Turbo (record producer)

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Turbo
Birth nameChandler A. Great
Also known asTurbo the Great
Born (1994-08-09) August 9, 1994 (age 29) [1]
College Park, Georgia, U.S.
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Years active2013–present
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Chandler A. Great (born August 9, 1994), [4] [5] professionally known as Turbo, is an American record producer and songwriter. He is best known for his production with Young Thug, Travis Scott, Gunna, Nav, and Lil Baby.

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He executive produced Gunna's debut studio album Drip or Drown 2 with fellow record producer Wheezy. [6] The album premiered at No. 1 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [7]

Career

In 2017, Turbo produced several songs on We Want Smoke , a compilation album by artists signed to T.I.'s Grand Hustle Records. [8] He executive produced Drip Harder , [9] a collaborative mixtape by Gunna and Lil Baby released in 2018, and is the solo producer on four songs of the mixtape, [10] including "Never Recover" and "Close Friends" which were certified Platinum [11] [12] and "Drip Too Hard" which was certified Diamond. [13] He also produced "Slimed In" on Young Thug's compilation album Slime Language , released in 2018. [14] That same year, he produced on Gunna's third mixtape Drip Season 3 . [15] He also founded own his record production collective, The Playmakers. [16] [17]

In June 2019, he signed a co-publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music. [7] In 2020, he released Quarantine Clean with Young Thug and Gunna, which makes it the first song where Turbo is credited as lead artist.

In January 2024, musician Jamal Britt filed a lawsuit against Turbo and Warner Chappell Music due to misuse of Turbo's iconic "Run that back, Turbo" producer tag which was recorded by Britt, noting that he "was never given notice that his voice was being used, never properly credited for his contributions to the songs in question and was never compensated from any of the royalty payments, profits, or other income garnered from the exploitation of his recorded voice". [18]

Production discography

Charted singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US US
R&B/HH 		CAN IRE NZ
Hot 		SWE UK
"Drip Too Hard"
(Lil Baby and Gunna)		2018431054—9728 Drip Harder
"Yosemite"
(Travis Scott featuring Gunna and Nav)		251618——9293 Astroworld
"One Call"
(Gunna)		2019562378———— Drip or Drown 2
"Close Friends"
(Lil Baby)		281674———68Drip Harder
"Speed It Up"
(Gunna)		914396———— Drip or Drown 2
"Quarantine Clean"
(with Gunna and Young Thug)		2020————36
[19] 		——Non-album single
"Wunna"
(Gunna)		572479———83 Wunna
"Bachelor"
(with Gunna)		2023— [upper-alpha 1] 40——19
[21] 		——Non-album singles
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US US
R&B/HH 		CAN IRE UK
"Off White Vlone"
(Lil Baby and Gunna featuring Lil Durk and Nav)		2018542552—— Drip Harder
"Business Is Business"
(Lil Baby and Gunna)		612869——
"Belly"
(Lil Baby and Gunna)		803792——
"I Am"
(Lil Baby and Gunna)		9846———
"Never Recover"
(Lil Baby and Gunna featuring Drake)		159168946
"Miami"
(Tory Lanez featuring Gunna)		——89—88 Love Me Now?
"Wit It"
(Gunna)		20197536——— Drip or Drown 2
"3 Headed Snake"
(Gunna featuring Young Thug)		7435———
"Same Yung Nigga"
(Gunna featuring Playboi Carti)		9745———
"Top Floor"
(Gunna featuring Travis Scott)		2020552273—90 Wunna

Production credits

TitleArtistAlbumYear
"Do It By Myself" [22] Young Thug non-album single2016
"Big Pimpin"Shad Da GodFree the Goat
"Smoke Tree" Bankroll Mafia Bankroll Mafia
"What Money About"
"Who Gone Check Me" Hustle Gang We Want Smoke 2017
"Gateway"
"Beat the Case" (featuring Offset) Gunna Drip Season 2
"Hurry" Lil Baby Too Hard
"Bubble Chevy"Shad Da GodGod Gang
"We Did It"
"Where Ya Been"Johnny CincoI Swear 22018
"Off The Rip" (featuring BlocBoy JB) [23] Hoodrich Pablo Juan non-album single
"Extortion" (featuring Shy Glizzy)EverDestined for Greatness
"Slimed In"Young Thug Slime Language
"Feeling" (featuring Spodee)non-album single
"Off White Vlone" (featuring Lil Durk and Nav)Lil Baby and Gunna Drip Harder
"Belly"
"Style Stealer"
"Close Friends"
"Drip Too Hard"
"Business Is Business"
"My Jeans" (featuring Young Thug)
"Never Recover" (with Drake)
"Seals Pills"
"Sold Out Dates" (featuring Lil Baby) [24] non-album single
"Oh Okay" (featuring Lil Baby and Young Thug) [24] Drip Season 3
"Almighty" (featuring Hoodrich Pablo Juan)
"At the Hotel"
"Spending Addiction"
Yosemite Travis Scott Astroworld
"Zoom"non-album single
"Bank" (featuring Moneybagg Yo)Lil Baby Harder Than Ever
"Walk In" (Lil Baby) [25] Rylo RodriguezGift From the Ghetto
"Safe House" Lil Yachty Birthday Mix 3
"Last of the Real"Jose Guaponon-album single
"Eat" (featuring Gunna) Nav Reckless
"Dubai Plates" (featuring Gunna)Key Glocknon-album single
"Do You Understand" [26] Shy Glizzy non-album single
"Invisible" (featuring Young Thug) [27] Shad Da GodCity of God
"Bank" (featuring MoneyBagg Yo)Lil BabyHarder Than Ever
"Kick Down Yo Door" (featuring Hoodrich Pablo Juan) [28] MPR TitoRixh Blxxd
"Still the Subject" Strick Risk=Reward 2
"Gucci Socks" (featuring Gunna)Young JordanSlicey
"Grimlin"
"All of Em"
"Wat U On" (featuring Gunna)MoneyBagg YoBet On Me
"Eye Witness"King Shooternon-album single
"Bacc 2 Jail" 03 Greedo God Level
"Praying to God"
"I Told Em" [29] Lil Gotit TBA2019
"Turbo" [30] Q Da Foolnon-album single
"4 Real" YNW Melly non-album single
"Back2Back" (featuring Gunna & Young Thug) [31] Cheat CodeYanna
“Foreign”

(featuring YZERR & Tiji Jojo)

BAD HOPLift Off - EP
"Vibes On Vibes" [32] GunnaDrip or Drown 2
"Outstanding"
"Richard Millie Plain"
"Derek Fisher" (featuring Lil Baby)
"3 Headed Snake" (featuring Young Thug)
"Big Shot"
"On A Mountain"
"Out the Hood"
"Same Yung Nigga" (featuring Playboi Carti)
"Quarantine Clean"Gunna, Young Thug and himselfnon-album single2020
"ADDYS"(featuring Nechie)GunnaWunna
"I'm on Some"
"Far"(featuring Young Thug)
"Street Sweeper"(featuring Future)
"Florida Water" (featuring Gunna & Clix) FN Meka non-album single2022

Notes

  1. ↑ "Bachelor" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 21 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. [20]

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