Before Soulja Boy was half rapper half meme, he was flipping the industry for the better. I respond on IG (say wassup): bit.ly/frankInstagram Do you sub my 2nd channel? / @frankmichaelsmithshow
He didn't run shit lol he had a couple years a couple songs and that's it. Jay Z , Russell, Dr. DRE, E-40 literally run Hip Hop since 2000. .. you will never see Soulja on the rap Mount Rushmore.
Not only did he produce the song himself, he actually produced it with Fl Studio trial. The free version. This meant that he had to finish the whole song in one sitting as the trial version doesn't let you open saved files until you buy the full version. Crazy
This commend thread is hilarious. Like these people never used a computer. Or atleast not 15ish years ago. Minimizing and multi tasking was easily a thing. I'm 30 but starting to see a difference in age gap. He did not have to make the song in 1 sitting. Just as they said you just leave the computer on and program open. Now if the program crashed.... oof
He didn't start shit. He came in 2007. Dances were already prevalent as the new norm in Hip Hop and the only "new" thing he brought to the table was his dance and a couple hits but dude did not start anything at all bro. Look it up.
And the crazy part is people still try to treat him like he was a one hit wonder like chingy or houston. Naw dude came through with crank dat soulja boy but also had turn my swag on, kiss you through the phone, marco polo, pretty boy swag and club bangers like donk, gucci bandanna, and Yahhh bitch yahhh. Not the goat but he was legit and knew his market. #respect
Most of those songs are underground hits so don't count. So in reality he was a one hit wonder. After crank that got a newer version and a real music video people stopped listening for the most part.
When "crank that" hits, back in 07' various artists followed and created a tsunami of songs,music,dance, until 2012. Damn... life was so lit decade ago.
Back in days it was our School "talent night " selection audition . So me and few frd went on to school hall to see the audition and without a doubt we saw 6 different Soulja boy dance group .😂😂
Everyone’s quick to discredit that man, but he really did what he says he did. That’s one rapper I can 100% say he don’t cap when he speaks. Now that’s not to say he hasn’t ever told a lie, but when it comes to the things he’s done first, he definitely telling the truth and you gotta respect that.
when people were clowning him around the time he did that breakfast club interview (draaaaaake!!!?!?) I was like, "laugh all you want but he's right about the mark he made in the game."
He didn’t blow up in one day. It was through the course of several years. I remember it happening like it was yesterday. He got a big record deal in 2005 that basically grew as it went
The man blew up Gave his music out free - flooded the streets Collaboration with Gucci for Gucci bandana Produced 2 beats on Lil Wayne’s album Gave us Riff Raff ( say what you want but his marketing strategy is genius) Put all his niggas on no question Literally earned as much money as JayZ at the age of 21 (not 100% what age but it matched the same total Jay had at that AGE) literally can never go broke Got dissed about the gaming console shyt (made a mill off that) Breakfast club tried to clown him because of that , and we see why niggas can’t be successful. Critiqing the hustle of young black man getting money instead of respecting the mindset. As a black man “our own people”are our kryptonite
I was a in elementary when kiss me thru the phone came out but man the hype was real I just had to be there I had an older brother and sister in high school at the time and saw a bunch of that time