Songfacts®:

• Here, JID teams-up with fellow Atlanta rappers 21 Savage and Baby Tate for a hard-hitting cut. JID and Savage kick things off, spitting raw verses about their street life on some heavy beats. Then Tate slides in, bringing sultry R&B vibes. The beat then switches up as JID delivers chest-thumping rapid-fire bars over a bass-heavy, woozy instrumentation.
• Get this strap, if it happen to blow, it make surround sounds
  
  With "strap" slanging for a personal firearm, JID throws it out there that if it accidentally pops off, it's going to make "surround" sounds. The term "surround" does double duty here, indicating the actual sound of the piece and also meaning he's dropping some serious rounds.
• Frequent JID collaborator Christo and Florida producer DJ Scheme created the beat with Nuri. The song opens with a snippet of Aretha Franklin's 1965 single "One Step Ahead," setting the stage for the producers to craft the beat around the soulful sample.
• In her song, Aretha is a step ahead dodging heartbreak. JID draws parallels to staying ahead in the streets, one step ahead of the competition.
• "Surround Sound" was first teased as a song between JID and DJ Scheme in a tweet on April 5, 2020. JID released it on January 14, 2022, as the lead single from his third studio album The Forever Story. It peaked at #90 on the Hot 100.
• Towards the end of 2023, the track got a second wind, blowing up on TikTok thanks to the "Ceiling Challenge." In this trend, creators stick their phones on the wall and bust moves toward the camera.