Ludacris, Take a Lesson from Big Boi

Hip-Hop with a message is not dead. Big Boi just released a video for his new song, “Sumthin’ Gotta to Give” featuring Mary J. Blige. This song is so relevant to the struggles the country is facing now — job losses, gas prices, economic recession, etc. The song is laid back, not angry, lameting the state of the country. But offering Hope, in the form a possible Barack Obama presidency. The video even begins with a quote from Obama. The backdrop for most of the video appears to be an Obama campaign headquarters. Hill Harper and John Legend (vocal Obama supporters make cameos).

I have always been a huge fan of Outkast. They were never the cookie-cutter rap group. Their lyrics and music always pushed the boundaries. I wish more rappers took more musical chances like Outkast. I definitely plan on picking up Big Boi’s album “Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty” when it drops.

Now Luda this is how you support our boy Obama. Take a few lessons..

Ludacris, You’re Really Not Helping….

I haven’t posted much in the last couple of weeks due my 9-to-5. But now things at work have slowed down a bit and I can get back to the business of blogging. Where do I begin…….

Luda, Luda, Luda!! Bro you are really not helping the O-man’s race to the White House. They lyrics to your new song “Politics” calling Miss Hillary a bitch….wrong move. And now the Obama Campaign has had to publicly denounce you. There goes that invitation to the Inauguration. I understand your excitement at the prospect of having the first Black President and a President that counts you as one of his favorite rappers. But Obama is playing for keeps, this isn’t some manufactured, YouTube hip-hop beef. You can’t just talk *ish about the opponent and move on. There are some very narrow-minded, dim-witted people who don’t have the ability to distinguish between the candidate and his supporters. People like that will take these lyrics use them against Obama as if he wrote them.

Obama is trying to obtain the highest office in the land. And in order to get there he’s going to have assure a lot of white people that it is okay to have a black President and that they don’t have to fear a bunch of big Negroes in white tees and cornrows won’t come to their door and throw them out the country.

However, as a hip-hop fan and a fan of yours, the song is hot! When are you releasing it?