It's official, I guess: George W. Bush really isn't Eminem's homie. Recently leaked to the internet, Eminem's video for the song Mosh is harshly anti-Bush. In the past Eminem's music has been anti-establishment but not especially political; now, however, he has entered the political fray with a vengeance. But will it have any impact?

Here are some of the lyrics:

Let the president answer a higher anarchy
Strap him with an Ak-47, let him go, fight his own war
Let him impress daddy that way
No more blood for oil, we got our own battles to fight on our own soil
No more psychological warfare, to trick us to thinking that we ain't loyal
If we don't serve our own country, we're patronizing a hero
Look in his eyes its all lies
The stars and stripes, they've been swiped, washed out and wiped
And replaced with his own face, Mosh now or die

In these closing statements, if they should argue
Let us beg to differ
As we set aside our differences
And assemble our own army
To disarm this Weapon of Mass Destruction
That we call our President, for the present
And Mosh for the future of our next generation
To speak and be heard

The Nation comments:

Mosh could well be one of the most overtly political pop music videos ever produced, and is easily the most direct anti-Bush cultural statement since Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. Although the video debuted just a week before the election, it could have an unprecedented cultural and political impact, coming from the top-grossing rap star in America, and one of the seminal pop icons of the last decade. ... Even if the song's late arrival gives it a limited impact on the vote, Eminem's pronounced political shift should send shivers through the largely unchecked right-wing establishment.

Laura Large writes for About's Rap / Hip-Hop site:

On a newly leaked warcry called "Mosh," an incensed Eminem calls Bush a "monster," a "coward that we have empowered," urges listeners to put aside differences to "fight," "charge," "march" and "mosh" outside the oval office until he brings the troops home, and asks "how can we allow something like this without pumping our fists."

There is a very in-depth, detailed analysis of the video available at Daily Kos, but it really only makes sense after you have seen the video once or twice. Even if you aren't a fan of rap and/or Eminem, it's worth your time to watch the video. It is, at the very least, a very effective and interesting use of imagery to make a variety of social and political points. Whether it will have any political impact, though, is another question.

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