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Article: CD REVIEW: Soulja Boy's "SouljaBoyTellEm.com" a poor imitation
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- October 11, 2007
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Nick Schnider
University Wire
10-11-2007
(Rocky Mountain Collegian) (U-WIRE) FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Who is DeAndre Way? If the name doesn't ring a bell, that's because Mr. Way is better known as Soulja Boy, the emerging 17-year-old rap superstar currently riding a wave of popularity brought on by his hit single "Crank That."
A favorite jam among drunken college students everywhere, "Crank That" is three-and-a-half minutes of repetitive, lowbrow misogyny. In other words, it has all the makings of a great hip-hop smash.
But there's another reason for Soulja Boy's sudden burst of success. With infectious steel drums, irrepressible back-up vocals and a decidedly spare arrangement, "Crank That" ...
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