Ying Yang Twins

Atlanta’s party rap duo Ying Yang Twins gained recognition with the track ‘Whistle While You Twurk,’ which achieved widespread airplay on urban and crossover radio stations. Their inaugural album, ‘Thug Walkin’,’ was released in 2000. The subsequent album, ‘Alley…Return of the Ying Yang Twins,’ in 2002 was successful in the Southern region. However, it was their collaboration in 2003 with Lil Jon, known as ‘the King of Crunk,’ that propelled them to national fame. The energetic party anthem ‘Salt Shaker’ became a massive hit both in clubs and on the radio, prompting the TVT label to pursue the duo for a contract. This partnership led to their first album with the label, ‘Me & My Brother,’ which produced two more popular crunk tracks, ‘What’s Happnin!’ and ‘Naggin’.’ Concurrently in the same year, the duo featured on Britney Spears’ album ‘In the Zone’ and her related television special. By 2004, TVT released ‘My Brother & Me,’ a remix-packed album with a bonus DVD containing the group’s music videos. The release of ‘USA (United State of Atlanta)’ in 2005 coincided with the domination of their single ‘Wait (The Whisper Song)’ on urban radio. This was followed by ‘Chemically Imbalanced’ in 2006, marking another milestone in their music journey.

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