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Flo Rida Feat. David Guetta

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Flo Rida Feat. David Guetta

Why we feature this artist A rap performance that keeps the room moving Club Can't Handle Me puts Flo Rida's quick verbal movement inside a broad David Guetta production. The 2010 single makes the spaces between a rap phrase and a sung return feel as important…

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United States, France
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Hip-hop, dance-pop

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The story of Flo Rida Feat. David Guetta

Why we feature this artist

A rap performance that keeps the room moving

Club Can't Handle Me puts Flo Rida's quick verbal movement inside a broad David Guetta production. The 2010 single makes the spaces between a rap phrase and a sung return feel as important as the size of the chorus itself.

The Only One Flo setting

The original Atlantic credits place the recording on Only One Flo (Part 1), with Guetta and Frédéric Riesterer producing and Giorgio Tuinfort programming. Guetta's featured billing marks his place within the recording team. The single became a British number one during the summer of 2010.

Inside the boast

The title imagines a performer whose energy exceeds the room, but the delivery has enough ease to keep the claim playful. Flo Rida's phrases move across a production whose main outlines are deliberately simple and large. That contrast gives the track activity at two scales: small rhythmic turns inside the verses and an obvious communal release around the refrain. The song's cheerful excess depends on both, with the rapper supplying movement even when the beat is holding its ground.

Essential releases

2010

Club Can't Handle Me

Sources and further reading

Atlantic — original Club Can't Handle Me studio personnel

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Flo Rida — original official video and album presentation

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Official Charts — original single history

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YGEN — Flo Rida and David Guetta recording profile

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