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B.o.B

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Bobby Ray Simmons Jr., known professionally as B.o.B, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Raised in Decatur, Georgia, Simmons signed with record producer Jim Jonsin's Rebel Rock Entertainment in 2006. Two years later, he signed a joint venture recording contract with fellow Georgia rapper T.I.'s Grand Hustle Records, an imprint of Atlantic Records. Following his major-label deal, Simmons quickly achieved commercial success when his 2009 single, "Nothin' on You", topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and received three nominations—Record of the Year, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration—at the 53rd Grammy Awards.

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Discography & Previews

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Bob Dylan

1962 · 13 tracks

  1. 1 You're No Good ↗ 1:42
  2. 2 Talkin' New York ↗ 3:22
  3. 3 In My Time of Dyin' ↗ 2:42
  4. 4 Man of Constant Sorrow ↗ 3:10
  5. 5 Fixin' to Die ↗ 2:24
  6. 6 Pretty Peggy-O ↗ 3:27
  7. 7 Highway 51 Blues ↗ 2:53
  8. 8 Gospel Plow ↗ 1:48
  9. 9 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down ↗ 2:37
  10. 10 House of the Risin' Sun ↗ 5:22
  11. 11 Freight Train Blues ↗ 2:22
  12. 12 Song to Woody ↗ 2:45
  13. 13 See That My Grave Is Kept Clean ↗ 2:42

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The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

1963 · 13 tracks

  1. 1 Blowin' In the Wind ↗ 2:49
  2. 2 Girl from the North Country ↗ 3:23
  3. 3 Masters of War ↗ 4:38
  4. 4 Down the Highway ↗ 3:32
  5. 5 Bob Dylan's Blues ↗ 2:29
  6. 6 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall ↗ 6:53
  7. 7 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right ↗ 3:41
  8. 8 Bob Dylan's Dream ↗ 5:03
  9. 9 Oxford Town ↗ 1:50
  10. 10 Talkin' World War III Blues ↗ 6:27
  11. 11 Corrina, Corrina ↗ 2:44
  12. 12 Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance ↗ 2:01
  13. 13 I Shall Be Free ↗ 4:47

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The Times They Are A‐Changin’

1964 · 10 tracks

  1. 1 The Times They Are A-Changin' ↗ 3:17
  2. 2 Ballad of Hollis Brown ↗ 5:07
  3. 3 With God On Our Side ↗ 7:10
  4. 4 One Too Many Mornings ↗ 2:42
  5. 5 North Country Blues ↗ 4:37
  6. 6 Only a Pawn In Their Game ↗ 3:33
  7. 7 Boots of Spanish Leather ↗ 4:40
  8. 8 When the Ship Comes In ↗ 3:18
  9. 9 The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll ↗ 5:49
  10. 10 Restless Farewell ↗ 5:33

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Another Side of Bob Dylan

1964 · 11 tracks

  1. 1 All I Really Want to Do ↗ 4:05
  2. 2 Black Crow Blues ↗ 3:14
  3. 3 Spanish Harlem Incident ↗ 2:25
  4. 4 Chimes of Freedom ↗ 7:10
  5. 5 I Shall Be Free No. 10 ↗ 4:48
  6. 6 To Ramona ↗ 3:53
  7. 7 Motorpsycho Nightmare ↗ 4:33
  8. 8 My Back Pages ↗ 4:24
  9. 9 I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) ↗ 4:24
  10. 10 Ballad In Plain D ↗ 8:18
  11. 11 It Ain't Me Babe ↗ 3:33

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Bringing It All Back Home

1965 · 11 tracks

  1. 1 Subterranean Homesick Blues ↗ 2:20
  2. 2 She Belongs to Me ↗ 2:49
  3. 3 Maggie's Farm ↗ 4:00
  4. 4 Love Minus Zero / No Limit ↗ 2:51
  5. 5 Outlaw Blues ↗ 3:04
  6. 6 On the Road Again ↗ 2:35
  7. 7 Bob Dylan's 115th Dream ↗ 6:32
  8. 8 Mr. Tambourine Man ↗ 5:27
  9. 9 Gates of Eden ↗ 5:42
  10. 10 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) ↗ 7:32
  11. 11 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue ↗ 4:13

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Highway 61 Revisited

1965 · 9 tracks

  1. 1 Like a Rolling Stone ↗ 6:12
  2. 2 Tombstone Blues ↗ 6:01
  3. 3 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry ↗ 4:09
  4. 4 From a Buick 6 ↗ 3:19
  5. 5 Ballad of a Thin Man ↗ 5:58
  6. 6 Queen Jane Approximately ↗ 5:31
  7. 7 Highway 61 Revisited ↗ 3:30
  8. 8 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues ↗ 5:32
  9. 9 Desolation Row ↗ 11:20

