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Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz
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Exuberant, loud-mouthed, and regularly adorned with a bejeweled pimp chalice at hand, Lil Jon was the charismatic figurehead of the Dirth South crunk movement that arose from the Atlanta area around the turn of the century. Born Jonathan Smith on January 27, 1971, in Atlanta, GA, the producer/rapper began his rap industry ascension as part of Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def label, for which he worked from 1993 to 2000. In the mid-’90s Lil Jon began making a name for himself as a producer with a knack for club remixes. Before long he formed his own group, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, comprised of Big Sam and Lil Bo, in addition to himself.
Essentially a means of showcasing his production talent, and profiting from it as well, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz signed to Mirror Image Records, an Atlanta-based label distributed by Ichiban Records. In 1997 the label released Who U Wit?, a CD single, and Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album; a second CD single, Shawty Freak a Lil Sumtin’, followed in 1998. The regional success of “Who U Wit?” brought with it plenty of outside production opportunities for Lil Jon, and so it wasn’t until 2000 that he returned with another East Side Boyz album, We Still Crunk, this one released independently by BME Recordings. A contract with TVT Records followed, as did the group’s label debut, Put Yo Hood Up (2001), which boasted some previously released material (e.g., “Who U Wit?,” “I Like Dem Girlz”), as well as “Bia’ Bia’,” the first Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz single to get national airplay, thanks in part to the song’s guest features (i.e., Ludacris, Too Short).
Essentially a means of showcasing his production talent, and profiting from it as well, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz signed to Mirror Image Records, an Atlanta-based label distributed by Ichiban Records. In 1997 the label released Who U Wit?, a CD single, and Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album; a second CD single, Shawty Freak a Lil Sumtin’, followed in 1998. The regional success of “Who U Wit?” brought with it plenty of outside production opportunities for Lil Jon, and so it wasn’t until 2000 that he returned with another East Side Boyz album, We Still Crunk, this one released independently by BME Recordings. A contract with TVT Records followed, as did the group’s label debut, Put Yo Hood Up (2001), which boasted some previously released material (e.g., “Who U Wit?,” “I Like Dem Girlz”), as well as “Bia’ Bia’,” the first Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz single to get national airplay, thanks in part to the song’s guest features (i.e., Ludacris, Too Short).
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Shoutbox
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arcanis wrote:
ManhatanKun: One question - are east side boyz needed in jon's crunky songs? O_O ---- ??)))
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trylo91 wrote:
I listen to "stop funking wit me" i thing its better than "get low"
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_tsk_ wrote:
"Play No Games" has one of the greatest chorus ever IMO.
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maddogsplace wrote:
crunk juice
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ormen_ wrote:
What?
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ManhatanKun wrote:
One question - are east side boyz needed in jon's crunky songs? O_O
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matte0s wrote:
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
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lil_bash wrote:
"NICE"! http://bash93.mybrute.com
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Ziolko92 wrote:
http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Lil+Jon/+images/26350297 god damn epic!
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gui_augusto wrote:
Good.
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Lil_Crunk wrote:
cRuNk AiN`t DeAd YEAH Get CRUNK!
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Mufta49 wrote:
get crunk mother f*cker :D
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NekzOne wrote:
biaaa biaaa ;D
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DuKuK wrote:
push that nigga, push that hoe, get crunk! get crunk! get crunk! get crunk! immense
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Tykadst wrote:
whaaaaat!!!???
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Lil_Crunk wrote:
GET CRUNK! )
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addisonmichelle wrote:
i love get low
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kononovp2 wrote:
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trylo91 wrote:
yeahhh!!!
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ogieva wrote:
whats up!!!
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