Memorial Day Weekend in Las Vegas is the one time when “Turn Down for What” is a truly legitimate question. In order to properly gear up for the biggest club weekend of the year,Las Vegas Weekly spent some quality time with producer/rapper/DJ/instant-party-in-sunglasses Lil Jon, who’s igniting the weekend at brand-new nightclub Jewel Friday night.

Jewel’s only been open for a week, and not only did you DJ a set last Monday night, you also just kicked off your About Last Night parties at Hakkasan. Yeah, that was pretty crazy. I’ve never started my set off in the audience so it was pretty cool to do that. I started at a customer’s table, basically, and jumped up on the riser. There’s a bunch of stuff we’re doing [at Hakkasan], down to the staff wearing different outfits people are not used to seeing. It’s going to be a great party.

You’ve had residencies and played at lots of Vegas clubs in recent years. It seems like you’re always at the new, cool spot. I guess I’m pretty lucky. But people think the DJ just shows up and does his thing. For me, it’s work. I take a lot of pride in coming in and checking out the venue early, seeing the vibe, what might not work, what will work, studying. I spend a lot of time [online] getting new music and making my own special edits to my set. I put a lot of work into what I do.

Will you adjust your set a lot to play this more intimate space at Jewel compared to a bigger club like Hakkasan? All DJs love small clubs. I grew up doing house parties, playing smaller spaces where there’s more energy and you’re closer to the people.

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