September 1, 2008

Barack O'Drama

I'd like to take a minute to just address an awesomely hilarious trend in hip hop - presidential endorsements. And while I've yet to hear a hip hop track backing John McCain and Sarah Palin (maybe Jamie Lynn Spears will come out in support? too soon?), the vibes are flowing for Barack Obama.

I don't want to belittle anyone's personally held opinion. But seriously, who cares who Lil Wayne thinks would make the best Leader of the Free World? Reminds me of this:



AWESOME.

So here are a few politically-oriented tracks, all of them good, in addition to funny.

First up comes Young Jeezy and Nas. He didn't write this, just so you know. He tells you that, right off the bat. Next up, describing his Lambo, which I'm guessing is short for Lamborghini. I can't believe I know how to spell Lamborghini...i didn't even spell check that, pinky promise.


Young Jeezy and Nas - My President Is Black

Highlights of this track: Jeezy promising, "I will e-mail Jesus, tell him forward to Moses and CC Allah". What?? Then, Nas proposes that Barack Obama (as of now, unelected) have his face put on the $5,000 bill. Then, Jeezy tells us that it's June 3rd, at 2:08 am. How many songs do you know that have a time stamp on them? It's like the weather report in the middle of "We Built This City". So random, so awesome.


Next up, Lil Wayne and Juelz Santana - Black Republicans

Highlights of this cut, which is off of Da Drought 3 and uses the beat from Nas and JayZ's "Black Republican": Despite the title, the first line of the song is "I feel like a Black Republican nah I can't call it, more like a Black Democrat. Then Juelz calls Obama "Baracka". Then proceeding to state that the Rock of Gibralter has somehow fallen on him. He can't feel his face. For real, though, Weezy kills it on this track.


Finally, a change of pace with the Cold War Kids covering Radiohead's Electioneering from Stereogum's OKX Compilation. As usual, Nathan Willet sounds like someone is killing a cat and stretching its vocal chords at the same time. Much like the cover CWK did of Sam Cooke's awesome "A Change Is Gonna Come". But somehow it works. Anyway, this cover slows down the original big time, and really lays the sparse Cold War Kids style on Thom Yorke's brilliant, barely-make-sense lyrics.

Cold War Kids - Electioneering

Good times. Vote or die.

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