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

[@joyajohnson2216]

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

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

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

[@damnnegroye8908]

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

[@damnnegroye8908]

Or a ghostface song comments

[@joyajohnson2216]

@@damnnegroye8908 probably lol

[@DaymondRoman]

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]

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

[@illgillbates9561]

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

[@northstarmn]

ill Gill Bates you like it hard

[@neonthunder3261]

Bombs Over Baghdad!

[@KRenee-lt8zy]

Outkast = historical icons

[@alieninvader8943]

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

[@kyleallanson3323]

Best duo wu tang is best group

[@scizorbullet8185]

The best duo ever

[@RobAllbanks]

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

[@coliestellar917]

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!

[@FUNKIN_FOREVER]

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

[@thebeastwithin6978]

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

[@00xxsorenxx00]

damn..

[@sunevlrig]

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

[@OfficialMNIB]

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

[@MrX-tm8fy]

Let's gueaults 😁

[@OfficialMNIB]

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

[@MrX-tm8fy]

@@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]

- 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]

@@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]

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

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

It's not that serious boo!

[@supermel1848]

This is great, hoping for more Stankonia content

[@Nice_Fella]

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]

*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]

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

[@pun5925]

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

[@a.walters123]

Same here. It’s the most confusing and random three words. The rest of the song makes sense, except that small smidgen.

[@yungmartin7621]

OUTKAST FOREVER

[@orls9068]

Oh yeah yeah

[@arr3business939]

@@orls9068 oh shut up shut up

[@DevonMarnier]

@@orls9068 hes cancelled bro is a disgusting person

[@juststop9379]

@@orls9068 what's wrong with you?

[@anytuna]

@@orls9068 .

[@ShadowKhi618]

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

[@dude.norman]

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!

[@achilledepoitiers4462]

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...

[@MarianaGrohowski231]

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

[@pache7216]

I always wondered how the song predicted the war

[@lettersandnumbersuc]

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

[@jaygillat4361]

@@lettersandnumbersuc illuminati puppets

[@MexiCooki]

@@jaygillat4361 fake woke

[@aprofondir]

There literally was a war in Iraq before the 2003 one

[@juststop9379]

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

[@niilista777]

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

[@honeyxperfect1575]

They LITERALLY changed the world

[@thomastracey7677]

this was dope asl

[@JamesFox1]

Thank You

[@centurionmcjk4391]

"breakneck 135 bpm" lol that was funny

[@MrX-tm8fy]

Dude hasn't listened to raining blood yet 😄

[@YMeDoyElLujazo]

Gracias

[@Adam-qp5mb]

Underrated vid

[@hunterbless6466]

1:44 you mean 2001?

[@fasanta9761]

Rosa Parks I love the best

[@NextWeeek]

the second best antiwar song of all time outkast is incredible!

[@jeikobu_jeikobu]

@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.

[@MrShemzy]

the bpm is way faster than 135

[@jul1ian17]

Hey ya! Is one of my favorite

[@a.walters123]

The entire song makes sense except for that tiny 1% which is the literal crux of the chorus “bombs over Baghdad”. It’s so random, still 20 years later there’s no explanation.

[@delvonhall3469]

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

[@Sledgehammer0224]

HEYYYY YAAAA

[@pshaw8406]

20 years? I feel so old!

[@Jayek7]

Hey ya!

[@yrama4714]

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

[@LMFgt3]

Ppl who still listening to them:👑

[@mrmukura]

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

[@TheIngobernable]

visuals so cool

[@TysonBuilds]

wtf, this is an OFFICIAL video wow!

[@ryanclark1366]

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

[@robertsnider9880]

Bob, says hi!!!

[@skyelep6526]

When new music????

[@mstaz1688]

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]

Weird flex but OK 🤣

[@mstaz1688]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@mstaz1688]

@@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.

[@brendaburke4826]

and corporate radio is still not allowed to play bob

[@PreciousGems]

❤

[@kivianlima1595]

🇧🇷❤️

[@Lovely-k3w]

🙏🙏👌👍 great duo

[@PeterNgola]

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

[@CaptainSlowbeard]

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

[@InvaderKush]

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.

[@whattheysayk9558]

I love y’all

[@papa_ya83]

Fan for 25 years

[@Inthes-rq5jh]

This is facts right here

[@mz7067]

Starseeds 💕

[@Adam_K14]

Theres even rapper named after the goddamm song

[@general-2159]

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

[@MackojrNBAKvideos]

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

[@MFGH0ST]

It’s 154 BPM

[@microwavedcaprison2303]

This is good

[@111II0X]

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

[@chichi-pb2ox]

There’s no flour?

[@pplcantuseyouifyoureuseles6705]

You didn’t add weed to make it edibles

[@coderef5616]

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

[@juanseee2082]

Spanish subtitles

[@jesselee669]

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

[@based_prophet]

Ahhhh I get it

[@HailTheApocalypse]

there weren't any WMD's in Iraq.

[@jaunhcblack716]

Mighty O

[@alopex2882]

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

[@stevencochran5301]

Can't outlast the war!

[@osxar1463]

Pocoloco

[@user-vw3sg6nq9v]

Your guys views are going down :(

[@mangilberau8925]

Halloween

[@Milk-mh5gn]

You are now a stand user

[@limitedlunar3954]

When you find out The group is one person.

[@smfh_myhead]

Shuba shuba? Okay, goodbye...

[@Umar-yh3yq]

im sorry miss jackson

[@varenbob]

you dont hear me because you dance

[@masju2006]

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

[@AiSHAisasingleladyAb]

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

[@lettersandnumbersuc]

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

[@bigreggie396]

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

[@crnkmnky]

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

[@jhxrdxn]

:D

[@sfbnnncmv]

BOB stands fo boring on belief 😴👎🏼

[@mr_noobert]

:(

[@pplcantuseyouifyoureuseles6705]

You’re a white boy

[@Infinitebrandon]

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.

[@epochdoc2259]

Not