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  Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week

  August 20, 2010 – Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold. That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week-then update your TweetDeck! (Obligatory Self-Promotion: ...while you're at it, be sure to follow @SPINmagazine!) B.o.B.@bobatl Why You Should Follow: Hip-hop artist B.o.B.-otherwise known as Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr.-makes music that's out of this world. Literally. …
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  WATCH: B.o.B., Hayley Williams' "Airplanes" Video

  June 18, 2010 – If there was ever a time for an airplane it's now -- get these two solemn songbirds to Mustique ASAP! The new video for the introspective, mid-tempo "Airplanes," about backtracking on fame, is a bit uneventful and features no airplanes whatsoever, but finds B.o.B. …
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  Chart-Topper B.o.B. and Lupe Fiasco Wrap Tour

  May 10, 2010 – B.o.B. has the top album on the Billboard charts right now, but even so, Lupe Fiasco remained the No. 1 star of the pair's Steppin Laser tour, which finished strong in Seattle Friday night. Until last week's release of The Adventures of Bobby Ray, B.o.B, aka Bobby Ray Simmons, was an ATL-bred mixtape king. …
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  Atlanta Rapper B.o.B. Hits No. 1 on Album Chart

  May 6, 2010 – 21-year-old Atlanta rapper B.o.B.'s debut album The Adventures of Bobby Ray delivered on the promise of its chart-topping single, "Nothin' On You," selling 84,000 copies to capture the No. 1 spot on the album chart this week, reports Billboard. And that's not all: Bobby Ray leads Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums, Top Rap Albums, and Top Digital Albums charts as well. No doubt about it -- they got nothin' on you, Mr. …
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  New Albums from Hole, B.o.B. & 3 More!

  April 27, 2010 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: Hole, Nobody's DaughterAlt-rock's queen mother crawls through the wreckage.Read Review >> B.o.B., The Adventuers of Bobby RayWhen "eclectic" is just another word for "a mess."Read Review >> Gogol Bordello, Trans-Continental HustleGlorious bastards head south for inspiration.Read Review >> Lali Puna, Our InventionsElectronic shamen …
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• B.o.B, 'The Adventures of Bobby Ray' (Atlantic)

  April 26, 2010 – Multi-instrumentalist mixtape vet B.o.B is a one-man second coming of Atlanta's Organized Noize era. But where OutKast's best spun elastic funk through cinematic psychedelia, The Adventures of Bobby Ray is a hip-hop Scary Movie, tossing off references (Vampire Weekend sample, Rivers Cuomo cameo) while struggling to establish a distinctive identity. …
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  LISTEN: Eminem, Hayley Williams, B.o.B. Collabo

  April 20, 2010 – Hip-hop's oddest couple has been unleashed by B.o.B, the chart-topping Atlanta rapper who brought Hayley Williams and Eminem together for his new song "Airplanes (Part II)." B.o.B. just posted track to his website and you can listen right now, right here! "Since the album is leaking...I want this one to come from ME," B.o.B. …
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  LISTEN: Paramore's Hayley Williams Goes Hip-Hop!

  April 12, 2010 – Hip-hop has a new voice: Hayley Williams, frontwoman for Tennessee pop-punk band Paramore! The 21-year-old singer teamed with hot Atlanta rapper B.o.B. for a pair of new tracks on his April 27 release B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray: "Airplanes" and "Airplanes (Part II)," an album-closing reprise featuring cameos from both Williams and Eminem. While the Em track remains under wraps, B.o.B. …
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  Hayley Williams on Eminem Collabo: "Incredible"

  April 5, 2010 – To call this collaboration "unlikely" would be one hell of an understatement. Hayley Williams, the 21-year-old girly-girl singer for Tennessee's Paramore, will appear on the same song with oft-sadistic Detroit rapper Eminem. …
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  First Look: Hot Rapper B.o.B.

  January 13, 2009 – Atlanta, GA, rapper B.o.B., a.k.a. Bobby Ray Simmons, has garnered loads of buzz for his live show-- including a spot in SPIN's 2008 Who's Next? feature -- despite the fact that his debut, The Adventures of B.O.B., has been delayed for nearly a year. While his album still lacks a release date, its just-released first video, "I'll Be In The Sky," is packed with Outkast-style funk-rap and a Brother from Another Planet sci-fi vibe. …
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