17 year old Soulja Boy, real name DeAndre Way, has everything a teenager could want. Flocks of 'soulja girls' following his every move, a high selling debut album, and a dance known worldwide. Soulja Boy has recieved praise from hip hop's top MC's, such as Scarface, and his latest accomplishment is bound to garner more attention to the young man. S. Beezy, as he calls himself, has officially made history.
Interscope Records announced that he has soared past 3 million digital downloads for the smash single 'Crank That (Soulja Boy)'. Although critics have slammed the song for it's repetitive, simple chorus and alleged sexual meaning, the song has gained unstoppable popularity. The single has been tightly gripping the number one spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart for seven weeks straight, also breaking Billboard's record of highest amount of digital downloads.
In addition, the instructional dance video for the song has been viewed 22,000,000 times and the video for the single "Soulja Girl" (featuring I-15) 11,000,000 times. Soulja Boy's MySpace page has recorded 27,000,000 profile views and 31,000,000 audio streams. Despite the success of 'Crank That', his debut album Souljaboytellem.com has only sold 658,000 copies, just breaking the Gold RIAA certification.
In other news…
COMMENTS
Thats 3 million people that don't know $hitt about real Hip-Hop. You Lames!
IM NOT A HATER BY FAR, BUT I COULDN'T AGREE WITH U MORE...DID YALL HEAR THAT NEW SONG "YAHHH"...THAT SHIT IS BRUTALLY AWFUL...AND SOME MAGAZINE NAMED HIS ALBUM THE WORST CD OF THE YEAR BUT 600,000 PEOPLE BOUGHT THAT SHIT...I DON'T GET IT...BUT TO EACH'S OWN
Ladies And Gentlemen
Nas is right - "Hip Hop Just Died This Morning"
Ok, the only reason why soulja boy is still goin strong is fuckin FEMALES. everybody know y females love this shit. CUZ THEY WANT SUMTHIN 2 DANCE 2. Males like rhymes, n Beat Bangin (or Bass Bumpin'). Females like Beat Bangin too but they're another story to it they don't care bout rhymes, they only care about DANCIN. They don't care bout da music, as long as the rapper ain't talkin bout them.
I said this on a iTunes review and damn near 30 outta 50 people backed me up on dis
"Mostly Females like this song, My girlfriend likes this music, I dispise it, my homeboy's girlfriend likes this music, he dispises it. Every girl I know sits there n saids to me "I bet u ain't got dat new soulja boy" and I say "I don't cuz its GARBAGE" and I have real gangsta niggas backin me up on it"....
Seriously, Hip Hop would be good if assholes like soulja boy n flo rida neva existed in hip hop, REAL FUCKIN TALK!!!
oh yea, n souja boy looks like a fuckin retard in dat pic.
Truly Im Not Against A Dude Gettin His Paypa So Im Not Even Gon Hate Like That..But As Always These Acts Fade Out Quick N E Way So Whats The Reason For It
i fell u 17th... dat shit is TERRIBLE, all i hear is him saying "collipark blah blah bla blaaaaaaaaaaaaah"
I agree dat he is 1 of the wackest niggas I ever seen but chu gotta be happy to see a young black male gettin gwop. Even though he is da Wackest nigga since Hammer. Im still happy for em ya dig.
co-sign
You're a fucking idiot. Hammer out so many people on, and he had real talent. Shut the fuck up about shit your 15 year old ass knows nothing about.
Fucking kids.
HIP HOP BEEN DEAD since D4L made it to BET number 1 video.
W/e they not Emcees there, Rappers. Big difference.
We as members of these HipHop mags online, just got to keep this Hip-Hop shit in a revival state ya. Show ya younger brothers and sisters real music, the struggle, not this flashy, bling bling bullshit we faced wit. Thats what I do, I put my lil bros on that Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie Shit. "Gimme The Loot, Gimme the Loot" all that original shit, I men aint nothing wrong wit Rappers gettin they gwap, Its just that it pisses me off when they say "Hip Hop aint Dead" I be like mathafuka you aint old enough to know what Hip Hop is and was to niggas coming from nothing. But w/e Im ramblin now, steaming and shit. Props to Soulja Boi for being successful....
