


The album was released in standard and deluxe edition. In an interview with Billboard in May 2010 he confirmed that Crunk Rock will be released on June 8. Rap-Up reported that the album is set for a Jrelease. Lil Jon held a Listening Session for the album in 2010.

The new single from the album, the disco-tinged "Give It All U Got", was released in November 2009. By October 2009, Lil Jon described the album as "80 percent done", with all tracks recorded but "some final touches" still required, with the release date pushed back into early 2010. Lil Jon stated the album would now be more eclectic than previously envisaged with elements of house music, pop and R&B. Another single from the album, the RedOne-produced "Give It All U Got", was announced, with a promotional video filmed in Miami in September. Kelly, T-Pain, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, and Pitbull. Confirmed guests additionally included Roscoe Dash, Mariah Carey, 3OH!3, Whole Wheat Bread, David Guetta, Steve Aoki, LMFAO, Zuper Blahq, DJ Chuckie, Laidback Luke, Elephant Man, Pastor Troy, Ying Yang Twins, Akon, Mario, R. īy September 2009 a new date of November 24 was announced for the album's release, although it was still unfinished. Indeed, the second volume closed with Jon stating "Crunk Rock coming sooooooon". 1 and 2, with Rolling Stone announcing that Crunk Rock was expected later in 2009. In March 2009, two mixtapes appeared from Lil' Jon, Rockbox Vol. He restarted work on the album and stated that he was considering a new 'World Music' direction for the album and a possible change of title, saying "I'm touching so many different kinds of people on this album as well as keeping my core fan base at the same time." In October 2008, Lil Jon signed to Universal Republic and the album was rescheduled for a release in early 2009. By August 2008, Lil' Jon had freed himself from his contract with TVT, giving him the rights to the master recordings for Crunk Rock, in return for dropping his objection to the sale of TVT's assets to The Orchard Group. The TVT label filed for bankruptcy in February 2008, putting the album's release into doubt. While work on the album was interrupted, with Lil Jon citing the stress of the TVT situation as causing him to taking a complete break from recording the album, he had worked with other artists such as Flo Rida and Pharrell Williams, and had done production work on E-40's Ball Street Journal album. A demo of "What a Night" featuring Jay Sean also recorded, but it not make a final cut in the album version.īy March 2008, the problems with TVT had intensified, with record label TVT described by MTV as having gone from "having money to burn to being on the verge of folding", and Lil Jon said to have experienced legal issues with the label over money. and Kid Rock, with Jon explaining that "the concept of the album is that it is merger of rock and hip-hop styles, utilising the different styles of the guest contributors." By November 2007, however, the album was reported to be "65 percent, maybe 70 percent done", with a release now expected in 2008, with Lil Jon taking time out to DJ and do voiceover work in Hollywood. The list of guest artists had by this time expanded to include Game, Ice Cube, P.O.D. By August 2007, the album's release date had slipped again, with late 2007 the expected date. At this time he was already indicating problems with the record label, stating that he "was going through the drama with TVT Records". The prospective release date at that time was Spring 2007. In January 2007, it was reported that Lil Jon was still in the studio working on the album, and that recorded tracks included "Roll Call" featuring Lil Wayne and Ciara, and tracks featuring R. Kelly, Mariah Carey, and Snoop Dogg on the album, and the first single from the album sessions, "Snap Yo Fingers" was released, reaching number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. In June that year, recording had started, and Lil Jon announced that he planned to include collaborations with R.

At that time he announced that he was relocating to Las Vegas where the album would be recorded, and that half of the album would be similar in style to his 2003 single "Get Low". In May 2006, MTV reported that it would be released late that summer or in early fall.
