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Souljaboytellem.com is the first and major-label debut studio album by the American rapper Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, released on October 2, 2007. (see 2007 in hip hop) The album features the hit single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)", as well as guest appearances by Arab and i15.

.[2] The tracks "Sidekick" and "Don't Get Mad" were produced by The Package and Mr. Collipark, while "Soulja Girl" was produced by Los Vegaz and Mr. Collipark. The tracks "Bapes" and "Booty Meat" are both from his original album Unsigned & Still Major: Da Album Before da Album.

Singles

Soulja Boy has released five singles from this album. The first was "Crank That (Soulja Boy)", the single topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks.[3] The second single, "Soulja Girl" was released in October, the song received immediate success in U.S., but went almost unnoticed in other countries. Quite a few covers have been made of the song, including the two deathcore versions.

On January 16, 2008, the music video for the third official single "Yahhh!" premiered on BET, there is also a short video for "Report Card" after "Yahhh!". The fourth single, "Let Me Get 'em" was released in February 2008 with a black and white video. After the video, a short video for "Snap and Roll" was shown. "Donk" was the fifth single from the album, and found little success on the U.S. Billboard R&B and Rap charts. The singles, apart from "Soulja Girl", were reproduced by Mr. Collipark with better quality than the original and made clean for their music videos.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Blender[4]
Entertainment Weekly(D-)[5]
Exclaim!(negative)[6]
Okayplayer(40/100)[7]
PopMatters[8]
RapReviews[9]
Robert Christgau(A-)[10]
Sputnikmusic[11]

According to website aggregator Metacritic, souljaboytellem.com received mixed reviews from critics.[12] The most positive reviews came from Robert Christgau (an A-) and Allmusic's mildly favorable 3.5 (out of 5) star review. Negative reviews came from Entertainment Weekly, which called the album a "teenage wasteland filled with monotonously looped chants and agonizing blunt-force beats."[13] Entertainment Weekly reviewer Chris Willman ranked the album #1 on his list of the worst albums of 2007.[14] Sputnikmusic gave the album one star out of 5. The popular music site Rate Your Music lists it as the worst full length album of all time with a rating of 0.78 after 450 ratings.[15] The user score on Metacritic, 0.9 is the worst on the site as of Feb 2011.

Sales

In its first week, souljaboytellem.com debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 with 117,000 copies sold in the first week. As of October 2008, the album had sold over 949,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen Soundscan.[16]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Intro"Soulja Boy0:59
2."Crank That (Soulja Boy)"Soulja Boy3:41
3."Sidekick"Tha Package Store, Mr. Collipark3:59
4."Snap and Roll"Soulja Boy, DJ GB4:45
5."Bapes" (featuring Arab)Soulja Boy3:54
6."Let Me Get 'Em"Soulja Boy3:23
7."Donk"Soulja Boy3:15
8."Yahhh!" (featuring Arab)Soulja Boy, Savon Jacobs3:11
9."Pass It to Arab" (featuring Arab)Arab3:57
10."Soulja Girl" (featuring i15)Los Vegaz, Mr. Collipark3:07
11."Booty Meat"Soulja Boy3:36
12."Report Card" (featuring Arab)Soulja Boy, Butta3:44
13."She Thirsty"Tha Package Store, Mr. Collipark3:39
14."Don't Get Mad"Soulja Boy4:23
iTunes Bonus track
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
15."Nope"Soulja Boy, DJ GB2:35

Chart positions

Chart (2007) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 4
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 4
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums 1
New Zealand Albums chart 9

Samples

The bulk of the album was made utilizing the stock samples that come included with the program FL Studio. Many of these stock sounds are samples from other songs, like the open high-hat used on "Yahhh!", which is sampled from "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers. "Report Card" samples "We Fly High" by Jim Jones and "Throw Some D's" by Rich Boy and "Soulja Girl" is thought to interpolate "Linus and Lucy".[17]

References

  1. ^ a b Jeffries, David. "Souljaboytellem.com : Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  2. ^ "Rap City" (September 2007). BET.
  3. ^ "Soulja of hip-hop". South Bend Tribune. December 23. 2009. Retrieved August 19, 2010. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Catucci, Nick (July 13, 2007). "Souljaboytellem.com - Blender". Blender. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  5. ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (October 5, 2007). "Souljaboytellem.com:Music Review:Entertainment Weekly". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  6. ^ Muldoon, Tara (November 2007). "Beats & Rhymes:Soulja Boy". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  7. ^ Griff (October 10, 2007). "Soulja Boy:Souljaboytellem.com". Okayplayer. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  8. ^ Sawdey, Evan (September 30, 2007). "Soulja Boy Tellem: Souljaboytellem.com < Reviews : PopMatters". Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  9. ^ Juon, Steve (October 2, 2007). "Soulja Boy's SouljaBoyTellEm.com < Reviews : RapReviews". Retrieved August 31, 2009.
  10. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau:Album:Soulja Boy Tell'Em:Souljaboytellem.com". Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  11. ^ Munro, Tyler (September 30, 2007). "Soulja Boy - Souljaboytellem.com Review - sputnikmusic". Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  12. ^ [1]"Souljaboytellem.com- by Souljaboytellem."
  13. ^ EW.com - Review of Souljaboytellem.com (October 5, 2007)
  14. ^ "The Best (and Worst) Albums of 2007". WORST 1. ... If you're seeking a circle of hell lower than the one in which "Crank That" is ubiquitous, listen to his entire album. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |quote= at position 6 (help)
  15. ^ [2]"Bottom Albums of All-time"
  16. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/rap-albums?chartDate=2007-11-24#/news/soulja-boy-walks-the-walk-on-new-album-1003875639.story
  17. ^ "Soulja Boy: In Loco Parentis". PopMatters. April 2, 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2010.

External links

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