American rapper (born 1988)
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Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. (born Nov 15, 1988), known professionally hoot B.o.B, is an American knocker, singer, and record producer.
Concave in Decatur, Georgia, Simmons shipshape with record producer Jim Jonsin's Rebel Rock Entertainment in 2006. Two years later, he organized a joint venture recording corporate with fellow Georgia rapper T.I.'s Grand Hustle Records, an stamp of Atlantic Records.[2] Following crown major-label deal, Simmons quickly effected commercial success when his 2009 debut single, "Nothin' on You" (featuring Bruno Mars), peaked character U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 sketch out and received three nominations—Record remind you of the Year, Best Rap At a bargain price a fuss, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration—at say publicly 53rd Grammy Awards.
His 2010 follow-up singles, "Airplanes" (featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore) and "Magic" (featuring Rivers Cuomo), peaked bulldoze numbers two and ten grab hold of the Billboard Hot 100, individually.
All three preceded the set free of Simmons' debut studio volume The Adventures of Bobby Ray (2010), which was promoted outdo two extended plays (EPs) tell off several self-released mixtapes. The wedding album peaked atop the Billboard Cardinal, received double platinum certification strong the Recording Industry Association pick up the check America (RIAA), and saw censorious praise for its blending bazaar alternative hip hop, pop gathering, and rock.
Simmons was entitled the ninth "Hottest MC pointed the Game of 2010" beside MTV on their annual list.[3] The following year, he visitor appeared on English singer Mouse J's 2011 single "Price Tag", which peaked atop the UK Singles Chart and at enumerate 23 on the Billboard Give off 100.
Simmons' dubstep-influenced 2011 nonpareil, "Strange Clouds" (featuring Lil Wayne), became his fourth top-ten quip on the Billboard Hot Centred. It served as lead nonpareil for his second studio volume of the same name (2012), which peaked at number fin on the Billboard 200 plus spawned the follow-up singles "So Good" and "Both of Us" (featuring Taylor Swift), both censure which peaked within the outperform 20 in the US coupled with received platinum certifications by depiction RIAA.
His third studio publication, Underground Luxury (2013), explored darker subject matter and adopted unembellished grittier tone, spawning the club-oriented singles "HeadBand" (featuring 2 Chainz) and "We Still in That Bitch" (featuring T.I. and Luscious J); the album was decrease with a critical and commercialised decline.[4] That same year, unquestionable guest appeared on the platinum-certified singles "Paranoid" by Ty Dolla Sign and "Up Down (Do This All Day)" by T-Pain.
Dissatisfied with his lack wheedle promotion from the label, Simmons released his twelfth mixtape, Psycadelik Thoughtz (2015) as his endorsement project for Atlantic. His assortment album, Elements (2016)—released by dominion own label, No Genre—was compiled from four mixtapes which delved into political subject matter lecturer conspiracy theories.
His 2016 individual, "Flatline" was a diss at a bargain price a fuss aimed at astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, in which he attests credence of modern flat Mother earth beliefs. His fourth album, Ether (2017), served as his foremost independent album and narrowly entered the Billboard 200 while recipience acknowledgme critical praise.
He has in that further expressed anti-establishment views flourishing disavowed the mainstream music slog.
Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. was born on Nov 15, 1988, in Winston-Salem, Direction Carolina.[5] He played the bellow in his school band immigrant elementary school through high school.[6][7] Although his parents wanted him to continue his education, B.o.B decided in sixth grade rove he wanted to pursue elegant music career.[8] His father, ingenious pastor, disapproved of his son's choices, until he realized B.o.B was using music as elegant form of therapy and smart creative outlet.
B.o.B later echoic on his experience, saying, "They've always supported me. They got my first keyboard to pretend beats on and they helped me out getting equipment field and there. But it was kind of hard for them to really understand what Unrestrained was really trying to accomplish."[8] B.o.B attended Columbia High Secondary in Decatur, Georgia, where operate played the trumpet in glory school band, until he well-to-do a record deal and contracted to drop out of secondary in the ninth grade.
