Will Rappers Cost Obama The Election?
Please, Plies, come out in support of Sarah Palin
Young Jeezy's brief flirtation with John McCain on the set of Saturday Night Live aside, it's clear rappers favor Barack Obama by a wide margin in this election. (Check out this survey, for starters.) Though emcee after emcee has supported Obama with endorsement tracks, the big-ups at this point are likely doing more harm than good. Witness the negative media reaction to Ludacris's Hillary/McCain/Bush-bashing "Politics as Usual" cut, which caused the Obama campaign to distance itself from the overzealous rapper. Really, isn't there something to be said for keeping the particularly trigger-happy faction of the party under wraps, much like the right does with their lock-and-load lunatics? Those 50 Cent posters advocating John Kerry's election in 2004 certainly didn't work, and one suspects Scarface's endorsement this time around will only hurt matters. (Perhaps it's advantageous that M-1 from Dead Prez is campaigning for Cynthia McKinney, although it seems strange for members of a group advocating assassination to give an endorsement at all.)
In any case, we've selected a handful of rapper endorsements—along with some other remarkable Obama tributes—and graded them on a scale of one to five McCain heads. The more McCain mugs, the worse the damage. —Ben Westhoff
Ludacris, "Politics as Usual"
In this now-infamous track, Luda calls Hillary a bitch (or a “beh-zup” in the edited version), asks for a pardon if he's ever in prison, calls Bush mentally handicapped and says, oddly, "McCain don’t belong in any chair unless he's paralyzed." Right out of the Ben Affleck and Barbra Streisand "How to Lose Votes for Your Candidate" playbook.
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Kidz In The Hall, "Work To Do"
"Work To Do" is vaguely soulful and non-threatening in a Sunday BBQ/Fuddruckers-soundtrack sort of way. While the track may not be particularly memorable, it's certainly non-offensive. (Interesting side note: a YouTube version of the "Work To Do" remix features Bun B temporarily withholding his support for Obama. "And believe me," he adds. "I got the power to move things. I can swing the vote in any state." Send that man to New Mexico!)
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East Coast Avengers, "Kill Bill O'Reilly"
While this track isn't technically in support of Barack Obama, it is a fairly obnoxious piece of Red-State-baiting, even taking knuckleheaded swipes at O'Reilly like "I wanna hurt you/ Immerse you in torture," whatever that means. This song—along with those hippie double dutchers protesting the RNC—is exactly the kind of stuff that rallies the right in an election year.
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Nas, "Black President"
In a bit of reverse psychology, Nas samples Tupac saying, "Although it seems heaven sent/ We ain't ready to have a black president." Pretty nifty! This may have the effect of causing bigots in West Virginia to vote for Obama simply to spite Nas.
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Barack Obama and Rick Astley, "Barack Rolled"
This viral video has surely done more for Obama's campaign than all those other songs combined. If Rick Astley would just get it over with and endorse Barack, this thing would be over.
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John Rich, "Raisin' McCain"
McCain would seem to have the country redneck vote sewn up, but this lil' ditty, performed by Big & Rich's John Rich at the Republican National Convention, could actually hurt the campaign. After all, drawing parallels among the septuagenarian candidate and a fruit laxative is probably not a good idea.
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its funny that they use the word RAISIN' to describe mccain... could this be a reference to his age?
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 12:34AMweird, quasi-racist, when was the village voice bought-out kind of article.
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 12:43AMPeople who base their political choice on music, or on the basis of art in general, are really, really sickening.
I can't believe anyone is even talking about this.
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 12:50AMFUCKING DOUSCHE has an interesting point there and I can't say that I fully disagree. If you wouldn't mind expanding upon that I'm sure we'd all appreciate it. Also, cunt cunt cunt.
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what is wrong with you?
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 1:02AMQuite a vocabulary. Think he raps? I mean, every word _did_ rhyme...
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 1:03AMDead Prez doesn't advocate assasination. Dead prez is slang for money, as all U.S. currency (save the $100 bill) has dead presidents on it. This is why people who don't know what they're talking about end up looking like idiots
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 1:04AMDude, this isn't Cracked. I mean, it's a nice try, but you need to find your own Voice as a publication. You hit on a touchy subject because what you are saying is in effect that the "good" black folk must be so embarrassed by these dirty stupid rappers. As in, house vs. field, y'know what I am saying? For too long Americans have made a distinction ( like Chris Rock does ) of civilized African Americans vs savage nonhumans. This is why you get a post like the one below mine. Even if they can't articulate it, people get angry to have this dynamic perpetuated. Hopefully once Obama gets in the House he wont leave the rappers and the other downtrodden blacks in the Field.
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 1:04AMNot that I don't value the debate itself, but if your ostensible concern is how these rappers might be hurtful, then why bring attention to them? I doubt many people in the McCain camp are savvy enough to pick up a Nas or even a 50 Cent video and run with it.
But you're parsing this information, and now that it's been Dugg, the real danger is in how you've done the work for "them" now.
I don't want to down you for doing intellectual work, but do you really think this article is a good idea, given your specific set of concerns?
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 1:07AMAgreed. If you feel like this is bad for the campaign, why give it any play at all?
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 1:11AM[quote]
...all U.S. currency (save the $100 bill) has dead presidents on it...
Which president is on the $10 bill? :)
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 1:17AMPeople, learn the difference between YOUR and YOU'RE. Many dictionaries confuse the issue by saying that they can be pronounced the same. Etymology says otherwise.