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Blonde on Blonde

1966 · 14 tracks

  1. 1 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 ↗ 4:37
  2. 2 Pledging My Time ↗ 3:50
  3. 3 Visions of Johanna ↗ 7:34
  4. 4 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) ↗ 4:55
  5. 5 I Want You ↗ 3:09
  6. 6 Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again ↗ 7:07
  7. 7 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat ↗ 3:59
  8. 8 Just Like a Woman ↗ 4:54
  9. 9 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) ↗ 3:30
  10. 10 Temporary Like Achilles ↗ 5:03
  11. 11 Absolutely Sweet Marie ↗ 4:57
  12. 12 Fourth Time Around ↗ 4:35
  13. 13 Obviously Five Believers ↗ 3:36
  14. 14 Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands ↗ 11:17

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John Wesley Harding

1967 · 12 tracks

  1. 1 John Wesley Harding ↗ 3:01
  2. 2 As I Went Out One Morning ↗ 2:52
  3. 3 I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine ↗ 3:55
  4. 4 All Along the Watchtower ↗ 2:35
  5. 5 The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest ↗ 5:35
  6. 6 Drifter's Escape ↗ 2:49
  7. 7 Dear Landlord ↗ 3:19
  8. 8 I Am a Lonesome Hobo ↗ 3:24
  9. 9 I Pity the Poor Immigrant ↗ 4:16
  10. 10 The Wicked Messenger ↗ 2:06
  11. 11 Down Along the Cove ↗ 2:25
  12. 12 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight ↗ 2:38

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Nashville Skyline

1969 · 10 tracks

  1. 1 Girl from the North Country ↗ 3:44
  2. 2 Nashville Skyline Rag ↗ 3:15
  3. 3 To Be Alone with You ↗ 2:11
  4. 4 I Threw It All Away ↗ 2:27
  5. 5 Peggy Day ↗ 2:03
  6. 6 Lay, Lady, Lay ↗ 3:21
  7. 7 One More Night ↗ 2:25
  8. 8 Tell Me That It Isn't True ↗ 2:44
  9. 9 Country Pie ↗ 1:39
  10. 10 Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You ↗ 3:23

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New Morning

1970 · 12 tracks

  1. 1 If Not for You ↗ 2:43
  2. 2 Day of the Locusts ↗ 4:02
  3. 3 Time Passes Slowly ↗ 2:39
  4. 4 Went to See the Gypsy ↗ 2:53
  5. 5 Winterlude ↗ 2:25
  6. 6 If Dogs Run Free ↗ 3:43
  7. 7 New Morning ↗ 4:02
  8. 8 Sign On the Window ↗ 3:43
  9. 9 One More Weekend ↗ 3:15
  10. 10 The Man in Me ↗ 3:12
  11. 11 Three Angels ↗ 2:11
  12. 12 Father of Night ↗ 1:29

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Self Portrait

1970 · 24 tracks

  1. 1 All the Tired Horses ↗ 3:13
  2. 2 Alberta #1 ↗ 2:58
  3. 3 I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know ↗ 2:25
  4. 4 Days of '49 ↗ 5:29
  5. 5 Early Mornin' Rain ↗ 3:38
  6. 6 In Search of Little Sadie ↗ 2:30
  7. 7 Let It Be Me ↗ 3:01
  8. 8 Little Sadie ↗ 2:02
  9. 9 Woogie Boogie ↗ 2:09
  10. 10 Belle Isle ↗ 2:33
  11. 11 Living the Blues ↗ 2:44
  12. 12 Like a Rolling Stone ↗ 5:19
  13. 13 Copper Kettle ↗ 3:34
  14. 14 Gotta Travel On ↗ 3:08
  15. 15 Blue Moon ↗ 2:28
  16. 16 The Boxer ↗ 2:47
  17. 17 Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) ↗ 2:46
  18. 18 Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) ↗ 3:02
  19. 19 Take a Message to Mary ↗ 2:46
  20. 20 It Hurts Me Too ↗ 3:13
  21. 21 Minstrel Boy ↗ 3:32
  22. 22 She Belongs to Me ↗ 2:43
  23. 23 Wigwam ↗ 3:08
  24. 24 Alberta #2 ↗ 3:15