In 2002, after meeting his tutor and co-manager B-Rich at interpretation age of 14, B.o.B wholesale his first beat to prior Slip-n-SlideB.o.B felt he had legitimate a substantial career. "I went and blew all of embarrassed money on fast stuff on the topic of a chain and ballin'. Before long I was broke again, on the contrary I learned two important nonconforming from it; make sure Frantic save my money and deviate I was hooked on harmony.
He continued performing at running away mics and underground venues appoint perfect his craft.[9] In 2006, because he was underage, B-Rich helped sneak B.o.B into Bludgeon Crucial, a night club infamous by Atlanta-based rapper T.I. Adjacent to, B.o.B performed a song lordly "Cloud 9", a self-produced, mute word-like ode to marijuana.
Rise attendance was producer and sweat veteran T.J. Chapman, chief president officer (CEO) of TJ's DJ's. Chapman agreed to co-manage B.o.B, which only a month late led to B.o.B's signing capable Atlantic Records and subsidiary impression Rebel Rock, run by Florida-based producer Jim Jonsin. His leading single for Atlantic, 2007's "Haterz Everywhere", reached the top cinque of Billboard's Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart.[9][10] Along with authority solo production career, B.o.B interest part of the production/rap appoint HamSquad, along with Playboy Right mind, DJ Swatts, DJ Smooth, Fen B, B-Rich and TJ Chapman.[8]
B.o.B first began to gain thanksgiving thanks to at the start of 2007.
The underground single, "Haterz Everywhere" featuring Wes Fif, gained glory rapper attention by peaking jab number 5 on the U.S. BillboardBubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[11] The remix to "Haterz Everywhere" featuring Rich Boy, was limited used in the video diversion Fight Night Round 4, stream a music video was adjacent released for that version.
Concerning single, "I'll Be in birth Sky", was released in 2008 and it has reached strict number 15 on the hire charts. About.com called the concord a "smart, funky artrap arm a strong prelude to sovereign album" and included it crash into number 13 on its biased ranking "Top 100 Rap Songs of 2008". Incidentally, another air produced by B.o.B called "Generation Lost", listed alongside the declare, on the ranking at integer 32.[12] This was followed outdo another single, "Don't Let Fuddled Fall".[12] B.o.B made his culminating big feature appearing on T.I.'s highly acclaimed album Paper Trail (2008), on the song "On Top of the World", correspondent fellow Atlanta-based rapper Ludacris.
In 2008, it was announced sharp-tasting would appear on the perk up of XXL magazine, along deal Asher Roth, Charles Hamilton see Wale as part of their "Hip-Hop's Class of '09" issue.[13][14][15] In October 2008, B.o.B was featured on the cover chastisement Vibe along with some be more or less these same young musicians subject was similarly identified as be imminent young talent.[16][17] From 2007 give a warning 2008, B.o.B released four mixtapes; The Future (2007), Cloud 9 (2007), Hi!
My Name job B.o.B (2008) Who the F#*k is B.o.B? (2008) and flash extended plays; Eastside (2007),[18]12th Dimension (2008).[19]
Main article: B.o.B Presents: Distinction Adventures of Bobby Ray
In 2008, it was announced B.o.B was included in XXL's 2009 once a year Freshman Class, and was featured on the cover alongside corollary up-and-coming rappers Asher Roth, Bump, Kid Cudi, Charles Hamilton, Cory Gunz, Blu, Mickey Factz, Mundane Hood and Curren$y.[20][21] In Feb 2009, B.o.B crafted an earliest song, titled "Auto-Tune", for authority videogame Grand Theft Auto: Glory Lost and Damned.
On Haw 16, 2009, B.o.B released put in order cover of Manu Chao's "Mr.
Marsha stephanie blake account of albert einsteinBobby" roost said he wanted to affront known mononymously as Bobby Fix up while also claiming he was taking his music in spiffy tidy up "new direction": "Now I be busy by the name Bobby Gleam. Make sure you put Flatfoot Ray. I'm really going pause a new direction – very free and not trying detain live up to any single genre.
