''Souljaboytellem.com'' is the first

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and major label debut by American rapper and producer

Soulja Boy Tell 'Em DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1990), known professionally as Soulja Boy (formerly Soulja Boy Tell 'Em), is an American rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence, after his self published debut single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" peake ...

. It was released on October 2, 2007, by his Stacks on Deck (SOD)

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Collipark Music Michael Antoine Crooms (born October 5, 1972), better known by his stage name Mr. Collipark (and also known as DJ Smurf), is an American hip hop producer and the president of his own Atlanta-based record label, Collipark Music, which was starte ...

and

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. The album only features

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s from fellow rapper Arab and R&B group i15. The album was supported by four

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Crank That (Soulja Boy) "Crank That" is the debut single by American rapper Soulja Boy Tell'em. It served as the lead single from his debut studio album, '' souljaboytellem.com'' (2007) and accompanies the Soulja Boy dance. The song is recognized by its looping steelp ...

", "

Soulja Girl "Soulja Girl" is the second single from American rapper Soulja Boy's studio album '' souljaboytellem.com''. Although the song was a top 40 hit in the United States and New Zealand, it did not follow the success of the last single, “Crank That (S ...

" featuring i15, "

Yahhh! "Yahhh!" (also known as "Yahhh Bitch Yahhh") is the third single (music), single from American rapper Soulja Boy's studio album ''souljaboytellem.com''. It features Arab. Music video On January 8, 2008, the video for "Yahhh!" premiered on Blac ...

" featuring Arab, and " Donk". ''Souljaboytellem.com'' debuted at number 4 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling 117,000 copies in the first week. The album received generally poor reviews from

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Singles

The album's lead

, called "

" was released on May 2, 2007. The song topped the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and then stayed for over 7 weeks; and topped the US

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, staying there for over five weeks. The song also reached on the top five in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The album's second single, called "

" featuring i15, was released on October 1, 2007. The song peaked at numbers 32, 13 and 6 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100,

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and Hot Rap Songs charts, respectively. It was able to peak at number 10 in New Zealand. The album's third single, "

" 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. 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.

Critical reception

''Souljaboytellem.com'' received mostly negative reviews from

s. In a negative review, ''

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'' 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,

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'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". More negative reviews came from Simon Vozick-Levinson of ''

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'' who called the album a "teenage wasteland filled with monotonously looped chants and agonizing blunt-force beats." Fellow ''EW'' writer Chris Willman ranked the album number 1 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." 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." Tyler of

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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".

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 1,322,000 copies in the United States, according to

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Track listing

Sample credits * "Report Card" – contains samples of "

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" performed by

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Personnel

Adapted from the ''Souljaboytellem.com'' liner notes. * John Frye: mixing (Stankonia Studios; Atlanta, GA) * Gary Fry: assistant engineering * Dave Grohl: Drums * Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado: mixing ("Soulja Girl"; Larabee North Studios) * Michael "Mr. ColliPark" Crooms:

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* Christen Gallope: creative * Cliff Feiman:

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* SLANG Inc.:

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* Dave Hill: photography * Mark Star: Soulja Boy Tellem logo design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Souljaboytellem.Com 2007 debut albums Soulja Boy albums Interscope Records albums Albums produced by Mr. Collipark Snap albums