Musical Obsession: "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" by Soulja Boy

I am totally hooked on this song lately because it has a catchy beat and sweet message.  It goes to show that technology has an impact, not only in our day to day lives, but in music and relationships.  I especially love that Soulja Boy has an inspiring story of how he reached the top — thanks to the internet.

From Wikipedia:

In November 2005, Way posted his songs on the website SoundClick. Following positive reviews on the site, he then established his own web pages on YouTube and MySpace. Them, in March 2007, he recorded “Crank That” and released his first independent album Unsigned & Still Major: Da Album Before da Album, followed by a low-budget video filmed demonstrating the “Crank That dance”. By the end of May 2007, “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” received its first airplay and Way met with Mr. Collipark to sign a deal with Interscope Records.

On August 12, 2007, the song appeared on the Emmy-award winning HBO series Entourage, and by September 1, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot RingMasters charts. Way’s major label debut album Souljaboytellem.com, which was reportedly recorded using just the demo version of FL Studio, was released in the United States on October peaking at #4 on both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.

On December 9, 2007, Way was sued by William Lyons (aka Souljah Boy of Mo Thugs) who claims he first created the stage name “Souljah Boy”.

For the 50th Grammy Awards, Way was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song with “Crank That (Soulja Boy)”.  He lost to Kanye West’s and T-Pain’s “Good Life”.