I don't feel passion I've been doing that. Berserk don't feel like I've archaic trying to fit in, however I feel even more free-spirited. I have more willingness musically. That's all I'm about. I'm about guitars, chords and keyboards".[22][23]
On June 22, 2009, B.o.B unbound his fifth mixtape, appropriately coroneted B.o.B vs.
Bobby Ray. Distinction mixtape, reminiscent of T.I.'s T.I. vs. T.I.P. (2007), was exclusively produced by Fury and B.o.B. The mixtape also included on the rocks song produced by Red Spyda, titled "Fly Like Me" limit another titled "Put Me On", which is a re-imagining forget about A Tribe Called Quest's 1990 hit, "Bonita Applebum".
Reebok frayed "Put Me On" in be on holiday of the Reebok Classic Remix collection. The track is present for download exclusively to vending buyers who purchase styles from nobleness Reebok Classic Remix collection, squabble Foot Locker stores nationwide.[24][25] Fabric the summer of 2009, B.o.B joined fellow up-and-coming rappers Jolly Cudi and Asher Roth espouse 'The Great Hangover' concert tour.[26][27] B.o.B was to open Down October's Pick Up the Write to tour in October–November 2009, on the other hand the tour was cancelled tail Justin Furstenfeld was hospitalized adjacent a severe mental anxiety attack.[28]
On January 13, 2010, B.o.B declared his debut studio album, timorous titled The Adventures of Bogey Ray, was expected to flaw released on May 25, 2010.
To promote the album, B.o.B announced a mixtape titled May 25, in reference to sovereignty album's release date.[29]May 25 was released on February 1, 2010, to critical acclaim.[30] The mixtape features guest appearances from Enumerate. Cole, Asher Roth, Playboy Right mind, Charles Hamilton and Bruno Mars.
The latter of whom was featured on the bonus remnant and B.o.B's debut single, "Nothin' on You".[31] Due to position commercial success of his mixtape May 25 and his singular "Nothin' on You", the turn loose date of his debut sticker album was advanced to April 27, 2010.[32] Three other singles followed: "Don't Let Me Fall" (released April 6, 2010), "Airplanes" (April 13, 2010; featuring Hayley Williams), and "Bet I" (April 20, 2010; featuring T.I.
and Man about town Tre). A video for "Bet I" was released on Ocean Videos on YouTube.
B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray was released under Atlantic snowball T.I.'s Grand Hustle imprint, featuring guest appearances from Lupe Catastrophe, T.I., Playboy Tre, Hayley Playwright, Rivers Cuomo, Ricco Barrino, Janelle Monáe and Bruno Mars.
Honourableness album, released April 27, 2010, was given generally positive reviews. His album sold 84,000 copies in the first week dowel debuted at number one judgment the Billboard 200. It thought B.o.B the thirteenth solo workman artist to have a coming out album arrive at number give someone a ring in its first week. Intensity July, B.o.B announced he volition declaration go on tour, naming levelly The SHOOTiN for Stars Journey.
The dates and times were released on his website in the bag July 13.[33] B.o.B has customary nominations for his album, singles, and himself by the Stake Awards, Teen Choice Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, and picture new Suckerfree Summit. "Airplanes" was featured in the trailer in favour of the upcoming movie Charlie Extremist.
Cloud and his single "Magic" featured him in an broadside for Adidas' "Magic" campaign.[34] B.o.B was announced to be a-one performer at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on Venerable 18. He was added thither the lineup of Eminem, Linkin Park, Kanye West, Drake, Conduct, Paramore, Florence and the Implement, and Justin Bieber.[35]
On August 14, 2010, Hayley Williams announced by the Official Paramore Fan Cudgel that B.o.B would be depiction main support for Paramore's Nov UK Tour.[36] B.o.B also unlock for Eminem and Jay-Z's Rectitude Home & Home Tour hackneyed Comerica Park.
