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1. Demario Moore says:

   July 21, 2010 at 5:13 pm

   How does this album have so many great reviews? It’s not a very good album. The only stand out track is the one we’ve already heard called Airplanes. B.O.B. is not your typical rap artists but diffrerent is not always better. First of all, I don’t consider this a rap album. This album is way more pop than rap. I like B.O.B. but his career is probably now over. True rap lovers will hate this album. They should not even market this as a hip-hop album. It’s almost like he heard a Kid Cudi album and tried his best to imitate him. I love rappers like Kid Cudi. They show the world that rap music has many genres and that we have more to talk about than women and liqour. B.O.B. is a great rapper but this album is a huge letdown. The hooks are repetative and the beats sound like crap Lil Wayne decided not to use on his Rebirth album. One day this kid could create a great album but this is not it. I wonder what would happen if someone like Kanye West produced his next album. Instant Classic???
   Rating: 1 / 5
2. A. W. Newton says:

   July 21, 2010 at 6:53 pm

   Many of you have heard me claim that I have met Mr. B.o.B himself. Well, I did, at the Great Hangover Tour with KiD CuDi and Asher Roth. I went to the bathroom, and B.o.B was sitting there in his plad shirt and his jeans and boots and his hat, just playing some John Mayer songs or something. I knew I was going to see him perform tonight at Stubb’s in Austin, Texas, so I said hello. His show was absolutely blood-pumping. His phenomenal performance covered everything from hard-core rap to pop to soul. I remember catching the glimpse of his back-up singer, who I thought was a pretty soulful chick. I was so drunk by B.o.B’s energetic melodies, I asked his short-haired back-up singer to marry me. She told me she loved me. Meh. I was just having too much fun. I remember Willie and I drove home, and I immediately downloaded the B.o.B mixtape: B.o.B Vs. Bobby Ray. I was immediately hooked.

   B.o.B uses the mix of basic rapping to the fun of pop music. The Adventures of Bobby Ray definitely hybrids those mixes into one pretty-damn-good composition. B.o.B has an obsession referring to space, and he does so in the tracks “Don’t Let Me Fall” and “Ghost in the Machine.” These inter-galactic tunes sets the stage for some beautiful piano work in “Don’t Let Me Fall” and the dark and mysterious “Ghost in the Machine.” B.o.B lets his inner-musician out with his depressing “Ghost in the Machine” track trying to find his true identity. For the rest of the album, B.o.B goes into the pop scheme, which may disappoint many of his hip-hop originated fans. He will probably gain a lot of commercial success with the teeny-bopper Six Flags tune, “Magic” featuring Weezer’s lead singer Richard Cuomo. This is where B.o.B hybrids his pop and rap influences into multiple tracks, which has worked very successfully in The Adventures of Bobby Ray. I was relieved to hear a real B.o.B song “Lovlier Than You,” because it shows B.o.B’s capability to be a genuine musician. The only true rap song B.o.B performs is “Bet I” featuring jail-bird T.I. and Playboy Tre. The only disappoints I find with the album is the “Magic” track tries too hard to compete with the tween All Time Lows and Cartels. I was also disappointed with Lupe Fiasco’s part in “Shades.” Lupe is one of the best and most under-rated rappers in the game’s history, but he doesn’t really try in “Shades.” I find The Adventures of Bobby Ray to be a hip-hop album you can share with your 10 year old niece and maybe even enjoyable and uppity for your mid-40′s mother and father. B.o.B is a genuine musician that I must always recommend, and I have a feeling we will be hearing more of him.
   Rating: 5 / 5
3. Donnie Hicks says:

   July 21, 2010 at 7:30 pm

   Though classified “Hip Hop”, that does not adequately describe all of the genres faithfully rendered by Bobby Ray Simmons in his debut album “B.o.B. Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray”. Classic R & B, Soul, Gospel, Rock, Funk, Gangsta Rap, there is something for everybody. I can’t say enough good things, you gotta give it a listen.
   Rating: 5 / 5
4. Doug says:

   July 21, 2010 at 10:11 pm

   Most of this cd is pretty good. Well written and dancable tracks. Worth the purchase.
   Rating: 4 / 5
5. Anonymous says:

   July 21, 2010 at 11:29 pm

   The First B.o.B Album And The Best!

   The Airplanes Songs Is Everyones Life
   
   Hayley Angel Voice With B.o.B And Eminem Is A Bomb To Our Ears!!!

   The Entire Album Is Cool!
   Rating: 5 / 5