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Background

''Kings of Crunk'' was released in October 2002. Based on the success of the album's 2nd single "Get Low", ''Kings of Crunk'' made the top twenty of the US album chart in September 2003. In the same year, Lil Jon put out a compilation CD and DVD called ''

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'', which included remixes of "Get Low" featuring

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. The singles "I Don't Give a Fuck" and "Nothin's Free" were released To Radio in 2002, while "Play No Games" was released in late 2001 "Get Low" were released to radio in 2003. Also, "Nothin's Free" was released on vinyl, while "I Don't Give a Fuck" and "Get Low" were released on CD. "Play No Games" was also released on vinyl and CD In 2003. This album features rapper

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's first recorded mainstream feature.

Commercial performance

''Kings of Crunk'' debuted at number 15 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 71,000 in its first week and as of November 2004, the album has sold 2.2 million copies in the United States. ''Kings of Crunk'' was the highest selling independent album for both 2003 and 2004.

Track listing

Original release

Special edition

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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