Soulja Boy Tell'em Gets Street Cred From Lil Wayne

J-Banks · 03-18-2009, 10:55 AM

Mar 17 2009 3:37 PM EDT
Soulja Boy Tell'em Gets Street Cred From Lil Wayne
Weezy, Slim Thug, Young Jeezy, Jadakiss have cosigned 'Turn My Swag On' with new verses.

Keri Hilson and Lil Wayne are taking Soulja Boy Tell'em to the next level. Soulja Boy is getting ready to shoot a video for the "Turn My Swag On" remix, with Ms. Hilson and Weezy F. Baby by his side.

"The 'Turn My Swag On' official remix is gonna take me to that next level in my career," Soulja said last week in L.A. "This song is so worldwide, but I guess it's in disguise, because it came out as a street single. It's gonna be turned into something so much bigger. Believe it or not, everybody in the world wakes up and turns their swag on, whether they know it or not. Once 'Swag' catches on, like 'Kiss Me Through the Phone,' it's over."

It's taken months, but once again, Soulja has one of the hottest songs in the clubs. Unlike his monster "Crank That," though, the original version of "Turn My Swag On" is arguably his most street-credible record to date. MCs such as Slim Thug and Young Jeezy have cosigned it by freestyling over the instrumental, while Fabolous, Jadakiss and Maino all laid verses for an unofficial street remix.

While "Swag" came out late last year around the same time as the iSouljaBoyTellem single "Bird Walk," it took awhile to catch fire. So what was the hold-up? "I asked myself that same question," Soulja said. "When I go inside the club now and they play 'Turn My Swag On,' especially in Atlanta but even in New York, [people go crazy]."

Late last year, Interscope placed its bets on "Bird Walk" to be another huge hit for him. The gamble didn't pay off. "When you are ... as big as what he was for the dancing, it takes people awhile to get over that," said Mr. Collipark, who signed Soulja to his imprint. "Which was why we released 'Bird Walk' for the first single. People can say, 'You should have put ["Swag"] out first,' but the people weren't trying to hear nothing else."

The fans didn't take to that plan, and "Bird Walk" was a dud.

"They let us know, 'We cool with you on the dancing,' " Collipark said. "Now we can put out real music on him like the 'Kiss Me Through the Phone.' It's a real record, no gimmick. It's a catchy record ,'cause that's what sells. Then you come back with the 'Turn My Swag On,' which has been bubbling for eight months now. Now the music is speaking, and they'll accept him for making real music that doesn't have a dance attached."

"The biggest mistake I made was releasing 'Bird Walk' for my first single," Soulja admitted. "People thought it was gonna be another album full of dance songs.

"My second album, it didn't sell as much as I expected, first-week-wise," he added. "Right now, it's going up, as 'Kiss Me Through the Phone' broke into #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. 'Turn My Swag On' just broke into the charts. Now my album is picking up and starting to sell like I wanted to. When I seen the first-week album sales, it was 45,000, and I was disappointed. But after I started to work these records and go out and talk to the fans and show them my face performing live — what you put into it is what you get out of it. The hard work I'm doing now is paying off. My album sales are going up each week."

Soulja Boy is currently planning a summer outing called the Turn My Swag On Tour.

Source: MTv

LooseCannon23 · 03-18-2009, 12:36 PM

song is cool but i hate the chorus..........

Precinct Phantom · 03-18-2009, 12:47 PM

The songs decent, probs one of the only ones i like from SB.

bigtee106 · 03-18-2009, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by the player

song is cool but i hate the chorus..........

huh? If anything, the catchy chorus saves it....with a line like this in his verse:

"i miss you, i miss you, i really wanna kiss you...." what the fuck? I mean, I get it....he's doing what he has to do to get his money - props on that. But come on, at least make us believe you're trying to become a lyricist....but hey, if I remembered that line, maybe he's doing something right?? nah

LooseCannon23 · 03-18-2009, 01:05 PM

the 'yeaaaaaa' and 'ooooooh'
makes it annoyin 4 me .........

bigtee106 · 03-18-2009, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the player

the 'yeaaaaaa' and 'ooooooh'
makes it annoyin 4 me .........

haha - true story

GodToYouKids22 · 03-18-2009, 01:57 PM

i cant stand soulja boy but thats a hot hook

TURN MY SWAAAAAAAG OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON

the remix would be hott witout souljaboys verse though

but the catchy hook and beat can stay

YoUnG CaLi · 03-18-2009, 01:59 PM

maino spits on that shit...

