DX: You give people plenty to talk about. You always seem to have a crazy-ass headline on the site, like this one from November 5th: “Soulja Boy Takes A Shot At Lupe Fiasco?” Can you elaborate a little bit on what you were saying to XXL about not wanting “to be super-Lupe-Fiasco lyrical…”?
Soulja Boy: They didn’t [publish] my whole statement. And basically, the interviewer dude, he was asking me why do I make lyrical songs like “Only God Knows,” “Born”… “The World So Cold,” and why do I make non-lyrical songs like “Crank That” and “Pretty Boy Swag”? And he was like, why don’t I just be lyrical all the time?And I was telling him on [a] specific song, like “Pretty Boy Swag,” I ain’t wanna be all lyrical. I just wanted to be straight-up, and just be simple, [so] people can get what I’m saying ‘cause it’s a club song. But I wasn’t saying as far as my whole music [output, with] all of my songs, that I don’t wanna be rappin’ like Lupe Fiasco. And they took it the wrong way, or whatever, and they blew it up.But I don’t even care, ‘cause controversy sells. And when that hit, Lupe hit me up and he was like, “Yo man, what’s up?” I was like, “Nah man, they just blew it outta proportion. I actually was giving you compliments.” And after that we chopped it up. We ‘bout to do a song [together].
I don't want to be super Lupe Fiasco lyrical & say shit n***** don't understand.
HM: So what do you have coming up after the BET Awards? Is there new music coming or any new projects you’re working on?
With absolutely nothing movie-related to promote or discuss, Soulja Boy Tell Em strolled the red carpet of the MTV Movie Awards and revealed that he's working with Academy Award winning actor/singer Jamie Foxx and fellow rappers Lupe Fiasco and Snoop Dogg on his upcoming project.
"Real talk, cause Soulja Boy is hiphop whether you like it or not..he is. You can boo if you want, but I personally support Soulja Boy...personally. Like "Damn Lupe is really serious? That niggas outta his fuckin mind sayin he supports Soulja Boy!" Nah, I say this because, because to me he is exactly what hip hop is supposed to be. It's supposed to come in all forms and all variations to all people.. so every body can relate, accept, participate... and it's still there that I really love, you know what I'm saying? So, I give kudos to everyone trying to do their hip hop no matter what it sounds like. so it can progress this culture that we got right here. That's what it's all about. We gotta accept our retarded stepcousin sometimes, although we don't want to, but we just gotta do that. We accept it. (??) Now let's get back to that not Soulja Boy sounding hiphop real fast. How many of ya'll really and truly love hip hop out there? I mean really and truly from the bottom of your feet to the top of your head (??) You know, I really love hip hop."