![]() ![]() He couldn’t take production credit because he was an A&R director, but Lil Jon helped produce the record. Me and him mixed the record. Lil Jon was a producer on Ghost Town DJ’s “My Boo,” but couldn’t be credited because he was an A&R for So So Def at the time-he also helped name the record. In 2016, My Boo became popular again after the “Running Man Challenge” and re-entered the Hot 100 reaching a new peak of No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it released in 1996. Now, try to top that.Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def’s 90s group Ghost Town DJ’s (Virgo, DJ and producer Greg Street, producer Rodney Terry, and DJ Demp) could be considered one hit wonders by their song My Boo-which appeared on the So So Def Bass All-Stars Compilation album-as this is also the only song that Ghost Town DJ’s have to their name. ![]() It’s Atlanta.” Decades later, it’s one of the most prominent songs to come out of The Peach State. Terry had called "My Boo" "when West Coast meets Miami," but Dupri saw it differently. The video became a viral sensation putting the track back on the Billboard charts. Following that, two players from the University of Maryland Terrapins college basketball program, Jared Nickens and Jaylen Brantley, issued the #runningmanchallenge. Not only did the song chart high on the Billboard 100, it also became a megahit in New Zealand, France and Australia, and experienced a reemergence in 2016, after two New Jersey high school students Kevin Vincent and Jeremiah Hall posted The Running Man dance with “My Boo” as their selected track. And then, one day, I was in Lil' Jon’s office and I played the beat and was in there with his keyboard and he just fell right into the pocket.” It really didn’t work out with the people we were producing it with. “I came back and we just wanted to do it. Me and Lil' Jon came up with the idea way before we did the record, and I even went to California for three or four days to just try and get the vibe,” he said. ![]() 2)," instead of just "My Boo." “The version of 'My Boo' that you’re hearing now is actually the second version. Terry also explained why the music video has the title "(V/O version No. The words 'ghost town' to me means heard and not seen,” he continued. "I just wanted to emulate what they were doing in Miami with the Ghetto Style DJs of Miami so I came up with the name Ghost Town DJ’s. So that’s really where it kind of came ," Terry explained. “ was really a throw-off of Luther Campbell’s Ghetto Style DJs of Miami, which I was a part of back in the ‘80s with the 2 Live Crew and that kind of stuff. Dupri made a cameo as the lifeguard having a bit too much fun, but the group was nowhere to be seen. The music video, released that same year, featured locals throughout Atlanta against a series of backdrops, which include a bedroom, a car wash, and a classic beach party. Originally, a guy sang "My Boo" - it was so low that Virgo needed to follow somebody in that key.” “It was too low for her to sing, so I fired her in the studio. But she couldn't really sing it, because Carl Moe had written it for his voice,” Terry continued to explain. “There was another girl, named Akima, who sang the record at first. Me and him mixed the record.” Terry also told Billboard that the concept was supposed to be an R&B record sang over a fast beat, which was originally supposed to be sung by another artist. He couldn’t take production credit because he was an A&R director, but Lil' Jon helped produce the record. Rodney Terry, who is originally from Pasadena, California, expands on their collaboration, saying “Lil' Jon was there the whole time. I executive produced it and A&R’d the album.” Dupri was open to trying something new and let the DJ/Producer Lil’ Jon curate a project different from So So Def’s usual offering “I was working A&R at So So Def,” Lil’ Jon told Spin magazine in 2016. It was far removed from the underground Miami bass scene of the time that was ruled by gritty, raunchy groups like 2 Live Crew, 69 Boyz and Freak Nasty. The label had made its mark for its crossover sounds and had a substantial catalog of number one singles. Dupri’s label, So So Def, was established in 1993 through a joint venture with Sony and Columbia. ![]() The record exec had launched the careers of multi-platinum artists like Kris Kross, Xscape, and Da Brat. In 1996, Jermaine Dupri was King of the South. The success of their single, was because of the So So Def camp that came together to push the artists forward, showing support to many up-and-coming artists needed by mainstream platforms at the time. Ghost Town DJ's DJ Demp, Rodney Terry, Greg Street, Virgo Williams and Kamren Davis, may be called one-hit wonders, but their single, “My Boo” is a staple in hip-hop and R&B culture. ![]()
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