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Friday, February 5, 2010
CD Reviews / News Mixtape Review: B.o.B
Posted By Mike McCray on Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:52 PM
The Good: Bobby Ray has the unique ability to sound completely different on every song but drop a line or two that let's you know, it's still him. Who else can give you a stereotypical, ATL "trap-rap" track next to a guitar-driven track, then sing, produce and switch up the flow. Clever one-liners throughout and a couple songs that could be singles too. "Fuck The Money" with Asher Roth, "The Rain," "Gladiators" with J Cole and "Out of Time" are tracks I really like, he even blew the dust of Charles Hamilton.
The Bad: Variety is awesome but at times it seems like Bob went out of his way to make sure no one could put him in a box. Extremely herky jerky.
The Verdict: Remember how early Kanye material was dope but kind of forced and all over the place? B.o.B. is a great talent, May 25th is good mixtape, but it suffers from the curse of creativity. Can't be all things to all people though, let's hope the actual album is in two lanes, not four.
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