The Compilation is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by UTP

UTP (group)

UTP was an American rap group composed of New Orleans rappers Juvenile, Wacko and Skip.The group was formed by Juvenile after he left Cash Money Records in 2002 and originally consisted of Juvenile, Wacko, Skip, Corey Cee, Soulja Slim and Young Buck. The group's first release was The Compilation,...

, released on October 8, 2002 through Orpheus Records.

Background

Juvenile

Juvenile (rapper)

Terius Gray, better known by his stage name Juvenile, is an American rapper, He is also a former member of hip-hop group the Hot Boys . At the age of 19, he began recording raps, releasing his debut album Being Myself in 1995...

 had left popular hip hop label Cash Money Records

Cash Money Records

Cash Money Records is a record label founded by brothers Bryan "Birdman" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, and is distributed by Universal Republic Records as of 2011...

 earlier in 2002 after three consecutive top 10 albums to form his own collective UTP

UTP (group)

UTP was an American rap group composed of New Orleans rappers Juvenile, Wacko and Skip.The group was formed by Juvenile after he left Cash Money Records in 2002 and originally consisted of Juvenile, Wacko, Skip, Corey Cee, Soulja Slim and Young Buck. The group's first release was The Compilation,...

. In addition to Juvenile, UTP also featured Wacko, Skip, Corey Cee, Soulja Slim

Soulja Slim

James Tapp, Jr. , better known by his stage name Soulja Slim, was an American rapper who achieved massive success on Master P's No Limit record label. He also achieved fame throughout New Orleans and Nation Wide from his work done with B.G., UNLV, and other local artists. He is known for writing...

 and Young Buck

Young Buck

David Darnell Brown , also known as Young Buck, is an American Southern rapper. Buck is a former member of the New York City Hip-Hop group G-Unit, also a former artist of G-Unit Records as of Nov 26, 2011...

 though Corey Cee would leave the group shortly after The Compilation. Most of the songs on the album were performed by the entire group, though some songs were performed by a lone member of the group. Production for the album was handled entirely by Juvenile himself.

Reception

Gregory McIntosh of Allmusic gave the album 2.5 stars out of a possible of five. In his review he stated "...For the most part, the beats are pretty ordinary, although the collective does pull out some clever hooks like on the anthem "Less Than a Playa," with its drowsy, lurching undercurrent of samples".

The album was not heavily promoted, but it became a local success and managed to make it to No. 60 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...

.

Track listing

1. "Intro"- 3:05
2. "You Ready"- 4:00
3. "You Want It, We Got It"- 3:42 (featuring Soulja Slim
   Soulja Slim
   James Tapp, Jr. , better known by his stage name Soulja Slim, was an American rapper who achieved massive success on Master P's No Limit record label. He also achieved fame throughout New Orleans and Nation Wide from his work done with B.G., UNLV, and other local artists. He is known for writing...
   
    and Young Buck
   Young Buck
   David Darnell Brown , also known as Young Buck, is an American Southern rapper. Buck is a former member of the New York City Hip-Hop group G-Unit, also a former artist of G-Unit Records as of Nov 26, 2011...
   
   )
4. "I Just Wanna Fuck You"- 3:38 (featuring Young Buck)
5. "Neck Gone"- 4:29
6. "We Run This"- 3:27
7. "Died and Came Back"- 4:13 (Young Buck)
8. "Millionaire Soldiers"- 3:47
9. "Ya'll in Trouble"- 4:54 (Tank, Brother Mohammed, Lil Tee and Young Buck)
10. "Less Than a Playa"- 4:17
11. "Streets Done Took Me Under"- 4:06
12. "Don't Be Fucking Wit Me"- 3:10
13. "Ride"- 3:38
14. "Warn Em'"- 3:28
15. "Hey Yo!"- 3:32
16. "I'm Dope"- 3:40
17. "Outro"- 3:01

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop	60