Soulja Boy has returned again with a new album, and while the focus should be on promotiing his own album, the rapper didn’t mind deviating from the script to highlight some of his favorite albums of all time. He shared the list in a recent interview with Complex magazine.
Let’s take a look at his top three:
No. 3 Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III (2008)
Favorite song: “Mr. Carter” f/ Jay-Z
Soulja Boy: “That solidified Wayne as well. He sold a million the first week and ’A Milli’ was on there. That’s what won me over about Wayne. I was thoroughly impressed. He had a heavy influence on me. It was like history in the making. Just watching him go on that whole run. All the mixtapes. There were so many. What impressed me was right into that album process how he kept snappin’ song after song. He was doing it for a long-a– time. You expect him to run out of stuff, but he just kept coming. And then after that Drake came.”
No. 2 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2003)
Favorite song: “Many Men”
Soulja Boy: ”50 Cent was the s— when he first came out. I felt that s— when he said, ‘I’m the diamond in the dirt, that ain’t been found/I’m the underground king and I ain’t been crowned.’ Then the video, that s— was hard as hell. He was just that guy. Then you see ’21 questions’ with Nate Dogg and he’s going at Meagan Good. Then you see, ’P.I.M.P.’ with Snoop Dogg. You gotta put that album on there. That album ended a rapper’s career. How does an album end a rapper’s career? Not too many people do that. You can’t say that it was just any old rapper. He was the s—. Had songs with J. Lo and Ashanti. Ja Rule was a beast before 50 came.”
No. 1 2pac, All Eyez On Me (1996)
Favorite song: “No More Pain”
Soulja Boy: “I can’t even put that into words. 2Pac was just on some whole other s— from all other rappers. Ain’t no other rapper that was on the s— 2Pac was on. That album been remixed and remastered so many times. 2Pac, period. It ain’t even about the songs, man. There still ain’t no other rapper that gonna ever see 2Pac. That n—a was saying super-real s—. Like, look at these rappers today and look at 2Pac; there ain’t no comparison.”
In other Soulja Boy related news, the rapper decided to also clarify the level of his affection towards professional groupie Katt Stacks.
“I don’t love that b—-.”
Ok … guess he told you. –djr
