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Soulja Boy. It was released on December 16, 2008, by

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, Stacks on Deck Entertainment, HHH Artists and Interscope Records. The album was mostly produced by Soulja Boy, along with several

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Drumma Boy Christopher James Gholson (born August 11, 1983), better known by his stage name Drumma Boy, is an American record producer. Early life Born in Memphis, Tennessee, and raised in Cordova, Tennessee, he was exposed to music at a young age. His mo ...

Jim Jonsin James Gregory Scheffer (born June 8, 1970), professionally known as Jim Jonsin, is an American record producer, songwriter, businessman and DJ from South Florida. Jonsin has collaborated with numerous artists, including Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, ...

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, among others. The album was supported by three

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Bird Walk "Bird Walk" is the first single from Soulja Boy's 2008 album '' iSouljaBoyTellem''. Song information The song was performed on the first ''YouTube Live'' on November 22, 2008, with an introduction from MC Hammer Stanley Kirk Burrell (b ...

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Kiss Me Thru the Phone "Kiss Me thru the Phone" is a song co-written and recorded by hip hop artist Soulja Boy featuring Sammie. It was released on November 27, 2008, as the second single from his 2008 album, '' iSouljaBoyTellem''. It was the best-selling single fro ...

" featuring

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Turn My Swag On "Turn My Swag On" is a song written and recorded by American rapper Soulja Boy Tellem. It was released in October 2008 as the third single from his 2008 album ''iSouljaBoyTellem''. It was performed at the 2009 BET Awards. The song topped the US ...

". ''iSouljaBoyTellem'' debuted at number 43 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling 46,000 copies in its first week. The album received negative reviews from music critics, who saw it as recycled material from his previous album.

Background

The album's first original single was intended to be "iDance", which was released online back in 2008. However, the song was dropped from the album for unknown reasons, with the possibility of "Bird Walk" catering more than towards Soulja Boy's original breakout single "

Crank That (Soulja Boy) "Crank That" is the debut single by American rapper Soulja Boy Tell'em. It served as the lead single from his debut studio album, '' souljaboytellem.com'' (2007) and accompanies the Soulja Boy dance. The song is recognized by its looping steelp ...

Singles

" was released as the album's lead single on October 23, 2008. The song only managed to peak at number 2 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. "

" featuring

, was released as the album's second single on November 28, 2008. The song peaked at number 3 on the US '' Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming the rapper's second top ten hit on the chart. "

" was released as the album's third single on October 25, 2008. The song peaked at number 19 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States.

Other songs

The music video for "Soulja Boy Tell 'Em" was released on November 9, 2008. The music video for "Gucci Bandanna" featuring

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, was released on April 23, 2009.

Critical reception

''iSouljaBoyTellem'' received negative reviews from music critics, who felt that it was recycled material from his previous album.

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's David Jeffries said that the album came up short when trying to re-create the success of "Crank That" but praised "Shopping Spree" in that it "suggests some crossover hopes and desire for hardcore rap acceptance." Steve 'Flash' Juon of ''RapReviews'' said that the music "improved drastically" but still found the lyrics to be "as vapid and materialistic as it was before," concluding with, "Your best bet is to find a website you can listen to snippets of this album on and if one or two tracks strike your fancy, buy those. A whole album of SB's idiotic raps is still too much for one man or woman to take no matter how much better the beats are." Writing for ''

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also commented on how the beats were more bulky but the delivery in the songs lacked charm in them.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''iSouljaBoyTellem'' liner notes. * Michael "Mr. ColliPark" Crooms: executive producer * Derrick Crooms: Collipark Music A&R, Rockfort Management * Charlotte Crooms: Collipark Music Administrative Coordinator * Phillip Ransom, Esq.: Music Legal Representation for Soulja Boy * Karl Marcellus Washington, Esq.: Legal Representation for Collipark Music Inc. * DJ Mormile & Manny Smith: Interscope A&R * Terrence Nelson: A&R Coordinator * Brian Washington:

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* Ravid Yosef: All Things Mobile * Aaron Foreman & Kendra Ellis:

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* Greg Miller: publicity * Randy Sosin:

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* Michael Cole & Jennifer Zeller: video promotion * Don Robinson:

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* Erika Savage: business affairs * Ianthe Zevos: creative * SLANG Inc.: art direction/

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* Zach Wolfe:

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* Cliff Feiman: production supervisor

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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