Witty Qwan · 03-18-2009, 07:38 PM

"My second album, it didn't sell as much as I expected, first-week-wise," he added. "Right now, it's going up, as 'Kiss Me Through the Phone' broke into #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. 'Turn My Swag On' just broke into the charts. Now my album is picking up and starting to sell like I wanted to. When I seen the first-week album sales, it was 45,000, and I was disappointed. But after I started to work these records and go out and talk to the fans and show them my face performing live — what you put into it is what you get out of it. The hard work I'm doing now is paying off. My album sales are going up each week."

propz....he getting his hustle game up...and a few people are starting to respect him thats not lil kids

xPaperPlanes78x · 03-18-2009, 08:21 PM

lol wtf is wrong with you people....this guy should not be getting any praises i hate living in atlanta....i belong in NY....

Ed-ucation · 03-19-2009, 12:14 AM

That's why hh is dying, when you heard that Soulja Boy gets street cred from a rapper like Lil Wayne (that is the hottest rap artist)= for the albums sales you see there's a problem in hip-hop.

03-18-2009, 10:55 AM	#1
J-Banks Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 21,015 Repped: 5,294 Repped 53,425 Times in 7,839 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Neg Reps: 53 Neg Repped at 93 Times in 86 Posts	Soulja Boy Tell'em Gets Street Cred From Lil Wayne Soulja Boy Tell'em Gets Street Cred From Lil Wayne Mar 17 2009 3:37 PM EDT Soulja Boy Tell'em Gets Street Cred From Lil Wayne Weezy, Slim Thug, Young Jeezy, Jadakiss have cosigned 'Turn My Swag On' with new verses. Keri Hilson and Lil Wayne are taking Soulja Boy Tell'em to the next level. Soulja Boy is getting ready to shoot a video for the "Turn My Swag On" remix, with Ms. Hilson and Weezy F. Baby by his side. "The 'Turn My Swag On' official remix is gonna take me to that next level in my career," Soulja said last week in L.A. "This song is so worldwide, but I guess it's in disguise, because it came out as a street single. It's gonna be turned into something so much bigger. Believe it or not, everybody in the world wakes up and turns their swag on, whether they know it or not. Once 'Swag' catches on, like 'Kiss Me Through the Phone,' it's over." It's taken months, but once again, Soulja has one of the hottest songs in the clubs. Unlike his monster "Crank That," though, the original version of "Turn My Swag On" is arguably his most street-credible record to date. MCs such as Slim Thug and Young Jeezy have cosigned it by freestyling over the instrumental, while Fabolous, Jadakiss and Maino all laid verses for an unofficial street remix. While "Swag" came out late last year around the same time as the iSouljaBoyTellem single "Bird Walk," it took awhile to catch fire. So what was the hold-up? "I asked myself that same question," Soulja said. "When I go inside the club now and they play 'Turn My Swag On,' especially in Atlanta but even in New York, [people go crazy]." Late last year, Interscope placed its bets on "Bird Walk" to be another huge hit for him. The gamble didn't pay off. "When you are ... as big as what he was for the dancing, it takes people awhile to get over that," said Mr. Collipark, who signed Soulja to his imprint. "Which was why we released 'Bird Walk' for the first single. People can say, 'You should have put ["Swag"] out first,' but the people weren't trying to hear nothing else." The fans didn't take to that plan, and "Bird Walk" was a dud. "They let us know, 'We cool with you on the dancing,' " Collipark said. "Now we can put out real music on him like the 'Kiss Me Through the Phone.' It's a real record, no gimmick. It's a catchy record ,'cause that's what sells. Then you come back with the 'Turn My Swag On,' which has been bubbling for eight months now. Now the music is speaking, and they'll accept him for making real music that doesn't have a dance attached." "The biggest mistake I made was releasing 'Bird Walk' for my first single," Soulja admitted. "People thought it was gonna be another album full of dance songs. "My second album, it didn't sell as much as I expected, first-week-wise," he added. "Right now, it's going up, as 'Kiss Me Through the Phone' broke into #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. 'Turn My Swag On' just broke into the charts. Now my album is picking up and starting to sell like I wanted to. When I seen the first-week album sales, it was 45,000, and I was disappointed. But after I started to work these records and go out and talk to the fans and show them my face performing live — what you put into it is what you get out of it. The hard work I'm doing now is paying off. My album sales are going up each week." Soulja Boy is currently planning a summer outing called the Turn My Swag On Tour. Source: MTv __________________ JBanksblog.com - check it out __________________