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Dylan

1973 · 21 tracks

  1. 1 Watching the River Flow ↗ 3:34
  2. 1 She Belongs to Me ↗ 2:47
  3. 2 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right ↗ 3:38
  4. 2 All Along the Watchtower ↗ 2:31
  5. 3 Lay Lady Lay ↗ 3:17
  6. 3 The Mighty Quinn (Quinn, the Eskimo) ↗ 2:45
  7. 4 Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again ↗ 7:06
  8. 4 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues ↗ 5:25
  9. 5 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight ↗ 2:39
  10. 5 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall ↗ 6:49
  11. 6 All I Really Want to Do ↗ 4:02
  12. 6 If Not for You ↗ 2:40
  13. 7 My Back Pages ↗ 4:21
  14. 7 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue ↗ 4:14
  15. 8 Maggie's Farm ↗ 3:51
  16. 8 Tomorrow Is a Long Time ↗ 3:02
  17. 9 Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You ↗ 3:21
  18. 9 When I Paint My Masterpiece ↗ 3:22
  19. 10 I Shall Be Released ↗ 3:02
  20. 11 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere ↗ 2:45
  21. 12 Down In the Flood (Live) ↗ 2:48

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Planet Waves

1974 · 11 tracks

  1. 1 On a Night Like This ↗ 2:57
  2. 2 Going, Going, Gone ↗ 3:28
  3. 3 Tough Mama ↗ 4:17
  4. 4 Hazel ↗ 2:50
  5. 5 Something There Is About You ↗ 4:45
  6. 6 Forever Young ↗ 4:57
  7. 7 Forever Young ↗ 2:48
  8. 8 Dirge ↗ 5:37
  9. 9 You Angel You ↗ 2:54
  10. 10 Never Say Goodbye ↗ 2:54
  11. 11 Wedding Song ↗ 4:43

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The Basement Tapes

1975 · 24 tracks

  1. 1 Odds and Ends ↗ 1:47
  2. 1 Too Much of Nothing ↗ 3:04
  3. 2 Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast) ↗ 3:39
  4. 2 Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread ↗ 2:15
  5. 3 Million Dollar Bash ↗ 2:32
  6. 3 Ain't No More Cane ↗ 3:59
  7. 4 Yazoo Street Scandal ↗ 3:30
  8. 4 Crash On the Levee (Down In the Flood) ↗ 2:04
  9. 5 Goin' to Acapulco ↗ 5:28
  10. 5 Ruben Remus ↗ 3:16
  11. 6 Katie's Been Gone ↗ 2:49
  12. 6 Tiny Montgomery ↗ 2:51
  13. 7 Lo and Behold! ↗ 2:47
  14. 7 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere ↗ 2:43
  15. 8 Bessie Smith ↗ 4:18
  16. 8 Don't Ya Tell Henry ↗ 3:13
  17. 9 Clothes Line Saga ↗ 2:58
  18. 9 Nothing Was Delivered ↗ 4:23
  19. 10 Apple Suckling Tree ↗ 2:49
  20. 10 Open the Door, Homer ↗ 2:49
  21. 11 Please, Mrs. Henry ↗ 2:33
  22. 11 Long Distance Operator ↗ 3:40
  23. 12 Tears of Rage ↗ 4:16
  24. 12 This Wheel's On Fire ↗ 3:49

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Blood on the Tracks

1975 · 10 tracks

  1. 1 Tangled Up In Blue ↗ 5:41
  2. 2 Simple Twist of Fate ↗ 4:18
  3. 3 You're a Big Girl Now ↗ 4:35
  4. 4 Idiot Wind ↗ 7:47
  5. 5 You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go ↗ 2:55
  6. 6 Meet Me In the Morning ↗ 4:21
  7. 7 Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts ↗ 8:52
  8. 8 If You See Her, Say Hello ↗ 4:48
  9. 9 Shelter from the Storm ↗ 5:01
  10. 10 Buckets of Rain ↗ 3:23

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Desire

1976 · 9 tracks

  1. 1 Hurricane ↗ 8:33
  2. 2 Isis ↗ 6:59
  3. 3 Mozambique ↗ 3:02
  4. 4 One More Cup of Coffee ↗ 3:46
  5. 5 Oh, Sister ↗ 4:03
  6. 6 Joey ↗ 11:05
  7. 7 Romance In Durango ↗ 5:44
  8. 8 Black Diamond Bay ↗ 7:30
  9. 9 Sara ↗ 5:31

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Street‐Legal

1978 · 9 tracks

  1. 1 Changing of the Guards ↗ 6:37
  2. 2 New Pony ↗ 4:30
  3. 3 No Time to Think ↗ 8:20
  4. 4 Baby, Stop Crying ↗ 5:19
  5. 5 Is Your Love In Vain? ↗ 4:32
  6. 6 Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) ↗ 5:40
  7. 7 True Love Tends to Forget ↗ 4:15
  8. 8 We Better Talk This Over ↗ 4:06
  9. 9 Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat) ↗ 6:15

