YP has been grinding locally in Chicago for sometime now, and earlier this year in mid-February the talented wordsmith inked a deal with Universal Republic. Now with that on his platter, YP has a whole new audience in his reach, and many may not be familiar with all that he has done up to this point. While some artists are able to grab major label deals with rapid speed, most are signed only after they’ve developed a strong online fan-base and a solid output of multiple projects. YP definitely falls into the latter. While you dig into No Doz and await YP’s major label debut, we came up with the Top 10 Essential YP records to date (before No Doz) for you to catch up and get familiar.