"If I wanted to, [I could] go that route and be respected [not for] my success ... respected [for] my music and my lyrics or whatever," he told MTV.
"That's why I did the mixtape that I did. I did a mixtape called 'Teen of the South' with DJ Scream.
And I did that just to step my game up a little bit on that [lyrical]
side. But I wasn't really going into no album and just full-fledge
trying to switch my swagger and try to get respect from the game."
And why does Soulja Boy feel he would not get respect? "'Cause why would I show love to the game?
The game don't show you love back. So I wasn't gonna do that and come
back out and mess up my image and mess up myself. I was going on the
strength that I want respect from people who probably don't like me
anyway. So I'm gonna stick to what I do and stay being successful and
I'll do some mixtapes and some futures, something like that."
COMMENTS
Dude so many people hate you because of your bad lyrics...yet you think better lyrics would kill your rep? A 12 yr old boy threw a rock at your tour bus...id say switch it up and try better lyrics
i dont know...i dont think he would gain any respect by spittin better lyrics cause alot of people already hate him and arent just gonna all of a sudden like him
i personally hate his music BUT obviously what hes doin is makin him money and somebody must like it so i think he is makin a good decision to stick to what hes doin
Betyalyfe...Thats Exactly His Point. Dude Not Gon Get More Respect Than He Got Now Tryna Switch It Up (If N E Thing He'll Lose More Than He'll Gain.
He Makes Dance Music Not Hip-Hop So I Dont See The Point Of Gettin So Salty Its A Whole Nother Genre
Hmmmm......... He kinda has a point, but since when has making better music and using better lyrics kill your rep. Granted his audience doesn't listen to lyrics anyway because they were all born in '99 and '00..............
Who's YOUNG,DUMB,UN-EXPERIENCED,UN-INTELLIGENT, & UN-ARTISTIC?
YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU !!!
PS. KEEP IT UP WITH YOUR MARCO POLO LYRICS AND YOU MIGHT GO PLASTIC! AHH-HAAAA!
worddd soulja boy dumb as fuck man
dudes rep is garbage anyway better lyrics wont help
Anybody here actually listen to the mixtape???? Does it actually not suck balls (like his album)????? Juss wonderin leme kno
wat dat nigga said was real da game dnt show him no love so y switch for da game keep dem stupid ass lyrics n respect da man hustle n get off his dick
I dono y'all, as much as I hate on Soulja Boy, i gotta admit my respect level for him has gone (slightly) up lately...
First of all i was actually proud of the way he handled himself with the whole Ice-T situation, yea he made some corny ass jokes but he also had some real shit to say...it actually made sense...
And this is some more real talk from Soulja Boy, if he tries to switch up his image and attempt to appeal to people who like lyrical rap, most of those dudes probably ain't even gonna listen to his new shit (including myself), and those that do will hate on him anyway cuz of his previous shit...and theres a good chance he'll lose alot of his mainstream audience in the process (damn sixth graders).
Yea shit like Soulja Boys is helpin to "kill" hip-hop, but theres no way you can blame the current state of mainstream hip hop solely on his head...and he did make a shitload of money with his snap shit... cant hate on him for that.
And mainstream hip-hop certainly looks like its makin a comeback lately, with Kayne's Graduation, even Weezy's Carter III, Nas' shit, L.A.X. droppin soon, Raw Footage Droppin Soon, Detox droppin soon and Em's shit is droppin soon after, so mainstream hip-hop is definitely lookin on the up and up after Soulja Boy brought it probably to an all time low...
Whether his time is done or not, soulja boy made a shitload of cash doin what he does best...puttin out some snap garbage music and appealing to pre-teens across America...no point in changin up his image now
LOL THIS KID CAN'T SPIT GOOD LYRICS IF HE TRIED
WE HATE YOUR FUCKING ASS,YOU DON'T HAVE THE TALENT TO SWITCH UP YOUR FLOW WHICH IS WHY RAPPERS CAN'T TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY.NO ONE EVER COMPLAIN ABOUT BOW WOW OR ROMEO WHEN THEY CAME INTO THE GAME BECAUSE THEY CAN HOLD THIER OWN ON THE MIC,EAT A DICK LIKE THE LEGEND ICE-T SAID.GET YOUR MONEY NOW KID BECAUSE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR YOU WON'T BE HERE.
