Turn Down For What
Turn Down For What Lyrics
Fire up that loud
Another round of shots
[Drop: Lil Jon]
Turn down for what?
Turn down for what?
Turn down for what?
Turn down for what?
Turn down for what?
[Build: Lil Jon]
Fire up that loud
Another round of shots
[Drop: Lil Jon]
Turn down for what?
Turn down for what?
Turn down for what?
Turn down for what?
Turn down for what?
[Bridge: Lil Jon]
Fire up that loud
Another round of shots
Fire up that loud
Another round of shots
Fire up that loud
Another round of shots
Fire up that loud
Another round of shots, shots
About
“Turn Down for What” is a single by DJ Snake & Lil Jon released on December 18, 2013. It was co-produced by both artists and co-written by Tchami. The song and its viral music video, featuring a guy who manages to break things and do other weird things with his crotch, popularized the use of the phrase.
This is also the 13th track on the soundtrack of Furious 7.
The original demo version contained a Redman sample saying: “It’s the countdown, bang the underground”
Q&A
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Snake had sent me the record in early 2013, and he got a sample of Redman saying, “It’s the countdown, bang the underground.” I was like, “Alright, I’ll do it when I get a chance.” I didn’t get to the record until July; he might have sent it to me in late 2012, early 2013. I finally got to the studio and pulled it up, because I hadn’t really listened to it. I was like, “Man, this beat is crazy. But this Redman sample — I don’t know about that. It’s a dope sample, but it doesn’t really fit with the energy of the track. [Pause.] I got an idea.” He sent me an instrumental, and the first thing that popped into my head when I put the headphones on and the beat drops was, “TURN DOWN FOR WHAT.”
I sent the record back to him and hit him up: “Yo I think we’ve got one. This record is incredible. I’m not redoing the vocals.” He was still like, “Come on, man,” and I was like, “Trust me.” I still don’t think he really grasped what “Turn Down for What” meant yet; he’s French and doesn’t understand all the slang, of course. Someone has to really show you, so I started to play the record in my sets, and every time I played it, somebody would come up to me and be like, “What the fuck is that? Let me get it.” So I gave it to a bunch of homies, and it ended up getting leaked to a major DJ website, and started to explode on the Internet. That’s when we started to get label interest.
- 1.Ride Out
- 2.Off-Set
- 4.Get Low
- 6.My Angel
- 8.Payback
- 9.Blast Off
- 10.Six Days (Remix)
- 11.Ay Vamos (Remix)
- 12.GDFR
- 13.Turn Down For What
- 14.Meneo
- 15.I Will Return
- 16.Whip