"I'm still around, I'm still doing my thing, and I've got a classic voice," says the hip-hop/dance producer.

Nearly eight years after last visiting the Top 10 of the Hot 100 chart as a lead act, Lil Jon returned last week with "Turn Down The What," his manic dance banger with DJ Snake, which jumped 15-10 on the tally. The surprise crossover hit, which also reaches No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart last week, is Lil Jon's first major hit as a lead artist since "Snap Yo Fingers" in 2006, and the producer tells Billboard that it "definitely feels good" to return to the Top 10 after years of experimenting with EDM music.

"Some people think I just disappeared off the face of the earth," says the 42-year-old Lil Jon, "but other people in the EDM world know that I've constantly been on hit records over the last couple years. It's great validation to the fact that I'm still around, I'm still doing my thing, and I've got a classic voice."

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