The BlackRadioIsBack.com and FuseBox Radio Broadcast family just wanted to share the sampler from the classic Long Island, NY Hip-Hop group, EPMD from their upcoming album, We Mean Business .
This album will be dropping independently through their own Def Squad/Hit Squad label (via Unique Distribution) on December 9, 2008.
From my personal opinion, We Mean Business (EPMD's 7th album in their career and the first studio album they're done in over 10 years) sounds like it's going to be a pretty hot piece of work.
After seeing the reunited MC and producer duo of Erick Sermon and PMD perform live doing both old school and a few samples from We Mean Business from in New York City a few months back at the Black August Concert, the brothers of EPMD look like they are definitely serious about making quality Hip-Hop music happen for the masses to cop.
Give EPMD's 8 minute We Mean Business mixed album sampler a listen and cop the download of it by clicking here.
Bonus Music Video #1: EPMD feat. K-Solo & Redman - The Head Banger (classic early 1990s NYC Hip-Hop, from the Business Never Personalalbum)
Bonus Music Video #2: EPMD - The Big Payback (classic late 1980s NYC Hip-Hop, from the Unfinished Business album)
Bonus Music Video #3: EPMD - Crossover (classic early 1990s NYC Hip-Hop, one of EPMD's biggest crossover hits - ironically by the title; can listen to this and other quality EPMD joints from their last album that dropped in the late 1990s, Out of Business)
This is the FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah for the week of November 5, 2008 with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul music, news and commentary.
This week's commentary covered the final results in the U.S. Presidential Election with the overwhelming win by President-Elect Barack Obama and it's emotional and historical meaning to both the Black American Population, overall American Population and Worldwide Hip-Hop Generations by both it's numbers and impact.
We do not have new Direct EFX or Black Agenda Report segments this week due to our extended FuseBox Radio Broadcast and BlackRadioIsBack.com Presidential Election commentary.
FuseBox Radio Playlist for the Week of Nov. 5, 2008 (in no particular order)
A Tribe Called Quest/Award Tour/Jive Q-Tip feat. Busta Rhymes/Getting Up (DJ Scratch RMX)/White Label Blitz The Ambassador feat. Rob Murat/Breath/Reprise Records H.R. (of Bad Brains)/Reborn from the Dead/DC Hardcore Mos Def/Life in Marvelous Times/Downtown Brand New Heavies/All Fired Up (Tom Moulton Mix)/Delicious Vinyl K'naan/ABCs (Chubb Rock RMX)/A&M & Octane Jazznova feat. Ben Westbeech/I Can See/Verve Records The Knux/Fire/Interscope Wayne Brady/F.W.B./Concord Nas/Election Night/White Label Pharrell/How Does It Feel/Star Trak & Interscope Portrait/Here We Go Again!/Capitol Kidz In The Hall feat. Estelle/Love Hangover/Duckdown Q-Tip/Shaka/Universal Motown Jake One feat. MF Doom/Get Er Done/White Van Music D.O.E. feat. Keri Hilson/Coming Down/White Label (http://www.myspace.com/itsdoe) Duke/Freedom In Africa/Six Degrees Records Shonie/Miss Independent RMX/Slick Salt Ent. & Slip-N-Slide Records Prodigy/Cold World (inst.)/Dirt Class Records Dwele/A Few Reasons (inst.)/RT Music Group & Koch G*Fam/Get Down (inst.)/G*Fam Records Lil Fats feat. Illaj/Something Sexy (inst.)/Hi Rollerz Records Critical/Remember (inst.)/Creative Juices Music Demarco feat. Jim Jones/Fallen Soliders RMX (inst.)/Epic & Koch Ron Browz/Jumpin' (Out The Window) (inst.)/Universal Motown Beyonce/Single Ladies (inst.)/Sony Pete Rock/'Til I Retire/Nature Sounds EMPD feat. Keith Murray/K.I.M./Def Jam Queen Latifah feat. Treach, KRS-1,& Heavy D/Rough/Flavor Unit Beastie Boys/Rootdown/White Label Damian Marley feat. Nas/Road to Zion/Tuff Gong & Universal Clymande/Zion I/White Label Steel Pulse/Ku Klux Klan/White Label Aswad/Babylon/White Label Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths/Young, Gifted & Black/White Label Gregory Isaacs/Be Yourself/White Label Seal/Dreams in Metaphors/White Label TaNeal/Gangsta's Cry/White Label Doobie Brothers/Black Water/White Label James Brown/Just Enough for Storage/White Label Mother's Finest/BabyLove (Live)/White Label Living Colour/Pride (Live at CBGB's)/White LAbel Jan Hammer/Airport Swap/White Label Tamar Kali/Your Girl/White Label
PLUS Special Extra Tracks in A Secret Jon Judah Master Mix w/ Old School Classics and more MySpace.com Independent Music Finds
President-Elect Barack Obama with his wife and daughters celebrating his victory at election headquarters in Chicago on Tuesday night (Source: NY Times)
The lengthy election process and movement that has led to Senator Barack Obama (Fox News and those other so-called "conservative Republican" Americans can use the middle name if they wish, doesn't change what's gone down) becoming the future President of the United States not only says a wonderful thing about the progress and hard work of Black America throughout the years but also of the solid contributions of the multiple Hip-Hop Generations of America.