YOUR is like STORE, OAR or BOAR
YOU'RE is like SURE, LURE,or TOUR
They don't *really* sound alike.
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 1:18AMSo McCain is a raisin...got it..wrinkley old bastard
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 1:20AMObviously people are going to not understand what I am saying, but there is a part of liberal america that doesn't understand rappers at all. They think using the words bitches and hoes is demeaning to womyn yet they do not realize that many rappers do not mean all womyn. But certain womyn and just as some men act like assholes, some womyn act like bitches. And just because you don't like the word doesn't mean that many rappers see the difference and have a lot of respect for their mothers, their grand mothers, there sisters and at times their girl friends.
The leftist slant against rap music is idiotic and retarded with very little understanding of use of language. I have heard many rappers talk about the difference between being a money grabber and someone who loves you.
I have met too many leftist people who just don't listen to all the distinctions certain rappers are making and simply here a word they don't like then they don't even listen to what the rapper is really saying. I think it is often times white people who are not racist but who are scared of groups of black people when they walk down the street, or the type who when hearing a older black brother say to his younger brother who's acting up in a store (even though the tone of his voice is loving,) they will hear him say, quite acting up nigga, fucking chill out before I kick your ass and totally not realize that it is a figure of speech, he is not really going to kick his ass in the store if you listen to the tone. BUt white people only hear words and don't understand black attitudes or emotional tones,
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 2:16AManyone who would be influenced by any of these artists was going to vote for obama anyways. all you are doing is alienating swing votes who think rap music and thugs are total retards and don't want to be associated with them in any way.
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 3:58AMhate to break it to you guys, but this article has been done...and better, check it...http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/hey-hip-hoppers-its-not-over-yet/
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 7:11AMthat's nothing to be proud of, to say that rappers are on your side, as if rappers are some sort of "superheros" that are impervious to using proper english. i wouldn't be the least bit surprised if people start looking at obama's supporters really hard, and start saying, "why the hell are we supporting a candidate whose biggest supporters are people that can't even spell words correctly, or cannot talk like human beings? seriously, have you ever HEARD any rapper speak? every other word is, "know what i'm sayin?" and that's no lie.
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 11:45AMHey sirfucksalot you spelled douche wrong! ...dumbass
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 12:36PMThis article and ones like it are worse for Obama than the songs that this desperate journalist referenced. This article is ignorant and hate based. All this guy did is attatch a bunch of political Hip Hop to Obama because he is black and on the left. Musicians are going to have a say. You can't stop that. It just happens to be that Obama appeals to the underpriveledged more that McCain does. That's as far as it needs to go. People forget that Barack was raised by a white woman, and DOESN'T LISTEN TO RAP. When asked in an interview a few months back about who he likes for rappers, all he could spit out was Jay-Z and Kanye, because that's all he knows. He just kept repeating "I like the Jay-Z. I like the Jay-Z." Attatching rap songs to Obama is doing exactly what this journalist pointed out is being done to McCain in his last paragraph about John Rich's "Raisin' McCain." The difference is, Obama didn't validate any of these songs.
Sheep.
PS - This reporter/ entitled blogger says "send that man (Bun B) to New Mexicooooo" and the man passed away recently. He know that? There go your rap knowledge credentials. Do some research before you type publically.
R.I.P. Bun B.
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 1:53PMYou've been duped.
Many rappers are Uncle Toms. Uncle Tom gangsters and Sell-Out Thugs have nothing meaningful to give to society. Uncle Toms never have and never will.
Do not let society misinterpret who and what black Americans. This is Amos & Andy of this generation and many white Americans and non-Americans alike have been duped into believing these Uncle Toms and their destructive ethos.
Keep your eyes open, and as Public Enemy said, "Don't believe the hype."
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 4:03PMSorry, Sheep. It doesn't quite work like that. Obama doesn't have to validate it, and it has nothing to do with the media. In a campaign, both sides look for any piece of insignificant dirt they can find on the other candidate and try to blow it up in a way that they can sway the voters. It's exactly what they did with the Rev. Wright soundbites and of course, Obama didn't validate those either. When Ludacris came out with the song "Politics" and called Hillary a bitch said that McCain shouldn't be in the chair unless he's paralyzed, the Republicans jumped all over it. The McCain people and Bill O'Reilly had a field day, and Obama was forced to come out and say that he didn't endorse it. It's not the media's fault, it's an election year and everything's under a huge microscope. Even rappers like Scarface, Pras, and others have said they need to watch their words, because nobody wants to be the guy who brings down the campaign.
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 4:12PM@ John The Baptist:
Since when did leftists have any problem with rappers? The only politics/musical bias I can think of is that no libertarians I know like rap music because they're the wrong kind of white people.
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 10:09PMCHECK OUT MY HIP HOP FOR OBAMA ON MYSPACE.COM/PAPAFROSTMUSIC. WHO AM I ANYWAY?
OBAMA BIDEN 08
Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 24 2008 @ 11:41PM"members of a group advocating assassination"
ummm no, dead presidents is slang for money, retard.
Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 25 2008 @ 1:17AMFuck 50Cent,his stupidity has no limits...
Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 25 2008 @ 2:12AM>PS - This reporter/ entitled blogger says "send that >man (Bun >B) to New Mexicooooo" and the man >passed away recently. He know that? There go your >rap knowledge credentials. Do some research before you type publically.
>R.I.P. Bun B.
R.I.P. Pimp C
It's his UGK partner Pimp C who passed. There go *your* rap knowledge credentials. Do a fucking Google search before you comment publically.
Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 25 2008 @ 4:44PM
