Entertaining cut from Ludacris’s upcoming Gangsta Grillz mixtape. Normally, I can’t deal with Ludacris, but his lyrics and flow is on point here.

Naturally, the Obama camp has distanced itself from the freestyle, because of its offensive statements. As you heard, Ludacalls Hillary Clinton a “bitch,” says McCain should be paralyzed, plus more. Obama spokesman Bill Burton said that “Ludacris is a talented individual, but he should be ashamed of these lyrics.” Additionally, “As Barack Obama has said many, many times in the past, rap lyrics today too often perpetuate misogyny, materialism, and degrading images that he doesn’t want his daughters or any children exposed to.” Same old stuff.

I commend Ludacris for spitting this freestyle, but I’m not sure if this helps Barack’s campaign, if that was its intended purpose. In a recent Rolling Stone article, Obama mentioned that he was a Ludacris fan. Luda even referred to that in the freestyle. Because pop culture and politics are so closely aligned, this somewhat affiliates Ludacris with Barack’s camp. Comments such as Luda’s only bring negative attention to Barack, and he doesn’t need anymore of that. Although he attempted to do something positive, he ultimately wound up in the same boat as Jeremiah Wright and Jesse Jackson, two people he called out in the song.

Peace

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