co-sign
why people don't know about hip hop maybe people don't wanna listen to hip hop maybe there r people out there that just like to have a good time and listen to muzik why do everythin gotta be dat ain't hip hop but when them dudes (sugar hill gang) was sayin " Hippie to the hippie,
The hip, hip a hop, and you don't stop, a rock it
To the bang bang boogie, say, up jump the boogie,
To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat." it was hip hop right mann dayum yall get off his dick and let dat mann make money dayum forreal iam gettin tired of blk people hatin on other blk people for what nothin cause he got a corny song and people like it so fukkin what the more u talk about it the better it do so pay him no mind
bottom line there are more ppl who "dont know shit about hip hop" than there are ppl who u say do so maby theres something your missing
wow forget that last comment. i was trying to reply to a post way at the top. i had no idea all these niggas would come in front of me.
How can yall niggas hate on this young dudes success. He's only 17 and he's out there having fun. People like him just deal with it. I dont listen to it or dance to it but I know people, mainly females, who do. J
ust respect dudes hustle. Why cant niggas do shit for young people and females these days man, yall need to be open minded and stop being so critical of the shit just because yall don't like it.
Fuc Soulja boy he is a lame.Fuc him breakin records.fuc his cd.fuc his rubba band s round his neck...your wack
Fuc Soulja boy he is a lame.Fuc him breakin records.fuc his cd.fuc his rubba band s round his neck...your wack
I agree
wot eva u hobo
Niggas always be bringing up this kid in hip hop convo's an shit but to me this nigga aint do nothin but make a 07 electric slide, macarena, cha cha slide..etc. its just a dance song.
None of the "ringtone" rappers or one hit radio rappers sell records. They not killin hip-hop, downloads are, unsupportive fans are...
co sign that homie. hip shit is what they should call it. im tired of hearin money car clothes hos rap. have a meanin and stick to it. rap for good not for bad. ya dig it? thats my opinon dont hate on me. good for soulja for gettin his shit done but that anit my way of life. you young cats love it. i dont understand. not oldschool no more. shits weak today
hell yeah them dam theifs downloading killing hiphop but not only that its killing everything. black people are the main ones bootlegin yeah i said it BLACK PEOPLE
ALL I CAN SAY IS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW...LMMFAO
I said the same thing too in another news story, but tell me this, if everbody is downloading music 4 free, WHY DID THIS NIGGA HIT GOLD and real hip hop artists still ain't sellin well? yea people downloadin shit alot but people r feelin dis shit so much dat they wanna buy this bullshit. but when it comes to real hip hop, they brush dat off. When sumbody sees Papoose or Huey. whos dat faggit gon choose???? Huey!!!
But I do cosign whut u say, but u need to relize, niggas r prolly dowloadin real shit more den buyin it. I download albums 4 free too ONLY TO PREVIEW THE ENTIRE ALBUM from begining to end. But in a day or 2 later if the album is worth it, I'll go to the store n pay my dues to the rappers who made it. I'd downloaded soulja boy's album, I deleated it after hearin 3 songs on the album n never paid my dues to it, he don't deserve my money anyways...
^^^^ I download albums 4 free too ONLY TO PREVIEW THE ENTIRE ALBUM from begining to end. But in a day or 2 later if the album is worth it, I'll go to the store n pay my dues to the rappers who made
And do you really think what ur doing doesnt hurt hiphop sales? Thats the prime reason why sales are so low. I guarantee that most people who buy the albums heard it already. The point is that if people couldnt download music, it would be like before. buying the album!! people use to take risks now its not close to anything like that
NO DIPSHIT, the prime reason y hip hop sales r low is becuz is that people download the albums and don't even worry bout buyin it in da future... DATS THE REASON!!! GET UR FACTS RIGHT!!!
big up to son, you cant hate the man for doing a dance record. everybody make music depending on where they are from, and wat they like. "RINGTONE RAPPER" or not, dude has made alot of money. I hate when ppl say hophop is dead and they give rappers the title of ringtone rappers becuz of the type of music they do. Hiphop has just took another form. The WESTCOAST gave us gangsta Rap, The EASTCOAST give us the best Lyricist, and the SOUTH gave us dance,party,snapp,bounce,club,chopper&screwed,crunk,etc music. ALL OF THIS IS HIPHOP!!!!
