MusicTalks
12/23/08, 07:54 AM
Soulja Boy - iSouljaBoyTellem
Record Label: Collipark Music / Interscope
Release Date: December 16, 2008
Unless you’ve been under a rock or at the North Pole or you were one of the passengers on Oceanic flight 815, you’ve most certainly heard of Soulja Boy and his internet-sensation-turned-multi-platinum song “Crank That.” And if you’ve heard it, I’m sure you wished you were, in fact, under a rock, at the North Pole or one of the passengers on Oceanic flight 815. It was one of the biggest songs in the last few years, proof that you can suck really hard and still have a hit record and make a few dollars. Soulja Boy went on to receive a Grammy nomination for the song, proof that you can also suck really hard and still get nominated for a Grammy. Just ask Macy Gray, she can attest to that. So, with the success of that one song, he released two albums featuring the single in 2007. With his newest album, iSouljaBoyTellem, one can’t be sure what he was hoping to accomplish, other than a boycott on his music altogether or an all out feud with the hip-hop industry.
What one can be sure of is that the album is a complete disaster. ”Crank That” might have been annoying, but it was catchy. The whole free world knew the lyrics, and if you knew the lyrics, you damn sure knew the dance. iSouljaBoyTellem is probably, all things considered, the worst album in the history of rap music. In fact, I would be cheeky enough to put it at the top of my list for worst albums ever made. Aside from lyrics and song titles that make absolutely no sense, he has the ever annoying habit of referring to himself in the third person and/or simply saying his name over and over and over again, until you want to bang your head against a brick wall, bang his head against a brick wall, or even both. He probably says “Soulja Boy Tell’em” about a thousand times in sixteen songs, and that’s not a joke. It’s rare that I can listen to an album and not find one good thing about it, but this is an exception. There wasn’t one even semi-decent track on the album. Every song is worse than the previous. It sounds like a bunch of kids who broke into a studio and just recorded themselves vomiting at the mouth. On second thought, that’s exactly what it is. I almost turned the album off eight songs into, but I figured that the rest of the album couldn’t possibly be as horrific as the first? I’ve never been so wrong.
The album didn’t even warrant a second spin. I had heard all I needed. So, in the end, that’s really all I can say about the album. If someone says different, I’m certain they’re deaf, dumb, or Soulja Boy’s mother. But honestly, I even bet she can’t stand this trash. It makes me want to go up to Ice-T and just shake his hand.
a flaming bag of shit; horrible music; contributing to the death of hip-hop; punching babies; being terrible
myspace.com/souljaboytellem (http://www.myspace.com/souljaboytellem)
Record Label: Collipark Music / Interscope
Release Date: December 16, 2008
Unless you’ve been under a rock or at the North Pole or you were one of the passengers on Oceanic flight 815, you’ve most certainly heard of Soulja Boy and his internet-sensation-turned-multi-platinum song “Crank That.” And if you’ve heard it, I’m sure you wished you were, in fact, under a rock, at the North Pole or one of the passengers on Oceanic flight 815. It was one of the biggest songs in the last few years, proof that you can suck really hard and still have a hit record and make a few dollars. Soulja Boy went on to receive a Grammy nomination for the song, proof that you can also suck really hard and still get nominated for a Grammy. Just ask Macy Gray, she can attest to that. So, with the success of that one song, he released two albums featuring the single in 2007. With his newest album, iSouljaBoyTellem, one can’t be sure what he was hoping to accomplish, other than a boycott on his music altogether or an all out feud with the hip-hop industry.
What one can be sure of is that the album is a complete disaster. ”Crank That” might have been annoying, but it was catchy. The whole free world knew the lyrics, and if you knew the lyrics, you damn sure knew the dance. iSouljaBoyTellem is probably, all things considered, the worst album in the history of rap music. In fact, I would be cheeky enough to put it at the top of my list for worst albums ever made. Aside from lyrics and song titles that make absolutely no sense, he has the ever annoying habit of referring to himself in the third person and/or simply saying his name over and over and over again, until you want to bang your head against a brick wall, bang his head against a brick wall, or even both. He probably says “Soulja Boy Tell’em” about a thousand times in sixteen songs, and that’s not a joke. It’s rare that I can listen to an album and not find one good thing about it, but this is an exception. There wasn’t one even semi-decent track on the album. Every song is worse than the previous. It sounds like a bunch of kids who broke into a studio and just recorded themselves vomiting at the mouth. On second thought, that’s exactly what it is. I almost turned the album off eight songs into, but I figured that the rest of the album couldn’t possibly be as horrific as the first? I’ve never been so wrong.
The album didn’t even warrant a second spin. I had heard all I needed. So, in the end, that’s really all I can say about the album. If someone says different, I’m certain they’re deaf, dumb, or Soulja Boy’s mother. But honestly, I even bet she can’t stand this trash. It makes me want to go up to Ice-T and just shake his hand.
a flaming bag of shit; horrible music; contributing to the death of hip-hop; punching babies; being terrible
myspace.com/souljaboytellem (http://www.myspace.com/souljaboytellem)