Back in 2013, Lil Jon famously pushed back against the very idea of meditation with his hit song “Turn Down for What,” but the King of Crunk has changed his tune. Today, he’s released a guided meditation album called Total Meditation.
Speaking about the project in an interview with Rolling Stone, Lil John explained: “Once I turned 50, a lot of things started to happen. I started going through a divorce. I’m separated right now. Going through that and all of the emotions of the divorce—anger and frustration and all of the ups and downs — I found meditation to calm me and to bring me more at peace; to look at life and situations in a different manner. I really got into meditating and saying my affirmations every day and also into manifestation. All of that tied together.”
“Part of the reason I want to do this project is [because] people that look like me and then people that look at me like, ‘Oh, this crazy party guy,’ [are] going to listen to me in a different manner than they would like a doctor or their mom or their dad. They relate to me a little bit more.”
Lil John worked on Total Meditation with Kabir Sehgal, a producer and best-selling author.
The release of of Lil Jon’s meditation album follows Usher’s Super Bowl Halftime performance, where he appeared as a special guest to perform “Turn Down for What” and “Yeah!”
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