Soulja Boy Tell 'Em--DeAndre Way--has been a controversialfigure since he burst on the national scene. A self-created star, he recordedhis monstrous "Crank That" at the age of 16, and it hit #1 onBillboard shortly after he turned 17.
The naysayers were soon out in full force. EntertainmentWeekly declared its album, souljaboytellem.com, the worst LP of2007. Ice-T said Soulja was "killing hip-hop." Others referred toSoulja as "the Terri Schiavo of hip-hop."
Framed, of course, is sensationally fair anddemocratic; thus, we're pleased to present Soulja's "Bird Walk" asour video this week. The song is off his second album, iSouljaBoyTellEm,which hasn't fared as well on the charts as his first disc. Still, we'recurious as to how our readers see Soulja Boy. Does his dance-styled rap spell thedeath of relevant hip-hop? Or is it merely a case of the old guard beingreluctant to give up their place in the sun? Please let us know yourthoughts...Soulja Boy: ringtone god or not?!
1 -- "Why, sure. I get to park all of Ice-T's cars."
2 -- "And, in addition to showing the future, they alsoscreen out annoying UV rays."
3 -- "And this line means you're destined for acameo in the worst music video yet!"
4 -- Soulja Boy explains that moving money expeditiously iskey to tha economy of tomorrow.
5 -- "Check it out, guys! The visiting team is non-planar!"
6 -- "You'll like it, baby. It's called Rohypnol."
7 -- But could even Gummo defeat a Sentient ProlateSpheroid??
8 -- He could put a brave face on it, but the search forgiant cartoon worms really wasn't going very well.
9 -- Winning the championship was great, but it was water baptismthat would make the coach right with God.
10-- The glory days, the Fleetwood Mac gigs...all just a dimmemory now.
11 -- "Hey! Where'd my lyrical complexity go?!"
12 -- "And when I worked fixing electrical appliances, Iwas affectionately known as Solder Boy."