"Betta than me? Tuh! Pardon me I had to laugh at that."
Idiacy: A "word" Soulja Boy said during one of his interviews.
So Soulja Boy refused to continue performing fellatio on Lil Wayne, who became furious and made him promise to carry on tradition, or else he'd Youtube their private affairs (via MTV):
"If I look at the new list and I compare myself to all 10 of the artists and some don't add up, I'll be like, 'Wow. I should be #1 if it's right now. I'm #1."Soulja Boy was more candid when asked how he ranks specifically against alumni of the first Hottest MCs list, like Weezy, 'Ye and Jay-Z.
"Right now, yes [I'm hotter than them]," he answered as their names were read to him one by one.
=()!
"The Good Life." "Stronger." "Flashing Lights." Ye has three singles in the clubs... simultaneously. "Big Brother," "Can't Tell Me Nothing." Still on repeat on your iPods. Soundscan stats: 1,945,800 and counting.
Hov: Pure lyrics, no e-rap gimmicks. Stats: 941,000, even in the midst of ringtone rapping mayhem.
Lil Wayne? As much as I can't stand him, no Southern rapper is hotter than Wayne, and he doesn't even have an album out. Stats? All these stupid rappers keep enlisting him for song features.
Soulja Boy: Madd radio payola. Massive music television payola. Fan/consumer base: Ages 4-19. Predominately female from age 12 and up. Stats? With all of this on deck, it took him four entire months to hit 700,000. He should be platinum plus by now.
I don't believe you. You need more people.
If you asked him what Hov's first album was, he'd say The Blueprint. =()!
If you asked him who was behind "Hard Knock Life," he'd draw a blank face.
If you asked him who The Wu Tang Clan was, he'd say an Asian cult. =()!
Which is why I find this hilarious:
"I wouldn't even rap against the Genius [GZA]. I'd put up someone who was born in '66 to go against the Genius so it can be a tie. He's got like 50 years on me. I wouldn't even associate with the Genius. He's in Alaska. He's cold. I just heard 50 Cent talking about the Genius saying he had an Impala his age. Well, that's the Genius for you. [ Laughs.] He has no choice. He got famous for five little minutes, but he had to sacrifice a relationship with Soulja Boy. Now it's gone. I ain't gonna be like "F the GZA" 'cause I ain't never met that dude."Pretty tough words coming from a rapper with a fanbase of 4-year olds. =()!
If you asked him what 36 Chambers was, he'd say a horror movie trilogy. If you asked him what group Ghostface is in, he'd say St. Lunatics, thinking he's the dude with the mask. If you asked him what Shaolin was, he'd say a Chinese dish. If you asked him what the phrase Only Built for Cuban Linx is in reference to, he'd say a fitness infomercial.
After correcting him, if you asked him what year The Wu first dropped an album, he'd say 2007. =()!
Haha. Just when I thought I had writer's block, Soulja Boy keeps me writing. I love it. But why are little kids allowed to speak without being disciplined?
Negro please. XXL, please holla at this dude.
solja boy is wack. im not a 12 year old girl who listens to bullshit. wu tang forever
Fuck this old ass news. You just wanted an excuse to post that picture of Hov...
Wow.. bout time somebody addressed this issue.. Soulja Boy needs to respect his elders.
I don't think of Soulja Boy as a rap but what soundscan does tell you is that he is killing them on downloads. As a matter of fact, if downloads (legal ones) were counted, a lot of artists would report higher numbers than indicated on soundscan.
@KAE
Wasn't they suppose to stop using Joe Camel for cigarette ads? Raps the new crack I guess.
Souljah Boy is some bullshit. That's true. But "Hot" does not mean "better." You should know that even by the original list. And as far as airplay, and his name coming out of people's mouth, he is "hotter" than most of these acts. i.e. Eli Manning is "hotter" than Peyton Manning. Is he better? HELL NO!
Also, your argument about not knowing his history has nothing to do with it. If I ask you to name Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's first single or some things about Bambataa or the Cold Crush Brothers, I bet you can't do it either.
Damn you stay on Eskay's cock n balls Reckless, you industry slut.
Anyway,
LOL @ Stronger and GoodLife being club bangers.
