In 2004 and 2005, the Ying Yang Twins became more popular with party singles "Salt Shaker", "Wait (The Whisper Song)", "Shake" and "Badd".

Their debut single "Whistle While You Twurk" was played on urban and pop radio stations and peaked at #17 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Immediately after discovering fellow Atlanta hip hop artist Lil Jon, A&R Bryan Leach began talks with representative Mr. Collipark about signing them to TVT Records.

Protracted negotiations meant that a deal was not finalized in time for the label to release their next album Alley: The Return of the Ying Yang Twins, which instead appeared in 2002 on Koch Records.

The same year, the group appeared on the album Kings of Crunk by Lil Jon on the single "Get Low", and the song was a huge club and radio hit.

As Crooms had negotiated only a one-album deal with Koch, the duo was free to finally submit to the advances of TVT, who had impressed them with their recent work with Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz.

[2] In 2004, TVT released My Brother & Me, an album composed largely of remixes which featured a bonus DVD of the group's videos.

[5] A new album U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta) appeared in Summer 2005 as its singles "Wait (The Whisper Song)", "Badd", and "Shake" were dominating popular music and rap radio stations,[2] and U.S.A.