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RIAA Double Platinum Pimp Cup For Crunk Juice, LiL Jon & The East Side Boyz
New York, NY After 9 weeks, CRUNK JUICE, the BME/TVT Records third album
from Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, has been certified double platinum by the
RIAA for U.S. sales in excess of 2 million units. The album is still on the
Billboard Top 200 chart holding the #3 position, #2 on Billboard¹s Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and currently the #1 selling Independent album in
the country. Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz' sophomore TVT release, KINGS OF
CRUNK, was also certified double platinum marking CRUNK JUICE as the
consecutive double platinum album for the rambunctious trio.
The remarkable CRUNK JUICE sports an all-star line-up of guest appearances
including R. Kelly, Ludacris, Ice Cube, Ying Yang Twins, Snoop Dogg, Chris
Rock, Nas, and 8 Ball & MJG. It is the defining work for Lil Jon as a
producer. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz remained true to their gritty,
club-ready roots with lead single "What U Gon' Do" which features Lil
Scrappy, and their subsequent single, "Roll Call" featuring hip-hop icon Ice
Cube. "Roll Call" is a rousing in-your-face song from start to finish.
"It's a gutter street track," adds Ice Cube. "I'm talking about, if you
mess with us, stuff's going to happen, just basically rapping, bragging,
talking trash. Whenever I get a chance, I like to do records like this that
are built straight for underground hip-hop. It¹s has that underground feel
that makes you want to rhyme."
In other Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz news, the group won two Billboard
Awards for Independent Album of the Year and Independent Album Artist of the
Year. Their Miami home will be featured in the February 7th episode of MTV
Cribs. The kings of Crunk recently performed for MTV's $2 Bill tour in
Atlanta and it was the highest rated show in the special's history. Lil Jon
as a producer has won numerous awards for his smash hit "Yeah" featuring
Usher and Ludacris; taking home four Billboard Awards, a People's Choice
Award, and he's nominated for four Grammy's this year.
For powerhouse independent label, TVT Records, CRUNK JUICE is the biggest
release in the company's history. It is also home to Hip-Hop dynamic duo
Ying Yang Twins whose ME & MY BROTHER is platinum, hip-hop soul songstress
Teedra Moses and Cuban-American rhyme-spitter Pitbull. Expected to hit
stores later this year are R&B Crunk artist Oobie and Lil' Jon-protégé Chyna
Whyte, a female rapper with vicious rhymes and incredible lyrical dexterity.
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