By: Keith 1st Prophet Kennedy

My Name Is B.O.B.

Shakespeare once asked, what is in a name? B.O.B.s name has so many definitions, but his music can best be defined by one termexceptional. B.O.B. means different things for different situations. If you enjoy being on Cloud 9, B.O.B. can stand for Bring One Blunt or Bring One Beer. About your money, then Business Over Bullsh!t is for you. Perhaps your skill is education, then B.O.B. means Books Over Bullets, or if you enjoy B.O.B.s self-created production it means you have his Beats On Blast. The important thing to B.O.B. is that when it comes to entertaining you, I got everything you need when you need it. I know how to make you sing.

And I Dont Have A Job B.O.B. hails from the city of Atlanta, Georgia or more specifically Decatur where according to the crooner, Lloyd its greater. But, for B.O.B., it wasn’t all good as he knew early in life he was special and sought refuge from relentless schoolyard taunts in the only world he felt comfortable, hip-hop. “In 3rd grade I got a copy of DMX's Its Dark & Hell Is Hot and I began to break down his songs. I discovered how his bars worked and figured out how to put verses together.

From that point forward, B.O.B. kept a notebook with him and became immersed in a brand new world with lands named Outkast, Goodie M.O.B., and any other place that allowed his unquenchable mind to wander. In fact, as Andre 3000 once spoke, dont pull them thangs out unless you plan to bang. B.O.B. took that message to heart and soon began to record in a group named the Klinic

Eventually, the beats weren't coming fast enough for him to record on so his cousin taught him the music production program Fruity Loops and soon whenever the restless B.O.B. was not asleep, he was perfecting his craft under the watchful eye of his co-manager B. Rich. Soon, B. Rich landed the then 14 year old B.O.B. a huge break by having his beat bought by the Slip-N-Slide artist, Ciiti for a song called I'm The Cookie Man.