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iSouljaBoyTellem
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42

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
1.4

Overwhelming dislike- based on 71 Ratings

  • Summary: The follow-up to Souljboytellem.com was produced with producer Mr. Collipark and Polow Da Don.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. The Guardian
    60
    The lesson of iSouljaBoyTellem is that simply being indefensible on most rational levels does not stop an album being enjoyable.
  2. Vibe
    50
    On his sophomore effort, iSoujaBoyTellem (Interscope), the YouTube legend attempts to sound all grown up, but for the most part, sticks to his rather unusual brand of hip-hop for the Google generation.
  3. AllMusic
    50
    Short on new ideas and lacking in cohesion, Soulja Boy Tell Em's second official full-length finds the young upstart trying way too hard to re-create the bazillion selling 'Crank That' and repeatedly coming up short.
  4. RapReviews.com
    45
    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.
  5. Boston Globe
    40
    This follow-up to his commercially successful debut is a mind-numbing bore that has a few well-produced club tracks by Mr. Collipark and Polow Da Don that slightly mix up the successful formula (chant, be inane, repeat).
  6. Rolling Stone
    40
    The beats on iSouljaBoyTellem--built by Soulja and Mr. Collipark--are beefier. And Soulja Boy's willingness to drill songs into your skull is less charming.
  7. PopMatters
    20
    iSouljaBoyTellem ultimately fails because it’s barely memorable, lacking any kind of successor to 'Crank That' to keep Soulja Boy relevant.

User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 32
  3. Negative: 27 out of 32
  1. KekeC.
    Aug 9, 2009
    10
    Soulja Boy does his thing n does it well so y'all need to stop hating.
  2. NoelS
    Feb 1, 2009
    6
    Oh come on, it's really not THAT bad. Sure it's corny, but it's at least fun to talk about how corny it is with some friends. Oh come on, it's really not THAT bad. Sure it's corny, but it's at least fun to talk about how corny it is with some friends. Hell, Soulja Boy is laughing all the way to the bank.… Expand
  4. RonaldOVOXO
    Jan 10, 2012
    1
    OMG i regret listening to this album. Honestly i wanted to like Soulja Boy as an artist. But man he is just so terrible he needs to stopOMG i regret listening to this album. Honestly i wanted to like Soulja Boy as an artist. But man he is just so terrible he needs to stop rapping before he destroys the industry… Expand
  5. BobB.
    Jan 8, 2009
    0
    Absolutely dreadful. Soulja Boy thinks simplistic rhymes over Fruity Loops beats is "real" rap. It's not. Headache Inducing, boring, and Absolutely dreadful. Soulja Boy thinks simplistic rhymes over Fruity Loops beats is "real" rap. It's not. Headache Inducing, boring, and repetitive; it's the hip hop Metal Machine Music.… Expand
  6. AdamD
    Feb 14, 2009
    0
    It was painfully bland and generally terrible. I just felt it was lacking in nearly all directions!!!
  7. PacoP.
    Jun 12, 2009
    0
    Just terrible. Absolute garbage, awful lyrics, and and untalented singer.
  8. RyanS
    Mar 8, 2009
    0
    I think Ronnie is being satyrical, guys. As in, he's pretending to really like the album so as to poke fun at it. :P Imagine Crank That. I think Ronnie is being satyrical, guys. As in, he's pretending to really like the album so as to poke fun at it. :P Imagine Crank That. Now imagine it worse. That's pretty much what you have here. and Mahoud, that's a bunch of Bullcrap. We cant insult/harshly criticise this because it's art? that's rubbish. Artists make art (I'd hardly call this art) to show other poeple and make money. Not being able to "hate" on it would be like censoring all negative content on the internet: stupid and pointless. WE think Soulja Boy is crap. It's called an opinion.… Expand

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