Welcome to You Know I Got Soul, the Top 5 Dead or Alive for AllHipHop Alternatives, where we give artists a chance to list their Top 5 favorites outside of the realm of Hip-Hop. You never know what your favorite artist is listening to. Our special guest is B.o.B.Bobby Ray Simmons aka B.o.B has been keeping busy lately. Apart from his recent
signing to T.I.’s Grand Hustle Records, he’s been doing his best to
perfect his upcoming album, The Adventures of B.o.B. So what seems to
inspire B.o.B. in a time where many are uninspired? He’s doing his best
to bring the more eclectic side of Hip-Hop to light, and he spoke on
five of his favorite artists to AllHipHop Alternatives to shed a bit of light on
where he gets some of his influences.1. Bjork I love Bjork. She
is simultaneously in another dimension and another level of awareness
along with me and many other people. I can share her understanding and
taste in music. I saw her new video Wanderlust [off of 2007s
Volta] and it is just trippy.
2. Coldplay Im a huge Coldplay
fan. I went to one of their concerts. I dont know, maybe its
the standard but you dont usually hear of an artist going to another
artists concert, but I went and it was dope. The reason why Im
such a huge Coldplay fan is because very rarely do I hear something
and I am like Yeah, this is the sh*t. I heard Green Eyes
and all that stuff before many years earlier, but I was so young I couldnt
appreciate it. Anyway, I was burning one day and heard Fix You
[off of 2005s X&Y] and was just like Yup. Every song on
the album immediately became my favorite and it didnt have to grow
on me, it was instant.
3. Keane Theyre from the
UK, and Im a huge Keane fan. I listen to them a lot. Theyre kinda
like Coldplay, in the same realm of things. I found about them and a
lot of other artists on Pandora, because I just turn it on and let it
play.
4. Raphael
Saadiq Hes dope. He was actually the singer from Tony! Toni!
Toné! and he just dropped an album [2008s The Way I See It], so
I just went and bought that. Hes going back to Motown with this one,
and he kept it pretty consistent with the genre and the sound. I mean
it really sounds like Motown.
5. Green Day Theyre very
aware of the social archetypes and structures that we live and die by,
which is expressed in their music, especially with their [album] title,
American Idiot. Immediately, I thought, Oh that definitely describes
the American mind state. You cant talk about each individual,
but for the masses, they are just really lost in the realm of society,
fame and pop culture. Everybody flocks to whats in and popular. Its
such a pointless focus when you look at the entire world and whats
going on around us, and a lot of their music talks about that. B.o.B’s album The Adventures of B.o.B. hits stores this summer.**To get the latest AllHipHop Alternatives Features, follow us on Twitter @ www.twitter.com/AHHalternatives**