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“B.O.B. ”

Outkast | 2000

"The U.S. was trying to beat around the bush," Andre 3000 told Rolling Stone of the inspiration behind's the song's hook. "We was trying to scare them by bombing the outskirts … If you're going to do anything at all, do it. If you gonna push it, push it." As chanted in the bridge, "B.O.B." brought about an "electric revival" in hip-hop, and the song would bolster a "Stankadelic" movement – subsequently increasing the duo's following.

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“I Can See for Miles”

The Who | 1967

A foreboding accusation of lies and deception, "I Can See for Miles" was given a psychedelic hard-rock veneer by Pete Townshend's whiplash guitar riffs and Keith Moon's thundering drums. The song helped break the Who as stars in the United States, giving them a Top Ten hit in late 1967. "I swoon when I hear the sound," boasted Townshend in Rolling Stone. "The words, which aging senators have called 'drug oriented,' are about a jealous man with exceptionally good eyesight. Honest."

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