12 Step Program (album)
12 Step Program (also stylized as 12SP) is the ninth album by the People Under the Stairs. It is the second album entirely self-distributed using Thes One's artist-cooperative label, Piecelock 70, and it is also the group's shortest record to be marketed as a full-length album upon its release. (The group's fifth album, ...Or Stay Tuned, while shorter, was initially marketed as an EP.) 12 Step Program is also the group's first album since their second album, Question in the Form of an Answer, that uses only samples and no live instrumentation.
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| Released | May 6, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2013-2014, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 50:11 | |||
| Label | PL70 Records, PUTS Records | |||
| Producer | Thes One, Double K | |||
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| Allmusic | (positive) |
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Despite not having a physical release, the track "1 Up Til Sun Up" was the lead single from the album. A music video for the song was released on April 7, 2014, the same day that iTunes debuted the song and began accepting pre-orders for 12 Step Program.
Upon the album release, PUTS embarked on a North American tour in support of the album, with plans to visit other countries later in the year.