The entire Jackpot theme is seen in a lot of the album’s skits and tracks. As soon as I came on, I said “I have something for that.” The first track I heard from them was the “Right Thurr” beat. I would go to Zo’s apartment to chop it up with them and listen to music. So I met Zo when I was going to talk to Sham about working on some tracks. We used to come across them at shows and events. He was in a group called Out of Order, and I was in a group called Without Warning, just local groups from St. I’ve known Sham from The Trak Starz for years. It was finally paying off, and I was thankful for that.Ĭan you tell me the story of recording the album? 1 record, so I guess that was for all the time I spent trying to get in the business. But when I got signed to Disturbing Tha Peace, I knew my career was blossoming. I was already putting out local music, traveling, doing shows and just trying to build up the momentum to make it. To me, my career started before signing the contract, because I’ve been doing music since the late ‘80s. People get it misconstrued that he actually signed me, but he didn’t. I think I may have came across Ludacris at the “Right Thurr” video shoot, which was in March of 2003. I was officially signed to Disturbing Tha Peace and Capitol Records on December 14, 2002. Chaka Zulu is the one who signed me, and I met Ludacris a while after that - this is like the end of 2002. I met Ludacris through Chaka Zulu, but had nothing to do with Ludacris. How did you meet Ludacris and initially get signed to Disturbing Tha Peace? YoungBloodZ Look Back on 'Damn!' 15 Years Later: 'It's Crazy That It's Still Going' In honor of the 15th anniversary of Jackpot, Billboard asked Chingy - fittingly on his way to perform at the Arkansas stop on the Turnt Up Tour, with fellow ’00s hitmakers Petey Pablo and the Ying Yang Twins - about the album’s backstory, as well as the impact of achieving such rapid mainstream success in his career, and those pesky Nelly comparisons. Jackpot was a commercial blockbuster, birthing three singles - “Right Thurr” (which later scored a fiery remix with Trina and Jermaine Dupri), “Holidae In” and “One Call Away” - that all peaked in the top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Chingy’s talent was undeniable, as he balanced romantic rap/R&B collaborations with a rugged lyrical flow that highlighted his experience as a former battle rapper. Men copied his style by rocking oversized colorful bandanas beneath their baseball caps and took notes from him on how to flirt in the club, while women swooned over his handsome features and tried to perfect the popular chicken head dance seen in the “Right Thurr” video. At the tender age of 23, the rapper quickly managed to build a solid fanbase due to his accented, catchy hooks.
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