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Slow Train Coming

1979 · 9 tracks

  1. 1 Gotta Serve Somebody ↗ 5:26
  2. 2 Precious Angel ↗ 6:32
  3. 3 I Believe In You ↗ 5:11
  4. 4 Slow Train ↗ 5:59
  5. 5 Gonna Change My Way of Thinking ↗ 5:29
  6. 6 Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others) ↗ 3:54
  7. 7 When You Gonna Wake Up ↗ 5:30
  8. 8 Man Gave Names to All the Animals ↗ 4:28
  9. 9 When He Returns ↗ 4:27

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Saved

1980 · 9 tracks

  1. 1 A Satisfied Mind ↗ 1:59
  2. 2 Saved ↗ 4:03
  3. 3 Covenant Woman ↗ 6:06
  4. 4 What Can I Do for You? ↗ 5:53
  5. 5 Solid Rock ↗ 3:59
  6. 6 Pressing On ↗ 5:14
  7. 7 In the Garden ↗ 6:00
  8. 8 Saving Grace ↗ 5:05
  9. 9 Are You Ready ↗ 4:45

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Shot of Love

1981 · 10 tracks

  1. 1 Shot of Love ↗ 4:18
  2. 2 Heart of Mine ↗ 4:29
  3. 3 Property of Jesus ↗ 4:33
  4. 4 Lenny Bruce ↗ 4:32
  5. 5 Watered-Down Love ↗ 4:10
  6. 6 The Groom's Still Waiting At the Altar ↗ 4:03
  7. 7 Dead Man, Dead Man ↗ 3:58
  8. 8 In the Summertime ↗ 3:34
  9. 9 Trouble ↗ 4:32
  10. 10 Every Grain of Sand ↗ 6:12

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Infidels

1983 · 8 tracks

  1. 1 Jokerman ↗ 6:18
  2. 2 Sweetheart Like You ↗ 4:35
  3. 3 Neighborhood Bully ↗ 4:37
  4. 4 License to Kill ↗ 3:35
  5. 5 Man of Peace ↗ 6:31
  6. 6 Union Sundown ↗ 5:25
  7. 7 I and I ↗ 5:12
  8. 8 Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight ↗ 5:52

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Empire Burlesque

1985 · 10 tracks

  1. 1 Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anyone Seen My Love?) ↗ 5:21
  2. 2 Seeing the Real You at Last ↗ 4:19
  3. 3 I'll Remember You ↗ 4:13
  4. 4 Clean Cut Kid ↗ 4:15
  5. 5 Never Gonna Be the Same Again ↗ 3:08
  6. 6 Trust Yourself ↗ 3:27
  7. 7 Emotionally Yours ↗ 4:28
  8. 8 When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky ↗ 7:29
  9. 9 Something's Burning, Baby ↗ 4:53
  10. 10 Dark Eyes ↗ 5:07

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Knocked Out Loaded

1986 · 8 tracks

  1. 1 You Wanna Ramble ↗ 3:19
  2. 2 They Killed Him ↗ 4:04
  3. 3 Driftin' Too Far from Shore ↗ 3:40
  4. 4 Precious Memories ↗ 3:14
  5. 5 Maybe Someday ↗ 3:19
  6. 6 Brownsville Girl ↗ 11:03
  7. 7 Got My Mind Made Up ↗ 2:55
  8. 8 Under Your Spell ↗ 3:58

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Down in the Groove

1988 · 10 tracks

  1. 1 Let's Stick Together ↗ 3:09
  2. 2 When Did You Leave Heaven? ↗ 2:15
  3. 3 Sally Sue Brown ↗ 2:29
  4. 4 Death Is Not the End ↗ 5:10
  5. 5 Had a Dream About You, Baby ↗ 2:52
  6. 6 Ugliest Girl In the World ↗ 3:30
  7. 7 Silvio ↗ 3:06
  8. 8 Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street) ↗ 2:56
  9. 9 Shenandoah ↗ 3:38
  10. 10 Rank Strangers to Me ↗ 2:59

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Oh Mercy

1989 · 10 tracks

  1. 1 Political World ↗ 3:48
  2. 2 Where Teardrops Fall ↗ 2:33
  3. 3 Everything Is Broken ↗ 3:15
  4. 4 Ring Them Bells ↗ 3:00
  5. 5 Man In the Long Black Coat ↗ 4:33
  6. 6 Most of the Time ↗ 5:05
  7. 7 What Good Am I? ↗ 4:45
  8. 8 Disease of Conceit ↗ 3:44
  9. 9 What Was It You Wanted ↗ 5:03
  10. 10 Shooting Star ↗ 3:15

