Thursday, September 6, 2007
Audiovisuals Soulja Boy gone wild
Posted by Rodney Carmichael @Rappin_Rodney on Thu, Sep 6, 2007 at 1:35 PM
Despite his rap name, Soulja Boy is too young to fight for his country in Iraq. But he's just the right age to start a YouTube dance craze. And that's exactly what the Mississippi-bred, Atlanta-based teen did over the summer with his song "Crank That" and dance, alternately known as the "Soulja Boy" or the "Superman." You can read more about the MC/dance instructor and others in Mosi Reeves' A-Town summer wrap-up this week. The Soulja Boy dance, however, must be seen to be appreciated — or hated. Whether you like it or not, it proves how powerful visual elements are in selling popular music today. If you can create a dance craze, your song is an instant hit, no matter how bad it is.
Here are a few video clips just to give you a sense of how far and wide a kid can travel over the summer break with a video camera, an Internet hookup and ants in his pants.
Here's the video, currently in heavy rotation on BET:
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You, too, can "crank that Soulja Boy" by watching his instructional video. What kid has the foresight to create an instructional video for his dance, I ask you? And yes, that's an empty indoor swimming pool they're dancing in:
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Pretty soon, he even had white boys doing it:
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(more videos below the drop)
Apparently Barney the dinosaur even knows how to crank it:
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If mimicry is the best form of flattery, Soulja Boy is somewhere blushing his cheeks off right now. Ladies and gentlemen, "crank that Spiderman":
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... and that jump rope:
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We won't bother to show you the Donkey Kong, Forrest Gump, Spider-Man, RoboCop, Pac-Man or Roosevelt. You get the idea.
Comments (5)
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OH LAWD! Will the madness ever stop?!?!? I dont know if I can keep up with all of these dances...well, at least the kids are keeping physically fit...with all of the bouncing and hoping and jumping and leaning and rocking, one is sure to work up a sweat!
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No sir i would not pay one nickle to see a Soulja Boy show... Even paying 2 pennys would be a total rip off... HE WACK!!
whoever the hell thiz jimmy dude is he need to shut the hell up cause soulja boy is not wack...you just jealous cause he can dance and you cant.so sit the fuck down.quit talking shit...dude and you need to check your vodpod cuase I commented the message you put about soulja boy on there tooo..dont h8.
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