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.

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