In the event you want a playlist to your subsequent journey, whether or not you’re flying to Las Vegas or street tripping up the coast, Lil Jon has bought you. In accordance with the Grammy winner, all of it comes all the way down to the vibes you wish to set to your journey.
“In the event you’re touring, the soundtrack is every little thing. It is dependent upon the place you are going. If you are going to Vegas, you wish to play some celebration tunes. You play ‘Get Low,’ play some EDM songs, play no matter you wish to hear that is going to show you up! However let’s say you are sightseeing, you are occurring a cross-country journey, you won’t wish to be as hyped. It is one thing extra R&B, 90s R&B, 2000s R&B, you recognize, chill. Or, I get right into a vibe the place I take heed to some Jon Batiste. I just like the album he put out lately known as ‘Beethoven Blues.’ Plenty of that kind of recent age piano music, that is good things. It simply is dependent upon the place you’re going, and the way hyped or how not hyped you wish to be.”
Lil Jon, born Jonathan Smith, actually has expertise with all kinds of journey, contemplating he has been touring constantly since 2000, everywhere in the world with the likes of Usher, Eminem, Ludacris, Ciara, and Akon (to call just a few). He additionally carried out on the Tremendous Bowl in 2024 when Usher headlined, and for his subsequent tour, beginning this month in Australia, he’ll carry out with Mariah Carey.
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Go-to room service order?
Postmates. Center Japanese meals, whenever you journey on the street, particularly internationally, is all the time a secure, wholesome wager. If I do get room service, I’ll get some form of fish dish.
Favourite business-class airline expertise?
I believe Singapore is the one with the suites? I believe that one. And, in fact, Emirates.
Go-to snack or drink order on the aircraft?
I typically take my very own yogurt, grapefruit, and that is just about it. Typically the meals aren’t for me, actually. I simply get fruit.
Favourite resort?
The One & Solely chain, usually, is my favourite resort. Actually anyplace on the planet you go to, a One & Solely property goes to be wonderful.
Greatest superstar journey companion?
E-40. E-40 can be an superior journey buddy as a result of he would all the time be saying some loopy lingo. And plus, he’s a superb dude.
Because of his many years of touring expertise, Lil Jon positively has just a few tips up his sleeve with regards to touring to a special time zone and nonetheless having the power to carry out for 1000’s. His high journey hack for jet lag—which he will certainly use in Australia—is an LED mild to assist reset his circadian rhythm. “Set it to the time zone you’re in. I carry that with me once I’m doing lengthy flights for 5 hours or extra, and I wish to recover from the jet lag faster,” he advised Journey + Leisure in a latest interview.
His different two jet lag hacks are to all the time push by the jet lag whenever you arrive someplace and to remain up as late as potential, as painful as it could be. He compares the exhaustion of jet lag to getting a punch within the face, however says it’s value staying up and getting on the brand new time zone.
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Although he has conquered jet lag, even celebrity rappers nonetheless need to cope with canceled flights and misplaced baggage. Only recently, after acting at a Cardinals half-time present in Arizona, he tried to make a flight to Vegas for one more gig. A flood alert shut down the airport, and his flight was delayed thrice—which he says is the magic quantity for it will definitely being canceled. His baggage was misplaced amidst all of the planes being diverted, they usually ended up having to drive to Vegas in the course of the evening.
When he does truly get on the aircraft, Lil Jon listens to binaural beats—with two tones at barely completely different frequencies which are performed concurrently in every ear—to assist him calm down and be calm on the flight. He additionally listens to the sounds of rain and the ocean. Lil Jon, who has a meditation album popping out this month, stated, “The binaural beats truly provide help to to get a deeper sleep than you usually would on a aircraft, since you do not actually relaxation on the aircraft. However you get some relaxation whenever you hear, when you’ll be able to go into that REM sleep”.
Hyundai
After Australia, Lil Jon could also be focusing extra on street journeys as a substitute of long-haul flights. The Atlanta native simply partnered with Hyundai for his or her “I See You” advertising and marketing marketing campaign for the 2026 Hyundai Palisade Hybrid. He had by no means skilled a Hyundai earlier than, however he spent a whole lot of time within the modern new automobile to shoot the industrial for the advert. “I used to be extremely impressed with the luxurious of the automobile, the look of the automobile. I really like the best way the grill is on the automobile, the colour of the automobile, the inside of the automobile, the sprint has a pleasant large display screen inside, not too large, not too little, proper?” Throw in an amazing sound system for that excellent journey playlist, and Lil Jon is about.