Soulja Boy Tell'em - "Crank That (Soulja Boy)"

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There was, evidently, not a thread for this. Meanwhile, I'm over here having middle school nostalgia. So let's talk about this.

Notable Accomplishments:

• Sales: 3x Platinum*.
• *First song to ever sell three million units in the United States.
• Billboard Peak: #1.  
• Recorded at the Soulja Boy residence.
• You were required, by law, to know this dance.

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You a damn lie if this wasn't your 2007 jam.

[Jay D83]

Feb 23, 2014 21:24:19 GMT -5 @soblu said:

You a damn lie if this wasn't your 2007 jam.

Nope. Mine were UMBRELLA, PARTY LIKE A ROCK STAR, and anything off Chris Brown's EXCLUSIVE album.

I *hated* this song AND its stupid ass dance! lol.

[B-Boy]

Oh man. You took me back to the myspace/ringtone rap era. Everybody came out with a song that featured a dance. I blame Dem Franchise Boyz and D4L (pioneers of snap music) for that mess.

It was your standard dance song, catchy beat and simple lyrics that everybody can sing a long to. I liked it, but didn't think it was good as the songs that were out at the time. I really didn't want to include it on my personal chart. In the late fall, it appeared for one week at #30.

[Rocky]

Feb 23, 2014 21:24:19 GMT -5 @soblu said:

You a damn lie if this wasn't your 2007 jam.

I hated this, so I'm clearly a liar. Kinda like it now.

[Wavey✨️]

NO, NO, F@C% NO.

Couldn't get away from this.

[M1tchD]

I remember all those awkward middle school dances in 2007-08. This was usually the only song they played twice. Everybody knew the dance and everybody kept going crazy for it. I always used to watch the instructional video to make sure I was doing it right haha.

[Fat Ass Kelly Price]

This takes me back to 7th/8th grade. :'(

Fun dance.

[Deleted]

I hated that song then, I still hate it now.

I also remebered that alot of people liked it.... Like the Harlem Shake....kinda????

Edit: I don't remember how that dance goes anymore, but it's probably a good thing.

[Spidey]

This was the first song to sell 3 million...

I was never a fan of this song.

[halo19]

Was more tolerable than most of what he'd release for a year or so. Got old quick but I never was too into this one.

[Dammn Baby]

Abysmal.

[hitseeker.]

This song is absolutely awful and atrocious. One of the worst songs I've ever heard, for sure.

[JCMF3]

Superman that, oooooooooooooooooooooo

[surfy]

I should hate this, but I don't!

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Feb 24, 2014 12:48:56 GMT -5 Wavey✨️ said:

NO, NO, F@C% NO.

Couldn't get away from this.

lol, I know, right? It was pretty much "Do the Nae Nae" of 2007. I do find it tolerable moreso than his other singles that follow.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

#218 on Billboard's 500 Greatest Pop Songs

218. Soulja Boy, "Crank That (Soulja Boy)"

Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 (Sept. 15, 2007)

You Know What It Is: The pinnacle of the ringtone rap era, and a song whose alien infectiousness and proto-viral promotion basically ended up forecasting the following decade of popular music.

This Magic Moment: When the rising “ahhhhhhhHHHHHHH“s after Soulja’s final proclamations of “Now Superman, do it!” lead into one more “YOUUUU!!” and a climactic “Soulja boy off in this hoe!” refrain — would’ve made the Beatles proud, even as they had absolutely no clue what was going on with the lyrics.

Sign ‘o’ the Times: The video starts with Atlanta producer Mr. Collipark curiously watching his kids crank that Soulja Boy and then messaging him to sign him to a record deal — unwittingly mimicking how a disturbingly high percentage of music business transactions would go down in the social media age.

[Fire]

unironically great

[bjordan]

I was starting 9th Grade when this song was #1 in 2007. I hated this song but my all my friends liked it at the time.

[bjordan]

I was starting 9th Grade when this song was #1 in 2007. I hated this song but my all my friends liked it at the time.