^^^I dono man, even if he stepped his lyrical game up, honestly how many people who hate the dude would start listening to him...i mean if he "decides" to step his lyrical game up its not like hes gonna turn into Nas or sumthin, his shit is still not gonna be great so not only willl his fanbase start to turn on him, but people who hate on him will still hate on him lol. Its a lose-lose situation
I'm not mad at him, at least he's acknowledging the fact that he's whack. There are a lot of whack rappers that think their nice. Soulja Boy has enough balls to imply that he's whack and proud.
lmao..i never heard of that mixtape and don't plan to look into it
i doubt he spit hot fire like dylon from making the band
Acestar, I know what you're saying man. But, if he did step up his game, SOME people will start to listen to him. This is totally off topic but I didn't like Lloyd Banks before, I thought he wasn't good. But I gave him a chance on one of his recent songs because the comments said he was great.
So, if he does start spitting better lyrics, only the ones who say it sucks are the ones who you mention, the ones who just trash the song before listening.
I've Haven't Heard This Much Bullshyt Since Tha Weapons Of Mass Destruction Were On Tha Hunt..At Tha Same Tyme I Do Realize That Cadet Boy Is Tha One Being Interviewed So Couldn't Be Expecting Too Much From His Side From Tha Jump..Scream At Me,1..
Damn I ain't even think about it like that....what Scoop just said make a lot of since yo...Bow WoW went for tha new crowd and lost his appeal trying to spit harder and people only know him as "Puppy Love" Bow Wow. It sucks but this is tha same dude that use to get chased in malls by girls, but Bow Wow been in tha game for like 14 years, maybe not at tha position he'd like to have been but he chose to come in as a teeny bopper, well that's where his money is at, tha teeny bopper level...he want to be upset that he ain't really respected lyrically at an older level but forget he came in at a middle school level...lol's but yea, if Soulja Boy switch up now he'll get more criticism for sucking for trying to be better and still being wack and he'll lose his ring tone fans, so if I was him I would stay where I was at too, only during every interview, I'd say I'M NOT HIP-HOP, I am POP DANCE...because he ain't hip hop dance either...so he'd get heat from those people too...So he ain't kill hip-hop he's just front running one of tha biggest controversies in it which is "What is real hip-hop music"
2 fingers
if it aint broke don't fix it... he went platinum plies didnt gunit didnt ross didnt and many others didnt you go do your thing soulja boy fuck the haters!!!
dat don't make any sense. you won't use better lyrics because of the industry???
Ok if you read Entertainment Weekly they said you have the #1 worst album of all time. XXL gave you the "S" rating and You got 1 mic by The Source. Shit u tellin me that you can't make a dance song and put good lyrics in it???<--- That makes no sense.
Whatever, soulja boy is trash and old news anyway.
but in the mean time, let the dude get is money real talk
co-sign try better lyrics...its not a bad thing in fact better lyrics will in fact give you a better rep plus maybe a new swag ...lol TRY IT !
tha nigga real though............i dont and wont respect him for his music.....tha dude 17 wit more money then my immediate family has ever had put together..........tha nigga retarted rich offa bullshit so i respect him for makin money thats it, but shit any fool wit a myspace account and email blasts a get put on
this makes sense to me... hes already viewed as one of the murderers of hiphop by true fans, so he might as well keep the teeny-bopper ones that hes made from his bullshit songs, instead of trying to gain respect and losing popularity with the people who like him now, and still not being good enough to gain the respect of people who matter.
dis nigga is dumb as fuck. but most of these niggas is. da Chi the most lyrical city and da rest of dese niggas need to step dey game up. L.U.P. End
LMFAO at the 12 year old boy that threw a rock at Soulja Boy!
