Producer Jim Jonsin Explains That B.o.B's # 1 Hit "Nothin On You' Was Originally Meant For Lupe Fiasco [Audio]
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B.o.B is certainly on a roll right now, with the #1 album in the country this week and its lead single "Nothin' on You" also a #1 hit. But the upstart hip-hop star, powered by his syrupy smash, almost didn't get his hands on the Bruno Mars-assisted "Nothin' on You."
The record, produced by the Smeezingtons (Bruno Mars and songwriting partner Phillip Lawrence), was originally slated for Lupe Fiasco, B.o.B's Atlantic Records labelmate. According to producer Jim Jonsin, who signed B.o.B to his Rebel Rock imprint, he was responsible for redirecting the record to his artist.
"I was actually working on a session in Chung King [Studios], and [Atlantic Records chairman] Craig Kallman called me during that session with that particular track, to work on it for Lupe Fiasco," Jonsin told MTV News. "I told Craig, 'I like the song a lot. It's a smash and could be somebody's single. But it's not Lupe's record. I need this record for B.o.B. Please give this record to B.o.B.' I guess they went through whoever they went through, convinced whoever they needed to, and it got to B.o.B."
As the song was climbing to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, B.o.B said he was as surprised as anyone by the song's success.
"We really didn't expect it to have the dramatic impact it had, nor how fast it happened," B.o.B told MTV News last month. "Me and my managers, B. Rich and TJ, we still look at each other speechless. We always aim to be successful. But when the byproduct exceeds your expectations — when usually you barely make the basket with what you want — the gratitude is through the roof. It's literally a dream come true."
The rewards have been a long time coming for the Atlanta rapper. He's been signed as an artist for a few years but realized only minimal success with a few scattered mixtape tracks. His potential, however, was always recognized, landing him on the 2009 cover of hip-hop magazine XXL's Freshmen 10 issue (putting him in the company of Wale and Asher Roth, among other rising MCs).
"I will tell you this about the journey as an artist to get to the point where you actually have a release date," he explained earlier this year. "The biggest lesson I learned is patience. Once you get here, it's like, 'OK, now you have to keep going. You never get to an end.' So you have to be patient and pace yourself. Take time. It's like building a house. You gotta take time, build a foundation, get the walls right, get the electricity right, get the plumbing right and make sure when you turn the light on that the door don't open up."
Source: MTV
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Comment by DaveRock_A2G on May 21, 2010 at 7:32pm -
So... He didn't evn write the f****** song?!! I have totally lost respect for this dude!! What is he, a singer?!! WRITE YOUR OWN F****** RAPS, A******!!!
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Comment by MR TOP NOTCH on May 7, 2010 at 7:08pm -
Of course - This BoB is a lupe clone, the whole f**** thing is lupe sound
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Comment by RebelAGJ on May 7, 2010 at 4:57pm -
The move was a good one. Had this been a Lupe single it wouldn't have had the same reaction or success. Lupe doesn't know how to write for the radio, not to mention he doesn't know how to write for the ladies either.
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Comment by Juan Dilemma on May 7, 2010 at 3:46pm -
Good s***
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Comment by Fred on May 7, 2010 at 2:23pm -
i thought it was in a sense lupe sound
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Comment by Young Gunner on May 7, 2010 at 1:15pm -
Yeah. I can see Lupe doing a track like this but it's still pretty good though with Bobby Ray on it
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Comment by C.Olive on May 7, 2010 at 1:14pm -
light years ahead of Asher? i dnt think so.. they both good tho
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Comment by Bryant on May 7, 2010 at 12:46pm
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i havent heard anything from fiasco lately.. hope somethin is comin soon for the bruh so much potential.
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Comment by Andretti on May 7, 2010 at 12:23pm -
The new HORROR FILM SENSATION "BOOK OF 1,000 DEATHS" www.indiegogo.com/book-of-1000-deaths
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Comment by MONT@N@ FLY on May 7, 2010 at 12:06pm -
I THOUGHT B.O.B WROTE THAT SONG,,,,,, SMH DISAPOINTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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