United State Of Atlanta (Chopped & Screwed) [PA]

Performer: Ying Yang Twins
Artist: Three 6 Mafia; Anthony Hamilton; Missy Elliott; Lil Scrappy; Lil Jon; Busta Rhymes
Producer: Jonathan "Lil' Jon" Smith; Tom Slick; Mr. Collipark
Distributor: TVT Records (Dist.)

Notes: Personnel: Ying Yang Twins; Da Muzicianz, Free, Jacki-O , Adam Levine, Lil Jon, Lil Scrappy, Mike Jones , Missy Elliott, Pitbull, Anthony Hamilton, Avant, B.G., Three 6 Mafia, Teedra Moses, Homebwoi, Countrie Biggz, Anwar, Bun B, Busta Rhymes. Audio Remixer: Michael Watts. Photographer: Michael Blackwell. Like Outkast, the Ying Yang Twins are progenitors of southern hip-hop that's a mix of gangsta rap, party jams, and jittery beats, and on UNITED STATE OF ATLANTA the Ying Yang Twins approach the game like a house party thrown in a recording studio. For starters, the wide variety of guests popping up throughout this 70-minute-plus project adds a feeling of randomness, recklessness, and fun. Neo-soul crooner Anthony Hamilton provides some honeyed vocals on the gospel-flavored "Long Time," and Maroon 5's Adam Levine holds his own on the electro-funk of "Live Again," with its nod to the travails of exotic dancers. There's also plenty of support from Dirty South brethren such as Mike Jones & Mr. Collipark (on "Badd"), and tough gal Jacki-O (on the DMX-flavored "Hoes"). The interspersed skits comment on a range of topics: "We at War" touches on the seriousness of America's foreign policy, while things get quite a bit raunchier on bits like "Sex Therapy 101," "102" and "103."

Spin (p.104) - "[They] throw a deliriously twerked, end-of-days house party with swinging Henry Mancini samples..." - Grade: B

Dirty South duo the Ying Yang Twins wallowed in obscurity for some time before the turn-of-the-century Crunk explosion pushed them into the limelight. The duo, with production from Beats-In-Azz, crank out frenetic, hands-in-the-air party jams; their 2005 full-length UNITED STATES OF ATLANTA is nearly a hip-hop epic, featuring guest shots from Anthony Hamilton, Missy Elliot, Bun-B, and Adam Levine of Maroon Five, among many others.

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