"Lil Jon, who with his Eastside Boyz released the hit song “Get Low” in 2003, has been working on his upcoming album “Crunk Rock” for the past five years. His progress was interrupted by the 2008 Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of his record label, TVT Records, which he told the Associated Press was one of the toughest times of his musical career and led him to go on hiatus from recording. As Bankruptcy Beat has previously reported, Lil Jon (real name: Jonathan Smith) had taken a vocal role in the bankruptcy proceeding, objecting to the label’s asset sale to digital music distributor The Orchard. The buyer’s founder, Richard Goettehrer, told Bankruptcy Beat earlier this year that “the feeling between TVT and Lil Jon was not the best,” leading The Orchard to release him from his contract. According to Billboard, he signed with Universal Republic, under which he’ll be releasing his new album early next year."