he got al kinds of downloads and ringtones but his album sales still are low
damm he doin better than me
Soulja Boy doin his damn thang, big ups to him
yaaa trick yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No, thats 3 million young boys are girls ages 9 - 15? that downloaded his gay ass song.
whos buying the LP if the kids arent?
ckateboardback... My guess would be the hearing impared
And**** lol
Do your thang young fella.
although i dont listen to him i cant help but hear it from all my nieces and nephews and its on err otha min so young fella jus kno this I DONT LIKE YOUR MUSIC...but do wut u do...
deeeee-troit
I'm for a young nigga caking up, but at the expense of exploiting people who don't know any better i don't agree.
so because they like souljaboy they dont know any better. surely with a role model such as yourself they've gone down the right path. its not like a bunch of snappin wherewolves came and kidnapped the kids so they could raise them to listen to motherfuckin souljaboy! they know what the fuck they want and thats why he's selling. the industry didnt just oneday say u know i like this souljaboy so lets force him down the childrens throat. if he wasnt already so popular on youtbue the labels wouldnt have gave him a second glance but obvioulsy the major labels saw that this is what the people wanted so lets make a profit off of it. they didnt water down soulja boys style and make him dance like a damn monkey. this was soulja boy a black kid out of highschool decided to do and everybody liked it so he became famous. theirs a hadful of ppl who hate and i dont see why cuase he aint sayin he the greatest rapper alive. he probably dont even consider himself a rapper. bottom line is he givin the people what they want other wise he wouldnt be sellin cus the labels cant force us to listen to his music and if we wasnt listenin to it he wouldnt sell and he wouldnt be famous. so if u really hate him that much take advice from the nigga who said women was killin hip hop. why dont u just kill of all the women and children because based on what ur sayin they the only ones who like soulja boy and if u could just get rid of them then maby you'll be rid of soulja boy! why not? go ahead kill off the entire human race because you dont like one nigga apart of one genre in a whole genre of music. if country. because if polka music started selling then it would be killing off hip hop too by taking all of its record sales so maby we should kill of every nigga that makes this type of music that i've never even heard of before because it may cause a decline in hip hop. let snap music have its day. it'll be gone soon i promise and the world will move on too something new because you cant please judgmental motherfuckers like yourselves. oh sorry i was only reply to go_getta19's comment b4 i got carried away
Exploiting them? By giving them a new dance?
I don't like soulja boy, but congrats to him. I wish all the success to him, deserved or not.
If you are 20-plus doing this dance you need yo ass beat
If you are a grown as man you have no business hopping around the damn club.
I'm not gonna hate on anybody out there makin money so props to him for that, even though I don't listen to that type of music. My problem is there are some real lyricists and shit out there not gettin the props they deserve cause all radio and t.v. wanna play is Mainstream.
There's just not enough of a balance I guess. They say that the fans are the ones that control what they listen to, when really it's these big corporations who don't even care about the music just the money. It's cool if they play Soulja Boy, Joc or whatever, but throw in Saigon, Lupe, cats who actually have content and somethin to say in there with that.
YALL REALLY LET WHITE AMERICA FUCK YALL HEADS ALL UP. BIG SHOUT OUT TO SHORTY FOR DOING WHAT HE DOING, BUT WHAT YALL GOTTA REALIZE IS WHITE AMERICA LABELED MUSIC LIKE THIS HIP HOP.ME PERSONALLY I CALL THIS TYPE OF MUSIC HIP POP.NIGGAZ SAYING THIS ANI'T REAL HIP HOP, ALOT OF THIS SHIT THATS BEING PUT OUT IS NOT REAL HIP HOP, REMEMBER PEOPLE IT'S JUST ENTERTAINMENT, REAL HIP HOP IS NIGGAZ LIKE TALIB KWELI, MOS DEF,COMMON,LUPE FIASCO, BONE THUGS N HARMONY, AND A FEW OTHERS, NIGGAZ WITH SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT AND NOT REALLY ALL TRALKING ABOUT MONEY IN EVERY SONG. BUT THATS JUST MY OPINION. DIFFERENT STROKE FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS.
of course someone had to bring white people into this. man you gotta be fucking kidding me. im white, and so are a lot of my homies, and theyll all agree that this soulja boy snap dancing ass motherfucker isnt real hip hop. shit dude leave race outta this. im tired of hearing this shit on this website. if your gonna hate, hate on the source, the actual artists fucking up hip hop. not the supposed white america labeling hip hop. shit
i agree wit cookies. alot of white ppl i kno feel that this music is not hip hop, but just pop.
ppl are quik to call this kind of music hip hop because the artist/group is black.
