Klintron’s Brain

A couple years ago I was talking to my friend Cody, an MC, about Eminem. Cody said he respected Eminem’s skills but he wished he would push a more positive message.

Well, here it is. I can barely believe it. Gone is the social apathy and nihilism of his previous work, in its place is an uplifting message about collective action.

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From the director:

When I got the callback that our favorite conspirator of controversy, Eminem would be releasing an album in November, I knew we had the potential to say something that would be heard by the masses. And after hearing the song later that month it seemed Mr. Mathers had also been in the lab concocting his own plans for the election and it was precisely the anthem I had been looking for. So with less than six weeks to deliver we put together a team and forgot about what it meant to sleep. In order to produce animation for a song that runs 5:20 in just over 5 weeks we were going to need a lot of green tea and mate and a little help from Marshall himself. This video was made possible by a team of artists who came together inspired by a song and video that might be able to effect the next four years of all of our lives.

Two years ago, this video would not have been approved by a single record label. A year ago it would never had the possibility of being played on television. But with the changing tide of public sentiment marked by the success of our last video for Chronic Future, an anti-war message that made it into rotation on TRL we think it might just have a chance.

From Eminem:

President Bush is “like dog chasing its tail,” the Hollywood-bound Eminem tells the magazine set for publication during the first week of November.

RS: You get deep into your feelings about President Bush and Iraq on “Mosh.” Do you think the Iraq War was a mistake?

E: He’s been painted to be this hero and he’s got our troops over there dying for no reason. I haven’t heard an explanation yet that I can understand. Explain to us why we have troops over there dying.

RS: There is no good answer.

E: I think he started a mess. America is the best country there is, the best country to live in. But he’s f**kin’ that up and could run our country into the ground. He jumped the gun, and he f**ked up so bad he doesn’t know what to do right now. He’s in a tailspin, running around like a dog chasing its tail. And we got young people over there dyin’, kids in their teens, early twenties that should have futures ahead of them. And for what? It seems like a Vietnam 2. Bin Laden attacked us and we attacked Saddam. We ain’t heard from Saddam for ten years, but we go attack Saddam. Explain why that is. Give us some answers.

RS: Are you voting?

E: This is the first year I’ve registered to vote. And I’m gonna vote. Bush is definitely not my homie, but I’m still undecided. Kerry has been known to say some things that’s caught my attention, made a few statements I’ve liked, but I don’t know. Whatever my decision is, I would like to see Bush out of office. I don’t wanna see my little brother get drafted. He just turned eighteen. I don’t want to see him lose his life. People think their votes don’t count, but people need to get out and vote. Every motherf**kin’ vote counts.

Mark clued me into this guy. Good alternative hip-hop.

From thinkbeat’s zebox page: Ayentee mp3s. I particularly like “Blue Collar.”

Thought I’d link to some older Gold Chains tracks, because I like this stuff better than that new track. Young Miss America was my favorite album of 2003.

Epitonic some pre-Miss America tracks. “I Come From San Francisco” is key here. And at the official Gold Chains site, grab “Str8 from Your Radio” and watch the video for “Nada” (”the Game” is a good song too, but the video is down), and listen to the real audio of “Several Times Defined.”