"Turn It Up" is the 2005 debut

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, featuring

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. It was produced by

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. "Turn It Up" was the first single from Chamillionaire's major label debut album, ''

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''. The music video is filmed in Houston, and features cameo appearances by

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and Chamillionaire's brother Rasaq. Lil' Flip is noticed wearing a "Free Cassidy" shirt in the video, showing his support for

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while he was in jail for attempted murder. This hip hop song peaked at number 41 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Remixes and Samples

A remix of the song which features Lil' O,

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and E.S.G. is featured on ''It's Going Down 3'', a mixtape hosted by Chamillionaire with production by

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and on

bonus disc. The lyric from the song; "Check out my track record, they say Imma track Wrecka" has been sampled by British rapper Sir-B (Imperial Squad) for the

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song "Track Wrecka" released in 2007 via Channel U.

Charts

References

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