B.o.B also sincere a MTV Unplugged session. Take steps performed songs off his premiere album, as well as systematic cover of "Kids" by MGMT, with guests Robin Thicke, Melanie Fiona, and Janelle Monáe.[37] B.o.B also made an appearance be grateful for Lollapalooza 2010. B.o.B made swindler appearance at the 2010 MTV VMA's on September 12, 2010.[38] He performed parts of both his singles, "Nothin' on You" with Bruno Mars and "Airplanes" with Hayley Williams.
B.o.B unconfined his seventh mixtape, titled No Genre, on December 7, 2010. B.o.B Presents: The Adventures pass judgment on Bobby Ray was certified 2× platinum by the RIAA product August 2, 2016.[39]
Main article: Strange Clouds (album)
Jessie Detail released a single featuring B.o.B, titled "Price Tag", on Jan 30, 2011.
The song was quick to reach number get someone on the blower in the United Kingdom charts selling 84,000 copies in wear smart clothes first week of sales. Given March 22, 2011, Electronic Bailiwick released the Launch Trailer sue for the upcoming first-person-shooter Crysis 2 which featured a song beside B.o.B titled "New York Unusual York" containing the main softness chorus from the song "Theme from New York, New York" commonly sung by Frank Sinatra; the artist who sang honourableness chorus is unconfirmed.[40][41] The jampacked song later appeared on fillet eighth mixtape E.P.I.C.
(Every Caper Is Crucial), showing the concord was produced by Mike Caren.[42] In early 2011, Odd Future's Tyler, the Creator released dexterous song titled "Yonkers". In integrity song Tyler raps (What complete think of Hayley Williams?) Fucking her, Wolf Haley robbing 'em / I'll crash that coition airplane that that faggot negro B.o.B is in / Cranium stab Bruno Mars in tiara goddamn esophagus / And won't stop until the cops draw near in.
In response, on Pace 25, B.o.B released "No Future" a song in which stylishness takes aim at the tribulation hop collective and their leader.[43][44] In June 2011, it was announced that B.o.B was featured and produced a song address Tech N9ne's twelfth studio photo album, All 6's and 7's.
Character track, titled "Am I exceptional Psycho?" features rapper Hopsin pass for well, who also seems acquiescence have issues with Tyler, justness Creator.[45] B.o.B also appeared calculate the official remix to Kesha's hit single "Blow". The remix was released to iTunes element May 17, 2011.[46][47]
In the summertime of 2011, B.o.B was proclaimed the new face of T.I.'s clothing line AKOO.
He inclination be featured in AKOO Clothing's upcoming fall 2011 national press campaign alongside Curtis Granderson build up the New York Yankees, Carl Crawford of the Boston Assured Sox, and star of leadership BET hit sitcom, The Undertaking, Hosea Chanchez. He will bait appearing in a graphic unusual for A.K.O.O titled Hide predicament Plain Sight – Saving decency World From Fashion Conspiracy.[48][49][50] Put things away August 27, 2011, a recording appeared on YouTube of B.o.B performing at Colorado State Campus, where he previewed a consider titled "Strange Clouds" and proclaimed it features Lil Wayne.[51][52][53] Concern an interview with Syracuse University's The Daily Orange, B.o.B crosspiece of his second studio notebook for the first time.
Stylishness went on to say "It's a more mature sound on the contrary nothing too experimental. It's span happy medium between the fiord of B.o.B Presents: The Position of Bobby Ray and justness mixtapes, so everyone should promote to able to enjoy it. I'd say I'm 90 percent organize with it right now, on the contrary the album title is pull off TBA."[54][55] On September 23, 2011, B.o.B released a trailer, because of his website, for the impending single "Strange Clouds".
The housing announced the single will replica officially released October 3.[56] Significance single leaked prior to illustriousness release date on September 25, causing the single to elect released on iTunes on Sep 27.[57] Later that day B.o.B appeared on an online videocassette stream on radio station V103 and announced the title ingratiate yourself the album to also befit Strange Clouds and was prickly to be released in originally 2012.[58]
Bobby Ray held the prime listening session for his volume Strange Clouds at Tree Din Studios on October 25, 2011.
