Soulja Boy

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Hear Purity Ring Cutely Cover Soulja Boy's 'Grammy'

February 11, 2013 – It's hard to get too deep into a discussion about Purity Ring's gorgeous Shrines LP, one of SPIN's 50 Best Albums of 2012, without discussing the influence of hip-hop production, particularly that of the trappy variety. Danny Brown knew the deal when he rapped over a remixed reinvention of the duo's drum-intensive "Belispeak" — the collaboration worked quite swimmingly, as even the haters among us were willing to recognize. …
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My Favorite Things: Soulja Boy

September 29, 2011 – This week: Soulja Boy, the 21-year-old Atlanta rapper -- yes, the guy behind the dance Natalie Portman loves -- who is bringing Southern hip-hop into the next generation. His Respect My Hustle drops later this year. FAVORITE SONG: "Keep Ya Head Up" by Tupac. That song is inspirational. When I was 10 years old my mom used to play Tupac while she cleaned the house. I remember rapping over that song when it came on. …
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HOT MP3: Matt & Kim + Soulja Boy + Andrew W.K.

August 16, 2011 – Matt & Kim, Soulja Boy, and Andrew W.K. might seem like a disparate trio on paper, but they've gleefully joined forces for "I'm a Goner," the latest installation in Converse's "3 Artists 1 Song" series, which debuts today -- and is streaming here. …
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Inside the Mind of the Dirty South

June 24, 2011 – Ben Westhoff's Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop is the kind of patient, considered music book that rap fans are rarely blessed with. …
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Lil Wayne Kicks Off 'America's Most Wanted' Tour

July 28, 2009 – What happens when self-proclaimed Martian Lil Wayne opens his 22-city 'America's Most Wanted' tour at an Appalachian ski area outside Scranton, PA, with Drake, Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy, and the entire crew of his Young Money label? An absolute clusterfuck of disorganization, mass police presence, underage drinking and buffoonery, technical glitches, and chest-rumbling moments of musical genius. Welcome to hip-hop's Lord of the Flies -- …
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Justin Timberlake's Golf Book, Kanye West's Fashion Internship

July 9, 2009 – Here's some of the strangest music news the Internet had to offer this week: Justin Timberlake: Pop star, Saturday Night Live sidekick ... author of a book about golf!?! [New York Observer] This Staten Island children's choir covers Coldplay, Fleetwood Mac, and Lady Gaga. Singing about drinking too much and gettin' your freak on at the club has never been so cute! [YouTube] Heavy metal band Mastodon get their own brand of beer. …
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Snoop Dogg's New Protege: Buzz Aldrin!?!

June 24, 2009 – Rapper Snoop Dogg knows how to get high. But neither he nor any of his usual collaborators have been higher than his new partner-in-rhyme. Or older, for that matter. It's 79-year-old astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who, as a lunar module pilot on famed spacecraft Apollo 11, has the distinction of being the second person to walk on the moon. "Buzz has got the biggest buzz on the streets right now," Snoop told USA Today about his new homie. …
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