How ‘B.O.B.’ Became An Anti-War Anthem: Explained

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  • čas přidán 12. 11. 2020
  • Celebrate 20 years of Stankonia by reflecting on the masterpiece that is "B.O.B" by OUTKAST
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Komentáře • 144

  • @joyajohnson2216
    @joyajohnson2216 Před 3 lety +115

    That beat sounds like it came from outer space. A masterpiece.

    • @uncharted7againblackking256
      @uncharted7againblackking256 Před 3 lety

      FACTS indeed my friend we the aliens they the ones trapped here with us lol

    • @damnnegroye8908
      @damnnegroye8908 Před 3 lety

      I'm 90 percent sure I've seen u before in vagabond comments

    • @damnnegroye8908
      @damnnegroye8908 Před 3 lety

      Or a ghostface song comments

    • @joyajohnson2216
      @joyajohnson2216 Před 3 lety

      @@damnnegroye8908 probably lol

    • @DaymondRoman
      @DaymondRoman Před 2 lety +1

      Absolutely! I wish the channel put more of this type of content out so I learn more of the behind the scenes stuff about my favorite music duo of all time!

  • @ketercognitohazard
    @ketercognitohazard Před 3 lety +44

    20 years later and this song still bangs. For real, OutKast still some of the best to ever do the damn thing.

  • @illgillbates9561
    @illgillbates9561 Před 3 lety +119

    Don't pull the thang out, unless you plan to BAAAAAANG

  • @thebeastwithin6978
    @thebeastwithin6978 Před 3 lety +48

    B.O.B. was to the Iraq War what Fortunate Son was to the Vietnam War

  • @KRenee-lt8zy
    @KRenee-lt8zy Před 3 lety +58

    Outkast = historical icons

  • @alieninvader8943
    @alieninvader8943 Před 3 lety +108

    Outkast One Best Hip-Hop Group In History Big Boi & Andre 3000 Iconic Artists 😁😁😁 😄😄😄 🤴🤴🤴

  • @coliestellar917
    @coliestellar917 Před 3 lety +29

    I was just listening to this song a few days ago and it still sounds as fresh as ever. I can't believe we've had this song for 20 years already!

  • @PrinceAkpan
    @PrinceAkpan Před 3 lety +38

    I LOVE OUTKAST AS MY FAVORITE HIP HOP DUO BACK IN THE DAYS!♥️♥️♥️

  • @Nice_Fella
    @Nice_Fella Před 3 lety +16

    Great song, but this video didn't really explain how it became an anti-war anthem or why Outkast used "bombs over bhagdad" as a hook?

    • @crnkmnky
      @crnkmnky Před 3 lety +13

      *Did not explain a damn thing.*
      I recall there was an incident where Bill Clinton was threatening to bomb Iraq, but stood down at the last minute when they agreed to change behavior. (I believe something similar happened with Obama and Syria.)
      “Don’t pull your thang out unless you plan to bang” is a sexual metaphor which mocks the idea of demonstrating expensive missile systems all over CNN without actually shooting anything. I don’t really hear that as “anti-war.” 🤷🏿‍♀️

    • @KolkhozWoman
      @KolkhozWoman Před 3 lety

      @@crnkmnky yeah I don't get it either??

    • @pun5925
      @pun5925 Před 2 lety +6

      in an interview one of em state they chose "bombs over baghdad" simply because they heard it on TV and thought it had a catch to it

  • @RobAllbanks
    @RobAllbanks Před 3 lety +28

    The South got some to say! Boy stop! Remember the barn...

  • @OfficialMNIB
    @OfficialMNIB Před 3 lety +21

    - Outkast CZcams live premiere let's geaux - 🙏🏼

    • @MrX-tm8fy
      @MrX-tm8fy Před 3 lety +1

      Let's gueaults 😁

    • @OfficialMNIB
      @OfficialMNIB Před 3 lety +1

      - Never seen it spelt like that befeaux - @@MrX-tm8fy - 😅 😂 🤣 😹

    • @MrX-tm8fy
      @MrX-tm8fy Před 3 lety +1

      @@OfficialMNIB Some say less is more, but I strongly believe that more is more! Btw you should've added at least one more letter : gUeaux, otherwise it would be a soft g as the letter e is after. Unless you really wanted to say let's jo! 😉 Edit : I speak french and assumed you wanted to make it look french. So I'm pretty sure what I said would not work in any other language 😂