LOL @ You assuming what people listen to on their IPods
LMAO @ No southern rapper hotter than Wayne, Maybe if you're talkin hot cause the DEA is watchin that dude.
LMMFAO@ You crediting Jay for being not platinum and harassing 50 for having that same sales total after 2 weeks. Hatin Whore.
ROFL @ You throwing out Payola acusations like you know some shit. If you got facts, lets see em. If you dont, lets call it the fact that the people who actually "vote" for 106 and call into radio stations are generally under 18. I know Im in my 20s and I wouldnt vote or call for shit. I dont listen to radio.
You call that "writing"? BAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!! Goto Holla @ Byron Crawford or Dallas Penn. Thats writing, you're just straight trash with a dick sucker attached, skank.
Yeah Reck, I heard bout you. lol. Slut.
@Enlightened
I am with you on this one. This blog is acting like he wasn't Cranking Dat in his boyfriends house before he got Supermanned out his house. He's just mad that they found a name for that action now.
Its not where you from, its where you at, so get over your 1990's ish and smell the coffee Mr NY. Your hip hop defination is dead and Soulja Boy is making his own. ps you were also between 4-19 when you first heard JZ and WTC and you think kids have to follow your line. n199a plz
He jus feelin himself 2 much
First off why mention this lil nigga on SOHH NYC you got writers block, why not give some local heads some shine(that is if you actually stay in NY) second this lil nigga is 16 and you expecting a perfect interview, have you even seen a Weezy interview and that nigga 26 and probably worse. You coming at this lil nigga is about as smart as yelling at deaf people. Comparing his record sales is another dumb thing only kids buy his shit, while anyone 8-49 buys Hov and Kanye so goin 711,000 in an era where sales are down with a very limited fanbase isn't nothin to scoff at. Personally im a grown ass man i'll be damn to listen to soulja boy but i cant knock the dude for gettin money.
Fuck wu tang ain't nobody checking 4 that shit no more you niggas kill me with that south killed hip hop shit. The reason that shit is dead is cuz why buy what is free? Ask wu how many artists did they actually support last year and buy there disc. What is the definiton of hip hop? Ghost's album was about mainly cocaine when he does it oh it's album of the year but when a south nigga say's it oh it's coonery. Fuck you and if i was soulja boy i would've said she same shit gza is a disrespectful motherfucka coming at a boy sideways i ain't aven fucking wit ol boy but it's good to see him saying how he feel and taking up for himself You know he ain't better than nobody but if he feels like it what harm is that? Grow up East and know i'm no child just see things different than you.
Fuck wu tang ain't nobody checking 4 that shit no more you niggas kill me with that south killed hip hop shit. The reason that shit is dead is cuz why buy what is free? Ask wu how many artists did they actually support last year and buy there disc. What is the definiton of hip hop? Ghost's album was about mainly cocaine when he does it oh it's album of the year but when a south nigga say's it oh it's coonery. Fuck you and if i was soulja boy i would've said she same shit gza is a disrespectful motherfucka coming at a boy sideways i ain't aven fucking wit ol boy but it's good to see him saying how he feel and taking up for himself You know he ain't better than nobody but if he feels like it what harm is that? Grow up East and know i'm no child just see things different than you.
Soulja Boy is dat dude! His lyrical talent is off the chain!
PS. Fuck Jay-Z. He aint nutin but a Biggie dickrider!
You know, nobody was saying anything about Leaders of the New School when they were coming out with their silly shit. Don't get me wrong, I love it when it was out but flavors change. Not everyone could be a Nas, Biggie, Pac, or even ODB. This kid found his lane and I guess he is sticking with it. Hip-hop is so wide open now than when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s that there are different sub-genres like there is in Rock now. What's ironic is no one talks about people like D-Block who really have nothing to say but about their last blunt they smoked or going after someone or "I got lyrics" but wack beats. Get off it already.
