Juvenile explains why he and Paul Wall passed on Flo Rida’s hit Low
Juvenile disclosed that he and Paul Wall had previously rejected the instrumental for rap song ‘Low’ before it was remixed by Flo Rida and became a worldwide hit.
During a visit to DJ Hed’s Effective Immediately show with Mannie Fresh, one of his long-time partners, Juvie revealed that the T-Pain track was at first presented to both him and the Houston artist.
“If I sat here and told you how many songs went through my hands, you’d be like, ‘Wow,’” he told Hed. “I’ma give you a big one: ‘Apple Bottom jeans, boots with the fur.’ I ain’t want Apple Bottom jeans on the song. I said, ‘Man, you gotta take them Apple Bottom jeans off.’
“The song was originally Paul Wall’s. They put me on there as a feature but I flipped out on there a little bit, I went in on it. I recorded a verse on it. I’m clowning on the song, then they said, ‘Paul Wall don’t want the record.’”
He continued: “Then they said, ‘Do you want it?’ I’m like, ‘But the Apple Bottom jeans part.’ That [brand] was popular years before that. When the song came out, Apple Bottom jeans wasn’t even selling and I’m like, ‘Man, that’s a little outdated.’
“That’s the only part I had a problem with but I love the song, that’s why I did it.”