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Bobby goes in on Drake’s “Over” and drops something quick. Save for the crappy sound quality on the hook and the fact that he doesn’t have the low register in his voice to sing it well, it’s pretty good. B.o.B focusses on the fakes in his life now that he’s well-known and does a nice job of going hard with the content. It’s not really worth a download, but I’ll throw up the link anyways in case anyone is interested.

Download: B.o.B – “I Don’t Know Ya”

Almost everyone I have talked to about this song, in the industry and outside of it, has agreed that this song is smash and will be all over your radio speakers this summer. I still have no idea who Bruno Mars is but I do know that he is the perfect style of singer for this chorus and adds the perfect amount of pop and radio friendliness to the song. The video itself is original with the torn paper look (for lack of a better description) and the shot where pieces of different girls faces come together also plays well to the theme of the track. The Great Adventures of Bobby Ray drops on April 27th so be sure to cop it.

Josh Nardo directs this video and B.o.B tells such a great story in the lyrics that he doesn’t even appear in the video. The song itself is its own movie and he gets actors to portray the characters he is rapping about and it even has a twist at the end. “Not Love” is from all the way back in ‘08 but this is the first time I remember hearing it and B.o.B continues to impress me despite being a fan for several years. Go back and get his mixtape May 25th and get ready for his album dropping in April.

There are too many posts I wanted to make this weekend and not enough time, so for the sake of convenience, I’ll just throw it all up in one go. By the way, if you’re into hockey or just want something good to watch tomorrow, check out the gold medal game between the Canadian and the American men’s teams. If Canada wins, then we’ll hold the record for most gold medals won at a Winter Olympic Games. No pressure.

Kid Cudi – “Know Why” (unreleased Cudi from 2008). I’m feeling the chill vibe on this.

Ludacris – “Mind Freak” feat. Criss Angel (jokingly, not seriously). A nice little banger that’s supposedly an unused cut from Theater Of The Mind.

Mos Def – “Auditorium” feat. Slick Rick - fan video. The anime theme does justice to my favorite track off The Ecstatic.

Inspectah Deck, B.o.B., Gorillaz, and Jay Electronica after the jump.

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Very good news: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray has been pushed up to April 27. This kind of defeats the purpose of his last mixtape’s name, but oh well haha. Along with this news comes a new track from Bobby. You can tell from the song’s sound that he just threw this one together to give the people something new since it’s not that polished or that long. Either way, free music is free music – you can’t complain about that, now can you?

Download: B.o.B – “Down For  Y’all”

Time to play a little bit of catch up on the posts since I was traveling this weekend and I have to say it is a huge one. B.o.B is one of my favorite new artists and he is dropping this mixtape in preparation for his album which finally received a release date of May 25th (who would’ve guessed?!). It is damn confusing that he is dropping this tape in February but I am willing to look past it if we actually get his album this time around. As always, get the link and the tracklist after the break.

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Here’s something to pique your interest just in time for B.o.B.’s May 25th mixtape (dropping February 1st – confusing, I know). Over an old Mr. West beat (he’s got a new rant by the way), Bobby Ray and Ash Roth go in, and you can hear the whole, clear-quality version when the tape drops next Monday No DJ version is up. The XXL Class of ‘09 is showing no signs of slowing down, with dudes like B.o.B., Asher, Cudi, and Mickey Factz all showing signs of improvement as their careers progress. Disagree if you must, but I feel that the creative and left-field surge in ‘09 (and some of ‘08 I guess) was what hip-hop needed to recover after several rather mediocre years. Download link after the jump.

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