Lil Jon

Jonathan Smith (born 1970, in Atlanta, Georgia), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American hip hop performer and record producer. He is best known as a pioneer of the sub-genre of hip hop known as "crunk", a combination of elements of Southern hip hop and bass music. His group, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, is one of the subgenre's most notable acts. He is one of only a few rappers who have been able to obtain street cred without the usual street, ghetto, or "hard-knock" life that many rappers have (or claim to have). According to an article on Lil Jon in XXL magazine, he often threw parties in his parents' six-story mansion.

Discography

Albums

• ' (1997)
• We Still Crunk (2000)
• Put Yo Hood Up (2001)
• Kings of Crunk (2002)
• Part II (2003 CD and DVD combination)
• Crunk Juice (2004)
• What Okay (2005) between late august and early september

Singles

• 2001 "Bia' Bia'" (& The East Side Boyz feat. Ludacris, Too Short, Big Kap & Chyna White) #94 US
• 2003 "Get Low" (& The East Side Boyz feat. Busta Rhymes, Elephant Man & Ying Yang Twins) #2 US
• 2003 "Damn!" (YoungBloodZ feat. Lil Jon) #4 US
• 2003 "Salt Shaker" (Ying Tang Twins feat. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz) #9 US
• 2003 "Shake That Money" (Too Short feat. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz) #84 US
• 2004 "Yeah!" (Usher feat. Lil Jon and Ludacris) #1 US, #1 UK
• 2004 "Culo" (Pitbull feat. Lil Jon) #32 US
• 2004 "Let's Go" (Trick Daddy feat. Lil Jon and Twista) #7 US
• 2004 "What U Gon' Do" (& The East Side Boyz feat. Lil Scrappy) #22 US, #38 UK (double A-side with "Roll Call" in the UK, 2005 release)
• 2004 "Lovers and Friends" (feat. Usher & Ludacris) #3 US, #10 UK (double A-side with "Get Low" in the UK, 2005 release)
• 2004 "Okay" (Nivea feat. Lil Jon & YoungBloodZ) #40 US
• 2004 "Real Nigga Roll Call" (listed above)
• 2004 "Get Crunk" (& The East Side Boyz feat. Bo Hagon) #?? US
• 2005 "Girlfight" (Brooke Valentine feat. Lil Jon & Big Boi (of OutKast) #23 US

Also his song "Get Low" was on the soundtrack for the EA Interactive Game Need For Speed Underground.

Related Topics:
EA - Need For Speed

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