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Under the Red Sky

1990 · 10 tracks

  1. 1 Wiggle Wiggle ↗ 2:10
  2. 2 Under the Red Sky ↗ 4:10
  3. 3 Unbelievable ↗ 4:06
  4. 4 Born In Time ↗ 3:39
  5. 5 T.V. Talkin' Song ↗ 3:02
  6. 6 10,000 Men ↗ 4:23
  7. 7 2 X 2 ↗ 3:37
  8. 8 God Knows ↗ 3:01
  9. 9 Handy Dandy ↗ 4:02
  10. 10 Cat's In the Well ↗ 3:21

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Good as I Been to You

1992 · 13 tracks

  1. 1 Frankie & Albert ↗ 3:49
  2. 2 Jim Jones ↗ 3:54
  3. 3 Blackjack Davey ↗ 5:49
  4. 4 Canadee-I-O ↗ 4:21
  5. 5 Sittin' On Top of the World ↗ 4:28
  6. 6 Little Maggie ↗ 2:53
  7. 7 Hard Times ↗ 4:32
  8. 8 Step It Up and Go ↗ 2:56
  9. 9 Tomorrow Night ↗ 3:41
  10. 10 Arthur McBride ↗ 6:20
  11. 11 You're Gonna Quit Me ↗ 2:46
  12. 12 Diamond Joe ↗ 3:16
  13. 13 Froggie Went A-Courtin' ↗ 6:23

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World Gone Wrong

1993 · 10 tracks

  1. 1 World Gone Wrong ↗ 3:55
  2. 2 Love Henry ↗ 4:22
  3. 3 Ragged & Dirty ↗ 4:07
  4. 4 Blood In My Eyes ↗ 5:03
  5. 5 Broke Down Engine ↗ 3:20
  6. 6 Delia ↗ 5:39
  7. 7 Stack a Lee ↗ 3:49
  8. 8 Two Soldiers ↗ 5:42
  9. 9 Jack-A-Roe ↗ 4:54
  10. 10 Lone Pilgrim ↗ 2:44

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Time Out of Mind

1997 · 11 tracks

  1. 1 Love Sick ↗ 5:21
  2. 2 Dirt Road Blues ↗ 3:36
  3. 3 Standing In the Doorway ↗ 7:43
  4. 4 Million Miles ↗ 5:53
  5. 5 Trying to Get to Heaven ↗ 5:22
  6. 6 'Til I Fell In Love With You ↗ 5:18
  7. 7 Not Dark Yet ↗ 6:29
  8. 8 Cold Irons Bound ↗ 7:16
  9. 9 Make You Feel My Love ↗ 3:33
  10. 10 Can't Wait ↗ 5:47
  11. 11 Highlands ↗ 16:31

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“Love and Theft”

2001 · 12 tracks

  1. 1 Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum ↗ 4:46
  2. 2 Mississippi ↗ 5:21
  3. 3 Summer Days ↗ 4:54
  4. 4 Bye and Bye ↗ 3:18
  5. 5 Lonesome Day Blues ↗ 6:06
  6. 6 Floater (Too Much to Ask) ↗ 5:00
  7. 7 High Water (For Charley Patton) ↗ 4:03
  8. 8 Moonlight ↗ 3:24
  9. 9 Honest With Me ↗ 5:49
  10. 10 Po' Boy ↗ 3:09
  11. 11 Cry a While ↗ 5:05
  12. 12 Sugar Baby ↗ 6:41

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Modern Times

2006 · 10 tracks

  1. 1 Thunder On the Mountain ↗ 5:54
  2. 2 Spirit On the Water ↗ 7:41
  3. 3 Rollin' and Tumblin' ↗ 6:02
  4. 4 When the Deal Goes Down ↗ 5:04
  5. 5 Someday Baby ↗ 4:56
  6. 6 Workingman's Blues #2 ↗ 6:07
  7. 7 Beyond the Horizon ↗ 5:35
  8. 8 Nettie Moore ↗ 6:53
  9. 9 The Levee's Gonna Break ↗ 5:43
  10. 10 Ain't Talkin' ↗ 8:48

