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VIDEOS : A selection of original and mashup music for Obama
1. Obama Gangster Rap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhMCiFLdJyg
2. Hip Hop For Obama - Public Service Announcement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLHvHT7ysx8
3. Fallen Angels, feat Barack Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFj1WFPSfdc
4. Common for Barack Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1dc6KcGeQw
5. Representin' Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9IHM4XL_Ws
6. "Party Like Obama" by The Obama Boyz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHqg_g8lq10
7. Do the Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maqF2FpnZy8
8. Barack Obama Rap Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaMccee1iOY
9. Something about the man/Yes We Can Remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw4fRvFhuh4
10. Yes We Can
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY
When it looked like Hillary Clinton was winning New Hampshire, I hit the exit poll data to see what patterns emerged. I found that compared to Iowa, there were less voters of the "Hip Hop Generation".
Jeff Chang puts the birth of this demographic at 1968 given the historical importance of the year. I'll play devil's advocate and say that the HHG goes back to 1963 with :
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VIDEO : Will.I.Am's remix of Barack Obama's speech, "Yes We Can"
I believe the measure of a leader is in their ability to inspire their supporters creatively.
Will.I.Am said of his remix of Obama's New Hampshire speech :
"It made me reflect on the freedoms I have, going to school where I went to school, and the people that came before Obama like Martin Luther King, presidents like Abraham Lincoln that paved the way for me to be sitting here on ABCNews and making a song from Obama's speech," will.i.am said.
"The speech was inspiring about making change in America and I believe what it says and I hope everybody votes," Dylan said.
I believe the measure of a leader is in their choice to engage supporters as collaborators in the building of a social and political future. The difference between a campaign and a movement is in how people take the political moment as a call to action, regardless of whether the powers that be are there to reward them :
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