    • @OfficialMNIB
      @OfficialMNIB Před 3 lety +1

      - Ever since a N.O Saints fan by name of Jerry LaVigne Jr was hollerin' "Let's Geaux" in his vids, I've ran with it for as many words as poss - A pleasure to engage wit' ya' on this cold Manchester mornin' - Seaux tap in wit' us sometime - @@MrX-tm8fy - Peep me & ma' reggae breaux in our last music videaux of the year - 🙏🏼

    • @MrX-tm8fy
      @MrX-tm8fy Před 3 lety +1

      @@OfficialMNIB It was my pleasure! I've watched only a few and dropped some thumbs up, I'll watch more of them tomorrow, it's past 3 am here in Québec 😅

  • @derrickcooper4856
    @derrickcooper4856 Před 3 lety +14

    Bruh! People in Atlanta already know... This is why I call stankonia their best album ever! A southern version of public enemy sort a speak🤔 or Tribe Called Quest... But I hate when it takes someone who's not affiliated with ATL, to give us their interpretation of Atlanta...jat

  • @supermel1848
    @supermel1848 Před 3 lety +6

    This is great, hoping for more Stankonia content

  • @sunevlrig
    @sunevlrig Před 3 lety +6

    song still sounds amazing till this day. amazing hip hop song.

  • @pache7216
    @pache7216 Před 3 lety +58

    I always wondered how the song predicted the war

    • @lettersandnumbersuc
      @lettersandnumbersuc Před 3 lety +11

      Let’s not kid ourselves, every single artist that goes nation wide is scripted with higher ups..

    • @jaygillat4361
      @jaygillat4361 Před 3 lety +2

      @@lettersandnumbersuc illuminati puppets

    • @MexiCooki
      @MexiCooki Před 3 lety +8

      @@jaygillat4361 fake woke

    • @aprofondir
      @aprofondir Před 3 lety +11

      There literally was a war in Iraq before the 2003 one

    • @juststop9379
      @juststop9379 Před 2 lety +3

      @@jaygillat4361 it's 2021 we still talking bout Illuminati 😂

  • @yungmartin7621
    @yungmartin7621 Před 3 lety +52

    OUTKAST FOREVER

  • @thomastracey7677
    @thomastracey7677 Před 3 lety +5

    this was dope asl

  • @MarianaGrohowski231
    @MarianaGrohowski231 Před 3 lety +9

    I appreciate you doing this explanation of such an iconic, impactful song of my generation. I learned a lot!

  • @jamesfox2857
    @jamesfox2857 Před 3 lety +3

    Thank You

  • @dude.norman
    @dude.norman Před 3 lety +3

    I have ATLiens as an album since 20 years or so. Still listen to it from time to time.
    I miss you guys making music or a new album. Greetings from germany.
    Stay healthy all!

  • @yrama4714
    @yrama4714 Před 5 měsíci +1

    This vedio tho is greatly made hands down i can feel it so good

  • @Sledgehammer0224
    @Sledgehammer0224 Před 3 lety +1

    HEYYYY YAAAA

  • @ShadowKhi618
    @ShadowKhi618 Před rokem +3

    Honestly I think the two most anti war songs of the 2000s was this Outcast B.O.B and in 2005 System of a Down B.Y.O.B and even now these two songs still hold value

  • @papa_ya83
    @papa_ya83 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Fan for 25 years

  • @jul1ian17
    @jul1ian17 Před 2 lety +1

    Hey ya! Is one of my favorite

  • @centurionmcjk4391
    @centurionmcjk4391 Před 3 lety +5

    "breakneck 135 bpm" lol that was funny

    • @MrX-tm8fy
      @MrX-tm8fy Před 3 lety +2

      Dude hasn't listened to raining blood yet 😄

  • @YMeDoyElLujazo
    @YMeDoyElLujazo Před 3 lety +1

    Gracias

  • @achilledepoitiers4462
    @achilledepoitiers4462 Před 3 lety +17

    I was in college, as a freshman when it came out. This song WAS THE SHIT. Still is. All my military buddies loved it too.
    ...And we're STILL in Baghdad...