WHY IS HOV PICTURE UP THERE WHEN THE BLOG IS ABOUT SOULJA BOY? ALL THESE HOE ASS NIGGAS TRYING TO BLAME THE SOUTH FOR THE FALL OF HIP HOP.....TELL IT TO MY NINE HOE. I DONT WANT TO HEAR THAT SHIT!!T HERE ARE WACK RAPPERS ON EVERY COAST! THE EAST HAD THEY TIME, THE WEST HAD THERES, NOW THE SOUTH IS DOING THEY THING! WE NEED TO STOP THE HATING MAN!!! GET MONEY OR BETTER YET....
GET ON MY LEVEL HOE OR GO GET A SHOVEL HOE!! NIGGAZ CLAIMING THEY SOME GO GHETTAS BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS THEY SOME HOE NIGGAZ!
I knew it was only a matter of time u blogged about this. I think Soulja Boy meant hottness, not skill. I'm sure he even knows he can't hold a candle to Jay, Kanye, and Weezy. But the lil nigga is popular, and he does deserve to be in anyone's top 10 HOTTEST rappers at this time. Niggas tryna make this what it really isn't.
As far as 60yr old GZA, that nigga's not on anyone's top 30 hottest rappers currently. How the fuck is he gonna call out Soulja boy, who's 19? Nothing GZA does is comparable to Soulja Boy's work. He shouldn't even be on GZA's radar. I bet it's cause he's broke and is sick that that lil nigga is getting so much attention for something he doesn't co-sign.
GZA, my nigga, pay attention to Wu's work. Last time we checked '8 Diaphrams' was 107 on the charts after all that anticipation. Leave that kid alone. Get mad at President Bush for spending all the Social Securty money on Iraq.
GO LISTEN TO ANDRE 3000 THE ART OF STORY TELLING ON DJ DRAM NEW DISC AND THEN TELL ME THERE ARE NO GOOD RAPPERS IN THE SOUTH!! GO LISTEN TO GLASSES MALONE SONG WITH AKON AND TELL ME THERE ARE NO GOOD RAPPERS FROM THE WEST, AND THEN GO LISTEN TO JOELL ORTIZ FROM THE EAST COAST CAN TELL ME THE EAST DONT HAVE GOOD RAPPERS! THERES SOME TALENT OUT HERE MAN! NIGGAZ BE ARGUING OVER DUMB SHIT. NIGGAZ GOSSIP LIKE OPRAH FUCK THAT SHIT! THATS WHY THE GAME FUCKED UP. TOO MUCH TALKING GOING ON. ITS 2008 AND NIGGAZ STILL ARGUING WITH NIGGAZ THAT LIVE 20 STATES AWAY! THE ECONOMY FUCKED UP!!
IM TRYING TO GET TO THE MONEY! AND I DONT GIVE A FUCK WHERE YOU FROM IF YOU TALKING ABOUT GETTING MONEY THEN I'M LISTENING! YOU HEARD ME!
Soulja Boy's remarks are comical at best...and don't even deserve a response. He's already a good thirteen and half minutes into his 15 min of fame.
.....But what's more interesting to me is the lack of respect that these young kids have for our history. They really believe that they can put themselves on the same level as major players without putting in the work....Lil Wayne included. Seems like we have a new generation of disrespectful fools who don't know or respect their history. I can already see that the bafoonery of this upcoming generation is gonna far surpass our current embarrassments.
Oh yeah, props to Soulja Boy for saying what's on his mind, even if people won't agree with it. Anybody else would have been appologizing through they publicist. The lil fella aint gotta take shit from somebody just because they old. LOL @ GZA for hurting himself. The audience that buys SouljaBoy's music doesn't know what a GZA is. And since Soulja Boy showed he wasn't no punk, GZA is gonna look like a bigger fool if he retaliates. Good luck with ever being mainstream again. From now own GZA will be known as the '50 year old that got sonned by Soulja Boy".
Come on Reckless. You are doing nothing more than searching for hits. This lil nigga doesn't deserve to head up the blog topic in Sohh NYC. With all the mc's out here you couldn't find nothing better than that young fool. He knows he isn't a rapper or an mc, he's just a lil nigga using the genre to capitalize on some quick dough. It's just like them electric slide spin-offs playing in Chicago. I don't give them any spin. You shouldn't either. Good job with the amount of hits you'll catch today but it's cheap and you're better than that.
