 Mark Iraheta of Complex magazine called " Turn Up the Music " a " soon @-@ to @-@ be smash " that will see Brown making " substantial damage on the Top 100 charts " . Robbie Daw of Idolator described the song as " energetic " and wrote that it follows in the footsteps of Brown 's past hits " Forever " ( 2008 ) and " Yeah 3x " , " but with more dancefloor urgency " . Daw concluded by writing that the song " should please the same crowd " that listen to the music of LMFAO , Kesha and Lady Gaga . Melinda Newman of HitFix described " Turn Up the Music " as a cousin to LMFAO 's " Party Rock Anthem " ( 2011 ) , and called it " an absolute smash " . Scott Shelter of PopCrush awarded the song three and a half stars out of four , and noted its similarities to the work of David Guetta and LMFAO . Shetler also commented that the production was lacking originality and the song " isn 't going to blow anyone away from a lyrical perspective " . Andrew Martin of Prefix magazine was critical of the song , writing that it sounds like a left over track from Guetta 's album Nothing but the Beat ( 2011 ) . At the 2012 BET Awards , " Turn Up the Music " was nominated for the Viewer 's Choice Award . 
