By March 2008, the problems with TVT had intensified, with record label TVT described by MTV as having gone from "having money to burn to being on the verge of folding", and Lil Jon said to have experienced legal issues with the label over money. While work on the album was interrupted, with Lil Jon citing the stress of the TVT situation as causing him to taking a complete break from recording the album, he had worked with other artists such as Flo Rida and Pharrell Williams, and had done production work on E-40's "Ball Street Journal" album. The TVT label filed for bankruptcy in February 2008, putting the album's release into doubt. By August 2008, Lil' Jon had freed himself from his contract with TVT, giving him the rights to the master recordings for "Crunk Rock", in return for dropping his objection to the sale of TVT's assets to The Orchard Group. He restarted work on the album and stated that he was considering a new 'World Music' direction for the album and a possible change of title, saying "I'm touching so many different kinds of people on this album as well as keeping my core fan base at the same time." In October 2008, Lil Jon signed to Universal Republic and the album was rescheduled for a release in early 2009. In March 2009, two mixtapes appeared from Lil' Jon, "Rockbox Vol. 1 and 2", with "Rolling Stone" announcing that "Crunk Rock" was expected later in 2009. Indeed, the second volume closed with Jon stating "Crunk Rock coming sooooooon".