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DDetails Release Date: Oct 02, 2007; Lead Performance: Soulja Boy; Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
At 17, DeAndre Way has already scored a No. 1 hit on Billboard's Hot 100
with his infectious single ''Crank That (Soulja Boy)'' — and inspired a
wildly popular YouTube dance fad with its video. Despite his precocious
achievements, he still has a lot of growing up to do. ''Crank That'' is
diverting enough for three and a half minutes, but most of his debut, Souljaboytellem.com, is
a teenage wasteland filled with monotonously looped chants and agonizing
blunt-force beats. At least he owns a cool domain name. D
DOWNLOAD THIS: ''Crank That (Soulja Boy)''
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