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Christmas in the Heart

2009 · 14 tracks

  1. 1 Here Comes Santa Claus ↗ 2:36
  2. 2 Do You Hear What I Hear? ↗ 3:03
  3. 3 Winter Wonderland ↗ 1:53
  4. 4 Hark the Herald Angels Sing ↗ 2:31
  5. 5 I'll Be Home for Christmas ↗ 2:54
  6. 6 Little Drummer Boy ↗ 2:52
  7. 7 The Christmas Blues ↗ 2:55
  8. 8 O' Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) ↗ 2:49
  9. 9 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ↗ 4:06
  10. 11 Silver Bells ↗ 2:35
  11. 12 The First Noel ↗ 2:30
  12. 13 Christmas Island ↗ 2:28
  13. 14 The Christmas Song ↗ 3:57
  14. 15 O' Little Town of Bethlehem ↗ 2:18

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Together Through Life

2009 · 10 tracks

  1. 1 Beyond Here Lies Nothin' ↗ 3:50
  2. 2 Life Is Hard ↗ 3:39
  3. 3 My Wife's Home Town ↗ 4:15
  4. 4 If You Ever Go to Houston ↗ 5:48
  5. 5 Forgetful Heart ↗ 3:42
  6. 6 Jolene ↗ 3:50
  7. 7 This Dream of You ↗ 5:51
  8. 8 Shake Shake Mama ↗ 3:37
  9. 9 I Feel a Change Comin' On ↗ 5:25
  10. 10 It's All Good ↗ 5:28

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Tempest

2012 · 10 tracks

  1. 1 Duquesne Whistle ↗ 5:43
  2. 2 Soon After Midnight ↗ 3:28
  3. 3 Narrow Way ↗ 7:28
  4. 4 Long and Wasted Years ↗ 3:47
  5. 5 Pay In Blood ↗ 5:10
  6. 6 Scarlet Town ↗ 7:17
  7. 7 Early Roman Kings ↗ 5:14
  8. 8 Tin Angel ↗ 9:05
  9. 9 Tempest ↗ 13:55
  10. 10 Roll On John ↗ 7:26

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Shadows in the Night

2015 · 10 tracks

  1. 1 I'm a Fool to Want You ↗ 4:51
  2. 2 The Night We Called It a Day ↗ 3:25
  3. 3 Stay with Me ↗ 2:56
  4. 4 Autumn Leaves ↗ 3:02
  5. 5 Why Try to Change Me Now ↗ 3:38
  6. 6 Some Enchanted Evening ↗ 3:28
  7. 7 Full Moon and Empty Arms ↗ 3:27
  8. 8 Where Are You? ↗ 3:38
  9. 9 What'll I Do ↗ 3:21
  10. 10 That Lucky Old Sun ↗ 3:37

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Fallen Angels

2016 · 12 tracks

  1. 1 Young at Heart ↗ 3:00
  2. 2 Maybe You'll Be There ↗ 2:56
  3. 3 Polka Dots and Moonbeams ↗ 3:36
  4. 4 All the Way ↗ 4:02
  5. 5 Skylark ↗ 2:56
  6. 6 Nevertheless ↗ 3:27
  7. 7 All or Nothing at All ↗ 3:04
  8. 8 On a Little Street in Singapore ↗ 2:16
  9. 9 It Had to Be You ↗ 4:02
  10. 10 Melancholy Mood ↗ 2:53
  11. 11 That Old Black Magic ↗ 3:03
  12. 12 Come Rain or Come Shine ↗ 2:39

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Bob Dylan

2018 · 7 tracks

  1. 1 Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance (Live at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA - May 1963) ↗ 1:58
  2. 2 Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues (Live at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA - May 1963) ↗ 4:40
  3. 3 Ballad of Hollis Brown (Live at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA - May 1963) ↗ 7:11
  4. 4 Masters of War (Live at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA - May 1963) ↗ 6:28
  5. 5 Talkin' World War III Blues (Live at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA - May 1963) ↗ 6:24
  6. 6 Bob Dylan's Dream (Live at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA - May 1963) ↗ 5:57
  7. 7 Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues (Live at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA - May 1963) ↗ 5:44

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Rough and Rowdy Ways

2020 · 10 tracks

  1. 1 I Contain Multitudes ↗ 4:37
  2. 1 Murder Most Foul ↗ 16:55
  3. 2 False Prophet ↗ 6:00
  4. 3 My Own Version of You ↗ 6:41
  5. 4 I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You ↗ 6:32
  6. 5 Black Rider ↗ 4:13
  7. 6 Goodbye Jimmy Reed ↗ 4:14
  8. 7 Mother of Muses ↗ 4:29
  9. 8 Crossing the Rubicon ↗ 7:23
  10. 9 Key West (Philosopher Pirate) ↗ 9:34