Soulja boy is clearly pop. If Timberlake did this track ppl would call it pop. Ya feel me.
im 1/2 wyt n i agree 'white/corporate america' is fucking up the world..
To bring some clarification to the subject...
I'm sure when dude said 'white people' he didn't mean 'white people' he MEANT 'corporate america' the big companies and head honchos who run/CONTROL the music industry..The ones who have the power to give light to any type of music they think is profitable>>>Solja Boy
So as dude said 'white america'>>>or corporate america HAS fucked the game up...NOT 'WHITE PEOPLE
YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH TRICK YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
yall motherfuckas so stupid the nigga 16 he rapppin about dancin havin fun hip hop aint all about drugs shoootin niggas and bitches wake the fuck up its 2008
a new year have some fun shit
Supaman that Hoooooooooooooooooe!
~Be Eazy!
you still wont see me crankin the soulja boy tho
han
Get ya money Soulja boy.
I'm not hating on a young black male for doing well. I just think his position in hip hop is out of place due to the quality of his music. But he's gettin money, he produces his own tracks, that's good shit.
im done hatin. props s breezy
I think we all know this S Breezy hype will last until Summer 08 if hes lucky. Hatin on him is a waste of time. Its his moment, let him have it. I just hope he invests...cause he is done after Summer 2008 mos def. And thats word.
its not just white people my dude sorry...
big up to son, you cant hate the man for doing a dance record. everybody make music depending on where they are from, and wat they like. "RINGTONE RAPPER" or not, dude has made alot of money. I hate when ppl say hophop is dead and they give rappers the title of ringtone rappers becuz of the type of music they do. Hiphop has just took another form. The WESTCOAST gave us gangsta Rap, The EASTCOAST give us the best Lyricist, and the SOUTH gave us dance,party,snapp,bounce,club,chopper&screwed,crunk,etc music. ALL OF THIS IS HIPHOP!!!!
also just let the kid get his money and stop hatin if you dont like it then dont bump it..
3 million I'd like to drown in a very very deep abyss!
Ringtone rappers ARE THE TOOLS OF HIP HOP!!
think about it- they here today gone tommorrow...labels using them for that one-two punch into the digital pockets of ELEMENTARY america...
it ain't the tru hip-hop heads listening and downloading this shit-
it's YOUNG-TRENDSHITTING-KIDS!
ha-
BUT...
I will give Mr. Collipark his dues...that nigguh is rollin in dat superman money!
He don't give a fuck what we write about- he laughing all the way to the bank...
ha ha hahaha hahaha ha!
ahahahaahahahahahah good point...
yall all kno bitches be in ya face an u wanna superman dat hoe ahahahah... it happens lol
Lol how can I not laugh about this, honestly I can’t even be mad at the lil Nigga for making his Gwap. Lets get one thing clear if some group of lames is willing to by my Poop, I’ll copp a du-du too, even go as far as puttin it a box w/ a Bo & UPS that shit (literally) for free....siiiit fuck you pay me bitch. Now you 3 millions lames that infected your music library with his Trash…you are the ones I’d straight up run over w/ my whip if I had a chance to get away with murder…seriously, how the fuck do you sleep at night? Fuck fighting terrorism in the middle east, If I was Obama my 1st order of action would be to hand out death sentences to every Lame rocking & cosigning this dirt.
Listen I can’t front, in the Club this shit comes on, yeah let the Hoes get down on it, you might want to do it so you can get some play later that night,…but please don’t willing download this shit, don’t even bump it in ur ride, fuck that son, even the DJ in the club should get blamed for playin it…On this lil Nigga makin history? Sooo what the cost of it? What use is it to get the world & selling your soul?
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!
Berg you're funny as shit!
