{"id":198,"date":"2012-03-07T15:30:38","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T20:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/?p=198"},"modified":"2013-12-27T13:30:53","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T18:30:53","slug":"obama-nation-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/2012\/03\/07\/obama-nation-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Nation Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lowkey - ObamaNation Part 2 (Ft. M1 from Dead Prez &amp; Black the Ripper) KnowledgeIsKey215\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AuIUrBzmVTc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Arguably the harshest rebuke of the Obama administration from <em>within<\/em>\u00a0the hip hop community, &#8220;Obama Nation Part II&#8221; takes some pretty surprising shots Obama, including M1&#8217;s claim that he&#8217;s &#8220;a master of disguise, expert at telling lies.&#8221; \u00a0British grime artist Black the Ripper&#8217;s argument&#8211;&#8220;He&#8217;s sittin&#8217; in the White House, so who cares if he&#8217;s black&#8221;&#8211;has been articulated before by groups like deap prez and Immortal Technique, suggesting that anyone occupying the American presidency is a tool for larger white interests. \u00a0But this song takes things further, asserting that Obama himself is a more-than-willing participant in the epic trick being pulled on America. \u00a0Some tough stuff here.<\/p>\n<p>A nod to <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travisgosa.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Travis Gosa<\/span><\/a><\/span>, who brought this one to my attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arguably the harshest rebuke of the Obama administration from within\u00a0the hip hop community, &#8220;Obama Nation Part II&#8221; takes some pretty surprising shots Obama, including M1&#8217;s claim that he&#8217;s &#8220;a master of disguise, expert at telling lies.&#8221; \u00a0British grime artist Black the Ripper&#8217;s argument&#8211;&#8220;He&#8217;s sittin&#8217; in the White House, so who cares if he&#8217;s black&#8221;&#8211;has been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/2012\/03\/07\/obama-nation-part-ii\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Obama Nation Part II<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1656,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}