B.o.B News

B.o.B. is one of those artist that currently stands in a grey area: he's attained mainstream success thanks to catchy tunes, but he's also a seasoned rapper, and finds himself balancing between full-out pop music and more hardened hip-hop. So who are his main fans, the picky hip-hop heads or the avid radio listeners?

B.o.B.'s Underground Luxury had some pretty big singles in "Ready" and "Headband", but it didn't make the noise as a full project as it maybe should have.

Though it may be overshadowed by the anniversary of Nas' Illmatic a week prior, OutKast's debut album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, turned 20 today.

When hip-hop began, samples were all that DJs and producers had to construct instrumental tracks with. They'd dig through crates of vinyl trying to find isolated drum breaks, melodies or vocals that they could repurpose for use in hip-hop music.

With the holiday season winding down, we're still seeing the affect it had on the charts and the sales. It seems like almost everyone on today's Charts round-up had an increase in sales and a rise up the Billboard 200 in the past seven days except for B.o.B.

Bobby Ray is often cited as one of today’s underrated rappers. In the past, his hip hop game has come under fire for infusing pop and rock into his music. He’s also been dubbed a “sell-out” many a time, for creating radio winners.

B.o.B dropped his new album, Underground Luxury, on December 17th without too much fuss or noise. It seems the relatively quiet roll out is reflected in the first week sales projections for the LP, as the projections are quite low.

B.o.B let go snippets from his album Underground Luxury the other week, but today he's returned with a full-length album stream. The 15-track project has appearances from Chris Brown, 2 Chainz, Juicy J and more. It doesn't drop until December 17th, so take a listen to the stream below. Initial thoughts?

 B.o.B must've been in the giving mood on Monday, because not only did he drop a new Chris Brown-featured track titled "Throwback", but he decided to give fans an entire preview of his upcoming album Underground Luxury.

 With his upcoming album, Underground Luxury, dropping next month, B.o.B. decided to give us a taste of the album’s artwork tonight.

Lecrae made history earlier this year, when he became the first rapper to win a Grammy for best gospel album. Now he's announced a brand new mixtape, which will be a sequel to 2012's Church Clothes. 

 It looks like B.o.B.’s “Best Album Of The Year” statement he made a few weeks back will be put to test here soon. The ATL artist just announced that his upcoming album Underground Luxury will be dropping in December.

B.o.B has been silent for a while, but he's planning to drop his third LP, Underground Luxury later this year, and according to him, it'll be one to remember. The Atlanta rapper spoke with MTV about the new project, and his confidence in both his own work, and that of his peers. 

B.o.B is keeping fans waiting on his upcoming album, Underground Luxury, although he says in a new interview the LP is completely finished at this point. Following this album, Bobby Ray is looking to branch out business-wise, with the start of his very own record label called Ham Squad.

We haven't heard too much from Chris Brown about his upcoming album X, which is slated to drop this summer. The r'n'b singer has been in the news for problems on top of problems, but today Chris took the focus off of that by tweeting out some of the features that'll be on X.

// B.o.B is getting back into the swing of things when it comes to hip-hop music, and he's been doing quite a few interviews. The rapper recently revealed the title of his upcoming third studio album, Underground Luxury, which he discussed while visiting The Breakfast Club on Power 105.

B.o.B has been prepping his third studio album, and teasing us with music along the way, like "Headband" with 2 Chainz. Most recently, he dropped off a new song and music video for the LP, called "Through My Head."

Over the weekend we saw a new commercial from Vitamin Water which featured Hustle Gang's B.o.B.

In a recent interview with MTV, B.o.B discussed his third studio album, which is still without a title.

More photos from behind-the-scenes come in today, this time time for T.I.'s collaboration with Kendrick Lamar and Grand Hustle signee B.o.B.The three rappers linked up in different locations through out L.A.

While sitting alongside Snoop Lion and Busta Rhymes, B.o.B. talked with HipHopDX about how Busta, in particular, has influenced his career. Bobby Ray said of the Brooklyn born rapper, "I used to watch Busta Rhymes videos back when I was a kid. I used to look at him like, ‘Wow! That’s crazy! That’s dope!

T.I. has been visibly shopping around for a new deal for himself and his Grand Hustle team, and there has been a lot of talk of a compilation from the group in the works. Now B.o.B. has confirmed that work has started taking place on the project.“We're recording here now,” he said.

HNHH took a quick trip to Austin, Texas this year for SXSW, to cover The Warner Sound (which included performances by, T.I., B.o.B., Wale, Meek Mill, Stalley, Curren$y, Kirko Bangz, XV & Snow Tha Product). The trip was a short one but productive nonetheless.