Souljaboytellem.com

Souljaboytellem.com is the debut studio album and major label debut by American rapper and producer Soulja Boy Tell 'Em. It was released on October 2, 2007, by his Stacks on Deck (SOD) label, Collipark Music and Interscope Records. The album only features guest appearances from fellow rapper Arab and R&B group i15. The album was supported by four singles: "Crank That (Soulja Boy)", "Soulja Girl" featuring i15, "Yahhh!" featuring Arab, and "Donk".

Souljaboytellem.com
Studio album by Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
Released	October 2, 2007 (2007-10-02)
Studio	Collipark Studios (College Park) Start to Finish Studios (Crowder) Record Plant (Hollywood)
Genre	Snap, southern hip hop
Length	49:25
Label	Collipark SOD Interscope HHH Artists
Producer	Soulja Boy Mr. Collipark (also exec.) Arab Los Vegaz The Package Store
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em chronology
Unsigned and Still Major: Da Album Before Da Album (2007) Souljaboytellem.com (2007) iSouljaBoyTellem (2008)
Singles from Souljaboytellem.com
"Crank That (Soulja Boy)" Released: May 2, 2007 "Soulja Girl" Released: October 1, 2007 "Yahhh!" Released: December 11, 2007 "Donk" Released: May 4, 2008

Souljaboytellem.com debuted at number 4 on the US Billboard 200, selling 117,000 copies in the first week. The album received generally negative reviews from music critics.

Singles

The album's lead single, called "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" was released on May 2, 2007. The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 and then stayed for over 7 weeks;^[1] and topped the US Hot Rap Songs, staying there for over five weeks.^[2] The song also reached on the top five in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

The album's second single, called "Soulja Girl" featuring i15, was released on October 1, 2007. The song peaked at numbers 32, 13 and 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, respectively.^[2] It was able to peak at number 10 in New Zealand.

The album's third single, "Yahhh!" featuring Arab, was released on December 31, 2007. The song peaked at numbers 48, 34 and 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, respectively.^[2] It also reached the top 40 in Australia, Ireland and New Zealand.

The album's fourth and final single, "Donk" was released on May 4, 2008. The single was fared less successful by peaking at numbers 37 and 22 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, respectively.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	53/100^[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	D^[5]
Exclaim!	F^[6]
Globe	^[7]
PopMatters	^[8]
RapReviews	3/10^[9]
Rolling Stone	^[7]
Sputnikmusic	^[10]

Souljaboytellem.com received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 53, based on 9 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[3] In a negative review, PopMatters said that the album "fails because it's barely memorable, lacking any kind of successor to 'Crank That' to keep Soulja Boy relevant". In a positive review, AllMusic's David Jeffries said that the album "should satisfy giggling Right On! readers with pin-ups in their locker, way too cool mash-up fans that carry gigabytes of club music in their pocket, and all the freaky party people in between".^[4] More negative reviews came from Simon Vozick-Levinson of Entertainment Weekly who called the album a "teenage wasteland filled with monotonously looped chants and agonizing blunt-force beats."^[5] Fellow EW writer Chris Willman ranked the album number one on his list of the worst albums of 2007, stating that, "If you're seeking a circle of hell lower than the one in which "Crank That" is ubiquitous, listen to his entire album."^[11] Steve Juon of RapReviews gave the album a 3 out of 10, finding the beats and melodies to be "monotonous", concluding with "The only hoe that got Superman'd on 'SouljaBoyTellEm.com' is anybody who spent $14.99 on this album."^[9] Tyler of Sputnikmusic said "To try and explain just how bad the "music" is on this disc is about as much of a masochistic exercise as listening to it. The beats are a mish-mash of shitty keyboard loops and samples from "Crank That". The lyrics, if you can call them that, are rarely no more than the song titles repeated at different tempos".^[10]

Commercial performance

Souljaboytellem.com debuted at number 4 on the US Billboard 200, selling 117,000 copies in the first week. Souljaboytellem.com has sold 949,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan.^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	DeAndre Way	Soulja Boy	0:59
2.	"Crank That (Soulja Boy)"	Way	Soulja Boy	3:41
3.	"Sidekick"	Way Jonathan "Swole" Dumas	Swole John Boy	3:59
4.	"Snap & Roll"	Way	Soulja Boy	3:45
5.	"Bapes" (featuring Arab)	Way Abrahim "Arab" Mustafa	Soulja Boy	3:54
6.	"Let Me Get Em"	Way	Soulja Boy	3:21
7.	"Donk"	Way	Soulja Boy	3:12
8.	"Yahhh!" (featuring Arab)	Way Mustafa	Soulja Boy	3:10
9.	"Pass It to Arab" (featuring Arab)	Way Mustafa	Arab	3:58
10.	"Soulja Girl" (featuring i15)	Way Carlos "Los Vegaz" Thorton Michael Crooms	Los Vegaz Mr. Collipark	3:07
11.	"Booty Meat"	Way	Soulja Boy	3:36
12.	"Report Card" (featuring Arab)	Way Mustafa Jamal Jones Maurice Richards Robert Crawford Gregory Williams Robert Debarge	Soulja Boy	3:42
13.	"She Thirsty"	Way	Soulja Boy	3:38
14.	"Don’t Get Mad"	Way Wright	John Boy	4:18

iTunes Store bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Nope"	Way	Soulja Boy	2:33

Sample credits

• "Report Card" – contains samples of "Throw Some D's" performed by Rich Boy.

Personnel

Adapted from the Souljaboytellem.com liner notes.^[13]

• John Frye: mixing (Stankonia Studios; Atlanta, GA)
• Gary Fry: assistant engineering
• Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado: mixing ("Soulja Girl"; Larabee North Studios)
• Michael "Mr. ColliPark" Crooms: executive producer
• Christen Gallope: creative
• Cliff Feiman: production manager
• SLANG Inc.: art direction
• Dave Hill: photography
• Mark Star: Soulja Boy Tellem logo design

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2007) Peak position Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)^[14] 11 French Albums (SNEP)^[15] 132 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[16] 9 US Billboard 200^[17] 4 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[18] 4 US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)^[19] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2007) Position US Billboard 200^[20] 172 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[21] 72 Chart (2008) Position US Billboard 200^[22] 63 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[23] 32 US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)^[24] 13

Release history

Release dates and formats for Souljaboytellem.com

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Canada	October 2, 2007	CD	Universal	^[25]
Germany	November 9, 2007			^[26]
Japan	December 5, 2007			^[27]
Australia	December 17, 2007			^[28]
Japan	November 19, 2008			^[29]

See also

• Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2007

References

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External links

• Official website
• Soulja Boy's channel on YouTube