This is sad... but at the same time....why the fuck am I not surprised?!?!
What he said is probably how a lot of rappers (who shall remain nameless) that sell alot of records refuse to actually come up with better lyrics.
Oh well....fuck em all!
~Be Eazy!
I don't think Soulja Boy gonna make any more hits the way he been trash talkin Ice T. The best thing I think for him to do is step up his game and make people realize he can make a hit single without the bubble gum rap. To be honest though, he got rich off that shit so why should he take the chance? So what if a few people hate on him, their is still those people out there that don't listen to hip-hop for lyrics. They just want something to do in the club.
thats the best excuse soulja boy could come up with? he should have said hes a piece of shit and he cant rap......cause its the truth. some1 needs 2 throw a grenade in that faggots bus instead of a rock. then he can dance his way to the hip-hop cemetary.
lool i agree but he said one real thing, sometimes the game dont show love back to you, joe budden's first single, pump it up destroyed him....when he tried to show the game he was lyrical the game didnt wana listen...i mean for me, for me, for me??? joe budden is in top 5 best rappers alive but he get no love from the game
Don,
What I don't understand his how these cats put out fire mix tapes then bomb on the albums. Buddens mood-music was fire but the album.... it sucked.
Wow, what a great mentality to keep.
Everyone needs to check themselves. What will happen if he switch his lyrics up and start spittin some good shit? All the real MCs/Lyricist aren't making any money, because the majority of you are downloading music anyway.
Anyone on this site if given the opportunity to make millions or a couple thousands which would you chose. Don't hate the kid for making his Guap. Again he is a muthafuckin kid 17 years old. What will be appropriate lyrics? Rapping about killing, flippin bricks, or pimpin alot of hoes.
I am not a fan of his music at all, because I am a grown ass man. Can't knock his hustle though.
Candler Road Biatch!!!!
cant hate on the dudes hustle...shit, i'd come out with a Superman That Hoe single if Collipark tossed me a mill...but its shit like that thats killin hip-hop...he's got the opportunity to have his voice heard world-wide but all the nigga says is YA TRICK...but what can you do
BOSTON
haha he doesn't have ANY lyrics...good excuse...saying he CAN be lyrical...haha i do respect his hustle and what not but this kid cannot spit shit!!!!
Hell ya i say stick with the dancing stuff, nowadays you get mroe money promoting that bullshit rap, instead of releasing that real Hip hop, so i say stick with it, Holla at ya boy
^ not true. look at Nas. is he promoting any dance songs? no. is he making money? yea. so really you cant even say that. its true that people make money off dance songs (Crank Dat, Crank Dat Batman, Crank Dat Yank, Get Silly) and all that bullshit, but at the end of the day real hip hop will make more money.
413. I believe NAS is making his money off an entirely different audience than SB. I would go out on a limb and say those buying SB are not really buying NAS. NAS could make a bad CD and still sell because of who his is. His body of work sells him. SB on the other hand has to stick to what he does in order to make money. Dance music is all he has and will ever be able to do. Doesn't make it wrong, just makes it his hustle. I don't like SB, but i'll respect any brother that is not out there robbing stealing and killing to make a living.
'Cause why would I show love to the game? The game don't show you love back."....real talk. niggaz hate you so much, so y try and switch it up. he sayin fuck it if niggaz sayin fuck him. at least he know his lyrics are trash.lol
Soulja Boy has a better chance of shitting an egg then he does spittin better lyrics...
lmao^^^
That's funny.
wackk ass.. might as well change your style up to pop cause you not considered a hiphop artist to me
True he's more of a faggot pop artist
I'm not a fan, but... U can not deny that this lil dude is gettin' bread and has marketed himself w/ his music. Even though his lyrics may not be on some Dre 3000/T I/Nas type shit, there is still a lane for his music.
Personally, I'm not tryin to hear an educational record in the club, I wanna hear some club shit and hop on a fine ass chick... I'll listen to the lyrical shit at the crib & in the car.
Cats need to stop using this dude as the scapegoat, when it's wack music coming from everywhere... if he didn't have any hits, no one would even discuss him.
