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Protégés of New Orleans-based Dirty South rapper <a href="spotify:artist:0rG0AZBscc8S8q1ahIsasI">Juvenile</a> (<a href="spotify:artist:0rG0AZBscc8S8q1ahIsasI">Terius Grey</a>), the UTP Playas were formed in 2002 as the rapper was leaving the Cash Money label. The Uptown Project Playas, named for New Orleans' Uptown district, were initially conceived as a posse, with fluid boundaries between key members of the group and guest stars like <a href="spotify:artist:4pr7J7wzgObkE3DD3Izi7q">Young Buck</a>. True to its title, the group's 2002 debut, The Compilation, has the eclectic, anything-goes feel of a good mixtape, thanks to the revolving-door studio policy that includes spots by Skip, <a href="spotify:artist:6E2xn3BMpTfFaJtaJ6AHBO">Wacko</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6tBnRI3ubWYclKSbGvGtKd">Soulja Slim</a>, Lower Level, Corey Cee, and Lil Tee. The follow-up, 2003's Juvenile Presents: Street Stories, has fewer solo tracks by the various rappers and a more collaborative, freestyling feel, although the stable of guest stars features almost all of the same names. Following <a href="spotify:artist:4pr7J7wzgObkE3DD3Izi7q">Young Buck</a>'s move to <a href="spotify:artist:3q7HBObVc0L8jNeTe5Gofh">50 Cent</a>'s <a href="spotify:artist:6evKD5JWJON3qPBJtUEmtY">G-Unit</a> crew and the murder of <a href="spotify:artist:6tBnRI3ubWYclKSbGvGtKd">Soulja Slim</a> (<a href="spotify:artist:6tBnRI3ubWYclKSbGvGtKd">James Tapp</a>) on November 26, 2003, the UTP Playas downsized dramatically, curtailing the guest star spots and turning into a self-contained crew featuring <a href="spotify:artist:0rG0AZBscc8S8q1ahIsasI">Juvenile</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6E2xn3BMpTfFaJtaJ6AHBO">Wacko</a>, and Skip. Issued in 2004, Nolia Clap was the first release with the new slimmed-down lineup. ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi

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