Greatest rappers of all time:
1. Biggie
2.ODB
3.C-murder
4.MC Hammer
5. Big Pun
6. Silk the Shocker
7. Cool C
8. Bun B
9. Ludacris
10. Eazy-E
Fuck tupac
Maybe he's talking about he's hotter this week. Check the numbers. This week on billboards
#37 Soulja Boy
#39 Kanye West
#45 Jay Z
PS: I'm not a Soulja Boy fan but the guy is a teenager. Therefore he's going to say teenaged stuff. Sometimes I think people forget that he should be in high school right now and not touring the world.
It's cool for you to be feeling yourself cause you got a ringtone hit. But Soulja Boy needs to realize that that song was just a fluke. He won't be able to do it again.
It's not like he's gonna lace the game with a string of dope albums. He had his little jam and now he's done.
Soulja Boy is a kid and anyone over 25 talking shit about a high schooler needs to get a life. I don't like his music either but at least I know he didn't make it for me. Hip Hop started as music made by KIDS for KIDS. If you're over 25 getting emotional about this shit you need to check yourself. Back in the day dudes were considered old school by the time they were 23 because by then they had dropped at least 3 albums if not more. Check Rakim, G Rap, Kane, KRS and see that it's true. Let it go already. By 25 you should be making the transition from fan to music entrepreneur or just real life. Too many SUPER seniors in hip hop talking shit about youngsters doing what is rightfully theirs. The West Coast introduced grown men rapping and the South picked it up and ran with it but the whole damn country is on that shit now and it's sad.
SEE THIS IS THE POINT IM TRYING TO MAKE..
GZA MAD AT SOULJA BOY OVER STUPID SHIT! HE ALL IN THE MEDIA TALKING SHIT. THEN THE MEDIA BLOWS THE SHIT UP!! GZA A GROWN MAN AND SOULJA A CHILD...HE NEED TOO BE FOCUSED ON THE WUTANG SHIT. WHAT SOULJA BOY EAT DONT MAKE HIM FAT" DO YOU FOLLOW ME? EVERYBODY CAN COME TOGETHER AND GET TO THE MONEY. YOU GOT GUNIT BEEFING WITH FAT JOE AND THE LOX.. OVER SOME DUMB SHIT!! THESE NIGGAZ BEEN PUTTING DISS TRACKS OUT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS!! EITHER HANDLE THE SHIT OR GET TOO THE MONEY!! I DONT WANT TO HEAR NO MORE DISS SONGS PERIOD. THE WHITE MAN SITTING BACK LAUGHING AT US NIGGAZ. TH RAP GAME SALES ARE DOWN AND SHIT!!! SO ALL THE NEW NIGGAZ IN THE RAP GAME TRYING TO GET MONEY IS GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THREE TIMES HARDER BECAUSE THESE OTHER NIGGAZ FUCKING THE GAME UP. IF YOU NOT ABOUT RAPPING TOGETHER TO GET MONEY THEN GO DO MOVIES!
It's cool for you to be feeling yourself cause you got a ringtone hit. But Soulja Boy needs to realize that that song was just a fluke. He won't be able to do it again.
It's not like he's gonna lace the game with a string of dope albums. He had his little jam and now he's done.
January 24, 2008 11:03 AM
co-sign
This is it. He might sell a few more joints but he's basically done. He'll grow up, hopefully carry his ass to college and look back and say that he had a good time living a high school dream. Hopefully he won't become one of those teenage stars that end up on a reality show on VH-1 for some outrageous activities. Kind of like Vanilla Ice and Flavor Flav. Flav may be paid these days but not respected.
Soulja Boy = early 90's Kris Kros
So stop hating on lil dude and let him get his paper. Oh and don't act like you wouldn't trade places with him either.
17 year old millionaire > 20 something blogger
its america and he spoke his mind he's free to do that the rap game is a business and the business is to make money!if he got something that works fuck it he gettin paid.wu had their time and its over! ghostface goin on utube beggin for people to buy his shit and gza going after a young brotha for gettin his money!they bitter ass niggas!take it like a man its over!
