Usher, Ludacris And Lil Jon Reteam 16 Years After ‘Yeah!’ For New Single ‘Sexbeat’

Sixteen (16) years after their 2004 hit song “Yeah!” – Usher, Lil Jon and Ludacris dropped a new single titled “SexBeat.” The tune once again has Lil Jon, shouting “Yeah!” behind the lyrics. You can listen to the new song below.

There’s “something about the way it makes me move, move,” Usher, sings in the chorus about a love interest’s so-called “sex beat.”

Hyping the song’s release on Instagram, Ludacris, called the new song “Certified Quarantine Music.” The rapper also wrote, “The 🌎 Asked For it, Now the 🌎 gets it Usher, Jon & Luda Did It Again 🔥.”

The release of the song’s studio version comes days after Lil Jon premiered the track on Sunday (April 5) during an online battle event hosted by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, in which the king of crunk faced off against T-Pain.

Lil Jon revealed during the stream that ‘SexBeat’ was recorded two years prior, and it took a lot of convincing for Usher to allow the rapper to premiere it over the stream.

Speaking about “Yeah!” back in 2004, Usher told The Today Show that most of its success can be attributed to hit-maker Lil Jon’s co-writing and producing work.

“The cool thing is the song went to No. 1 without a video,” said Usher at the time. “I was a fan of [Lil Jon’s] crunk sound. Creatively, R&B had never been associated with crunk. He wrote this record for me, and we cut it.”

He added: “We put the song out there only in hopes of warming the water up. But it got ahead of us.”

“SexBeat” is now available wherever you stream music. 

Photo credit: Usher, Ludacris, and Lil Jon in 2016 | Courtesy of Revolt TV | ETHAN MILLER/WIREIMAGE