Crunk Rock

Crunk Rock is the only solo album and sixth overall album by American rapper

Singles

Official singles

• "
  Mario and was produced by Drumma Boy
  , was released as the first single on March 30, 2010.
• "Hey", which features 3OH!3 was released as the second single.
• "Machuka", which features Brazilian recording artists Mr. Catra and Mulher Filé, was released as third single only in Brazil.^[27]

Promotional singles

• "
  US Rap
  charts. However, the song did not make it for the album, and it was released as a single only.
• "
  Act a Fool", which features Three 6 Mafia
  , was released as the second promotional single on November 7, 2006. It peaked at 91 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop chart. It was not featured in the album.
• "I Do", which features Swizz Beatz and Snoop Dogg, was released as the third promotional single on July 21, 2009. It peaked at 101 on the US R&B/Hip Hop. It was not featured in the album.
• "Give It All U Got", which features Kee^{[clarification needed]} on the original version and also features British rapper Tinchy Stryder on the official remix (along with Kee), was released as the fourth promotional single on November 3, 2009. It peaked at 90 on the Canadian Hot 100.^[28] However, it did not make the final cut for the album.
• "Outta Your Mind", which features
  Miami, Florida
  . It also debuted at 84 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Reception

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 49 on the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 8,900 copies.^[29] The low number of albums sold was said to be the sales surprise of the week by HipHopDX.^[30] It sold 4,700 copies the second week, bring the total to 14,000 copies sold in the US.^[31]

Critical response

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[32]
HipHopDX	2.5/5[33]
RapReviews	5/10[34]
Slant Magazine	[35]
USA Today	[36]

Upon its release, the album received generally mixed reviews from music critics.^[37] AllMusic writer David Jeffries gave it 3 out of 5 stars and called it "a scattershot set of tracks that just barely fit together, but take into consideration the label problems and legal issues the producer has faced since the album's conception, and it becomes a scruffy mess you just might cheer on".^[32] Emanuel Wallace of RapReviews gave Crunk Rock a 5/10 rating and wrote "If you're looking for lyrical greatness, you'll be disappointed. If you want an album filled with nothing but trunk-rattling beats you'll be disappointed".^[34] Slant Magazine writer Jesse Cataldo gave the album 2½ out of 5 stars and described its songs as "thick, silly concoctions, glazed with bass and defined by endless repetition, whirlwinds of chants and shouts that circle like demented carousels".^[35] The New York Times writer Jon Caramanica commended the album's production, but ultimately expressed a negative response towards Lil Jon's lyrics, writing "he retains his trademark ignorance and indignation: plenty of the most salacious material here is his own... he’s back to noisily asserting primacy through fight chants".^[38] USA Today's Steve Jones gave it 2½ out of 4 stars and shared a similar sentiment, stating "He has mixed more rock and electronica in with the thumping bass lines, but the message remains the same: Get up and jam, or go home".^[36] Slava Kuperstein of HipHopDX gave it a 2.5/5 rating and in conclusion of the album said "With the kind of clout Lil Jon has, it's disappointing he wasn't able to come up with a better supporting cast (especially given his features in the past), which makes for an equally disappointing album."^[33]

Track listing

Charts

References