The B.o.B. Appreciation Thread

[DeadlyAkkuret]

I'm not sure how many fans this dude has on Big Footy, but we're about to find out.

When I listen to his stuff I feel like I've been taken back to the early 2000's when there were still some decent hiphop songs being released. There's some okay stuff today, but it's ****ing hard to find.

He's obviously known for Airplanes by most, but to me his best would probably be Don't Let Me Fall.

Others I like, in no particular order:

I'll Be In The Sky
Sing My Song
Created A Monster
Generation Lost
Hip Hop Ain't Dead

 

[madman]

My top 3:

Magic
Don't let me Fall
Airplaines - Part II

 

[Powerade 08]

Nicki Minaj, B.O.B, etc.

Music board = being trolled hard.

 

[Bert1]

Lulz.

Who?

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Lulz.

Who?

But, if serious...

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[nicky]

Sounds like ordinary hip hop to me - infact the first 2 songs sound like really bad dime a dozen shit r & b

 

[Bert1]

Ahh B. OHH. B

Nah. No good

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Sounds like ordinary hip hop to me - infact the first 2 songs sound like really bad dime a dozen shit r & b

 

[nicky]

Yeah i did, lol, sorry DA.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Lol no worries, I just wanted to use that gif.

To me he's one of the more versatile artists around, but I was expecting this reaction on BF tbh.

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(Samples The Beatles in the last one, and does a great job imo)

 

[ben_09]

Can't take him seriously after doing a song with bruno mars.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Can't take him seriously after doing a song with bruno mars.

That's a ridiculous statement. Do Fiasco fans lose respect for him because he did a song or two with Drake?

 

[ben_09]

That's a ridiculous statement. Do Fiasco fans lose respect for him because he did a song or two with Drake?

Why would they? Drake isn't a full blown homo like bruno mars and Drake is actually a hip hop artist.

 

[Powerade 08]

Lupe Fiasco has talent.

Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars = Hi-5 for teenagers = can't take this guy seriously as an artist.

Here, let me introduce you to hip hop for people over the age of 15:

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[DeadlyAkkuret]

Why would they? Drake isn't a full blown homo like bruno mars and Drake is actually a hip hop artist.

Lol yeah? Mr "Last name ever, first name greatest"? Oh dear.

Lupe Fiasco has talent.

Yes, he does. What's the got to do with what I said? Read it again.

Here, let me introduce you to hip hop for people over the age of 15:

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Great track, but why does it have to be one extreme to the other? The majority of real rap fans would like that song, but that doesn't mean everything else outside that is shit.

You're very limited if you're basing your opinion one what is basically a pop song released for the masses, without listening to anything from his mixtapes etc.

Even Eminem and the like have many rap songs that are produced for teenagers, that doesn't mean it's their best work.

 

[ben_09]

Lol yeah? Mr "Last name ever, first name greatest"? Oh dear.

Nothing on youuuuuuuuuuu babyyyyy.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Nothing on youuuuuuuuuuu babyyyyy.

Sorry, I'm catching a blank after I read "Drake is actually a hip hop artist"

 

[ben_09]

Oh sorry what is he then? A death metal artist

 

[Powerade 08]

You're very limited if you're basing your opinion one what is basically a pop song released for the masses, without listening to anything from his mixtapes etc.

Even Eminem and the like have many rap songs that are produced for teenagers, that doesn't mean it's their best work.

Good point, but I had a listen to Don't Let Me Fall, and Hip Hop Aint Dead, and I really don't see what you're seeing here.

Seems pretty average to me, but I doubt I'll be able to convince you.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Good point, but I had a listen to Don't Let Me Fall, and Hip Hop Aint Dead, and I really don't see what you're seeing here.

Seems pretty average to me, but I doubt I'll be able to convince you.

Don't Let Me Fall is obviously aimed at a different audience completely, it's a single and it's directed at those who don't care about what's on a mixtape or where an artist came from. Still, I like it for what it is.

Why would anyone want to convince another person to not like what they like? At least you can approach the argument in a civilised manner.

Oh sorry what is he then? A death metal artist

Soulja Boy is a "hip hop artist" too. Just because he falls into the hip hop category, that doesn't mean he's not shit at it.

 

[ben_09]

Soulja Boy is a "hip hop artist" too. Just because he falls into the hip hop category, that doesn't mean he's not shit at it.

So make yourself clear in future. You are saying drake is a shit artist not that he isn't a hip hop artist.

If you don't consider soulja boy or drake hip hop artists you can't say b.o.b is, especially when his most famous tracks are not hip hop.

 

[CrazyQ]

Very very average.

 

[Saint KFC]

I'm convinced this thread is a pisstake.

B.o.B. is crap. Drake is crap.

Clue up OP.

 

[Bert1]

I'm convinced this thread is a pisstake.

B.o.B. is crap. Drake is crap.

Clue up OP.

Agree. Obvious troll is so obvious it can't be taken seriously.

You'd be better off baiting up with a 'Paper cut appreciation' or even a 'stepping in a warm steaming pile of dog crap while barefoot on a first date at a beach with a stunner you only get one shot, one opportunity with appreciation' thread.

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

He's slightly better than Drake, and made a much catchier record, but he lacks the depth to be taken seriously as a rapper.

I wouldn't be surprised to see him turn in an actual good album one day, but I wouldn't be holding my breath.