Soulja Boy - iSouljaBoyTellEm

Now watch me rate youuuuuuuuuuuuu, as a zero you trash lol

Man, I was so ready for to top your rating for the Shop Boyz's "Rockstar Mentality."

Charles Hamilton seriously needs to stop wasting his breathe with this kid.

was of your picks really " i pray" ? i listened to that song... and I have to say I personally think thats the worse song on the album. The production has too much overall noise and the hook has to be top 10 worst hooks all time of hip hop. but anyways... the album is overall isnt that good though its a 1.5 star album, so i'll give it two, generously.

terrible.

The clock spins & Soulja Boy's 15 minutes of fame are almost (if already) up. The guy should probably look into being a full time producer, instead of bothering trying to sing or rap (watever he does). Im not sayin he's a hero behind the boards (and i know most of the production on this album are by others), but he's much better at it, then he is at performing.

Kiss Me Through The Phone is the only chance he's got of extending his fame.

1.5

other than kiss me through the phone - the album SUX !

should be called isoulijaboygamrbage

dis album is a joke he needs to step it up he got lucky with his first album idk how he went platinum this time it's ova 4 him

First of all, Nathan...DON'T YOU EVER, EVER, EEEEEVVVVVEERRRRR" diss my homies the Jonas Brothers like that! Are we clear? A'ight then.

Now....moving on....................

Album Review of Soulja Boy’s “iSOULJABOY”

By Michael Hannah a.k.a Young Son
In light of not being a bias music reviewer, we arrive here at my official musical review for none other than the self proclaimed “Teen of the South” SOULJA BOY TELL EM’ with his brand new, sophomore release “iSouljaboytellem”. I can’t say much more to introduce this except…this should be hilariously…either way you swing it.

We come in with a hard hitting beat on the intro “I’M BOUT THE STAX”. Soulja Boy takes no hesitation and comes in with a harder style flow than we’ve ever really heard him on a record for. I guess he’s been extensively listening to his Gucci Man lately so he can turn his swag up. By the third verse, he doesn’t sound too bad, though his voice is super annoying from the get go. The hook could get certain individuals hype from the energy in which he delivered it in. Overall, the track was a 3 minute and 20 second rap cliché.

BIRDWALK is subsequently “Crank Dat Part II” and truthfully, wasn’t that bad. I know that it won’t catch on as the addictive, “Bobby Brown’s favorite pastime” mega phenomenon “Crank Dat”, but it’s much less annoying and better formulated than a DJ UNK dance song. I’m sure we will see at least half of the amount of replica videos on YouTube and moderate success among the teen community.

Next, we move to TURN MY SWAG ON. This joint easily is my favorite Soulja Boy song to date. I really dug the video based on his comical “Rich N*gga Sh*t” YouTube show and it was actually a change of pace for a Soulja Boy song. I did admit at first it would have been better if he actually spit some rap verses, but the singing wasn’t bad and the overall content was decent. It can definitely be an anthem for some swaggered up people on their grind, doing their thing. Natural Disaster’s production really shined and definitely serves a hard hitting joint that even SouljaBoy haters wouldn’t mind bumping on blast in the vehicle. If you can’t listen to this song and at least say it’s decent, you are blatantly a hater.

GUCCI BANDANNA is the following track. Following his trend of the last album, Soulja Boy once again samples himself from a song that just came out (Bow Wow’s MACRO POLO). He serves up some confident, yet nonsense punchlines (“So much ice I got you looking like Chinese”……WTFlip?). Overall, the production is super simple. Gucci Mane has never been a rapper on my radar and his verse was just as elementary as Soulja Boy’s verse. By the time Shawty Lo’s verse finishes, you are officially sleep.