It is a known fact that the multiple post-Civil War Reconstuction period social movements (Black Upliftment, Latino Upliftment, Feminism, the fight for same sex rights, etc.) that are now collective grouped into what is now called Civil Rights Movement made a huge impact in America with the the past 40+ years of social change with all Americans of Color and Women.
The children from all of those Civil Rights Movements are what I call the Hip-Hop Generations, those born from the mid-1960s to the present day - the post-Baby Boomers and Generations X, Y & Z.
For some in the U.S., the collective power of the Hip-Hop Generations for the gate has been a scary thing to behold in regards to both it's historically new found power and privledge.
After all, these kids were getting more fame, more money, more attention and more things in fields as diverse as from your average 9 to 5 gig to activism to entertainment - what was (and is) going to be done with that scenario?
Some confused members of the Civil Rights Movements became upset because they could not understand or totally control this new generation of young people who while not only reaping the benefits from their works did not mind questioning or pushing aside what they felt did not work for them with the new mainstream society that came about the previous generations' successes and failures.
There have been plenty of elders - blood related and otherwise - throughout the years that have made the effort to at least understand these youth so they could work in conjunction to pass on a positive legacy and make some quality moves. For these people, I am forever grateful.
Unfortunately, there have been others that let their despite show and cause a wave of mostly unjustified negative reactions.
The reasons throughout the years for these actions have ranged from everything to petty and bitter jealousies to a simple pre-fabricated Fear of a Hip-Hop Planet, created by a Mainstream News Media and Government that for the vast majority of the time does not care about anyone or anything but self-preservation.
Why is it that both generations don't get along the way they should?
Some members of the Civil Rights Generation have stopped doing that is natural to everything that exists in nature - the passing on lessons and ways from the past to survive a hostile world.
For some, it was better to pass the buck of shame then to look in the mirror, admit mistakes have been made and to go about working hard strong role in what at times can be an uphill battle with making a child (of any age range) into an adult.
This completely negative way of raising the youth has alarmingly created a mentally and physically nilistic way of life for the Hip-Hop Genrations of all ethnic, economic and social backgrounds in the United States in various ways, especially in the 21st century.
The "it is what it is" mentality of apathy and dejection settled in people's hearts and with that, has stunted what was an amazing 100+ years of societal growth in this country due to new ideas and concepts forming new types of people. Maybe for some parties, that was the point.
A group of people only care when others do the same.
To have your parents and other older people you instinctively look up to say that "Young People", "Black People", "Spainish People", "Hip-Hoppers", etc. will never play a part creating real change over and over again is a terrible thing to place in someone's mind. It should not cause any surprise when things go backwards instead of forwards when this occurs.
The entire journey of the Obama Presidential Campaign should honestly make a lot of folks who say these groups of people are not important in this country as well as it's impact on the world should hopefully sit down, think hard and reassess what's really good so that progress can occur on a consistent basis.
The tried and true ways of the Civil Right Generations and those before them of working within and beyond the system played a valuable role in this political win - the knocking of doors, signing people up hand to hand, going on mainstream media outlets, etc.
However, the gifts, ambition and technologies of the Hip-Hop Generations pushed things over to a new plateau.
What is going to show in history as the best example of this is the creative usage of the Internet by the Hip-Hop Generations as a both quick news (and more importantly, Independent Media) source and way to organize played the greatest role of any technology that has ever existed for any sort of election.
Look at what happened:
* A regular person could recieve constant updates on what was going on on the Election Trail - the good, the bad, the ugly and downright messed up - from all political parties.
Actions and speeches were exposed immediately for the masses to interpet AND respond to on their own with like-minded people as well as different other different communities to share ideas, especially with YouTube and other forms of internet video.
Everyone having the ability to become their own news and/or propaganda organization with various websites and blogs ended up being an overall positive thing in making folks feel like they were some sort of small part of the political process.
