos in Flint, Michigan, and at Sandcastle in Gary, Indiana. It featured guest appearances from Big Whup, Tuck, Yusef Boswell and Madame Dane. The album peaked at #192 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at #21 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. It spawned two singles: "Playaz"/"Dope Game" and "World War III" (the latter peaked at #37 on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart). AllMusic gave the album 4.5 of 5 stars.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Buck Em Down"	Gee Pierce	4:12
2.	"Interlude"	Gee Pierce	0:49
3.	"Dope Game" (featuring Yusef Boswell)	"Skeet" Jones Pierre Copeland (co.)	3:59
4.	"World War III" (featuring Madame Dane)	Gee Pierce	4:35
5.	"Ghetto is the Trigger"	Pierre Copeland	4:15
6.	"Strange" (featuring Tuck)	Gee Pierce	3:46
7.	"Lifestyle of a "G""	Lavel Jackson Gee Pierce (co.)	5:08
8.	"Never Know When"	Lavel Jackson	4:51
9.	"Dreamin'"	Paxton Miller	1:32
10.	"Playaz" (featuring Big Whup)	Rodney "Villain" Jones	4:38
11.	"Trying So Hard"	Rodney "Villain" Jones	5:02
12.	"Haters"	Rodney "Villain" Jones Reggie Mayes	4:35
Total length:			≈47:00

Personnel

Top Authority – vocals, executive producers
Yusef Boswell – vocals (track 3)
Madame Dane – vocals (track 4)
Tuck – vocals (track 6)
Big Whupp – vocals (track 10)
Gee Pierce – producer (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6), co-producer (track 7)
"Skeet" Jones – producer (track 3)
Pierre Copeland – producer (track 5), co-producer (track 3), recording (tracks: 3, 5)
Lavel Jackson – producer (tracks: 7, 8)
Paxton Miller – producer (track 9)
Rodney "Villain" Jones – producer (tracks: 10-12)
Reggie Mayes – producer (track 12)
Michael Jerome Powell – mixing (tracks: 1-11)
Bernard Terry – mixing (track 12), engineering
Bob Ware – recording (track 3)
Johné Battle – executive producer, art direction, design
Atty Tom Lewis – executive producer
Shonda Jessie – coordinator
Pen & Pixel – art direction, artwork, design, photography

Chart history

Chart (1997)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	192
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[3]	21

References

^ ^a ^b "Top Authority: Uncut (The New Year) – Top Authority". AllMusic. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
^ "Top Authority Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
^ "Top Authority Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 24, 2018.

External links

Top Authority Uncut at Discogs (list of releases)
Top Authority: Uncut (The New Year) by Top Authority on iTunes

[AllMusic-1] "Top Authority: Uncut (The New Year) – Top Authority". AllMusic. Retrieved September 30, 2018.

[ac_Billboard200_Top_Authority-2] "Top Authority Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 24, 2018.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Top_Authority-3] "Top Authority Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 24, 2018.

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