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this dude is totally a singles/guest rapper artist -- he's really talented but i dont get why everyone thinks hes a minute from dropping a classic at this point

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even Plies is kinda boring on this, I was hoping he'd at least say something ridiculous or disgusting like he does on all his radio singles.

^^lol this needs to go on the Rap in 2008 headstone

ya i was gonna say - back for the first time is a classic and word of mouf is pretty damn close

id pick those over the other options but neither of them get me rewinding over and over or something -- they dont have anything on a guy like redman who has such a similar schtick but way more solid records

tbh im kind of challopsing out of boredom here

luda is really too intense to sit though an entire album of

back for the first time has distinctly early 2000s southern beats and knockout punchlines - idk what's not to love

joe you may be right but i think that statement applies to latter day luda when he felt he had things to "prove" - i think on his earlier albums esp. word of mouf when he was already a superstar he's just doing stand-up comedy basically

word of mouf is dope tho

xactly

the other day i was gonna do a bangladesh + luda poll but i forgot also i dont think anyone would vote

stick em up is probably the best in any event

well probably what's your fantasy

this dude is totally a singles/guest rapper artist -- he's really talented but i dont get why everyone thinks hes a minute from dropping a classic at this point

― deej, Monday, December 1, 2008 5:12 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

'everyone'? like I was saying earlier, Luda says every album is going to be the classic that cements his status, and of course it never is and I don't think anyone ever expects him to deliver either. nobody thinks he's a minute from dropping a classic.

eh i hear people say that shit about him all the time -- "hes such a great rapper!!!" + he has inconsistent albums or whatever.

yeah, but i mean, i think people treat that as the status quo...he's always going to be good, his albums are never going to be great, that's how it will always be, etc.

this is a completely hollow comparison i realize but it's kinda like bob pollard to an extent, no (moreso in the 90s)? uneven albums (save for a couple classics imo) with great songs every few tracks or so. i love bob pollard btw

people really stop need to stop trying so hard to come up with variations on "i'm white btw"

hahahahahahahahahahaha

the actual joke is that i think that was unintentional

im pretty sure the soulja boy album is dope but im gonna liveblog it anyway
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Stoked for the madness

i'm about the stax

beat soundin a little like "shootout". my life might be too gucci mane centered right now but i think he rubbed off on soulja boy. he doesn't have gucci's flow yet but he's kinda picked up this knack for punchlines that are simple in their brilliance

bird walk

i like the keyboard on this one - drip droppy with these huge drum thwacks like "grindin" or something -- they actually are just bursts of noise kind of like something from justice. WHATTCCHH ME DOO IT YOOOUU. pretty good single i think

soulja boy for the kids like disney

turn my swag on

this is like a rip-off of "whats up whats haapenin" except better. chorus is all whiny and wheezing like t.i. haha he actually says "whaaaats up". at least he's transparent. can't even tell when the chorus stops and the verses start. this sing-song is a pretty new look for him but i like it. pretty catchy

gucci bandana ft. gucci mane and shawty lo

i've written about gucci/soulja boy collabos too much for my own health and this one is pretty dope. i think the chorus is him sampling himself from his "marco polo" verse. soulja boy's verse is wack on this but the beat has this nice elastic bass that would probably rattle a car. anytime gucci mane enters a song it's immediately my favorite part of the song. his flow is a little too stunted on this one but the ad-libs are on point. dunno i can't hate anything gucci does. except not doing his community service. please someone stop shawty lo. please let him be implicated in trying to buy obama's senate seat or something. does he want to sound like he has emphysema? i dont get it

eazy

beat here has these whiny synths and muted horns. good look, way less fruity loops than his other stuff. sounds like a toomp beat (btw im assuming that soulja boy did all these beats). employs good beat drops during the chorus. verses are okay but it's hard to hate on this one since the whole thing has a pretty nice bounce

my life might be too gucci mane centered right now but

caveat of the year

kiss me thru the phone (ft. sammie)

beat is a rip-off of "whatever you like" w/ has those keyboard bleeps but it's pretty good. synths are orchestral but this hook is pretty wack. i guess sammie is a dude who sings. not much to say about this one. not skippable but not good really. synths sound like m83 or something

i like "gucci bandana," they been playin' that on the radio here a lot but i didn't know what it was (like if it was on SB's record or just something he did for someone else).

