Barack’n'Roll
In one more quote to add to his repertoire of hip hop related comments and his give-take relationship with 
the rap industry, our favorite candidate for president of the universe, Barack Obama, has praised hip hop, saying he was “there at the beginning” of the genre.
During the primaries he revealed that he was more of an old-school guy, with Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, John Coltrane and Miles Davis as his favorites but also listened to Jay-Z and Beyonce. He has now praised modern rap musicians for becoming entrepeneurs and making the most of their music. Since the beginning of the elections he’s been named in a whole lot of songs, has graced the cover of Rolling Stone and Vibe magazine (in which he looks pretty hot, may I say). Some of this stuff has earned him criticism for being a celebrity more than a politician - but what’s wrong with that? Everyone loves Bill Clinton, and I don’t think this economic shithole we’re in now would have happened with him in office!
C’mon, how could you not love a president who listens to Stevie Wonder and Jay-Z? He’s refused to say who his favorite rapper of all time is (although I’m betting it’s Tupac, which makes him 10 million times cooler in my mind), but you’ve got to admit the man has good taste. Even if you don’t know anything about politics, would you vote for someone who listens to Jazz and Funk or someone who can’t tell his ass from his forehead and probably doesn’t know what a guitar is? I speak of Bush, not McCain. McCain seems like a Johnny Cash guy, which isn’t bad, but Obama is pretty much owning the whole music vote. I mean, the guy has a GRAMMY to his name! Not only is he going to be the coolest person to step foot in that oval office, he can put a freakin’ grammy and all his Rolling Stone pictures on the desk - if that doesn’t kick ass, I don’t know, man.
October 9th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
I think he looks pretty good too…