B.o.B. :: The "Strange Clouds" Era

by **emilhot** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:32 am

The forecast is looking cloudy for B.o.B. The Atlanta musician has selected a title for his sophomore album.

Fresh off performing in front of President Obama at a fundraiser in Los Angeles, Bobby Ray caught a flight back to ATL. He appeared on V103?s “The Ryan Cameron Show” on Tuesday, where he revealed Strange Clouds as the title. “‘Strange Clouds’ is the first single off of my sophomore album, actually titled Strange Clouds,” he announced.

The project, which serves as the follow-up to his Grammy-nominated debut B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray, is preceded by the single of the same name featuring Lil Wayne. The song went to iTunes on Tuesday and has already cracked the top 5.

He explained how the collaboration with Tunechi came together. “Wayne actually got on it pretty quick. It was a quick turnaround,” he shared. “We were kind of debating on it, but we just felt like this was the song that should go first. I feel really strong about it and I like to take my time with music.”

Jim Jonsin has also been in the studio with B.o.B, and opened about one of the reggae-flavored tracks they recorded called “Rule the World.” “One record has like a reggae vibe to it, hip-hop with some reggae,” the producer told Rap-Up.com. “It’s pretty big. I think that’s a possible single.”

by **emilhot** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:33 am

Strange Clouds featuring Lil Wayne - Single

Sales:

US: 968.710 (Including sales from week ending February 19)

Chart runs:

US Hot 100: 7-19-40-59-73-75-80-82-73-62-60-55-41-44-48-59-58-74-88 (20 weeks)
US Radio Songs: 72-71-73-74 (4 weeks)

Peaks:

US charts:
#3 on US Digital Songs
#7 on US Hot 100
#16 US Rap Songs
#43 on US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
#71 on US Radio Songs

Other charts:
#26 Canadian Hot 100
#39 New Zealand
#47 Switzerland
#69 Australia
#72 UK

Play The Guitar featuring Andre 3000 - Single

Chart runs:

US Hot 100: 98-100 (2 weeks)

Peaks:

#98 US Hot 100

So Good - Single

by **emilhot** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:35 am

iTunes US:
#34 Strange Clouds
#60 Play The Guitar

by **emilhot** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:56 pm

iTunes US:
#33 (+1) Strange Clouds
#58 (+2) Play The Guitar

by **emilhot** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:21 pm

emilhot wrote:iTunes US:
#33 (+1) Strange Clouds
#58 (+2) Play The Guitar

#35 (-2) Strange Clouds
#54 (+4) Play The Guitar

by **TrinidadNavy** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:41 am

I like Wayne's rap on Strange Clouds, but I'm not liking his new persona. I thought he was great before, but this new rapper who says "bitch" every 5 seconds is kind of a turn off.

by **emilhot** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:02 pm

TrinidadNavy wrote:I like Wayne's rap on Strange Clouds, but I'm not liking his new persona. I thought he was great before, but this new rapper who says "bitch" every 5 seconds is kind of a turn off.

I understand you, but i have not come to the point where it turns me off like you. I still think his album will be way more mature lyrically than Drake's! :wink:

I guess Strange Clouds is just this big uptempo Hip-Hop song, where they have to spit some shit you know! :wink:

by **emilhot** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:51 pm

Hot 100:
#41 (41) Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne (14 weeks)
#98 (NEW) Play The Guitar, B.o.B Featuring Andre 3000 (1 week)

R&B/Hip-Hop Songs:
#48 (47) Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne (14 weeks)

Hot Digital Songs:
#34 (35) Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne (12 weeks)

Rap Songs:
#18 (19) Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne (7 weeks)

MySpace Songs:
#25 (NEW) Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne (1 week)

Canadian Hot 100:
#68 (82) Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne (5 weeks)

by **emilhot** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:49 am

Hot 100:
#44 (41) Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne (15 weeks)
#100 (98) Play The Guitar, B.o.B Featuring Andre 3000 (2 weeks)

R&B/Hip-Hop Songs:
#53 (48) Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne (15 weeks)

Hot Digital Songs:
#36 (34) Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne (13 weeks)

Rap Songs:
#20 (18) Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne (8 weeks)

MySpace Songs:
#13 (25) Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne (2 weeks)

