''Nolia Clap'' is the only

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by American hip hop group UTP. It was released on November 23, 2004 through Rap-A-Lot Records. Recording sessions took place at Dean's List House Hits in

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was handled by Derek "Grizz" Edwards, Donald "XL" Robertson, Mike Dean, Slice Tee and Juvenile. It features guest appearances from Kango,

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, Earl Hayes, Hot Wright, Red Eye,

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and

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. After the success of UTP's single "

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", Rap-A-Lot released a seven-track EP to capitalize on the single's success. It contained both the original version on "Nolia Clap", a new remix of the song, and a few unreleased tracks that did not make the cut for '' The Beginning of the End...''. The EP did not fare as well as the single however, and only reached number 65 on the ''

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Track listing

Personnel

*Terius " Juvenile" Gray – main artist, producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7), mixing, executive producer, A&R *Damon "Wacko" Grison – main artist *Clifford "Skip" Nicholas – main artist *Walter "Kango" Williams – featured artist (tracks: 1, 2, 5) *Red Eye – featured artist (track 3) *Joseph "

" McVey – featured artist (track 13) *Bernard "

" Freeman – featured artist (track 14) *Earl Hayes – featured artist (track 14) *Stayve "

" Thomas – featured artist (track 14) *Clifford "

" Harris – featured artist (track 14) *Hot Wright – featured artist (track 14) * Michael Dean – producer (tracks: 1, 3), mixing, mastering *Sheldon "Slice Tee" Arrington – producer (tracks: 2, 5) *Derek "Grizz" Edwards – producer (tracks: 3, 6) * Donald "XL" Robertson – producer (tracks: 4, 7) *

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– executive producer *Dave Junco – engineering, mixing *John "JP" Pegram – engineering *Anzel "Int'l Red" Jennings – A&R *Tony "Big Chief" Randle – A&R supervisor *Paul Francis – project administrator *Mark Hayes – art direction, design *Tom Phillips – photography

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2004 debut EPs UTP (group) albums Rap-A-Lot Records albums Albums produced by Mike Dean (record producer)