feature “Bet I” being Hotlanta at its hottest while “Don’t Let Me Fall” is the “where I’m from” track at its best. Add to that “Lovelier Than You,” where B.o.B sounds like Wyclef when he plays it sparse, and you’ve got the poptacular moments, but the street tracks and backpacker material works just as well, with the T.I. The uncrushable B.o.B is always filled with positive vibes and he isn’t above pouring on the sweetness as he courts the ladies with hitmaker for hire Bruno Mars on “Nothin’ on You,” a song that’s perfectly packaged for some Hollywood romantic comedy. “Airplanes” is the Coldplay-sized, emo-rap track with Williams that brings reminders of the Dido/ Eminem collaboration “Stan,” at least when it comes to rock-solid hooks, since the sentiment here is much more hopeful. That’s the rapper/producer/songwriter’s attitude in a nutshell, and it’s also the genre-free, music-loving, and even starry-eyed attitude of his debut album, The Adventures of Bobby Ray, a reference to the B.o.B’s real name, Bobby Ray Simmons. He went on to declare that the audience for Williams’ band was the same audience for Lupe Fiasco, Common, and himself.
When asked about his collaboration with pop-punk vocalist Hayley Williams, Atlanta-based alternative hip-hop artist B.o.B responded “ Paramore is the sh*t,” instantly driving away the hip-hop purists.
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