Shut It Down

This is a track from Canadian hip hop artist Drake's debut album, Thank Me Later.

This song about "empowering females" was produced by Omen (Fabolous, Julez Santana, Ludacris). The Harlem-based producer told Billboard magazine that the track came about when he teamed up with Drake's long-time musical collaborator, 40, and together they came up with the production. Omen explained: "I was working on some drum patterns and 40 had the melody going. 40 is very skilled and has a crazy ear for obscure sounds and chords. It took us the whole night to come up with the track, but we finished it and played it for Drake the next day, who already had the song's concept."

Omen recalled to Billboard that "Drake said he had a song idea called 'Shut It Down' aimed at club-going females. When they go out and they get dressed up and put their makeup on and get their hair done, they have the capacity to shut the club down."