I CAN deny it; I DON'T know this dude is gettin' bread... I haven't seen his contract... he could be gettin' RAPED for all we know, like TLC, The Lox, and New Edition.... WE DON'T KNOW.
Yeah, he sold ringtones and went gold last summer, but it's CURTAINS, NOW... THE GIMMICK IS OVER!
Chari, he might not be making Jay-Z loot but he is cleaning up nonetheless. He sold like a mil in downloads alone. He produced and wrote his last album. Even with a low level contract this cat is making it.
soulja boy is gettin bread outside that ringtone money. didn't he get some exclusive shoe deal with yuma or somethin? he's making sure that he stays making money even if his new singles don't catch on.
stick to the superman and getting silly because better lyrics will not take away the dent you gave the rap game along with the franchize boys with that lame snap shit, but keep doing what you do because if you started out garbage, everyone will look at you as being garbage and nothing can help you
Bruh. It is the "dents" as you so describe that have made hip hop what it is today. A diverse music form enjoyed, imitated, and emulated world-wide. Geto-boys, NWA, Fat-Boys and others like them were also "dents" that ventured away from the acceptable norm of their time..
Honestly if you admit you have bad lyrics you know you are a wackass rapper...im interested to see what he'll come out and say next week...probably that he got his inspiration for "superman" from fucking Arab lmao
wow he has the nerves to say spittin better will hurt his image...how will his image be hurt? Only kids like him so why he worried about them...
Like Ice-T said "Fuck Soldier Boy"
Hmmmm......... He kinda has a point, but since when has making better music and using better lyrics kill your rep. Granted his audience doesn't listen to lyrics anyway because they were all born in '99 and '00..............
At least that ngga being real.
soulja boy makes little kid music anyway
he should do a collabo with the wiggles
dude was poor as shit last year now hes sold a million records...
im not a big fan of him but shit why he have so many haters. yeah he has dumb ass lyrics but thats the point of his music. its fun music, when im with friends i play that shit along with "hot styles"... music like that.
fuck the hate...
hotstylz >>>> soulja boy
hotstylz is comedy
soulja boy is a joke
Soulja boy ain't killing hip-hop. BET, MTV, Record companies, and your favorite radio station is killing the diversity of hip hop. If you want to blame someone, point your agression in the right direction. This young brother actually has some valid points. Those that like him, like him for what he does now. Those that don't like him, never will no matter what he does. So why would he change? If he changes he will only lose his fan base and not get anything in return.
Real talk!
yea and its a shame he has ne fan base. he claims to be hip hop ? if hes hip hop then hip hop is dead
ehgrass. If the Fat-Boys, Heavy D, Salt and Pepper, Kid-n-Play and all the other hip hop legends didn't kill hip-hop neither will SB. Everyone i mentioned above made dance music in their career.
I concur Sarge... he's getting bread b/c he owns 85% of his album... writer/producer credits.
For example, Credits go like:
Writer-50%
Composer-50%
Publishing-100%
This dude gets 100%, and Soulja Boy Tell Em Publishing gets 100%
Quit the hatin people, 1 million records sold , 5 million downloads... he's doing his thing
SOULJA BOY IS THE WORST RAPPER ON THIS PLANET, HE FUCKING SUCKS
the game dont respect soulja boy? why should it,he helped kill hip-hop single handed. i been thinkin if soulja fag could make it, i could 2, im bout 2 make a track called aint no game 4 kids......
So this young piece of shit is basically saying he will do all he can to kill hip hop?,Now seriously, FUCK SOULJABOY!
Man, soldier boy is so fucking stupid. Why does he think Lil wayne got so hot in the first place...for spitting nice lyrics at a young age. He needs to take notes from Wayne, or even Bow Wow for that matter. Bow wow sucks too, but he managed for me not to hate him like soldier boy haha. Soldier boy will be over within a year, just like DFB and other snap/dance type "rappers", you can't make that material forever.
