Top Authority - 93 (Things Ain't How They Should Be)

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Rappers out of Flint, Mich. offer detailed insight into their life of hustlin' and strugglin'. Shoulda got more props around the nation. A rolling G-funk trio headed up Shotgun and Flex( The problem Solver) along with Dalo creating them G-hits straight out the 5th Ward in Flint,Michigan. Top Authority debuted Something to Blaze To(1993) on Trak Record Selling over 400,000 units with no national push unheard of at the time, following that TA came strong with Rated G (1995)over 300,000 units. After that Ichiban Record pick out distribution through Wrap Records for the third album entitled Top Authority Uncut(New Yea)1997 over 500,000 units (Gold). Now Top Authority return right where they left off this summer with TA Is Back(2008) on U-BE-U Records.

Top Authority were one of the first rap groups from Flint, Michigan to release an album nationwide. Bootleg, a member of the slightly later Flint group The Dayton Family, told Murderdog magazine, "We grew up together, same hood. We'd be together every day. That's family." He lists them as leading lights in Flint music, along with acts like Ready for the World and MC Breed

They first came to public attention with the single "93 (Things Ain't How They Should Be)" from the debut album Something To Blaze To (TRAK Records, 1993). Something To Blaze To reached #21 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart in April 1994. The "rolling g-funk trio" (as allmusic describe members Shotgun, Dalo and Flex) followed up with Rated G for Wrap Records in 1995. It featured scratches from DJ Aladdin and reached #16 on the Top R&B Albums chart. allmusic considers 1997's Top Authority Uncut (The New Year) to be their best release. It peaked at #21, with the single "World War III" charting at #37 on Billboard's Hot Rap Singles. In 2009 Top Authority returned with their fourth album, kush music, on which MC Breed and Do or Die make guest appearances.