~Be Eazy!
im sorry but soulja boy look like this dude from my high school BD (behavior disability) class
LMAO!!..do yall call that nigga "BD"!!..LOL!!!
you know them kids in the classroom with helmets on that you pass by when your switchin classes...
yea thats soulja boy
You're fucking killing me right now. I can't even eat my food I'm laughing so hard. hahahahaha
Kids with helmets on. Wow that shit is hilarious. lol
T I M M I Y
hell naw lmao
soulja boi is not hip-hop...and he knows that...he dont try to be...thats not wat he is the nigga jus givin music thats fun...its a change of pace from the drugs...gangs...violence...bitches..hoes...and the talk about money thats goin on right now...i got respect for the kid...granted it do get annoyin but u gotta see it for wat it is..he not tryna save hip hop...he jus tryna make music thats fun or watever...BK WE IN HERE!!
congrats to the kid, doing more than the average 16 yr old can dream of
dat nigga said he got his report card and had all F's so he told da teacher to throw some d's on dat bitch... LIKE DATS SUMN TO BE PROUD OF
all im saying is dat dude better get an accountant ASAP
i downlaod music but thats because here in canada its almost impossible to find real hip-hop, everytime im at the mall or sum shit like that i go to hmv and look for reall shit but all i find is fukin mims and shit....only gd cds ive found is joell ortiz
lol im not a stan or anything, but seriously hes not a real rapper, he never claims to be lyrical you lames, Hes GOOD at what he does OBVIOUSLY. You kids know a lil bit about hip hop and nothing about buisness. Hip Hop is beautiful because of all the differant styles and ways its branched out, COMMON can't be compared to like...ehh..LIL JON..they are differant styles...NOBODY wants to be in a club and listen to Common, Mos Def, or TK, they are good rappers,lyricist...but Soulja Boy is good at making a record for the clubs. dont knock him because hes making money, hes 17 years old makes all his own beats (dispite the fact a monkey can use FL studio), writes his own stuff and has fans. So yeah hes doing what you kids who talk alot and say you rap but dont do shit about it.
Super soak dat hoe
when soulja boy trys to make a Polictal album or make a real song then you all can talk, but right now hes doing what he intended his song to do.
cosign I'm 22 I'm not 16 I dont listen to him and I don't hate him soulja boy aint do shit to me everyone who made a negative comment whether they say it or not think they soulja boy dosent deserve his fame <----hater Highschool cats love this nigga
we not in highshcool so stop sittin at the kiddy table
1 more point
Hip Hop is split into different genres now. just like rock started out back in the day everyone was playin the same whack guitar lines until cats start changing the sound
now its developed. look at rock and how many genre there is punk, emo, classic, metal, alternitive and much more ex. you not gonna find A meatal fan at a Emo concert it aint happening. like you not gonna find a Dead Prez fan at a Hurricane chris concert.
what we are seeing now in Hip Hop is splitting in genre's we used to be divided by location east, west, mid west, south. now we are splittin in to genres cause whats the difference between Chicken noodle soup and Crank that?
Hip Hop is developing now for the best or the worst thats your call.
peace
yung boy gettin it. i dont even like the song, but the dance is catchy. get that paper little dude
Good for him and hiphop. He may be a flash in the pan, but now he's made history. The whole dance movement that the kids got goin' on today remind me of when break dancin' dominated hip hop. That's whassup.
Gotta agree witchu 757 I also addressed ya comment about da eminem and Jay shit
What is Hip Hop? if u ask 10 people that question, u're gonna get 10 DIFFERENT answers. The thing that bothers me is people repeatedly say "musicians need to be original!" ..We have a 17 yr old KID(great emphasis on KID)who is making fun music..now if he came out Rapping about gang banging and Street Cred w/ Banging beats..the critisim would be "He's a kid, Why is he Rapping about this stuff or He's not oringinal"..Why Isnt what he do Hip Hop?..Can Hip Hop Be defined? If so I sure as hell dont wanna be apart of it. People complain that the whole Snap music is killing Hip Hop..but really Its the Fans/Critics who is Killing Hip Hop by Wanting to Put Hip Hop into this sort of Melting Pot so that EVERYONE can identify w/ EVERY fckin artist which is BS. We should embrace how Diverse Hip Hop is...If I feel Like Dancing Ima put on some Snap Music...If I feel Like relaxing and clearing my mind Ima put on some Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, common shit...If I feel Like listening to lyrical Beasts Ima Put on Sum jadaKiss , Joe Buddens, Wayne type shyt....If u're against Snap Music ok fine thats your Opinion but ask yourself Who are you to say its not Hip Hop?????