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[Youtube] Barack Obama - Dirt Off Your Shoulders

TN Blogger When asked which hip hop artists he likes in a recent interview, he [Obama] said, "lately I've been listening to a lot of Jay-Z -- this new American Gangster album." But [Obama] also stressed his opposition to the degrading and materialistic themes that run through too many hip hop albums:


I love the art of hip hop. I don't always love the message of hip hop. There are times when even ... with the artists I named -- the artists I love, you know -- there's a message that is not only sometimes degrading to women; not only uses the n-word a little too frequently; but also something I'm really concerned about, it's always talking about material things. Always talking about how I can get something. How I've got more money...

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