Background "B.O.B." (an acronym for Bombs Over Baghdad) is a 2000 single by OutKast for the LaFace/Arista Records label. The first single from their album Stankonia, "B.O.B." is high-tempo and jungle-influenced, with a BPM rate of 155. The song is also noted for its use of a choir (the Morris Brown College Gospel Choir) in the chorus. The inspiration for the song came when André 3000 was in a London hotel room and overheard a news report about "bombs over Baghdad."[LINK: http://www.ajc.com/sunday/content/epaper/editions/sunday/arts_442ce62f767ea03900fe.html] [1] Chart Success The song's frenetic nature, as well as the genre-bending "shock" of the song, led many radio outlets in the United States to limit its airplay.[LINK: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1432965/11062000/outkast.jhtml] [2] Unlike the follow-up single "M

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # TAGS