EAZY, another non-Soulja Boy production sounds semi-refreshing for S.B to rap over. Soulja Boy serves up some decent verses with some aggressive confidence. The flow is definitely a step up for S.B even though it ‘s not touching other rappers who pride themselves as lyricists in the game. The song is easily listenable though and not bad at all. Its visible Soulja Boy is not as bad as we thought he was. My favorite part was when he switched the hook at the end and said “Piece of Cake”. Even through all the hating, you have to admit that the boy makes his stardom look “eazy”. Oh wait…maybe because it is.
Next, we move to the new smash KISS ME THRU THE PHONE. Jim Jonsin’s production shines heavily, as well as Sammie’s very well sung hook. Soulja Boy serves up some tolerable verses. His intro lines definitely sound like someone’s been listening to Jesse McCartney’s “Right Where You Want Me” (Yeah, I’m a Jesse fan…so what?). You also can’t have a Soulja Boy female jam without some random catchy gibber at the end (dot dot, da, da, da, da, dot, dot). Overall, the track has great potential to be big on the charts.
Next comes another booty jam from S. Beezy called BOOTY GOT SWAG. This may be my favorite Soulja Boy production, as far as the beat, to date. The beat had a country/old school blues style sample in the beginning that led into a hard hitting beat that I can see many females with, as Wayne describes it, “coconut derriere” getting down to the joint just as successfully as songs like “Booty Meat” or “She Got A Donk” from the last album. I’ve seen this in action, for real. Females ate up tracks like that on the last album and they were in heavy rotation.
RUBBER BANDS were a bunch of annoying noise to me. The topic was super ignorant to me and the production was highly annoying. The lyrics were random stupid mess. (Fresher than a dog?) Not much more to say about the track than that.
Okay, now remember when I said this was going to be hilarious either way? Okay…well here goes why. The next track we embark on is the comical “HEY YOU THERE”. “What’s your problem guy!”. I was dying. I would suggest to listen to this song pronto if you want a great laugh. You are a lame with a stick up your you-know-what if you truthfully can listen to this song and be angry and say it’s not funny. In a funny British accent, Soulja Boy says some of the funniest garble ever. Man…comedy rap is always what’s up. I think that Soulja should make a whole album like this. He would be very successful in my opinion.
Soulja Boy gets his Plies on over some Polow the Don on YAMAHA MAMA. The production is not bad at all, especially the catchy Lil Wayne sample on parts of the hook from “Stunting like My Daddy”. The melodic vibe mixed with an awkward style from Sean Kingston was actually not bad and something I wouldn’t mind hearing on radio. This is definitely single material and another solid, decent, mediocre track from S.B.
WITH MY YUMS exhibited the same, monotonous production style from Soulja Boy and the vibe and lyrics sounds way too much like Marco Polo, Gucci Bandana AND EVERY OTHER SOULJA BOY SONG! It was a very boring track and easily forgettable. But sidebar…I’ve seen the Yums. The shows are actually pretty fly. The just need a better theme song. I guarantee they will sell heavily though. This song is slightly below sub-par, even for Soulja Boy, and certainly isn’t “I Got Me Some Bapes”.
We move to the next track GO HEAD. Juney Boomdata serves as a refreshing voice on the hook. (At first I thought Soulja Boy just made his voice more high pitched.). The hook is heavy with bass, and I’m sure some people might like joint. The production sounds real decent , though Soulja’s lyrics get no better. The standout part of the song is the catchy and choppy hook.
SHOPPIN’ SPREE if rapped by Young Jeezy may have had a higher potential to be a hit. The hook is semi-catchy. The beat “goes hard” as they say. Gucci served up a decent delivered verse, but the lyrics were about nothing. Yo Gotti served up the best verse on the track with some actual flow and structure to his lyrics, thought they still wasn’t anything about it to make you be like “Aww, fam snapped!”.
I first heard this on the Broken Equipment parody for Soulja Boy and I agreed then and there that this should be his new single. Behind “Turn My Swag On”, this is my second favorite joint from S.B. His lyrics were not bad (my lyrics get recycled, but your lyrics just garbage). I find it really hilarious how Soulja Boy is straight up real when he comes at his own lyrics (he’s done this before on the “Get Silly” Remix and “Marco Polo). He took a few shots at some “old, washed up rappers as well. (Lipton anyone?). This was a decent track and could successful to S.B if released as a single in the future.
WHOOP RICO sounded great….WHEN I HEARD IT IN 2004! Anyone peep the complete biting of the “Knuck If You Buck” beat. The concept (whooping some dude named Rico that they turned into a dance). It was a decent track though, and since they dang near duplicated a beat, I’m sure people won’t mind banging the beat, because it will bang in the vehicle. Whoever was on the second verses was way better than SouljaBoy. It almost should have been his track, because he outshined Soulja Boy completely. The hook was semi-catchy, so it should do okay.

The outro track I PRAY” has a hot, electric guitar sample. The hook was really bad and off key. Soulja Boy on the verses was pretty good though. This is the best attempt at an epic proportion track from him and the realest lyrics I’ve EVER heard from Soulja Boy. He really needs to make more stuff like this so we can understand his story and him as a person better before we spit in his face and hate so much. In his best imitation of a T.I style swag, Soulja Boy actually spit something from the heart that people should be able to feel.

Overall, I can say this: THE NEW ALBUM IS WAY BETTER THAN THE DEBUT. It’s not the greatest, but I will say he’s in the right direction. If he can somehow shake this initially plethora of haters he has and really start making more substantial music, he may be around for a while. I’d say don’t write him off just yet. I respect the man’s hustle. Ending everything, I can say…Soulja Boy has stepped it up, but still has many stories to climb.

