Outkast – B.O.B.

“B.O.B.” (short for “Bombs over Baghdad”) is a 2000 single by OutKast for the LaFace/Arista Records label. The first single from their album Stankonia, “B.O.B.” is high-tempo and jungle-influenced, with a BPM rate of 155. The song features the Morris Brown College Gospel Choir in its chorus.

The inspiration for the song came when André 3000 was in a newsroom and overheard a news report about “bombs over Baghdad”.

The official remix is a rock remix that features Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine.

Reception

• In 2008, it was ranked #23 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
• “B.O.B.” was named the #2 song in the “500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born” list in 2006 by Blender, second only to Michael Jackson‘s “Billie Jean“.
• The song was named both the #1 single of 2000–2004 and the #1 track of the decade (2000–2009) by Pitchfork Media.
• It was ranked #2 on Stylus Magazine‘s Top 50 Singles of 2000–2005.

reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.O.B._(song)