it's been around for a while. it was on his 'teen of the south' mixtape from this summer and then ended up on the album

Sammie was a kiddie R&B singer in the 90s, he came back a couple years ago with a snap & B song w/ Jazze Pha

BOOTY GOT SWAG (DONK PT. 2)

i have to say, i'm pretty excited about this one. "her booty so big i can hang my chain from it". this song is like big bass hits + rolling snare parts like mannie fresh style + "her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag her booty got swag"

i just heard it on a gucci mixtape i had - one of the 30 he dropped this year

cherish them because there will be ZERO in 09

BOOTY GOT SWAG (DONK PT. 2) is like some kind of palin-esque combination of random buzzwords

"rubber bands"

i think this one is an adaption of the mixtape track "bands" which is way better. beat on this one is a little messy, weird twinkling keyboards. "shout out to the mona lisa hanging on my wall". not a necessary track. wish this was just "bands" it is pretty cool when he goes "look at my rubber... BANDS" tho

haha otm xp

"hey you there"

classic soulja boy impersonating a white person intro here. haha i think is supposed to be "yahh pt. 2". this one isn't as flat-out as hilarious but im loling right now. chorus is like... soulja boy whispering a double-dutch chant and then taking on some italian accent (?). he might be impersonating mario or something. this is truly bizarre but kind of awesome. maybe he's being a frenchman idk

^^i have literally no idea what is going on in this song

listen to it http://www.zshare.net/audio/525094815dc23112/

yamaha mama ft. sean kingston

loverman jam feat sean kingston = SKIIIIIPPP. well this is kind of good actually on the verses at least. beat is way more layered than a typical soulja boy production and soulja boy is pretty good at these looping sing-song verses that are pretty enjoyable to listen to

wit my yums on

ok this is those big synth hits from the "get silly" beat looped for a commercial for soulja boy's shoe line. lol @ "your shoes are old like an artifact/ all i can say is 'wow'". this song is like soulja boy 4 dummies. chants, catchphrases that he invented, beat sounds like every other. superfluous

go head ft. juney boondata <----lol wtf

haha he opens the first verse by singing the chorus of "turn my swag on". this one is kinda ugly tho the chorus is nice in a mindfuck way. i guess this guy juney boondata sounds like an alien and then soulja boy chops his voice up.

totally cracking up at "Hey You There"

my life might be too gucci mane centered right now

shoppin spree ft. gucci mane and yo gotti

one of my fav rap songs of the year. soulja boy really goes in on this one. "SOULJA BOY TELL EM AKA THE ASSASSIN/ PRINCESS CUTS IN MY WATCH LIKE I THREW SOME GLASS IN" (<-- syllable pacing is nasty). gucci sacrifices to the gods on this track. "cutlass to my chevy/chevy to my lamborghini/ you cant be me or see me unless you see me on tv/shiny and greasy i wonder if stevie wonder could see me/necklace a jungle of vee-ves [?] check my selection of pieces"

i highly recommend this song, also this video has footage of gucci recording his verse @ soulja boy's studio

souja boy tell em

this one is surprising - meandering bass, doo-wop kind of pianos. it's like if soulja boy did "beautiful girls" so it's still pretty menacing and clattering.

whoop rico ft. show stoppas

i think these dudes are signed to SOD but when this single didn't jump off soulja boy juts stuck it at the end of his album. it was meant to be a viral dance hit im sure but the beat is just way too... stuffed to come close. has those creepy xylophone pings like "knuck if you buck" + a screwed-up chorus + random dj scratches and crowd chants. recommend checking this one out just to listen to the beat which is pretty all over the place and kind cool

i pray (outro)

chorus in his totally accurate but blatant whiny t.i. singing voice: "dear god/i pray/for all my/haters". verses talking about how his life as a celeb is hard. mom calls crying about rumors. raps about growing up. nice step out of the soulja boy image. beat has these like hair metal guitar scratches buried real deep. i appreciate this one objectively but it's not very interesting to listen to