THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD.

943-DJ Snake and Lil Jon-Turn Down for What.

2014-Number 23 single.Best Bit-At 2.16.

The songs title is urban slang.To ‘Turn Up,’ is to do something you want to do, for example, have a drink at a party, so there has to be a reason as to why you would want to ‘Turn Down’DJ Snake was born William Grigahcine, on 13 June, 1986, in Paris, France.His first big breakthrough occurred when producing the track ‘Goverment Hooker’ for Lady Gaga’s Album ‘Born This Way,’ in 2011.After writing the music for this song, he sent it to Lil Jon whom he had collaborated with in the past, Lil Jon has said,’ I wanted to make it hip, and current, and the first thing that came to mind was the phrase, ‘Turn Down For What.’

Lil Jon (see also best songs 982) was born on 17 January, 1971, in Atlanta, Georgia,U.S, he is acknowledged for being instrumental in the emergence of the Hip-Hop sub-genre,’Crunk.’.An archetypal ‘Crunk’ track can consist of layered keyboard synths, a drum machine, heavy basslines, and shouted vocals.

The only other lyrics in this song are,’Fire up that loud, another round of shots,’ which according to urban slang means, keep the music blaring, keep drinking, keep the party going.

‘Fire up that loud, another round of shots. Turn down for what?’

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