UTP (group)

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UTP
Also known asUTP Playas
Origin New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres Southern hip hop, gangsta rap
Years active2002–2007
LabelsUTP Records • Rap-A-Lot
Past members Soulja Slim
Juvenile
Young Buck
Wacko
Skip
Corey Cee

UTP were an American hip hop group composed of Southern rappers Juvenile, Soulja Slim, Young Buck, Wack, Skip and Corey Cee.

The group was formed by Juvenile after he left Cash Money Records in 2001 and originally consisted of Juvenile, Wacko, Skip, Corey Cee, Soulja Slim and Young Buck. The group's first release was The Compilation , which was released through Orpheus Records on October 8, 2002. The album featured performances by Young Buck, Soulja Slim, Juvenile, Wacko, Skip and Corey Cee both as a group or by themselves. A second compilation entitled Street Stories was made in 2003. During the early stages of his career, 50 Cent worked with Young Buck, Skip, and Wacko on multiple songs for his mixtapes including 50 Cent Is the Future. Young Buck would subsequently leave UTP to join 50 Cent's G-Unit. Soulja Slim was murdered November 26, 2003 and Corey Cee later left the group. [1]

The group then signed a joint deal with Rap-A-Lot and Asylum in 2003 and began work on their debut album. UTP's debut LP, The Beginning of the End was released on May 18, 2004. The album spawned the hit single "Nolia Clap", which peaked at 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the group's only top 40 hit. The group followed the LP up with a seven-song EP also titled Nolia Clap that was released later in the year and it peaked at 65 on the R&B chart. Both Wacko and Skip would appear on Juvenile's 2006 album, Reality Check . Wacko and Skip returned as duo in 2007 without Juvenile and released UTP's second full-length LP Back Like We Left Something on July 24, 2007, and it peaked at 52 on the Billboard R&B chart.

Discography

YearTitleChart positions
U.S. U.S. R&B
2002 The Compilation
  • Released: October 8, 2002
  • Label: Orpheus
60
2004 The Beginning of the End 12217
2004 Nolia Clap
  • Released: November 23, 2004
  • Label: Rap-a-Lot / Asylum
65
2007 Back Like We Left Something
  • Released: July 24, 2007
  • Label: Rap-a-Lot / Asylum
52

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References

  1. "UTP biography at Allmusic.com". Allmusic.com. 2010-09-15.