Posted on 10/27/2010 2:53:15 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
An epithet-laced hip-hop parody of President Obama has triggered furious debate: Is the hit YouTube video an "antidote" for Obama's popularity troubles among youth or an "anti-valentine" from those voters whose support the president craves, asks the Christian Science Monitor. The slick "Head of the State" video is a spoof of "Hard in Da Paint" by Atlanta hip-hop artist Waka Flocka Flame, and it features "Baracka Flacka Flames" (aka James Davis) getting down and dirty in the 'hood—smoking pot, petting a pit bull, and denigrating everyone from Michelle to Oprah Winfrey.
Writing for the New York Times, Jon Caramanica has plenty of positive things to say, calling it a "witty and incisive ... first-rate parody," that's "elevated to something greater than a vulgar joke by Mr. Davis’ nearly pitch-perfect impression."
(Excerpt) Read more at newser.com ...
Hard out there for a pimp.
True dat.
I couldn’t even get through that.
Just the same as every rap song out there. Racist criminal loving dirtbags.
Just keepin’ it real, Niggah... (Oops, I mean N-word. Sorry. That song just got to me. It’s a real toe-tapper!)
“furious debate” eh? If a Republican had done this it would have caused big outrage and cries of racism.
OH MY....
Y they go b hatin’ on the dude?
If the parody was made about Bush or any white, Christian, heterosexual, law-abiding patriot, there would be no debate...
Not much to debate.
Oh my, his mother claims this when it's a parady of her sons trash lyrics and video. Her son and his audiance are a disgrace.. This guy is just clowning around
Uh huh huh huh. Uh huh.
Obama is about as "hood" as Steve Urkel.
Wha’s the bitches and hoes?
“Just keepin’ it real, Niggah... “
Yo, why’s you trippin’ dog??
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