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“B.O.B.” (or “Bombs Over Baghdad”) is a single from OutKast’s 2000 album “Stankonia”. The song features the Morris Brown College Gospel Choir. The inspiration for the song came when André 3000 was in a London hotel room and overheard a news report about “bombs over Baghdad”. While a failure upon release as a single due to its mixture of hip-hop, jungle, electronic, alternative and soul not being able to blend in with the rotation of any radio format in the United States, it has been named as one of the best singles of all time by many publications and critics… , including several which do not normally write about hip-hop music such as the indie rock review website Pitchfork Media which named it the best single of the 2000s in their list of 500 Bests Songs of the 2000s.
Reception
Reception
- In 2008, it was ranked #23 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
- “B.O.B.” was named the #2 song in the “500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born” list in 2006 by Blender, second only to Michael Jackson’s “
Billie Jean”.[1]
- The song was named the #1 single of 2000–2004 by Pitchfork Media, as well as the #1 song of the 2000s.[2]
- It was ranked #2 on Stylus Magazine’s Top 50 Singles of 2000-2005. [3]
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keiaspissed wrote:
I've loved it since it came out.
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yakuzadjango wrote:
Epic to say the least
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dieteticsmajor wrote:
Didnt like dis song when I first heard it, but one night it came on while I was in dis club and da place erupted. Now dis song and that experience are joined at the hip. There is much more 2 this story ppl.........
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FrankyRey wrote:
This song would be 10 times better if it was cut in half.
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RoomForSymmetry wrote:
YES
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cheguzvara wrote:
Great, but I really like their Dungeon family album...
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supersmashsteve wrote:
awesome song
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veruschkan wrote:
Da-amn! Can people actually dance to this beat! It's wicked fast! Hell I can't even do my step workout to it.hehehe.
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nerdork wrote:
This song is so good that it transcends my usual tendency to not adore singles as much. ;) I think it earns all of the pointless-music-journalism-accolades it receives. That said, "Gasoline Dreams" IS amazing.
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TheOldPrince wrote:
Pitchfork is right
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illzid wrote:
the greatest song of the 2000s? pitchfork I'm sorry, but I disagree
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BIG-D313 wrote:
OutKast - B.O.B.
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bnmack08 wrote:
Gosh I loved the video for this song...great childhood memories: watching MTV and BET when I was supposed to be watching Nick lol.
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dim2192 wrote:
Snappin' & Trappin is better
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Liquid_Exodus wrote:
best OutKast song. Andre drops one of the hottest verses ever put on wax.
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Hypa-Link wrote:
One of the dopest soutkast songs ever, if not the best.
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LisaVee1976 wrote:
♥♥♥ This is what ATL music is suppose to sound like♥♥♥
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merrari wrote:
ill ill ill ill ill ill ill
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TheOldPrince wrote:
power music,electric revival :)
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Propagandist wrote:
Not as good as Gasoline Dreams, but still fucking awesome. This really grew on me a few years after first hearing it.
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