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In a 2007 interview, when asked about what message does he hope to deliver with the album, Soulja Boy said: "I’m trying to tell the people to look out for me—I’m the next generation of hip-hop, it’s a movement what I’m startin’ right now. The album is gonna be crazy—it covers every base of good music: hip-hop, R&B, it’s got humor on there. It’s a very powerful album. And what I’m telling you—you have to listen. When you pay attention to what I’m saying and my lyrics, the things that I do, the trends that I set, the following that I have… it’s like, “Damn,” it gonna be crazy." He also talked about the criticism towards his music, responding to claims that he was "ruining hip-hop": "My defense, I say, they’re probably used to hearing a type of music, and it’s different from mine, and they’re brought up, and they’ve listened to this type of music for so long, and when they hear something like a Soulja Boy, they scared, and they like, “What is this? This is so different!” But so many people like it, so they don’t get it. It really confuses them. They automatically on the defense, they attack. They like, “This is not hip-hop, and this is not what I’m used to listening to.” But it’s so different, and so many people are listenin’ to it." ==Music and lyrics==

Souljaboytellem.com is a snap album. The album's lyrical content is mostly made of the song titles being repeated multiple times, and focuses primarily on dancing and clothes. The choruses on Souljaboytellem.com are generally constituted of a single spoken phrase repeated roughly 50 times within the span of a three-minute song. The instrumentals are based on minimal mixtures of FL Studio keyboard loops. Exclaim! described the album as a teen version of crunk music. ==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; and topped the US Hot Rap Songs, 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 "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. 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. 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 was generally panned by music critics. 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." In his review for The Independent, Andy Gill wrote that "over the course of an album the repetitive approach is wearying", singling out the tracks "Donk", "Bapes", and "Yahhh!" for "a lack of significant lyrical content". However, noting that Soulja Boy recorded the entirety of the album on his laptop, Gill concluded that "Soulja Boy's DIY style [...] may be a significant indicator of changes in the genre". == Commercial performance ==

Souljaboytellem.com debuted at number 4 on the US Billboard 200, selling 117,000 copies in the first week. In its 8th week during the week of November 25, 2007, the album sold 44,000 copies and by then sold 381,000 copies overall. Souljaboytellem.com has sold 949,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan. == Track listing ==

• Swole • John Boy }} • Way • Abrahim "Arab" Mustafa }} • Way • Mustafa }} • Way • Mustafa }} • Way • Carlos "Los Vegaz" Thorton • Michael Crooms }} • Los Vegaz • Mr. Collipark }} • Way • Mustafa • Jamal Jones • Maurice Richards • Robert Crawford • Gregory Williams • Robert Debarge }} • Way • Wright }} }} Sample credits • "Report Card" – contains samples of "Throw Some D's" performed by Rich Boy. == Personnel ==

Adapted from the Souljaboytellem.com liner notes. • 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 • Kevin "Coach K" Lee: A&R • Orlando McGhee: A&R • Kevin Black: A&R • Christen Gallope: creative • Cliff Feiman: production manager • SLANG Inc.: art direction • Dave Hill: photography • Mark Star: Soulja Boy Tellem logo design == Charts ==

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