Okay Seriously I Have Heard Ever Track On This Album By Something Called The Internet. And I got One Thing To Say. THERE AIN'T NO WAY IN HELL I WOULD BUY THIS ALBUM! This Album Is Straight Garbage. Yea His First Album I could Get Down With Not The Best Album Of That Year But There Where Like 4 Tracks That I Enjoyed On This One There Is One Track I Like And It Is The Last One Because You Sitting There Listening to The Last Track Going Thank GOD It Is Over. Sorry Soulja You Need To Go Back To Underground Music Like That Song "Just Got My Report Card(Throw Some D's)" Now That Was A Killer Song. His Old Song "Shootout" That Was A Good Song. His Old Song "I Got Me Some Bathin Apes" S**t After I Heard That Song I Bought Me Some Bathin Apes. Soulja Boy Ain't The Same With The Money He Got. What They Need To Do Is Take The Pretty Boys Money Send Him Back To Mississippi And Tell Him To Write Good Songs Or Don't Come Back.

its ok.

Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Garbaje son,

For Real, I think people need to take a different outlook on soulja boy as opposed to he is killing hip-hop, his music is garbage, it isnt hip-hop etc. Soulja Boy has ade it clear a number of times that he is an entertainer...not a lyrical god. He has also relesaed numerous videos responding to the fact that he does not care about what anyone thinks, he must be doing something right because almost everyone seems to hate him and you know what they say, if you dont have haterz then your not doing something right. I think his style can just only be accepted by certain people, everyone likes different things. Im not saying this is grammy award winning album of the year but. Kiss me thru the phone has a very smooth edge to it especially coming from the hook, soulja boys lyrics on it are not the greatest, but who was expecting that. It will hit the radio son and blow up. Birdwalk has alot of energy in it which you can expect form soulja boy, but yes its trying to work to hard off the success of crank that, still its not that bad. Hey you there, i dont know for some reason i love, yes its stupid and repeats the same 3 lines the whole time but if you just wanna have some fun and give it a chance you might end up liking it. Lastly Whoop Rico is freaking hot. I dont care what anyone says. My friends and I get down to that all the time. But like I said in my own opinion to many people just dont give soulja boy a chance, im not telling you how to listen to music or what you have to like but once again...hes an entertainer, not a lyricist. IF you dont like soulja boy that's fine but its no reason to trash him, but everyone has there own opinions. Im just saying mine. This album has some fun material but no, its not great. Will soulja boy last? I don't no, he has alot of drive thats for sure with his yums line, cartoon show and everything else he is doing so we will see

Lol Mims isnt dead either

youaaa 'll need to STOP using the same joke. i havent heard the album so im not gonna rate it yet..but once i hear i'll get back to this (sips ice tea) haha no pun intended.

o by the way so many ppl hate soulja boy but look at you guys all on the tip of his (insert profanity here) you spend so much time hatin on him its a shame. Oh and big ups to NATHAN S. on his write up my favorit was “wa me d ma bir wa.” THATS EXACTLY HOW THE SONG SOUNDS HAHA..i'll drop my thoughts once i hear the album i cant judge a cd by its cd cover. by the way i guess once he hit puberty he stopped writing on his shades

If you take this album from a strictly entertainment standpoint, and consider the fact that this young man is not trying to become the next Common or Lupe Fiasco ect.. then it really forces you to take a whole different outlook on the matter. He is not my favorite artist, I honestly cannot stand to listen to his music, but he has gained my respect as an entrepreneur 100%. That being said, this album receives 2STARS! MichaelHannah you reviewed this thing like it was your job son. Good work.

i no i already said it once but this shit is garbage

p.s. nate your right jonas brothers are garbage to

ok i'm back (sips ice tea) lemme drop my views on this:

I PRAY SOUNDS LIKE T.I. WHAT UP..

HEY YOU THERE.. mc hammer? D4L? the whisper song? a white guy singing a Lil Jon song? marilyn manson? it was funny then it got a little too rick james for me

Yamaha mama..middle school girls swoon

the SOULJA BOY TELLEM song..wrapped it up for me

this cd is for kids..its witty..its dancey..its cotton candy..its go to bed before 10 o'clock...thats my opinion

his music is entertaining no doubt but i'd rather just pass it on to my little sister.

