B.o.B

I don't care what anybody says this guy is one of the best rappers today in my eyes. People say he's pop and a sellout and that's because they only hear is poppy stuff on the radio. And he isn't only a good rapper, yet a great song writer and singer. He knows how to make songs that have a message to the media, his fans, his former fans, and lovers everywhere.

B.o.B (aka Bobby Ray) should be seen higher by every music listener today. He uses creative and almost genius ways to rhyme words with others so they make sense and hit you hard. He also plays guitar and piano while he raps. He has respect from artists everywhere yet his fake fans call him a "fag" or "Hip-Pop" or "he fell off". Me personally I hate those type of fans. Why wouldn't you want success for your artists? What's the point? Those "hipster underground rap fans" are kind of whats wrong with fan bases nowadays.

At first this Atlanta native started with mostly mixtapes that went under the radar but he made noise when he put out his first album "B.o.B Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray" That was a terrific rookie album which got him noticed with hits like "Nothin On You", "Airplanes", "Don't Let Me Fall", and "Magic". Now out of those songs I really only appreciate the two versions of "Airplanes" and "Don't Let Me Fall" because they really speak to me. P.S. it was nomitated a Grammy for Best Rap Album.

After his first album release his former fans bombed him saying he went mainstream. With all the anger that brewed up inside of him he started working on disses and a whole new album to send his message that they are fake fans and he will do with his music what he well pleases. At the BET Awards he said a line "They say my musics pop? I call it getting a house for my momma, shakin hands with Obama." and when I heard that line live I knew his next album was gonna be short of soft.

"Strange Clouds" didn't sell as well as his first album which is definantly a dissapoitment but I think his goal for this album was to get his word out that he makes music. Not raps. He showed that by choosing some very unique feature choices for his tracks. Like Morgan Freeman for "Bombs Away" to start off the album. And Taylor Swift for the hit "Both of Us". The beats for this album were completely different from his first. He wents towards the underground somewhat dubstep-like beats for his harder songs which was a brilliant move considering everyone was hopping on the dubstep bandwagon at the time.
I just hope in the future we will truly appreciate the music he makes, and realized that he didn't change, but matured much like Eminem did.

This is from his mixtape days. This is one of his early songs called, "Generation Lost"

This is from his first album and my personal favorite off of it, "Don't Let Me Fall"

And this is a song from his most recent album "Strange Clouds" called "Where Are You Now?"