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DJ MONTAY Production Credits: DJ Unk “Walk It Out” & “2 Step,” Flo Rida “Low,” Three Six Mafia “I’d Rather” As told to Randy Roper When I first heard [the final version of “Low”], I really liked it a lot. When I did the beat, I was like, “I’m going to do something different in the game.” I sent it to Atlantic. Atlantic picked the beat out, got T-Pain to write the hook, and then they got Flo Rida on it. They put them together and the rest is history. It didn’t start [breaking] on the urban side, it started pop. I loved the song when it first happened, but what got me going crazy was when I saw Youtube and saw how many people were actually feeling the song. How they were dancing to it at home. They had their own little home videos. I knew the song was about to blow up. Next thing you know, it did. [Unk’s] “Walk It Out” was my first big record. That was my first #1 hit. “2 Step” followed after that, it was #3 or #4 on the charts. Then I did the Flo Rida record [“Low”], which was my next #1. [“Walk It Out”] was surprising to me. I couldn’t believe I [produced] the #1 song in the country. We were telling Unk “Walk It Out” was a hit. Unk was a DJ at the time, so he was breaking his own stuff and I was helping him. Me and DJ Jelly broke “Walk It Out.” Jelly’s on [Atlanta radio station] V103 and I’m on Hot [107.9], so we work together. As the whole Oomp Camp, we made sure the streets had it, everybody in the clubs, everybody. Unk was doing free shows, trying to get the song out there and it worked. I also produced the Dolla record, “Who The Fuck Is That,” “Foolish” on Shawty Lo’s album, I also did Three Six Mafia’s new single “I’d Rather” featuring Unk. We were in the studio together, but they had to leave when I did the beat. I did the beat, sent it to them, and they loved it. They came up with the hook and the whole song for it, we put Unk on it. It’s doing real good right now. It’s picking up everywhere. I like it, it’s different and it’s some Three Six Mafia shit. And me being their first outside producer, I really feel good about it. I’m versatile. I try to do a little bit of everything. I wanna get some of the street money, crunk money, pop money, everything. I don’t care who it is. I’m willing to work. I’m willing to do whatever. I DJ on Hot 107.9 on Tuesdays and Fridays. I’m in the club Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, so I keep my ears to the street. I also keep my ears on some different things. I go to different spots throughout the week. Atlanta’s a party city, so they party every day of the week. I go to different clubs to see different vibes. It helps me know what direction to go in when it’s time to make a record. Sometimes you can go in another direction by leading, and you won’t be doing the same old stuff, like how Flo Rida’s record is. It’s an uptempo record, it’s a club record. I just try different stuff to go to another level. I’m going to make my name known. I got two #1’s already and we’ve got the whole 2008 to go. //
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