Obama did 10 interviews yesterday one with MTV. He talked about music, and I find it quite interesting:

Calloway pointed to politically engaged musicians like Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Public Enemy and Rage Against the Machine and asked the president who, today, best "inspired and informed" young people. "We haven't seen as much directly political music. I think the most vibrant musical art form right now, over the last 10-15 years, has been hip-hop. And there have been some folks that have kind of dabbled in political statements," Obama replied. "But a lot of it has been more cultural than political. You've got folks like Springsteen who are still putting out very strong political statements, but I'd like to see a more explicit discussion of the issues that are out there right now," he said. (The president's campaign rallies typically close with Springsteen's "We Take Care of Our Own" and the The Boss has campaign for Obama, notably in Ohio.) "You just mentioned Bob Marley, I can remember when I was in college listening and not agreeing with his whole philosophy necessarily, but raising my awareness about how people outside of our country were thinking about the struggles for jobs, and dignity and freedom," Obama said. "You think about a lot of music of the 70s, there was a sense of engagement in what was happening with the anti-war movement, what was happening with respect to the civil rights movement. "And so I would hope that we're going to see more of that, 'cause young people, they communicate in a lot of different ways and everything moves so fast today that you can set the world on fire in a positive way just through a message that goes through the Internet," he said, adding with a smile that when he bought music in years past "I had to go buy an album or a cartridge." (When's the last time the defunct 8-track platform for music came up in a presidential interview?) But, Obama noted, because of the campaign and crises on his plate, "I haven't updated my iPod."

Originally posted by Kisuke Yess Tho i dont know if its a right time to say that...

Actually, he's being incredibly clever. He did ten interviews yesterday, all either having to do with the battleground states or with the incredibly crucial young-adult demographic that Obama needs to use to his advantage.

At first I thought the same, but in all reality he's trying to get the attention of the young voter to go vote in November.

"But a lot of it has been more cultural than political. You've got folks like Springsteen who are still putting out very strong political statements, but I'd like to see a more explicit discussion of the issues that are out there right now,"

Originally posted by Doc This won't get him the White male vote.

Originally posted by Doc This won't get him the White male vote.

Originally posted by Istan4R 10 interviews wow Obamas scared

Originally posted by Istan4R 10 interviews wow Obamas scared

Are we surprised that President Obama is here for hip-hop though?

Originally posted by Istan4R 10 interviews wow Obamas scared

Obama shouldn't be ********ting, he wants to be president. It's not something you just joke around nonchalantly about.

Originally posted by Jameson Teqkilla Is this your first election or something? This is how politics works. Interview interview interview.

Originally posted by DDRdashing Are we suprised that Presiden Obama is here for hip-hop though?