Top Authority Uncut (The New Yea)

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]

Top Authority Uncut (The New Yea)
Studio album by
Top Authority
ReleasedOctober 21, 1997 (1997-10-21)
Studio
Genre
Label
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
Rated G
(1995)		 Top Authority Uncut (The New Yea)
(1997)		 Kush Music
(2009)
Singles from Top Authority Uncut (The New Yea)
  1. "Playaz / Dope Game"
    Released: 1997
  2. "World War III"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Buck Em Down"Gee Pierce4:12
2."Interlude"Gee Pierce0:49
3."Dope Game" (featuring Yusef Boswell)
  • "Skeet" Jones
  • Pierre Copeland (co.)
3:59
4."World War III" (featuring Madame Dane)Gee Pierce4:35
5."Ghetto is the Trigger"Pierre Copeland4:15
6."Strange" (featuring Tuck)Gee Pierce3:46
7."Lifestyle of a "G""
  • Lavel Jackson
  • Gee Pierce (co.)
5:08
8."Never Know When"Lavel Jackson4:51
9."Dreamin'"Paxton Miller1:32
10."Playaz" (featuring Big Whup)Rodney "Villain" Jones4:38
11."Trying So Hard"Rodney "Villain" Jones5:02
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
  1. "Top Authority: Uncut (The New Year) – Top Authority". AllMusic. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  2. "Top Authority Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  3. "Top Authority Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
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