The Throwbackis a recurring column where we deep dive into hit songs from years' past.
During the pandemic, B.o.B has been catching up on Netflix’sOzarkand the Chicago Bulls documentaryThe Last Dance.
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“Everyone was grabbing at it,” B.o.B.
During a smoke break he remembers seeing the future “24K Magic” performer singing and playing guitar.
“I’m like, ‘You should be a fing artist.
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The crooning single soon crushed the Billboard charts and reached every high school dance during that era.
“You’re in this fing whirlwind.
“Airplanes, Part I and II” extended the vacay.
But B.o.B admits he was always provocative, going to back to getting expelled in middle school.
“I think I like started a fire in the garbage can or something,” he says.
“I was always doing or saying something more than I should have.”
But “Airplanes, Part II” featuring Eminem was actually supposed to come out first.
The song, much like “Nothin’ On You,” taps into the past.
The track also references the website MySpace.
admits he had no idea the site would eventually become obsolete.
“We came up in an era where T-Pain was using autotune noticeably,” he says.
“There was a line in the sand.
Were you going to rap or are you going to sing?
Now, it’s like you better be able to hold a fg note.”