I have to give it up to every MC, every singer, every DJ (radio, mixtape, club and podcast DJs - BIG UP!), every actor, every writer, every publication (BIG shouts to Don Diva, Vibe and The Source for their excellent special issues on the election) and every average bro or sis on the street who wanted to express in their viewpoint what was good and spread the word about the election.
Whether via music video and song, opinion piece, article, interview and whatever other way folks could think of to let the young people know in their own unique way the importance of voting (many of thse folks taking part of the process for the first time), letting people know about election law and election fraud, dispelling rumours and so forth is not inconsequential.
To have folks as diverse in the Hip-Hop community from Chuck D of Public Enemy to Jay-Z, Pharell to Young Jeezy, T.I. to Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip to Bun B of UGK, Talib Kweli to Jim Jones and plenty of others it would be impossible to name right now being all for the same cause and reaching different audiences for a common cause is and was a beautiful thing.
* One could look at your presidential candidates' platforms in depth on their respective websites to get more then the "sound bite" version of what was good with them.
* Volunteer and fundraising efforts for poltiicians of all stripes - from the "major" two political parties to independent party folks like the Green Party, Libertarians, etc. - were revolutionized with direct internet communication, allowing the average man to actually see they were playing some sort of role with things directly.
Getting everyone from the youngest eligible voter to the oldest (stories of people in their 80s to 100s going to the polls or filling in absentee ballots) to let their voices heard (with one of the highest turnouts in recent history in the United Staes) is the very definition of forward looking Democracy in Action.
Both the Civil Rights and Hip-Hop Generations all political stripes voted not because of a legal obligation (even most dictatorships in this day and age at least go through doing a sham vote to not look like total tyrants), but a moral and social obligation in their hearts to right a very wronged ship of the Bush 43rd Presidency of the past 8 years.
Whether you voted for Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. John McCain or any of the Third Party candidates, this should be a moment to be all who engaged in the process should be very proud of.
So now, everybody, here we are.
The proverbial New Day in America has come with a loud shout for C-H-A-N-G-E being heard from all points.
I am very happy that I can look forward the period twenty days after my 30th Birthday (New Years Eve 2008), having a Black American will be sworn in as President of the United States on Inaugaration Day (Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - right after the official holiday observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday).
I will not front and say that as a Black Woman and a member of the Hip-Hop Generation in America, that I am not extremely happy or proud of all of my people right now. A qualified and intelligent Person of Color in this poltical office (hell, of any background really) is very long overdue and one could only be happy both a popular and electoral vote count made that abundantly clear.
Also, now the world will see this amazing feat that was accomplished due to the diverse Civil Rights and Hip-Hop Generations working together to make this happen:
Black America White America Latino America Young America Old America Rich America (a suprisingly high number) Poor America And So Forth and So On...
Now, since one thing has been accomplised, it's time to take all of that energy, emotion and brainpower expended for this political race and to place it in other parts of your local, state, national and worldwide communties.
Volunteer in your community, spend quality time with your families, friends and neighbors, use your local libraries and bookstores to both absorb and share knowledge...do whatever you can do in your daily power to make a difference.
The deeply embedded issues of how America and the world percieve Race, Class and Social issues have not disappeared due to the election on Senator Obama to become President Obama in the least (there still needs to be a REALnational dialouge about that).
But, with his election by a multitude of different peoples, one part of the glass ceiling now as a few panes missing and shattered to let a bit of the sunshine in. It's not going to be so easy to Plug and Play stereotypes about the incompentance and immorality Black Americans and all Americans of Color so easy anymore - and that is a damned wonderful thing.
It will take the work of both generations - those on the inside of the system, activists on the outside, everyone in between and the Independent Media as the Eye in the Sky to cover & critique it all - to make sure that not just Barack Obama and future polticans do that they need to, but most importantly, making ourselves, live to the best of our potential to continue the direction of true, long lasting and positive change from the best directions possible.
The alarm from director Spike Lee's School Daze has rung for all to hear:
And it seems like folks are waking up from our national dorms of defeat and deceit after a long, drugged slumber - now time to stay up and awake for whatever else comes.
Peace and Happy To Be An Active Part of History,
Mary Nichols (DJ Fusion) FuseBox Radio Broadcast BlackRadioIsBack.com
DJ Fusion's Vote Is In for the 2008 Presidential Election...Get Yours In As Well Today!
It took an hour and a half in my home state from the opening at the polls (7 am - 8:30 am), but the BlackRadioIsBack.com and syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast family went out to vote today...
The turnout was incredible (long line, patient folks, took forever to find a place to park) and if such a thing continues as a trend here in the U.S. on the political end in regards to passion about what's going down in this country, who knows where things can go positively in the future - only time will tell.