GZA aint have to make any comments about Soulja Boy cause Soulja is not and will never be his direct competition. GZA and the Wu's legacy means more to hiphop than Soulja Boy's shit ever will. GZA kind of played himself with this one here. Think about it, him gettin at Soulja would be like Aretha Franklin dissing Ciara....I bet Jay, and Kanye aint gonna address this lil dude and his wishful thinking.
As much as I hate Soulja Boy I will admit that shit he said was funny.
I don;t know why everyone is getting there panties in a bunch, because we all know Soulja Boy won't be around next year. He has the same fate as D4L, Shop Boyz, and all the other one hit wonders from the past.
@ NIMROD
I gotta co-sign your entire post. U made a lot of sense.
All the things people complain about in rap can be traced to their hero Tupac not lil boys like Soulja Boy.
1. Beef as major promotion - It existed before him but his success with it got everyone to follow suit.
2. Dry Snitching - He named individuals not charged or convicted with serious crimes that he had no proof of and essentially put the police on them. He might as well had went and made statements.
3. Using arrests as publicity stunt - Both he and Snoop did it but again Pac did it better.
4. Kissing and Telling - people complain about Superhead but she's a reflection of the men she slept with. Did everyone forget about Pac bragging about fucking Faith in a song? Real men don't do shit like that but he did it and now no one can shut up.
5. Shirtless Tattoo'd imagery - name one rapper pictured like that before Pac. Now you can't name one who isn't.
6. Fronting - I don't know of any gangsters ANYWHERE attending a HS of performing arts. He pulled a Frank Lucas before Frank Lucas did. LOL! He NEVER got shot in his head.
When y'all wanna talk about what killed hip hop start with the commercialism of IGNORANCE and the reigning champ of that is non other than your beloved Tupac the grand architect.
Nimrod says...
When y'all wanna talk about what killed hip hop start with the commercialism of IGNORANCE and the reigning champ of that is non other than your beloved Tupac the grand architect.
January 24, 2008 11:25 AM
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co-sign
n.w.a coon ass group
RE: Tupac
That's how I feel but the topic was lame today and I figured Reckless could use some help as always. I'm out. LOL!
@Nimrod
I am glad someone aired Pac out the way you did. You failed to mention that he never had a criminal record until he started rapping. And the Oscar goes too... Tupac for impersonating a gangster.
Also Tupac is a clear example of take this fake shit too far to the point that it became real life. It would be like people in the suburbs taking choosing sides between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H and fighting in the street over it.
LOL@Soljaboy thinking he's one of the hottest rappers out. That nigga is garbage to the 18th degree. Any of you clowns that defend this dude are lame as fuck. Soljaboy needs to be slapped for his lack of knowledge of hip-hop history and you lame niggaz who co-sign him or give him a pass and say he's getting to the money are part of the reason hip-hop's quality is deteriorating. You clowns need to demand more from these artists and stop letting them get away with making this garbage ass music.
Hip hop is getting worst by the day. I forsee much worst music 2 come with soulja boy and "rappers" of that sort getting shine. They have no talent and r showin the younger generation that disposable music is good and easy 2 make a few bucks. They r givin rap music a bad name. Soulja boy isn't a rapper, he is a pop artist only it 4 the money. But 4 him 2 come out and say he's hotter than jayz and kanye is outright stupid but then again he is only like 16 so its almost expected 4 his brain 2 not b fully developed enough 2 understand how retarded that statement was. I mean come on, he writes in white out on his sunglasses, he's just not "all there" yet
how many times do i gotta say it, i don't care about what his age is, he is the WORST RAPPER ALIVE, no talent, no creativity, no flow, no musical integrity or integrity period, and anybody that bought his cd or his ringtones are complete morons who really got hustled by someone who has no skill, no respect and no integrity......and this really shows you how stupid America is becoming, and it all starts at the top with the worst president we have ever had with dumbass George Bush.....Soulja Boy and his fans are just an extention of that stupidity
hiya aint tk well fit!!!
Haboogie says...
@Nimrod
I am glad someone aired Pac out the way you did. You failed to mention that he never had a criminal record until he started rapping. And the Oscar goes too... Tupac for impersonating a gangster.
January 24, 2008 11:33 AM
He laid the foundation 4 all of the commercialized gangsta rappers 2 day.
