Yesterday, we unveiled our split Style & Design covers featuring B.o.B. and T.I., and today we wanted to highlight some of the best parts of our conversation with Bobby Ray. Surrounded by Todd "REAS" James's unique musical art treatment (Click here to see all the images.), B.o.B.'s story focuses on his newfound success and his long road to the top. Will he be forever trying to repeat his "Nothin' On You" smash success? Check out an excerpt:
Do you fear being pigeonholed into making songs that sound like your hit singles?
B.o.B.: Honestly, even if I did get put into a mold, I just wouldn't fulfill it. At this point, I don't think I can get pigeonholed, because it's expected to do something that's unexpected. But I think that you can sometimes be too broad, which I don't wanna do. I'm really trying to make my own type of sound. When I go to record the next album, I'm just gonna keep recording. Because I feel like the hard part's out of the way. Now is the easy part. Now is making music, which is what I've been doing already—but to actually get to the point where the people who need to hear my music can hear it, I need to do a lot more work that doesn't involve music. A lot of politics, a lot of touching different worlds, a lot of traveling.
