Soulja Boy – Skate Boy (Mixtape Review)

    Soulja Boy might be turning into Mike Jones. At least on the basis of “Skate Boy,” where for a chunk of the mixtape’s songs he’s content to babble his way through repetitive phrases in a somewhat slurred, annoying tone. On the brooding opener, “God Forgive Me,” he brags, “I done came out with a hundred racks/ Fucked around got a hundred taxed/ Goons strapped up with a hundred gats/ Put a hundred hoes on a hundred backs.” It sounds ridiculous. But just like Houston rapper Jones’s brief spell in the spotlight, there’s something about the spectacle that pulls you in. It’s not quite a full-on train-wreck rap moment, but the idea of Soulja Boy in 2011 is still something to gawp at – and usually in a briefly entertaining way.

    Throughout “Skate Boy,” Soulja Boy shows a talent for reciting risible rap lines with a straight-faced aplomb. On “Louis Vuitton,” which also has him crooning a hook about the designer brand, he decides that, actually, he lives his life in 4D. Elsewhere, he informs how, “You came out of pussy, I came out of water.” (It is unclear whether being Ocean Gang certified is a good or a bad thing at the end of the day, or whether Mrs. Soulja Boy just favored a birth tank.) This all happens over beats that, at their best, balance a low-fi charm with some innovative touches: In particular, “All Gold Everything,” his team-up with Young L, showcases an addictive beat that wobbles and bleeps.

    Just like Jones though, Soulja Boy’s quick rise and subsequent plummet has cast him as one of Hip Hop’s popular punching bags. Most listeners will skip through “Skate Boy” while staring at the cover that features a Pac Man ghost in a backwards baseball cap. But despite all the critical flack hailed his way, Soulja Boy is still here. So when he boasts, “2012, my year,” you know he ain’t disappearing any time soon, skateboard or not.

    DX Consensus: “Just a Mixtape”

    Listen To Soulja Boy: Skate Boy

    35 thoughts on “Soulja Boy – Skate Boy (Mixtape Review)

    1. LOL not even DX want it to rate it cuz its the worst of the worst hahahaha there are no words to describe this shit hahaha

    2. can you give SBeezy some credit? he has a big following. although this mixtape sucked, your review doesnt give due credit to sbeezy and the career he has developed.

    3. Wow you can tell by the album cover soulja boy is not moving on to try and focus even more on the 6-12 age demographic! With these lyrics, thats pathetic! I understand why tho, his buzz came and went fast in the hip hop game

    4. Wow you can tell by the album cover soulja boy is moving on to try and focus even more on the 6-12 age demographic! With these lyrics, thats pathetic! I understand why tho, his buzz came and went fast in the hip hop game*

    5. Ok why would this mixtape get the album review page and it sucks but Immortal techniques mixtape is a lot better but does not? That dont make sense at all.

    6. Alright look, I’m not a HUGE Soulja Boy fan BUT i will say that I actually enjoyed listening to this mixtape. Like I seriously found myself nodding my head an enjoying this until the last 3rd on the tape. I’d give it a 3.

    7. Man this was a good mixtape. better than anything out right now. as far as his last album sales, fuck that. sure selling high is good be he aint worried about selling recordsand his label aint complain. he gettin money elsewhere ovbiously. and what are all you negitave commenters doing? nothing. can you make a platnum album? can you write and produc a grammy nominated hit a 16? can you make a million dollars at 16? and you have multi #1 hits? can you have a lot of people debat about you (good or bad, the still talking about you)? can you set the record for most ringtones sole? and can you do it by yourself like he did? fuck the person who reviewed this, the ovbiousl dont know his fan base or how good and popular his music is. so the whole review is not relevant.

      1. @stageeofficial hey man…are you Soulja Boy in disguise? lol your questions are really stupid man..almost anyone can write better songs than Soulja Boy and make some quick money..but that era in music is over. Its cool to make good music again, which is why SOulja Boys career is over

    8. wow da best album dawg u kileed the game single handedly yo souljah man we did it i like the part where he says YUUUUUUULEEEEE id rate it a 0/5

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