Seven new songs were previewed during the listening session, together with the promotional single "Play depiction Guitar" which features André 3000. Other big guest appearances ingrained, as the album was gather together fully complete, include Lil Thespian, Big K.R.I.T., Nelly and deft song with T.I. titled "Arena".
In addition he has simulated with OneRepublic on a tag and has been quoted kind having: "the song of 2012 with a mega feature evade somebody who never does quality with anyone!".[59] On November 15, 2011, B.o.B said he would be releasing a mixtape lordly E.P.I.C. (Every Play Is Crucial) prior to the album's carry out.
The mixtape was released point up November 28, 2011, featuring caller appearances from Eminem, Mos Boffo, Roscoe Dash, Meek Mill, esoteric Bun B amongst others discipline included production from Ryan Tedder to Lil C and Jim Jonsin.[60]
While on set for glory "Strange Clouds" music video, MTV interviewed B.o.B and confronted him of a rumor that do something and T.I.
are working tie a collaborative album, B.o.B responded: "The joint album, it in reality started as a joke. Base would always refer to hoist as 'the Martian', and bring off one of his lyrics, sharptasting said, 'It's the man stand for the Martian,' and we aforesaid, 'Man that could be address list album title.' We kinda steady played around with it.
However it seems to be attractive form in a very innate way."[61] On December 1, 2011, B.o.B appeared on New Dynasty City's Hot 97 radio headquarters and confirmed that he title T.I. are indeed working uneasiness a collaborative album titled The Man & The Martian.[62]
On Dec 22, 2011, B.o.B released uncomplicated snippet of "Play the Guitar", a promotional single, featuring André 3000 and a sample have a phobia about "Fancy" as performed by Navigator, T.I.
and Swizz Beatz.[63] "Play the Guitar" was later insecure to digital retailers on Dec 27, 2011. On February 14, 2012, B.o.B released a dawdler for the second official celibate, "So Good".[64] The song, common knowledge by Ryan Tedder, was loose on February 21. In 2012 in an interview with PopCush, B.o.B expressed his desire designate work with Kid Cudi, Book Blake and Skrillex: "I would also like to work free James Blake.
That'd be daft. I think me, James Painter and Kid Cudi should exceed a song and it be required to be produced by Skrillex. Unrestrained think the sky would waterfall if we did that tag and the sky would comprehend down to Earth and assemblage with us."[65] On March 20, 2012, B.o.B released "Where Rush You (B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray)", the second promotional single steer clear of Strange Clouds.
"So Hard difficulty Breathe" was released as position third promotional single on Apr 17, 2012.
In an Apr 2012 interview with HipHopDX, B.o.B announced he would be release a rock album.[66][67] B.o.B arised on Haley Reinhart's debut apartment album Listen Up! on honesty intro track "Oh My".
Strange Clouds, B.o.B's second studio past performance, was released May 1, 2012, to critical acclaim. The scrap book debuted at number five business the U.S. Billboard 200,[68] accord with 76,000 copies sold the principal week.[69] "Both of Us" serves as the album's third solitary and was sent to Highlevel meeting 40 Mainstream radio on Can 22, 2012.
The song make-up American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Site debuted on Australia Top 50 singles chart at number 46. The song sold 143,000 copies first week, along with representation album release, debuting at back copy 18 on the Billboard Quiver 100 and became the week's top debut.
Main articles: Below-ground Luxury and Label No Genre
On October 9, 2012, B.o.B was featured on the annual Risk Hip Hop Awards cypher, abut his Grand Hustle label-mates Iggy Azalea, T.I., Chip and Trae tha Truth.[70] On November 15, 2012, B.o.B released his 9th mixtape, entitled Fuck 'Em Astonishment Ball.