How do y'all know Gza was mad when he made those comments? why do the veteran MCs have 2 be mad & angry from y'all's perspective, that could've been a matter of him just expressing his opinion on the rap game 2day, I wonder how shit would've been if 50 made those comments about Soulja Coon.
Look, y'all don't have 2 listen 2 the Jay-Zs, Wu Tangs, Nas' or any other MC from the 90s if U don't want 2, but what's so hard about respecting these artists & their longevity in the game
@ west coast commercialized ignorance ,
I was a huge NWA fan back in the day, looking back on how everything went downwith the group, I have 2 agree. It's like Cube said....
"First U was down with the AK, now I cee U on a video with Michel'le/lookin' like str8 bozos, I saw it comin' that's why I went solo/ & kept on stompin' while y'all muthafuckas moved str8 outta Compton".
P.S.
So what Gza is 40 something years old, he STILL spits better than Ur favorite rapper.
(watch the young'ns get mad)
yh man he well fit i wna marry him!! me wnt him 2 shag him!!
Why should I stress myself to go to college to be acquire skills to fully maximize my intellectual potential when during a commerical break of ESPN i could write something that make no sense whatsoever. and get paid.
On behalf a homeless bum I would like to thank soulja boy for show me why having skills or/and talent is something only an idiot would do.
HATE HATE IS FROM INDIANA. They own Power 106...as well as 20+ other stations (including two in Terra Haute, Indiana....maybe Hate Hate and More Hate could fill us in on his hometown radio?).
UPTOWN REPPA says...
LOL@Soljaboy thinking he's one of the hottest rappers out. That nigga is garbage to the 18th degree. Any of you clowns that defend this dude are lame as fuck. Soljaboy needs to be slapped for his lack of knowledge of hip-hop history and you lame niggaz who co-sign him or give him a pass and say he's getting to the money are part of the reason hip-hop's quality is deteriorating. You clowns need to demand more from these artists and stop letting them get away with making this garbage ass music.
January 24, 2008 11:38 AM
CO-SIGN 100%
im calling everyone over the age of 17 to join me in whooping the dog shit out of this little prick. wherever you see him just jump on him and handle that. if enough people agree to do this then he will quit rapping and go lay low somewhere.
i cant wait please join me
Lol..it don't matter how old he is, Shyheim was a lyrical beast when he started and he was what, 14, 15...lol come on guys know the history.
It's just an MC Hammer time now. Vanilla Ice time. The shit always comes full circle. Leave this kid to do his little time and then he'll be outta here fast enough. Honestly, I think even he knows that. Lol.. Bunch of grown people arguing over this kid, there's no debating he knows nothing about hip-hop..so let's leave it at that. If he wants to show longevity he's gonna have to do his research.
@ Everybody
Tupac did do alot of weird shit. But still, his MUSIC is what makes him the best. Niggas hatin on the west like our music aint the best!!! Wtf, you niggas is some lames thinkin all rappers are movin weight, holdin fullys and shit. These niggas is ENTERTAINERS. Wtf was wu tang?? Theyre one of my favorite groups, but they was standing in front of the pjs with 300 niggas lookin super niggerish too!!! Who gonna blame Dre Pac and Snoop for commercializing ignorance?? Blame Jay, he still does it. DUDE HAS 400 MIL AND RAPS ABOUT HUSTLING FROM 20 YEARS AGO. Niggas from his past have came out saying he was a sideliner, an observer, not a participant. Oh, but thats artistry?? I see you niggas still got some coastal biases.
No one here complaining about Soulja Boy bought his record and guess what? He still sold more than your favorite rapper. LOL! In business your dollar is your vote and people who dislike SB are in the minority so their taste matters not. He's a flash in the pan but there'll be one right behind him. This is nothing new. I remember a cat called the Rapping Duke who did a song back in the day. For those with short memories remember Afro Man? These novelty acts come and go. What is it about SouljaBoy that gets under everyone's skin so much? I feel much better seeing a 17yr old make a fool of himself than a grown ass black man with no excuse. Flava Flav, ODB, Lil Jon, Ying Yang, etc., etc., Wanna talk about COONS? The adults got that shit on lock.