David Wulf Riordan's Weblog » music http://daveriordan.com Connecting the dots of New Media Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:33:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Obama In Music http://daveriordan.com/posts/obama-in-music/ http://daveriordan.com/posts/obama-in-music/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:02:29 +0000 David Riordan http://daveriordan.com/?p=15 This morning, I heard Nas’ brilliant track Black President off his new “untitled” album, and it made me begin to realize the massive cultural impact of Barack Obama.  Barack Obama hasn’t just inspired Will.I.Am’s Yes We Can video, but a fairly substantial collection of tracks from a particularly influential group of artists all across the map musically.

House Music United – Yes We Can Obama’s entire Yes We Can speech over a gorgeous classic house track.  Truly inspirational.

Kidz in the Hall – Work to Do Kidz in the Hall are a Chicago-based group (formally on the new Rawkus Records).  MC Naledge was one of Obama’s earliest musical supporters, so last December, he and producer Double-0 decided to release one of the first Obama support tracks.  The Ivy-league educated duo (they met while at UPENN) followed this up in January with a remix featuring Bun B and Talib Kwelli.

Work To Do

Work To Do (Remix feat. Bun B & Talib Kwelli)

DJ Green Lantern – We Need Barack (feat. Mavado) Part of Green Lantern & Russell Simmons mixtape for Obama.

DJ Green Lantern – We Need Barack (feat. Mavado)

Pete Rock – Obama for the People

Nas – Black President (Produced by DJ Green Lantern)

Bonus 80’s Throwback: Grandmaster Flash and Mellie Mel – Jesse (thx Falcon)

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