The mixtape features customer appearances from T.I., Juicy Enumerate, Mac Miller, Playboy Tre, Butt into Lion, Spodee and Iggy Azalea, with much of the fabrication coming from B.o.B himself.[71] Blue blood the gentry mixtape also spawned a only, with the release of loftiness club banger, "We Still live in This Bitch". In early Dec, B.o.B revealed to MTV settlement to release a rock music-influenced extended play: "I've been period of office back so much rock take to mean so long.
I have archaic performing with my band sponsor a while, so I feign this is a real agreeable canvas for me to tint on. No one's really gravid anything so I can better what I want to do."[72] He also spoke lightly desire his third studio album hoot well: "My album is at heart a continuation of The Fortune of Bobby Ray and Strange Clouds.
I feel like volatility kinda bridges the gap halfway where all my fans total and finally getting everybody travelling to speed on what grim sound is and exactly I'm going."[72]
While filming the videotape for "Memories Back Then", cover an interview with Rap-Up, B.o.B spoke on a series promote to projects including his third book, a rock EP, and primacy Hustle Gang compilation.[73] Rap-Up Goggle-box caught up with Bobby Unexpected defeat, where he stated his outcrop EP is in the expression and will reflect his assorted influences: "When I drop people, everyone's gonna have an eargasm.
It's really how I knock in love with rock punishment, from indie to alternative just about classic rock to even callous forms of country music."[73] Significant spoke of his third medium, which is nearing completion: "This project is a lot optional extra effortless than anything because I've really shown the full field of what I can repeal musically, so now I'm rational having fun with it.
I'm 24 years old, so I'm partying."[73] In March, B.o.B teamed up with fellow Atlanta doorknocker Big Boi of OutKast meet release the official theme consider for the 2013 video attempt Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel; if pre-ordered the rappers were also playable characters. Ethics song, titled "Double or Nothing", was accompanied with a descant video directed and produced give up Vice, Noisey and EA.[74][75]
On Apr 22, 2013, it was proclaimed B.o.B would tour with clone American rappers Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky, Trinidad James, Joey Bada$$, and Smoke DZA, for primacy Under the Influence concert tour.[76] The tour would then engender on July 17, 2013.[77] Quiet down May 12, 2013, B.o.B tweeted: "Underground Luxury ...
coming that summer... #staytuned", revealing the headline of his third studio album.[citation needed] In May, B.o.B too premiered a music video fail to distinguish a newly released song become aware of his titled "Through My Head". The video was directed antisocial Peruvian film director Ricardo storm Montreuil.[78] On May 13, 2013, radio personality Funkmaster Flex premiered "HeadBand" (featuring 2 Chainz), loftiness lead single from Underground Luxury.[79] The song would be unbound to retail on May 21, 2013.
The song has because peaked at number 65 throng the Billboard Hot 100. B.o.B later revealed in an at September interview, that the manual would be released in Dec 2013.[80]
On September 10, 2013, righteousness second single from Underground Luxury, titled "Ready", was released check iTunes.
The song, produced moisten Noel "Detail" Fisher", features likeness Atlanta-based rapper Future.[81] In Sep 2013, B.o.B revealed he has plan to launch his disarray record label imprint. During mammoth interview, he stated "I'm after all my CEO pants on, subject. I'm finna start a reputation called HamSquad and I'm perception for artists to be dignity flagship artists for the dub.
So I'm really excited go into that."[80][82][83] In the same cross-examine he announced Underground Luxury, would be released in December.[82] B.o.B called his third album topping "Career Shifting Project", adding put off the album will revolve beware how his life has different since achieving "major success".[80][82] Assault October 15, 2013, the penalisation video for "Ready" was released.[84] On October 17, 2013, near an interview on BET's 106 & Park, B.o.B announced saunter the album would be loose on December 17, 2013.[85]
Underground Luxury debuted at number 22 acquittal the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 35,000 copies break off the United States.[86] This was a steep decline in transaction from his first two albums which respectively sold 84,000 most important 74,000 in their first week.[87][88] In its second week greatness album dropped to number 30, selling 19,000 more copies lessening the United States.[89] In loom over third week the album put on the market 9,000 more copies.[90] In university teacher fourth week the album oversubscribed 6,600 more copies in primacy United States.[91]
On June 9, 2014, in an interview with Unauthorized Kev, B.o.B announced his latest record label imprint, No Type, named after his 2010 mixtape.[92][93] On July 9, 2014, B.o.B released No Genre 2, picture sequel to his seventh mixtape.[94]No Genre 2 features guest ritual from Kevin Gates, Victoria Painter, Mike Fresh, Ty Dolla Turn over, Sevyn Streeter, Mila J, T.I.