Canadian Hot 100:
#88 (68) Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne (6 weeks)

by **emilhot** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:35 pm

iTunes US Top 200:
#36 So Good
#136 Strange Clouds

by **Play** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:56 pm

Hopefully So Good will be top 5!

by **emilhot** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:41 pm

iTunes US:
#30 (+6) So Good
#135 (+1) Strange Clouds

iTunes Canada:
#45 So Good

by **emilhot** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:28 pm

iTunes US:
#21 (+9) So Good
#139 (-4) Strange Clouds

iTunes Canada:
#36 (+9) So Good

by **emilhot** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:48 pm

iTunes US:
#17 (+4) So Good
#137 (+2) Strange Clouds

iTunes Canada:
#31 (+5) So Good

by **emilhot** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:07 pm

iTunes US:
#4 (+13) So Good
#126 (+11) Strange Clouds

iTunes Canada:
#12 (+19) So Good

I don't know if So Good has been higher during the day, but it was #5 on US iTunes like 9 hours ago, and it's currently #4 there!

It's a great start, but the digital sales might be short lived for now (Until it hopefully smashes radio), so i don't want to be too happy about it yet! :wink:

by **emilhot** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:16 am

iTunes US:
#2 (+2) So Good
#126 (=) Strange Clouds

iTunes Canada:
#11 (+1) So Good
#166 (2**) Strange Clouds

#2!

Has it been #1 through the night?

Last FM · by **arab** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:20 am

emilhot wrote:iTunes US:
#2 (+2) So Good
#126 (=) Strange Clouds

iTunes Canada:
#11 (+1) So Good
#166 (2**) Strange Clouds

#2! Has it been #1 through the night?

No, it hasn't :wink:

But still great

This track is so good :lol:

by **emilhot** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:28 pm

iTunes US:
#2 (=) So Good
#126 (=) Strange Clouds

iTunes Canada:
#11 (=) So Good
#188 (-22) Strange Clouds

So Good is being very stable! 8-)

by **Timmy94** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:43 pm

I think Strange Clouds could debut at No. 3 with ~ 150k behind Nicki Minaj's new album released the same week (600k?) and Adele's 21 (200k?) on the Billboard 200...

by **emilhot** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:36 pm

Timmy94 wrote:I think Strange Clouds could debut at No. 3 with ~ 150k behind Nicki Minaj's new album released the same week (600k?) and Adele's 21 (200k?) on the Billboard 200...

Isn't Nicki's album released nearly a month before B.o.B's?

by **Timmy94** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:41 pm

Sorry, just noticed that there's been a mistake on Wikipedia... I took the release dates from the release schedule and they had April 1 for B.O.B. instead of May 1...
With this, I think he could be No. 2 behind Carrie Underwood (250k?)...

by **emilhot** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:15 pm

I think her last album went double platinum. Has her airplay support fallen since then? If not i expect her to debut bigger then 250k, but i don't know much about her, and i haven't seen her debut numbers, so maybe i'm wrong :wink:

Though i don't think he can battle with someone like Carrie who seems like an album seller :wink:

I think your prediction of #2 might be right

Though it's hard to know how big he will debut sales-wise. I think it might be hard for him to debut with more than 150k, though it will be interesting to see if a solo smash without a feature for him (So Good) will show off more help for the album than Nothin' On You & Airplanes did...

by **danbarj** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:46 pm

Carrie is a consistent, multi-platinum COUNTRY singer with a song currently in the top 10 and will soon be building in country airplay.

There's not a chance in hell BOB would outsell her (unless the God of Adele comes to his side lol)

But he should be able to do 150K to 200K (norm for rappers of his fame and type of music) with huge declines in the following weeks.

I just hope they have a plethora of music on this album, some of which appeals to the urban masses more than usual and a promotion plan of at least 6 months.

Kids like B.O.B. and Cudi tend to debut well and trail off hugely without effort for the following 6 months.

by **emilhot** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:01 am

a 200k debut would be great, but i would be a bit surprised to see that happen considering the last album sold something like 550k right? And that was with a few massive hits. Though those hits had features, and singles from this era might sell the album better to urban listeners than the singles from the last album :wink:

by **danbarj** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:11 am

^^ it wouldn't surprise me! Wale, J.Cole, Cudi and several other rappers did so with little more than buzz. Some came off of gold albums and others with half or less of gold (Wale). It's the power of urban music. His, all the more, b/c he appeals to pop! But he definitely needs to target urban audiences too!