Souljaboytellem.com

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Souljaboytellem.com
Studio album by Soulja Boy
Released October 2, 2007[1]
Recorded 2007
Genre Southern hip hop, snap, crunk
Length 49:25
Label Collipark, Interscope
Producer Soulja Boy (exec.), Mr. Collipark (exec), The Package Store (exec.), DJ GB, Savon Jacobs, Arab, Los Vegaz, Butta
Soulja Boy chronology

Unsigned & Still Major: Da Album Before da Album
(2007)		 Souljaboytellem.com
(2007)		 iSouljaBoyTellem
(2008)
Singles from Souljaboytellem.com
  1. "Crank That (Soulja Boy)"
    Released: May 2, 2007
  2. "Soulja Girl"
    Released: October 1, 2007
  3. "Yahhh!"
    Released: December 31, 2007
  4. "Donk"
    Released: May 4, 2008

Souljaboytellem.com is the debut studio album by the American rapper Soulja Boy. It was released on October 2, 2007. The album featured the hit single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)", as well as guest appearances by Arab, and i15.

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. "Pass it to Arab" features, and produced by Arab, and the remaining tracks were produced by Soulja Boy himself. 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 seven weeks.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Blender [3]
Entertainment Weekly (D)[4]
Exclaim! (negative)[5]
Okayplayer (40/100)[6]
PopMatters 3/10[7]
RapReviews (3/10)[8]
Robert Christgau (A-)[9]
Sputnikmusic [10]

According to website aggregator Metacritic, souljaboytellem.com received mixed to negative reviews from critics.[11] 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."[12] Entertainment Weekly reviewer Chris Willman ranked the album #1 on his list of the worst albums of 2007.[13] Sputnikmusic gave the album one star out of 5. The popular music site Rate Your Music lists it among the worst full length albums of all time with a rating of 0.78 after 450 ratings.[14] The user score on Metacritic, 0.6 is the worst on the site as of Feb 2011.

Sales

souljaboytellem.com debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart with 117,000 copies sold in the first week. The album has since sold 949,000 copies in the US according to Nielsen Soundscan.[15]

Track listing

No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Intro"  Soulja Boy 0:59
2. "Crank That (Soulja Boy)"  Soulja Boy 3:41
3. "Sidekick"  The Package Store, Mr. Collipark 3:59
4. "Snap and Roll"  Soulja Boy 3:45
5. "Bapes" (featuring Arab)Soulja Boy 3:54
6. "Let Me Get 'Em"  Soulja Boy 3:22
7. "Donk"  Soulja Boy 3:13
8. "Yahhh!" (featuring Arab)Soulja Boy 3:10
9. "Pass It to Arab" (featuring Arab)Arab 3:58
10. "Soulja Girl" (featuring i15)Los Vegaz, Mr. Collipark 3:07
11. "Booty Meat"  Soulja Boy 3:36
12. "Report Card" (featuring Arab)Soulja Boy 3:42
13. "She Thirsty"  Soulja Boy 3:39
14. "Don't Get Mad"  The Package Store, Mr. Collipark 4:20
Total length:
 49:25

Chart positions

Chart (2007) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 4
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 4
US 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. "Soulja Girl" is thought to interpolate "Linus and Lucy".[16]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jeffries, David. "Souljaboytellem.com : Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2009. 
  2. ↑ "Soulja of hip-hop". South Bend Tribune. December 23, 2009. Retrieved August 19, 2010. 
  3. ↑ Catucci, Nick (July 13, 2007). "Souljaboytellem.com - Blender". Blender. Retrieved August 23, 2009. 
  4. ↑ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (October 5, 2007). "Souljaboytellem.com:Music Review:Entertainment Weekly". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 23, 2009. 
  5. ↑ Muldoon, Tara (November 2007). "Beats & Rhymes:Soulja Boy". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 23, 2009. 
  6. ↑ Griff (October 10, 2007). "Soulja Boy:Souljaboytellem.com". Okayplayer. Retrieved August 23, 2009. 
  7. ↑ Sawdey, Evan (September 30, 2007). "Soulja Boy Tellem: Souljaboytellem.com < Reviews : PopMatters". Retrieved August 23, 2009. 
  8. ↑ Juon, Steve (October 2, 2007). "Soulja Boy's SouljaBoyTellEm.com < Reviews : RapReviews". Retrieved August 31, 2009. 
  9. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau:Album:Soulja Boy Tell'Em:Souljaboytellem.com". Retrieved August 23, 2009. 
  10. ↑ Munro, Tyler (September 30, 2007). "Soulja Boy - Souljaboytellem.com Review - sputnikmusic". Retrieved August 23, 2009. 
  11. ↑ "Souljaboytellem.com- by Souljaboytellem."
  12. ↑ EW.com - Review of Souljaboytellem.com (October 5, 2007)
  13. ↑ "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." 
  14. ↑ "Bottom Albums of All-time"
  15. ↑ "Rap Albums". Billboard.com. 2007-11-24. Retrieved 2012-03-10. 
  16. ↑ "Soulja Boy: In Loco Parentis". PopMatters. April 2, 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2010. 

External links

Soulja Boy
Studio albums
Singles
Featured singles
Promotional singles
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  • Collipark Music
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