03-18-2009, 12:36 PM	#2
LooseCannon23 UserUSerUsErRUSRUSUEEUSEU Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Home Posts: 3,861 Repped: 1,175 Repped 312 Times in 154 Posts Neg Reps: 171 Neg Repped at 52 Times in 39 Posts	song is cool but i hate the chorus.......... __________________

03-18-2009, 12:47 PM	#3
Precinct Phantom Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Lincoln Posts: 1,229 Repped: 282 Repped 125 Times in 95 Posts Neg Reps: 2 Neg Repped at 22 Times in 20 Posts	The songs decent, probs one of the only ones i like from SB. __________________ Links you need to checkout: myspace.com/precinctphantom myspace.com/grandangel510 myspace.com/macwasey

03-18-2009, 01:05 PM	#5
LooseCannon23 UserUSerUsErRUSRUSUEEUSEU Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Home Posts: 3,861 Repped: 1,175 Repped 312 Times in 154 Posts Neg Reps: 171 Neg Repped at 52 Times in 39 Posts	the 'yeaaaaaa' and 'ooooooh' makes it annoyin 4 me ......... __________________

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YoUnG CaLi datalkofcali Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SoUtH CaLi Posts: 3,936 Repped: 165 Repped 560 Times in 319 Posts Neg Reps: 24 Neg Repped at 98 Times in 76 Posts	maino spits on that shit... __________________ "Thank me later,first week I'm taking all bets, because a million copies really isn't farfetched"-drake

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Witty Qwan # Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: My crib Posts: 3,053 Repped: 155 Repped 484 Times in 311 Posts Neg Reps: 21 Neg Repped at 82 Times in 75 Posts	"My second album, it didn't sell as much as I expected, first-week-wise," he added. "Right now, it's going up, as 'Kiss Me Through the Phone' broke into #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. 'Turn My Swag On' just broke into the charts. Now my album is picking up and starting to sell like I wanted to. When I seen the first-week album sales, it was 45,000, and I was disappointed. But after I started to work these records and go out and talk to the fans and show them my face performing live — what you put into it is what you get out of it. The hard work I'm doing now is paying off. My album sales are going up each week." propz....he getting his hustle game up...and a few people are starting to respect him thats not lil kids

03-18-2009, 08:21 PM	#10
xPaperPlanes78x Swagga on a hundred thous Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Atlanta Posts: 485 Repped: 30 Repped 84 Times in 54 Posts Neg Reps: 5 Neg Repped at 31 Times in 24 Posts	lol wtf is wrong with you people....this guy should not be getting any praises i hate living in atlanta....i belong in NY.... __________________ If you rep me ill do the same...

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Ed-ucation Veteran Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,083 Repped: 416 Repped 98 Times in 58 Posts Neg Reps: 5 Neg Repped at 3 Times in 3 Posts	That's why hh is dying, when you heard that Soulja Boy gets street cred from a rapper like Lil Wayne (that is the hottest rap artist)= for the albums sales you see there's a problem in hip-hop. __________________

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