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Albums
38 albums
  1. Bob Dylan
    B.o.B
    1962
    13 tracks
  2. The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
    B.o.B
    1963
    13 tracks
  3. The Times They Are A‐Changin’
    B.o.B
    1964
    10 tracks
  4. Another Side of Bob Dylan
    B.o.B
    1964
    11 tracks
  5. Bringing It All Back Home
    B.o.B
    1965
    11 tracks
  6. Highway 61 Revisited
    B.o.B
    1965
    9 tracks
  7. Blonde on Blonde
    B.o.B
    1966
    14 tracks
  8. John Wesley Harding
    B.o.B
    1967
    12 tracks
  9. Nashville Skyline
    B.o.B
    1969
    10 tracks
  10. New Morning
    B.o.B
    1970
    12 tracks
  11. Self Portrait
    B.o.B
    1970
    24 tracks
  12. Dylan
    B.o.B
    1973
    21 tracks
  13. Planet Waves
    B.o.B
    1974
    11 tracks
  14. The Basement Tapes
    B.o.B
    1975
    24 tracks
  15. Blood on the Tracks
    B.o.B
    1975
    10 tracks
  16. Desire
    B.o.B
    1976
    9 tracks
  17. Street‐Legal
    B.o.B
    1978
    9 tracks
  18. Slow Train Coming
    B.o.B
    1979
    9 tracks
  19. Saved
    B.o.B
    1980
    9 tracks
  20. Shot of Love
    B.o.B
    1981
    10 tracks
  21. Infidels
    B.o.B
    1983
    8 tracks
  22. Empire Burlesque
    B.o.B
    1985
    10 tracks
  23. Knocked Out Loaded
    B.o.B
    1986
    8 tracks
  24. Down in the Groove
    B.o.B
    1988
    10 tracks
  25. Oh Mercy
    B.o.B
    1989
    10 tracks
  26. Under the Red Sky
    B.o.B
    1990
    10 tracks
  27. Good as I Been to You
    B.o.B
    1992
    13 tracks
  28. World Gone Wrong
    B.o.B
    1993
    10 tracks
  29. Time Out of Mind
    B.o.B
    1997
    11 tracks
  30. “Love and Theft”
    B.o.B
    2001
    12 tracks
  31. Modern Times
    B.o.B
    2006
    10 tracks
  32. Christmas in the Heart
    B.o.B
    2009
    14 tracks
  33. Together Through Life
    B.o.B
    2009
    10 tracks
  34. Tempest
    B.o.B
    2012
    10 tracks
  35. Shadows in the Night
    B.o.B
    2015
    10 tracks
  36. Fallen Angels
    B.o.B
    2016
    12 tracks
  37. Bob Dylan
    B.o.B
    2018
    7 tracks
  38. Rough and Rowdy Ways
    B.o.B
    2020
    10 tracks

Deep Dive

Overview

B.o.B, the stage name of Bobby Ray Simmons Jr., emerged in the late 2000s as a producer-rapper from Decatur, Georgia who bridged commercial hip-hop sensibilities with alternative rock and pop crossover appeal. Within a single year of landing a major-label deal, he achieved what many artists spend decades pursuing: a number-one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and nominations for industry’s highest awards. His 2009 breakthrough “Nothin’ on You” marked a rare moment when underground production credentials and mainstream chart dominance aligned perfectly, establishing him as one of the decade’s more commercially explosive talents.

Formation Story

Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. was born in 1988 and raised in Decatur, Georgia, a suburban area on Atlanta’s eastern edge. The city positioned him within the nexus of Southern hip-hop culture—a region that had already produced influential figures and established a distinctive sound rooted in trap beats and narrative specificity. Simmons gravitated toward music production and rap simultaneously, developing technical skills in the studio while also honing his voice as an artist. In 2006, at eighteen years old, he signed with Rebel Rock Entertainment, a label operated by producer Jim Jonsin, marking his professional entry into the industry. This early partnership proved crucial: Jonsin’s production credentials and industry connections gave Simmons both a creative foundation and a pathway into larger conversations within hip-hop.

Breakthrough Moment

The trajectory from independent artist to major-label success compressed dramatically in 2008–2009. Two years after joining Rebel Rock, Simmons secured a joint-venture deal with T.I.’s Grand Hustle Records, an imprint under Atlantic Records. T.I., himself a dominant figure in Southern rap, lent significant credibility and distribution muscle to the nascent talent. The signing proved prescient almost immediately. In 2009, Simmons released “Nothin’ on You,” a song that exemplified his hybrid approach: polished production, a hook-driven structure, and a feature-forward collaboration model that appealed equally to pop and hip-hop radio. The single ascended to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming not merely a success but an undeniable cultural moment. The track’s success was underscored by Grammy recognition at the 53rd Grammy Awards, where it earned three nominations: Record of the Year, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. This trifecta of accolades in his debut year positioned Simmons among the decade’s most immediately successful new artists.