  • @honeyxperfect1575
    @honeyxperfect1575 Před 3 lety +5

    They LITERALLY changed the world

  • @delvonhall3469
    @delvonhall3469 Před 3 lety +2

    Greatness!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @MrShemzy
    @MrShemzy Před 2 lety +2

    the bpm is way faster than 135

  • @niilista777
    @niilista777 Před 3 lety +2

    Comprei esse álbum original quando lançou na Galeria do Rock, tenho até hoje, a capa tá toda amarelada kkk, a arte estampada no CD é TOP, essa não amarelou não, tá intacta kkkk

  • @pshaw8406
    @pshaw8406 Před 3 lety

    20 years? I feel so old!

  • @TheIngobernable
    @TheIngobernable Před 3 lety

    visuals so cool

  • @kivianlima1595
    @kivianlima1595 Před 3 lety +7

    🇧🇷❤️

  • @fasanta9761
    @fasanta9761 Před 3 lety +8

    Rosa Parks I love the best

  • @Jayek7
    @Jayek7 Před 3 lety

    Hey ya!

  • @dpstine7323
    @dpstine7323 Před 3 lety +1

    🙏🙏👌👍 great duo

  • @robertsnider9880
    @robertsnider9880 Před 3 lety

    Bob, says hi!!!

  • @whattheysayk9558
    @whattheysayk9558 Před 3 lety +1

    I love y’all

  • @PreciousGems
    @PreciousGems Před 3 lety +2

  • @mrmukura
    @mrmukura Před 2 lety +1

    I was there, I remember thinking it was a wierd but cool track when it dropped.. next minute.. 😬

  • @UpliftUnleashed1
    @UpliftUnleashed1 Před 3 lety +6

    Ppl who still listening to them:👑

  • @mstaz1688
    @mstaz1688 Před 3 lety +3

    So glad I knew all of this 20 years ago, when the song was released. They said all of this in magazines and interviews. This video must be for the fans that just listen to "Hey Ya" and 2000's babies.

    • @orls9068
      @orls9068 Před 3 lety +1

      Weird flex but OK 🤣

    • @mstaz1688
      @mstaz1688 Před 3 lety

      @@orls9068 You damn right I'ma "flex" about being an Outkast fan since 1994. You must be a 2000s baby. Stfu talking to me.

    • @crnkmnky
      @crnkmnky Před 3 lety

      @@mstaz1688 “stfu?” wtf is yo old ass mad about on an *OutKast* video? 😂
      P.S. I’m just messing with you, I’ve been down since _Aquemini._

    • @orls9068
      @orls9068 Před 3 lety

      @@mstaz1688 Lmao, sending you a medal in the mail, well done 😂

    • @mstaz1688
      @mstaz1688 Před 3 lety

      @@crnkmnky I am PROUD to be my age. There's nothing wrong with getting older. You better HOPE you get old one day, with your dumb ass.

  • @jeikobu_jeikobu
    @jeikobu_jeikobu Před 8 měsíci

    @1:09 “all at a breakneck 135 bpm” 🤣 That’s cute. Did the script writer just make that number up?? lol
    Ok, two things:
    1.) 135 bpm is not “breakneck” speed.
    2.) B.O.B. is 154 bpm.

  • @skyelep6526
    @skyelep6526 Před 2 lety

    When new music????

  • @MFGH0ST
    @MFGH0ST Před 5 měsíci +1

    It’s 154 BPM

  • @hunterbless6466
    @hunterbless6466 Před 3 lety

    1:44 you mean 2001?

  • @ryanclark1366
    @ryanclark1366 Před rokem +1

    Thing is, this explains the chorus. But I have no idea how the verses have anything to do with any war at all.. lol

  • @microwavedcaprison2303

    This is good

  • @Inthes-rq5jh
    @Inthes-rq5jh Před 3 lety

    This is facts right here

  • @mz7067
    @mz7067 Před 3 lety

    Starseeds 💕

  • @Adam_K14
    @Adam_K14 Před 2 lety +1

    Theres even rapper named after the goddamm song

  • @PeterNgola
    @PeterNgola Před 3 lety

    And where are they now???? .......Exactly

  • @InvaderKush
    @InvaderKush Před rokem

    Damn, you even used the chocolate chip camo for the first gulf war, not many people know this, but that camo was used only for the first gulf war, after that they went to the DCU. Which is the chocolate chip camo, without the white accents and black on it. My dad was in the gulf, and I was in OIF-09, by the time I got there we were in digital camo, which sucked ass. Lmao.

