Turbo (record producer)
Chandler Durham (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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| Birth name | Chandler Durham |
| Also known as | Turbo the Great |
| Born | August 9, 1994 [1] College Park, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
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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 3× Platinum.[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 Quarentine Clean with Young Thug and Gunna, which makes it the first song where Turbo is credited as lead artist.
Production discography
Charted singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B/HH |
CAN | IRE | 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 | ||||||||
| "Wunna" (Gunna) |
2020 | 57 | 24 | 79 | — | — | 83 | Wunna | |||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Production credits
| Title | Artist | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Do It By Myself"[18] | 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)[19] | 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)[20] | non-album single | ||
| "Oh Okay" (featuring Lil Baby and Young Thug)[20] | 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)[21] | 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"[22] | Shy Glizzy | non-album single | |
| "Invisible" (featuring Young Thug)[23] | Shad Da God | City of God | |
| "Bank" (featuring MoneyBagg Yo) | Lil Baby | Harder Than Ever | |
| "Kick Down Yo Door" (featuring Hoodrich Pablo Juan)[24] | 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"[25] | Lil Gotit | TBA | 2019 |
| "Turbo"[26] | Q Da Fool | non-album single | |
| "4 Real" | YNW Melly | non-album single | |
| "Back2Back" (featuring Gunna & Young Thug)[27] | Cheat Code | Yanna | |
| "Vibes On Vibes"[28] | 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) |
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