Soulja Slim

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Soulja Slim (born September 9, 1977 , † November 26, 2003 in Gentilly, New Orleans , Louisiana ; real name James Adarryl Tapp, Jr. ) was an American rapper from the Magnolia Projects in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Career

In 1994 Slim released his debut album The Dark Side on Hype Enough Records. His artist name at the time was "Magnolia Slim". In 1998 the rapper released his album Give It 2 ​​'Em Raw on the No Limit Records label founded by Master P in 1994 under the stage name "Soulja Slim". It reached number 13 on the US album charts and number 4 on the R&B charts. From What I Was Told was released as a single . A music video was also created for the song.

Soulja Slim's third album Streets Made Me , which was released in 2001 after serving a prison sentence for armed robbery , was again released via No Limit Records. The rapper then founded his own label Cut Throat Records, which he used as a platform for the release of the album Years Later at the end of 2002 . In 2003, Slim's last album, Years Later ... A Few Months After , was released, which includes the single I'll Pay for It .

On November 26, 2003, Tapp was shot dead on the way to a concert in front of his mother's house in New Orleans' 8th Ward. He was killed by two bullets in the chest and three bullets in the head.

Soulja Slim only had its biggest hit posthumously. With the rapper Juvenile he had started to record the track Slow Motion . After his sudden death, the single was completed without him and in 2004 under "Juvenile feat. Soulja Slim ”released. The rap song reached number 1 on the US charts and number 2 on the R&B charts.

Discography

Albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US R&B R&B
1998 Give It 2 ​​Em Raw
No Limit Records 		US13 (10 weeks)
US 		R&B4 (18 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 19, 1998
2001 The Streets Made Me
No Limit Records 		US188 (1 week)
US 		R&B42 (12 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 7, 2001
2003 Years Later
Cut Throat Committy Records 		- R&B72 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: December 24, 2002
Years Later ... A Few Months After
Cut Throat Committy Records 		- R&B44 (9 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 26, 2003

More albums

  • 1994: Soulja fa Lyfe (as Magnolia Slim; Hype Enough Records)
  • 1995: Darkside (EP; as Magnolia Slim; Hype Enough Records)
  • 2000: Raw & Uncut: Volume 1 (Keyz Entertainment)
  • 2006: Greatest Hitz (compilation; Clematis; released: February 21)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US R&B R&B
2004 Slow Motion
Juve the Great 		US1
gold
gold

(28 weeks)US 		R&B2 (36 weeks)
R&B
First release: February 2004
Juvenile feat. Soulja Slim

More singles

  • 1998: From What I Was Told
  • 2001: Get Cha Mind Right
  • 2003: I'll Pay for It
  • 2003: Lov Me, Lov Me Not / U Bootin Up
  • 2003: Feel Me Now

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Soulja Slim Murdered (English)
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: US
  3. ↑ a b gold / platinum database US
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9
  5. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4
personal data
SURNAME Soulja Slim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tapp, James Adarryl Jr. (maiden name); Magnolia Slim (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1977
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 2003
Place of death Gentilly, New Orleans , Louisiana , United States