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Birth name | Chandler A. Great |
Also known as | Turbo the Great |
Born | [1] College Park, Georgia, U.S. | August 9, 1994
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Years active | 2013–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.
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]
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]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||||
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US | US R&B/HH | CAN | IRE | NZ Hot | SWE | UK | ||||||||||
"Drip Too Hard" (Lil Baby and Gunna) | 2018 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 54 | — | 97 | 28 | Drip Harder | |||||||
"Yosemite" (Travis Scott featuring Gunna and Nav) | 25 | 16 | 18 | — | — | 92 | 93 | Astroworld | ||||||||
"One Call" (Gunna) | 2019 | 56 | 23 | 78 | — | — | — | — | Drip or Drown 2 | |||||||
"Close Friends" (Lil Baby) | 28 | 16 | 74 | — | — | — | 68 | Drip Harder | ||||||||
"Speed It Up" (Gunna) | 91 | 43 | 96 | — | — | — | — | Drip or Drown 2 | ||||||||
"Quarantine Clean" (with Gunna and Young Thug) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | 36 [19] | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||
"Wunna" (Gunna) | 57 | 24 | 79 | — | — | — | 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. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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US | US R&B/HH | CAN | IRE | UK | |||
"Off White Vlone" (Lil Baby and Gunna featuring Lil Durk and Nav) | 2018 | 54 | 25 | 52 | — | — | Drip Harder |
"Business Is Business" (Lil Baby and Gunna) | 61 | 28 | 69 | — | — | ||
"Belly" (Lil Baby and Gunna) | 80 | 37 | 92 | — | — | ||
"I Am" (Lil Baby and Gunna) | 98 | 46 | — | — | — | ||
"Never Recover" (Lil Baby and Gunna featuring Drake) | 15 | 9 | 16 | 89 | 46 | ||
"Miami" (Tory Lanez featuring Gunna) | — | — | 89 | — | 88 | Love Me Now? | |
"Wit It" (Gunna) | 2019 | 75 | 36 | — | — | — | Drip or Drown 2 |
"3 Headed Snake" (Gunna featuring Young Thug) | 74 | 35 | — | — | — | ||
"Same Yung Nigga" (Gunna featuring Playboi Carti) | 97 | 45 | — | — | — | ||
"Top Floor" (Gunna featuring Travis Scott) | 2020 | 55 | 22 | 73 | — | 90 | Wunna |
Title | Artist | Album | Year |
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"Do It By Myself" [22] | Young Thug | non-album single | 2016 |
"Big Pimpin" | Shad Da God | Free 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 God | God Gang | |
"We Did It" | |||
"Where Ya Been" | Johnny Cinco | I Swear 2 | 2018 |
"Off The Rip" (featuring BlocBoy JB) [23] | Hoodrich Pablo Juan | non-album single | |
"Extortion" (featuring Shy Glizzy) | Ever | Destined 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 Rodriguez | Gift From the Ghetto | |
"Safe House" | Lil Yachty | Birthday Mix 3 | |
"Last of the Real" | Jose Guapo | non-album single | |
"Eat" (featuring Gunna) | Nav | Reckless | |
"Dubai Plates" (featuring Gunna) | Key Glock | non-album single | |
"Do You Understand" [26] | Shy Glizzy | non-album single | |
"Invisible" (featuring Young Thug) [27] | Shad Da God | City of God | |
"Bank" (featuring MoneyBagg Yo) | Lil Baby | Harder Than Ever | |
"Kick Down Yo Door" (featuring Hoodrich Pablo Juan) [28] | MPR Tito | Rixh Blxxd | |
"Still the Subject" | Strick | Risk=Reward 2 | |
"Gucci Socks" (featuring Gunna) | Young Jordan | Slicey | |
"Grimlin" | |||
"All of Em" | |||
"Wat U On" (featuring Gunna) | MoneyBagg Yo | Bet On Me | |
"Eye Witness" | King Shooter | non-album single | |
"Bacc 2 Jail" | 03 Greedo | God Level | |
"Praying to God" | |||
"I Told Em" [29] | Lil Gotit | TBA | 2019 |
"Turbo" [30] | Q Da Fool | non-album single | |
"4 Real" | YNW Melly | non-album single | |
"Back2Back" (featuring Gunna & Young Thug) [31] | Cheat Code | Yanna | |
“Foreign” (featuring YZERR & Tiji Jojo) | BAD HOP | Lift Off - EP | |
"Vibes On Vibes" [32] | Gunna | Drip 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 himself | non-album single | 2020 |
"ADDYS"(featuring Nechie) | Gunna | Wunna | |
"I'm on Some" | |||
"Far"(featuring Young Thug) | |||
"Street Sweeper"(featuring Future) | |||
"Florida Water" (featuring Gunna & Clix) | FN Meka | non-album single | 2022 |
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