Obama talks about hiphop

[flunky nassau]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFSVG7jRp_g


Wow, can you imagine how the other candidates would have answered this question? They'd probably have to pause to think about the right answer or the right qualifiers to add after saying "yes." Saying you like Jay-Z or Kanye, yet walking the middle road to not offend anyone and still wanting everyone to like you at the same time is no easy task. Obama immediately says, "of course," and it all sounded authentic.

His omission of a lot of stuff is purely political. I'm sure he wants to say something like, "Yeah, he straight rips it on the mic," but the last thing he wants is a newspaper headline saying, "Obama speaks ebonics."

Still, it's kind of weird that we live in an age where a candidate has to be this careful answering a question regarding musically preference.

 

[StageLeft]

Presidential candidate listening to Jay Z? damn, I bet mccain doesn't listen to anything newer than 1960.

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Presidential candidate listening to Jay Z? damn, I bet mccain doesn't listen to anything newer than 1960.

"Those damned kids and their loud Bing Crosby music!"

 

[flunky nassau]

To be fair, this is probably the most awkward I've seen Obama. He's actually sounding like a politician here, covering all his bases. To talk about hiphop, you have to automaticallly mention how you don't like the message.

 

[IamDavid]

I can see McCains adds already. Kayne's song about how bad the US plaing in the background while Obama admits he likes it. He should watch what he says a little better, to easy of a play on McCains part to scare white america. And it doesn't matter if later in the interveiw he denounces the message, that part won't make it into the ad.