B.o.B featuring Spodee “Wrong”
As annoyingly omnipresent as the pop-flavored, chart-dominating singles stripped from B.o.B‘s debut The Adventures of Bobby Ray became, the Decatur-born emcee’s insta-successful transitioning from mixtape-to-mainstream stardom was such a root-worthy event, hating on dude’s Top 40 reign never once seemed like an option.
That’s what happens when everything he spits (be it on an official single, album track, or remix verse) not only feels so insanely catchy and impressively nimble on even the millionth listen, but is lifted to whole new plateaus of feel-good infectiousness due to the fact that Bobby always sounds like he’s having the time of his life doing what he does (Note to other rappers: sounding deathlessly hungry and inspired can go a long way).
The rapper’s new mixtape, the warm-up-to-Strange Clouds freebie/ latest showcase of multi-genre versatility E.P.I.C (Every Play Is Crucial) stands out as another full-length winner mostly because of this boundless charisma.
For second entry “Wrong”, B.o.B. bottles that energy for another addictive radio-pop high, he and guest star/ fellow Grand Hustle soldier Spodee‘s respective flows effortlessly bobbing about atop producer Ryan Tedder’s crunk-lite twist of Phoenix’ “1901″ for some against-all-odds, anti-hater inspirational rhymes. “I think it’s funny that they think they got us all beat and defeated/ I swear they must be dreaming ‘cuz they think that we’re retreating,” spits Bob, later offering a warning to all those “little boys with big toys” with smack to say against him: “We bring Hell like a red man with a black beard and a pitchfork”.
Listen hard enough and you can faintly hear a small “bling” at the end of each one of his lines, not even the hateration of the green-eyed sect being enough to take away this guy’s toothy grin exuberance.
Hear the song belong, alongside another E.P.I.C. favorite, the lush “Southern swag & soul sample” goodie (and “International Players Anthem” sequel-of-sorts) “5 On The Kush”, or simply pick up the entire tape here.
“Wrong” featuring Spodee (DL):
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“5 On The Kush” featuring Big K.R.I.T. & Bun B (DL):
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