  • @based_prophet
    @based_prophet Před 3 lety

    Ahhhh I get it

  • @general-2159
    @general-2159 Před 3 lety

    I hurt the first song when I was 3 years old man 🤣

  • @jesselee669
    @jesselee669 Před 2 lety

    Yes I like to reliter it sr and is a super good to be a one

  • @CaptainSlowbeard
    @CaptainSlowbeard Před 3 lety +3

    This explained nothing, I want my 2:39 minutes back

  • @mangilberau8925
    @mangilberau8925 Před 3 lety

    Halloween

  • @coderef5616
    @coderef5616 Před 3 lety +1

    ....um didn't Clinton actually put BOB too?

  • @juanseee2082
    @juanseee2082 Před 3 lety

    Spanish subtitles

  • @osxar1463
    @osxar1463 Před 3 lety

    Pocoloco

  • @stevencochran5301
    @stevencochran5301 Před 3 lety +1

    Can't outlast the war!

  • @jaunhcblack716
    @jaunhcblack716 Před 3 lety

    Mighty O

  • @MackojrNBAKvideos
    @MackojrNBAKvideos Před rokem +2

    It was NOT prophetic. Maybe you’re too young to know there was a war with Iraq in 89.

  • @TornadoOfCards
    @TornadoOfCards Před rokem +1

    there weren't any WMD's in Iraq.

  • @jhxrdxn
    @jhxrdxn Před 3 lety

    :D

  • @user-vw3sg6nq9v
    @user-vw3sg6nq9v Před 3 lety +1

    Your guys views are going down :(

  • @1O0IZ
    @1O0IZ Před 2 lety +1

    Anyways here’s a recipe for brownies:
    1/2 cup butter
    2 eggs
    1 cup sugar
    1/3 cup cocoa powder
    2 teaspoon vanilla
    Put your oven at 325 and cook 30m

  • @alopex2882
    @alopex2882 Před 3 lety

    Im sorry Miss Jackson. [OOOHH]
    I am for real! Never meant to make your daughter cry.

  • @Milk-mh5gn
    @Milk-mh5gn Před 3 lety

    You are now a stand user

  • @MinogFarted
    @MinogFarted Před 3 lety

    Shuba shuba?
    Okay, goodbye...

  • @varenbob
    @varenbob Před 3 lety

    you dont hear me because you dance

  • @Umar-yh3yq
    @Umar-yh3yq Před 2 lety

    im sorry miss jackson

  • @limitedlunar3954
    @limitedlunar3954 Před 3 lety +1

    When you find out
    The group is one person.

  • @sfbnnncmv
    @sfbnnncmv Před 3 lety +2

    BOB stands fo
    boring on belief 😴👎🏼

  • @epochdoc2259
    @epochdoc2259 Před 3 lety

    Not

  • @lettersandnumbersuc
    @lettersandnumbersuc Před 3 lety

    “You can’t stop a Train” , “Coming strait from Florida” Sound formula?? Outcast is from Savanah... So who was coming from florida... :-)

    • @bigreggie396
      @bigreggie396 Před 3 lety +1

      OutKast is not from Savannah, Andre 3000 is from Atlanta and Big Boi is from Savannah

    • @crnkmnky
      @crnkmnky Před 3 lety

      I don’t know what you’re talking about. Check what Google thinks the correct lyrics are…

  • @Infinitebrandon
    @Infinitebrandon Před rokem

    Is this guy white? I had a greater respect for this song before he spoke. I'm a veteran 97-2002 , last name "blackmouth" ; highest thc test they seen in Hawaii because if I pull my Thang out...hire a better narrator and writer Outkast or I know you can't bang. I'm a try to think well of you again.

  • @masju2006
    @masju2006 Před 3 lety +3

    They are prophetic. They predicted the Iraq war and the weapons of mass destruction

    • @AiSHAisasingleladyAb
      @AiSHAisasingleladyAb Před 3 lety +3

      There was no weapon of mass destruction in Iraq, that was a lies it’s in Iran! That war was about oil!!!