i forgot to mention for all the soulja haters here..you'd probably like the CHARLES HAMILTON SOULJA BOY DISS..its an auto-tunes sonic the hamilton freestlye over "can't believe it" its called "word?aight" even gots a video. youtube it

hahaha lameleon i saw that the other day...im not even a soulja boy hater and that sh*t was halarious, if your going to watch that watch the charles hamilton speaks about soulja boy and then the soulja boy reply before you watch the diss video. good stuff haha

why is this even on here? I hope Charles Hamilton bodies this guy

Charles Hamilton Is Like A Lyrical Master Not As Good As Common But good And The Way He Kills Soulja Boy At This Dis Shit Is Hilarious. Honestly Does Soulja Think He'll Win Against Hamilton. I Mean Come On thats Like A Person Trying To Outrun The Ford GT. Its Impossable

poooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop

I LUV HIS ALBUM ISOULJABOYTELLEM , I LUV ALL THE SONG ON THE ALBUM , ANS SOULJABOY IZ MY MAN ALL DAY AND EVERYDAY

Soulja boy is a lost cause! He ain't never gon be a good rapper!
He may, however, become a decent producer if he lets “Crank That” go and explore new sounds (not different genres, the genre is fine, but please stop recycling)… but whenever he opens his mouth, it's all lost! Everything on this album that comes from his mouth is HORRIBLE to listen!

"Turn my swag on" is the best example of how bad Soulja Boy sounds on the mic: horrible flow/voice, pathetic lyrics and incredibly off-key (that shouldn't be a problem for a rapper, but he manages to make it one). And we’re talking about his best effort on the album, maybe!

I’m surprised you gave this trash such high rating Nathan, when you have a very adequate definition of it on your scale: barely listenable!
As for the excuses such as being an “entertainer”, please, try harder! Since when you could be weak and get away with it just because you’re an entertainer?

“There was a point in time when you could criticize an artist, and it was deemed as "constructive criticism." Now it seems like whenever a person says "I'm not feeling that," you are called a "hater" (shout out to Maino). But at some point in time you have to wonder, are these people really "hating" on me, or do I just need to step my game up. This is the case for one of Hip Hop's most controversial artists, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em.”

YOU PEOPLE ARE CRAZY IM BOUTS TO GO GET THAT ALBUM RIGHT NOW!!! YA DIGG???!?!? LOVE YOU SOULJA BOY!!

Not close to a classic, but it's not the worst album of all time.

2/5.

michealhannah, the song whoop rico wasnt soulja boy's song originally. it was by a group called the " showstoppaz" and they are signed to soulja boys label. soulja boy just stole the song for his album and added himself to it, thats why he sounds so out of place

This guy is a f'in joke!!! he has brought shame into the world of hip hop. Not only was his first hit song(crank dat) stolen from a neighboring Atlanta group he is quite possibly the stupidest person i know. And to sign with 50 cent, big mistake. 50 cent will juice you for your money and leave you in the gutter like the rest of the other g-unit flops. Except that this guy isn't even close to being as good as even Tony Yayo, who is quite possibly one of the worst artists of all time. Ok I'm just being a hater, but the sooner this guy leaves, the sooner hip hop can start to heal.

Oh and Z why are you reviewing this album and not EPMD's?!?!?!
It's kind of offensive.

This Dude Just Said Tony Yayo Sucks. Tony don't suck Tony Had A Great Album. And Another Person Up There Rated This Album Before He Bought It. People Need to Make Comments About The Album Not the Price Of Tea In China. I mean Soulja Boy is a very controversial artist. Why don't you make comments about his album and his other music not him as a person or other people. Just strictly his music.

i relaized after all soulja boys "beef" with charles hamilton that he is truly killing hiphop and is it blows me away how he can even come up with another album and people are investing money in him.....watch me do my birdwalk??? is that even serious?? platinum in a week? after hearing brooklyn girls by hamilton i realized he is immedeatly a better artists then him and well have a much longer more successful carrer because his lyrics are actually worth listining too. check out his new mixtape the pink lavalamp. 1 star sums up exsactly what soulja boy is...garbage

Soulja Boy is STRAIGHT GARBAGE... if I could give him no stars I would... So ill give him the next best.

This is all too hilarious for me!!! Excellent Review Nate! This is just way too funny. I would never and am never going to buy or download a soulja boy album....EVER! I don't even need a review or album to tell me that! HAHAHAHAHA!

I'm always amazed about how people on this site, and rappers such as Ice T and Scarface grant Soulja Boy the power to actually destroy a genre of music. I think it says more about the people here and those other rappers than it does about Soulja Boy. Even though I won't bother listening to this album, I gotta give Soulja Boy his props for keeping him on the tips of everyone's tongues.

terrible

IF EVERIONE WHO LIKE SOULJABOY STOoP TYPE LIKE DIS DEN MAYBE PPPLZ WULD TAKE U SERIOUSLY.

Hes nothing special but the album is still entertaining to play at a party or somthing

First off, great review by Nathan S! Next, I've never liked Soulja Boy and this album doesn't change my mind. Soulja Boy CAN'T rap, and this album just proved it! I agree with djblaze: I will never, EVER like Soulja Boy or spend money on his songs. EVER! Nuff Said!

wow u guys right alot of stuff lol michaelhannah needs to tone it down its not an essay lol. anyways soulja boy sucks period!i rate him -10