Year Round, a 2011 collaboration with Jelly Roll and BPZ recorded under the name SNO, became the inaugural release on his own Wyte Records, which appeared in conjunction with Hypnotize Minds. Two years later, Wyte's DJ Paul and Juicy J-produced fourth LP, The Bad Influence, made a decent showing on the charts, but would be list last for Asylum. His Warner follow-up, 2007's The One and Only reached a very respectable #46 on the Billboard Top 200 and became his most successful release to date. The trio's work made Wyte's 2004 release, Phinally Phamous, one of the most "real" and "street" releases to appear on a major label under the crunk banner. He signed, and brought Juicy J and DJ Paul along with him. label took notice and approached the rapper about becoming a flagship artist for the relaunch of Warner's Asylum imprint. Wyte's "Smoking Song" started to appear on numerous street-level mixtapes and Internet message boards were filled with Wyte talk. Doubt Me Now appeared in 2003 and became a word-of-mouth hit among crunk and Southern rap's hardcore fans. Three 6 Mafia members Juicy J and DJ Paul signed the under-21 rapper immediately after the group's disbanding and soon were working on his debut. The group fell apart but the Memphis-based Wyte was too skilled to be stopped. When the quick-rapping, crunk to the core Lil Wyte first came to the attention of Three 6 Mafia it was with an all-white group of which Wyte was a member.
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