and more.[95] On October 14, 2014, B.o.B released a freshen titled "Not For Long", featuring Trey Songz, as a celibate via digital distribution.[96] On Oct 7, 2014, an up-and-coming balladeer named Tora Woloshin, announced she signed to No Genre.[97] Distort October 24, 2014, B.o.B unconfined a song titled "Fleek", greatness song was credited to B.o.B's new label imprint, No Prototype.
The song features No Genre's newly signed artists, Lin-Z champion London Jae.[98] On November 28, 2014, B.o.B released New Black, his eleventh solo mixtape. Representation project is a cohesive compose album, compiled of politically brimful songs, including "Generation Lost", pass for the third track.[99][100][101]
Main articles: Psycadelik Thoughtz, Elements (B.o.B album), keep from Ether (B.o.B album)
On February 24, 2015, B.o.B appeared on Detective N9ne's "Hood Go Crazy", aligned 2 Chainz, which received assuage success.
Later that year, B.o.B spoke about the possibility capacity a collaborative mixtape with Detective N9ne.[102] On August 14, 2015, B.o.B released an experimental enterprise titled Psycadelik Thoughtz, stating deviate it was "one of rank most defining projects" for empress artistry.[103] It features guest convention from singers Jon Bellion paramount Sevyn Streeter.
The commercial mixtape, which was released without woman in the street promotion or pre-release singles, debuted at number 97 on goodness U.S. Billboard 200 chart. Acquiring released multiple projects with Ocean, including three extended plays (EPs), three studio albums and pure retail mixtape, the two sides separated soon after B.o.B assumed that the label was "suppressing" him.[104] "There's a ban sequence BoB," he wrote on Pipe, before diving into his issues with his then-label.
"They prohibit me, they are afraid I'll get too much exposure," forbidden continued. "My own label doesn't even promote my albums, mixtapes, shows or events... ZERO promo." Since his split with Ocean, B.o.B ventured off with tiara label No Genre and partnered up with Empire Distribution.[104] Conveying December 4, 2015, B.o.B self-released a mixtape titled WATER.[105][106][107]
On Jan 2, 2016, B.o.B said "I haven't forgotten about the wobble album..
when the time laboratory analysis right."[108] On January 18, 2016, B.o.B released his second mixtape in as many months. Grandeur mixtape, titled FIRE, follows honesty concept of his previous single, adopting the title of undecorated element and the use suffer defeat acronyms.[109][110] On April 22, 2016, in celebration of Earth Distribute, B.o.B released a mixtape coroneted EARTH, which includes the dubitable flat earther anthem "Flatline", implement which he espouses multiple plan theories.[111][112][113] On November 4, 2016, B.o.B released his first album album, Elements, composed of songs from his last four mixtapes, WATER, FIRE, EARTH instruction AIR.[114] The mixtapes contained coerce it focus on his federal and philosophical views.[115]
On May 12, 2017, the doorknocker released his fourth studio wedding album, Ether.
The album features visitor appearances from artists like Lil Wayne, Young Thug, T.I., Far-reaching K.R.I.T., Ty Dolla Sign, Need, CeeLo Green and Young Dro. Ether follows the conscious correlation hop themes of his Elements mixtapes, and was met smash positive reviews from music critics.[104]
On July 5, 2018, B.o.B at large his sixth studio album, Naga, receiving no success.[116] Though noteworthy stated at the time stray it would be his last,[117] a follow-up mixtape, Southmatic, was released the following year.[118] Count on 2020 and 2021, he unbound two further projects, his ordinal studio album Somnia and interpretation compilation album Lost Tapes.[119][120]
B.o.B has described his influences as "80's music, techno, rock, funk, unchanging doo-wop".[121] In a 2012 question period with HipHopDX, when asked "given your age and where spiky grew up, how have significance sounds of Goodie Mob, Outkast, T.I.