DUE WENT PLATINUM AND THATS SOMETHING A BUCNH A RAP NUGGAS CANT DO. KEEP YOUR HUSTLE GOING.
Yall can say what yall want, but at least Soulja Boy isn't blind to the fact that he succs. He knows it, but he's going to keep selling music to the people that don't really give a fucc about no Hip-Hop, no lyrics, all they wanna do is do some fruity dances. So who are we to try and stop that? He sells to his crowd, and real Hip-Hop heads go elsewhere. And for the millionth time, Soulja Boy isn't killing Hip-Hop, the whole fucced up industry is.
WHY IS DEFSOUNDS REPORTING ON SOULJA BOY when on hiphopdx, worldstar hip, ldnx10 etc all has fresh videos (d banner ft lil wayne) an fresh music (NAs bonus tracks) ?????
ON SOME REAL SHIT, I RESPECT SOULJA BOY MUCH MORE THAN RICK ROSS, LIL WAYNE
I KNOW ALOT OF YAHLL KIDS WILL DISAGREE AND GET MAD I SAID THAT ABOUT YAHLL ROLE MODEL, BUT ITS SOO FUCKING TRUE,
FOR ONE, PEOPLE MIGHT KNOCK SOULJA BOY FOR HIS GOOFY RYHMES, BUT THATS HIM AND YOU CAN TELL HES BEING TRUE TO WHAT HE KNOWS, I CANT KNOCK NO MAN FOR BEING TRUE TO HIMSELF
NOW ON THE OTHER HAND, WAYNE OR ROSS ARE NOT BEING TRUE AT ALL, THEY BOTH ARE DECIEVING THERE YOUNGER AUDIENCE, AND MALIPULATING THEM TO THINK THEY ARE DRUG KING PINS AND SUPER GANG BANGERS, AND TRYING TO USE THERE POPULARITY TO MAKE THEM GANGS AND DRUGS POPULAR, WHICH IS THE POWER OF MUSIC, WHICH CAN ALTER YOUR MIND, SORT A LIKE WITCH CRAFT AND VOODOO, AND I KNOW THAT SHIT SOUND WEIRD, BUT.........
CHECK THIS OUT, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LISTENING TOO A SONG, AND THE SONG IS SOO INFLUENCIENTAL THAT IT ALTERS YOUR MIND TO THINK LIKE, DAMN I CAN DO WHAT HE JUST SAID, IF YOU SAY NO YOU FUCKING LYING YOUR ASS OFF, BUT IF YOU BEING REAL, YES YOU HAVE HAD THAT FEELING, AND THATS MY POINT
THAT ALOT OF THESE FALSE PROPHET RAPPERS ARE DECIEVING PEOPLE FOR THERE OWN GREEDY PURPOSES, AND THEY ARE EFFECTING WAY MORE PEOPLE THAN YOUR AVERAGE NICHEAL AND DIME DEALER BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE GLOBAL, IF YAHLL THINK IM LYING..................
SPIT ON A LIL WAYNE POSTER IN FRONT OF A DIE HARD LIL WAYNE FAN AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS, OR SAY HES GAY IN FRONT OF THEM OR SAY HE KISSES MEN IN FRONT OF THEM, AND WATCH THESE BRAIN LESS PEOPLE BECOME MORE DEFENSIVE THAN A LAWYER FIGHTER A CIVIL RIGHTS CASE IN THE EARLY 1900S, THESE FUCK BOY FAKE DOPE DEALERS, FAKE GANG BANGING MOTHER FUCKERS ARE DESTROYING OUR COMMUNITY AND MUSIC CULTURE, AND ITS SAD TO ME TOO SEE SOO MANY GROWN PEOPLE AND YOUNG SUPPORTING SUCH BULLSHIT, AND FAKENESS, WHO EVER DISAGREES SHOULD KILL THERE SELVE FAST!!!
Man this is probably the realist stuff I heard in my life. The thing about sayin lil wayne is gay in front of a die hard fan is real I go through that with my brother and my cousin they seem like they are willin to die for that nigga. Man that shit was so real.