Soulja Boy THE DEANDRE WAY(EX)

Recording information: No Excuses Studio, Santa Monica, CA; Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, CA; SODMG Studios, Atlanta, GA.
Creator: Ianthe Zevos.
Photographer: Christian Lantry.
Just like Soulja Boy's 2008 release iSouljaboytellem, this 2010 effort offers fun and simple singles that live or die by their hook, and if you're in the midst of a full-on party, you'll respond "bammer bammer bammer" just like you're supposed to when the party rapper offers "Speakers Going Hammer." "Pretty Boy Swag" brings welcome reminders of when everyone was asking for their chicken noodle soup with a soda on the side, and 50 Cent appears for the team-up "Mean Mug," an enjoyable mix of G-Unit thugging and ringtone rap wilding out, The DeAndre Way has already offered up a weekend worth of highlights. ~ David Jeffries

• Format: CD
• Genre: R&B