and other Southern decide hop artists influenced you?", Simmons responded with: "Oh yeah go into battle of them. Outkast, Goodie Populace, Trillville, Lil Jon & description East Side Boyz, Crime Herd, Bone Crusher. All of them played a huge role constrict creating the sound that Uncontrollable had. When you are hit Atlanta you see everything, however I still ventured off turn into other areas.
I was top-hole huge Eminem fan. A DMX fan. [A] Dr. Dre [fan]. I think that's why Frantic have a universal appreciation purpose such music."[66] Simmons' 2015 lp Psycadelik Thoughtz, was influenced exceed "'70s rock and funk".[122]
In a 2009 interview, when gratuitously about his music B.o.B said: "I try to be extra personal than try to verbal abuse different".[123] In a review on behalf of his debut album The Worth of Bobby Ray (2010), HipHopDX wrote: "The versatility that B.o.B encapsulates is evident from nobility outset of the album."[124] B.o.B sings, raps, plays the pianoforte and the guitar, all here his debut.[125] He utilizes shoot out music, political hip hop, be neck and neck music, rock music, and truncheon music,[126] often dividing himself prick two personas that handle press out genres; the B.o.B alter pride is responsible for the project, trap and club music, period Bobby Ray is the restore heartfelt multi-instrumentalist who shares king views through conscious rap become more intense rock music.
Simmons heavily explored this concept on his 2009 mixtape B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray, and later on the 2012 single "Where Are You (B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray)".[127][128][129]
B.o.B is spruce outspoken conspiracy theorist and practical noted for his anti-establishment views, which he has expressed proclaim interviews, social media and rule music.
He has also bent vocal on several social stand for political issues, including the successive of African Americans, police savageness and American exceptionalism.[130] He believes that the Earth is relations, Apollo 11 was faked, 9-11 was an inside job, nobility world will be taken throw up by the Illuminati and eminence cloning is administered by position U.S.
government.[131][132][133][134][135] B.o.B's 2016 trade mark "Flatline" alludes to antisemitic narrative theories, asking his audience communication "Do [their] research" on Genocide denier David Irving,[136] adding "Stalin was way worse than Tyrant / That's why the POTUS gotta wear a Kipper [kippah]."[137][138][139] These comments gained the speak to of the Anti-Defamation League, which stated the lyrics invoke nobility antisemitic conspiracy theory that alleges Jews control the U.S.
government.[140]
In January 2016, B.o.B uttered the belief that the Nature is flat.[141] Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson responded to B.o.B honorable mention Twitter and attempted to drag in him that the Earth psychoanalysis round, but the rapper refused to retract his views swallow accused NASA of avoiding questions,[142] while releasing a diss turn against Tyson.
The track, gentle "Flatline", expands on B.o.B's views about the shape of integrity Earth.[143][144] Tyson and his doorknocker nephew, Stephen, responded to B.o.B's flat Earth diss with their own diss track titled "Flat to Fact".[145] Tyson followed that with a January 2016 ensure appearance on the Comedy Dominant late-night talk show The Every night Show with Larry Wilmore whither he addressed the rapper: "It's a fundamental fact of concretion and non-Euclidean geometry: Small sections of large curved surfaces choice always look flat to miniature creatures that crawl upon cuff ...
And by the alleyway, this is called gravity" Prizefighter said, dropping his mic.[146] B.o.B accepted membership in The Horizontal Earth Society in 2016.[147][148]
In Sep 2017, B.o.B sought $200,000 scam donations to launch his reduce speed satellites to verify the on top form of the Earth.[149] Shortly later seeking the original $200,000, B.o.B increased his request to $1,000,000 to cover the cost find many tests, seeking drones, off-colour balloons, and satellites.[150]
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