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We wouldn’t lie, we’re avid Soulja Boy fans and we’re kinda bored reading about people who plays ‘critic’ when it comes to S-Beezy’s music. Soulja Boy’s music is said to have no messages in them, and therefore not worth listening to. In a recent interview with Chris Carle from IGN, Soulja Boy brings us back to how artists before him wrote music in the first place: write what you’re feeling. Here’s an excerpt of the interview.

IGN: So getting to the music itself. What is your main objective when you sit down to write a song?

Soulja Boy: The main objective when I go into the studio to write a song, it all depends on what type of song. My number one hit single that I’ve got out now, I went into the studio with the intentions of just letting people know how I felt at that time and point and I just wanted to give a song that people could relate to. Like if you got a girl or a girl’s got her boyfriend and they want to see each other real bad and they’re not able to see each other, they just kiss each other through the phone. That was one of my ideas I had going into the studio. Or I might go into the studio and make a dance song for the party. Like we’re at the party and having a good time and everybody does this dance. Or I might make a song that’s funny, like a comedy, that it makes you laugh like a parody. It depends on how I feel when I go into the studio that day.

IGN: I’ve read a lot of criticism from other rappers about your music not having a message. How do you respond to that?

Soulja Boy: I blew up so big from my first song and it’s all about how you perceive in the music industry. I believe that my music has a message but I just think that the songs that I create and the songs that do have messages in them, they don’t get as much publicity as my other songs. So I think the people who stated those opinions and made comments like that haven’t heard all of my music.

IGN: Who do you respect and look up to the most in the music industry?

Soulja Boy: In the music industry 50 Cent was a big inspiration to me. Before I blew up, when I wanted to get into the music industry I really just looked up to him and saw everything that he did and I really idolized him. Anytime I think I want to get to this point in my career, I think about him.

You can read the full interview on the IGN website.

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