 | ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | PAUSE: Know your child; some content may not be right for some kids. |
 | OFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | NOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age. |
Souljaboytellem
- By Soulja Boy
- Genre: Hip-hop
Common Sense Media says
Really bad in every inappropriate way.
Parents say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know -- and really, it's all they need to know -- is that Soulja Boy speaks more affectionately and personally about his cell phone (and other expensive possessions) than about the women in his life, all of whom seem to be interchangeable "hos." There's also plenty of swearing, product placement, and some violence.
What's the story?
Brace yourself for exploitive sexuality, relentless product placement, a bit of violence, and a world view in which things are far more important than people.
Is it any good?
Kids may be have memorized the dance steps to the mega hit "Crank That," but that's all they should be memorizing from Soulja Boy. It might be easy to chalk up his sexist and self-absorbed posturing to the exuberance of youth (the Atlanta-based "artist" is 17) until you remember that there are young performers out there who bring plenty of soul and talent to the table -- and he's not one of them. Adding (ear) injury to insult, his delivery is so amateurish that even those who don't mind all of the above will have trouble listening through to the end. With an apparent two-note vocal range and lazy, monotonous instrumental tracks, music fans need to know that there's nothing here to make SOULJABOYTELLEM.COM worth the trouble.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about Soulja Boy's stunningly sexist and nasty attitude about women. Does the fact that this artist is only 17 years old make it OK for him to be this clueless? Why does he need to talk about women this way -- does it make him sound tougher? Also, families can talk about how a single becomes so huge. What about "Crank That" caused it to sell so well?
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The song's beat is a little cool, but its messages are not. Kids shouldn't really be listening to it, even if the dance is kind of cool, because of all of the bad messages.
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I like his songs because he just not tell the kid to throw some D on it he's also tells hem to stay in school. Whats so BAD?
@#$%^&&*()__++_)(*&&^%$#@!!##$%!!!!!!!!!!
yours truly
Vernitra Vaughn
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Kid, 12 years old
March 17, 2010
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all of you people who dont know what ur talking about! i love these songs but im not allowed to listen to them! crank that is the worst! its nasty and inaproprite and i dont suggest it for kids my age
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i think that this artist does incredable work. i decided to give out his c.d. as party favours at my 6 year old daughters birthday party. Parents and gardians are thrilled now i am the talk of the neighborhood
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Ummmm...
The real issue here isn't if it is appropriate or not, it's: How did rap fall to this level? It used to be sophisticated with the likes of Public Enemy, but now were reduced to this garbage.=
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TERR-I-BLE!!!!
Soulja Boy is only like 18 years old. He should NOT be singing songs (if you can call them songs) like this. Sexual references abound and can be found on basically every track. As plentiful are cuss words. It seems that his only mission in life is to have sex with as many "whores" as possible.
But not only does is the lyrical content bad, but the music itself is terrible! All the songs sound the same and there is absolutely nothing original. His #1 hit "Crank Dat" became annoying after 3 or 4 listens, as will this entire album. This album is not good for any age.
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I don't get why it's off 17+ It's 15+ probally
Trust me 15+ and your fine these are all the things to worry about:
Sexual Content:
Maybe the biggest Factor with Soulja boy might be Sexual Content but they say "in the hole!" the the one to worry is "I'm gonna keep on jokin on yo and if we keep the fighting then I'm c--king on you"
Violence: Not to worry about with music but minimal "gun talk"
Language: c--k, dam*
Great singing song though highly recomend 15+
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| Artist: | Soulja Boy |
| Release date: | October 2, 2007 |
| Label: | Collipark Music |
| Genre: | Hip-hop |
| Parental advisory: | Yes |
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