Peak Era

The period immediately following “Nothin’ on You“‘s release marked Simmons’s moment of maximum commercial momentum and cultural visibility. The single’s success validated his production-led, collaboration-focused approach to hip-hop, establishing him as a bankable artist capable of generating crossover hits. His ability to work with established and emerging vocalists, producing polished tracks that could function on both pop and hip-hop formats, became his defining characteristic. The Grammy nominations—particularly for Record of the Year, an award rarely afforded to hip-hop acts in that era—signaled that mainstream audiences and industry gatekeepers had embraced his work at the highest level. This period confirmed Simmons’s place within the evolving landscape of 2000s hip-hop, where production-oriented rappers and boundary-crossing collaborations had become central to the genre’s commercial engine.

Musical Style

B.o.B’s sound occupies the intersection of alternative hip-hop, pop rap, and Southern production aesthetics. His production style, informed by his early training under Jonsin, emphasizes clean, radio-friendly arrangements that prioritize melodic hooks and vocal-forward structures over traditional boom-bap. Lyrically and vocally, Simmons adopts a conversational rap delivery, avoiding the technical complexity of contemporary lyricists in favor of accessibility and emotional directness. The influences visible in “Nothin’ on You” and surrounding work trace through pop-rock sensibilities—major-key harmonic progressions, layered vocal textures, and production techniques borrowed from mainstream pop production. His genre classification across alternative hip-hop, Southern hip-hop, pop rock, and rock music reflects this eclecticism; unlike purist rappers who resist cross-genre categorization, Simmons embraced the commercial potential of music that moved fluidly between hip-hop and pop radio. This approach aligned him with a broader late-2000s trend toward hip-hop’s mainstream consolidation, where the clearest commercial path often lay in genre-boundary dissolution rather than category assertion.

Major Albums

While the supplied discography aligns with Bob Dylan’s catalog rather than B.o.B’s own releases due to data entry, the artist’s primary recorded output remains anchored in the digital streaming and singles-driven economy of his era. His early major-label period produced the hits that defined his career arc, with “Nothin’ on You” serving as his signature commercial achievement. Subsequent releases built on this foundation, expanding his production catalog and establishing him as a consistent presence in hip-hop and pop collaboration landscapes. His work as a featured artist and producer on tracks across multiple platforms contributed to his influence, often more substantially than traditional album releases in the streaming age.

Signature Songs

  • “Nothin’ on You” — The 2009 breakthrough single that topped the Billboard Hot 100 and brought B.o.B to mainstream prominence, establishing his production-forward, collaboration-based approach.

Influence on Rock

B.o.B’s career trajectory and musical approach contributed to the broader dissolution of genre boundaries that characterized late-2000s and 2010s popular music. His success demonstrated that hip-hop and rock audiences could be addressed simultaneously through production choices and feature collaborations, influencing a generation of producers who similarly sought crossover appeal. The Grammy recognition for “Nothin’ on You”—particularly as Record of the Year, a category historically dominated by rock and pop acts—reflected hip-hop’s continued mainstream consolidation and the viability of alternative approaches to the genre. His collaborative model, where production creativity and featuring-artist selectivity drove commercial success, became increasingly central to hip-hop’s creative economy.

Legacy

B.o.B’s impact centers on his rapid ascension and the validation his success provided to production-led, genre-bridging approaches within hip-hop. The immediate Grammy recognition and chart success established a template for emerging producers seeking mainstream crossover, influencing industry expectations about hip-hop’s commercial ceiling and aesthetic flexibility. His work remains present in streaming catalogs and continues to reach audiences through both contemporary discovery and historical retrospectives of 2000s hip-hop. The achievement of reaching number one on the Hot 100 as a new artist with a genre-fluid production established him as a significant figure in that decade’s popular music, even as subsequent releases did not achieve comparable commercial peaks.

Fun Facts

  • B.o.B signed with Rebel Rock Entertainment at age eighteen and achieved major-label success within two years, compressing typical industry timelines dramatically.
  • His three Grammy nominations at the 53rd Grammy Awards for a debut single remain a notable achievement, particularly the Record of the Year nod, which seldom goes to hip-hop acts.
  • The collaborative model that defined “Nothin’ on You“‘s success positioned B.o.B within a production-centric approach to rap that differed significantly from lyrically-focused contemporaries.