Yesterday, MTV’s Brain Trust named B.o.B. the ninth hottest MC in the game. Bobby Ray told 1515 that he was grateful for the honor.

“My personal challenge was to put an album out that was well-received. And to be able to do that and still get the lyrical crowd to pay attention shows me a lot. Because I have so much more energy that I can put into the content. It depends on the time and what the focus is. ‘Cause I really want to show everything, and there’s only so much you can show lyrically, with the amount of lyrics in an album. I feel like there’s still a lot more that I can do, and to let me know that people are checking for me let’s me know that it’s still there.”