http://www.complex.com/blog_galleries/soulja-boys-25-favorite-albums-of-all-time/Ready
25. Trey Songz - Ready
24. MJ - Thriller
23. Juvenile - 400 Degreez
22. Shawty Lo - Units in the City
21. Three Six Mafia - Most Known Unknown
20. Drake - Thank Me Later
19. Nas - Hip Hop is Dead
18. Snoop Dogg - Malice n Wonderland
17. Crime Mobb - Crime Mobb
16. D4L - Down for Life
15. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon
14. Eminem - Recovery
13. Rick Ross - Teflon Don
12. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
11. Ludacris - Word of Mouf
10. TI - Trap Muzik
9. Lil Boosie - Bad Azz
8. Lil B - 6 Kiss
7. Camron - Purple Haze
6. Gucci Mane - Traphouse
5. Curren$y - Pilot Talk
4. Kanye West - Graduation
3. Lil Wayne - The Carter 3
2. 50 Cent - GRODT
1. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me
Wonderful Scholarly Insight Highlights:
Soulja Boy: “His swag. I can relate to him ’cause I was living in the same hood that he was rapping about. He was rapping ’bout Zone 1. He was rapping about Bankhead, but that’s still Zone 1. That’s like right by Simpson Road, but it’s still Atlanta, though. So I can super-relate to it ’cause even though I had moved to Mississippi, that’s all I listened to. I remember listening to that album when I was flying to Japan. From here to Japan I listened to the whole album all the way through the whole flight.”
Album was probably about an hour long. Flight was probably 10 hours+. Congratulations on finishing a CD in one sitting.
Soulja Boy: “When I was in the hood unsigned and I ain't have nothing, watching TV, I saw [Drake] on Degrassi. I saw him get shot on the show. I saw him turn around and start running. Pap! Pap! I was watching that and after I got famous, sold 12 million with ’Crank That,’ did a million albums with Souljaboytellem.com, Drake came outta nowhere. And then niggas was like, 'Thats the same dude from that show, Degrassi.’ I was like, ’For real? I used to watch that show. That's the dude that got shot?' And then when I heard “Miss Me” I was in the studio with Bun B and we was working on Bun B's album. He was like, 'I'ma play this song me and Drake did. Check it out.' He played that bitch and that nigga said, 'Tell me what’s really going on/Drizzy back up in this thing, I’m ready, what’s hannenin’. ' I picked up the phone and I called Drake like, 'I'm in the studio with Bun B. I just heard that song.' He was like, 'Yeah man, I had to pay homage. I had to bring back a classic.' ’Cause you know [the song Drake got the line from] ’What’s Hannenin’ wasn't even big at all. That's like underground Soulja Boy. That's like 2006 no-MySpace Soulja Boy. That wasn’t on no album. That was off Soundclick. So that meant Drake was listening to my shit all the way back then. That song old as fuck. You had to be a Soulja Boy superfan just to catch that. That's what made that super-dope. The whole album was good. He can sing and rap, so it was over with.
I don't know what's more embarrassing. Soulja Boy thinking he made Drake who he is, or Soulja Boy watching Degrassi.
Soulja Boy: “This is before I was Soulja Boy. Still DeAndre Way in school. I don't know how I got this album. My mom probably bought it for me. That shit was bumpin’. I had my little CD player. I wasn't in Zone 1. I don’t know what Zone it was, but I was right by West End Mall. I was in middle school and [the first song, ’Coming 2 America’] comes on, 'The Royal Penis is clean, your highness.' [Starts singing ’Roll Out’] I knew that whole verse. You can't even recite that shit like I can recite that shit. If you remember, each verse off that shit was super-tongue-twisting. I used to get hoes off just reciting that shit in school. I used to know it word for word. I'm telling you, you gotta look it up and just listen. Like, he was really saying some shit. I can't remember none of that now, but back then when I was that age, I remember writing that shit, rewinding, write it, rewind it, write it, and then I’d get the whole thing and rap that shit all the way through.”
:rofl:
Jay-Z:
The Blueprint
Soulja Boy: “It felt like something that was art. It was creative. It had an architectural feel to it. ’Cause it was like The Blueprint. Niggas get deep and read between the lines. It wasn't like I'm listening to an album just bumpin’ it in the park. This nigga got a concept that's well thought-out. Jay Z’s a beast.”
L-O-Fucking L
This is my favorite:
Soulja Boy: “He caused a lot of controversy with that album and I had to listen to it. I was like, 'Man, what the fuck, why this nigga said hip-hop dead? Lemme listen to this from beginning to end and get what I get from it.' And, I ain't really get no dis from it. I think he was throwin’ compliments on certain songs. I can't remember the whole album, but I do remember some of the things that he was saying. I just felt like he should've named it something different. ’Cause if you gonna name something Hip-Hop Is Dead, I'm expecting the first song to come on angry. He was on some deep shit. He was on some, ’The record labels....’ But that's a part of hip-hop. Like you open up that book and it's a chapter right there and you gotta read that shit if you gon’ be in this game.”
If I read that right I believe SB said Nas was throwing compliments at him. :smh: Wow.
Did this motherfucker just start listening to music 4 years ago?