PLEASE take out your time to exercise your right to place your educated vote in this U.S. Presidential Election if you are eligible and registered (as well as playing a role in your local political races as well) and in the future.
We will be posting up articles, opinions and such here on BlackRadioIsBack.com with this Election Day open thread periodically throughout the day and invite you all to express your feelings as well in regards to what's going down here in the States - what does this election mean to you, the incoming polls, the aftermath, etc.
In the meantime, here are some pics from when folks got to the polls around the way for y'all to check out:
Folks In Line When Getting In...
More folks in line with the youth...
Nice patient crowd...folks pretty amped to be here...
Part of the line at opening of the polls at 7 am EST
Young Folks Prepared to Wait It Out...
Smart Business Folks selling Soul Food right at the polling area for the hungry voters (and had MAD folks there ready to get their eat on after voting)
Smart Business Folks show making money off a good thing runs in the family...
BlackRadioIsBack.com Live Blog Begins:
6:30 pm - listens to Monique's syndicated show, Monique in the Afternoon, and hears her and Roland Martin talking that real talk to people who are saying they are too busy to vote and whatnot (on some family like "a hard head makes a soft ass" talk)
7:00 pm - go out to store to get Mom cold meds, honey for tea and OJ (have fam in the crib today). Next to NO ONE is in the shopping centers but the folks who work there, so can only assume folks are putting in the last few votes in at the polls or at home waiting to watch the results.
7:25 pm - VERY early projections are coming on on CNN, MSNBC, etc. - less then 1% of the vote in most states...not taking it too serious as of yet. Lots of babbling from various reporters about the historical nature of things. Mom is talking to relatives on the phones...
7:36 pm - am I the only one that feels that CNN is setting Senator Obama up for a loss, talking about the polls may or may not be reality?
7:50 pm - puts on BBC Radio's World Service while downloading extra songs for this week's episode of the FuseBox Radio Broadcast. Folks from Belgium to Kenya to the U.K. are calling in about the impact of the U.S. Presidential Election over here. One listener saying that we better be sure what we want and what we get is kind of bugged out and true. Also talk about the Electoral College's history being pretty messed up (lack of trust in the regular masses being able to vote for a politician by popular vote). Seems pretty pro-Obama around that way with the feedback. Florida's Latino population's vote is being talked about, especially the possible changes in the Cuban Community...
8:00 pm - got a mess of new Obama-related Hip-Hop songs in the e-mail the past few days, let me give a few of them to ya:
8:10 pm - talking to one of my peoples on the phone from NJ, they're saying the projections are getting on their nerves already while watching New York's ABC 7 News Coverage there; CNN projections so far show 77 Electoral Votes to 34 Electoral Votes, Obama's advantage
8:35 pm - Feel free to hit your folks up here at BlackRadioIsBack.com on the instant messenger on AIM at djfusion9, Yahoo IM at djfusion5 or gMail IM at fuseboxraido to talk about the election, shall be up pretty much all night. We're also on Twitter at @fuseboxradio live and direct!
8:50 pm - goes to Fox News' website for s***s and giggles; 81 to 39 in Electoral Vote projection for Sen. Obama's advantage, so while being mad stiff with the projections, they are sort of being on the same plane, we'll see; WTF at Alaska's Voting results might not be counted for 10 Days article on the site
9:10 pm - LOL at Fox News on cable pretty much ignoring the presidential election results so far and looking at local elections mad stiff-faced
9:15 pm - BBC News' website so far projecting 175 to 76 Electoral Votes in favor of Senator Obama; * dies and cries * at CNN Correspondent saying it will be "Peace Out Boy Scout" if McCain doesn't get Virginia; Georgia projected by ABC and CNN for Senator McCain
9:20 pm - switches to live NPR Election Coverage feed on the internet for news information; talk about a great deal of Senate seats being lost by the Republican Party so far very early tonight
9:27 pm - Green Party has a live video feed here for my folks to check out the 3rd party; NPR on the air is projecting Ohio for Senator Obama!; BBC News shows 195 to 76 Electoral Votes in favor of Senator Obama; talking to Jon Judah on the phone about the election results so far
9:35 pm - Virginia and Florida so far being said too close to call by most news channels, we shall see how it goes; CNN is being cautious as hell calling any states on TV for whatever reason...
9:41 pm - The Twitter feed is off the charts and my IM account is flooded with all sorts of messages for BlackRadioIsBack.com - thanks for the love!
9:42 pm - CNN TV says not since Abraham Lincoln that a Republican has one the White House and the Presidency without Ohio...interesting historical factoid
9:43 pm - The magic map on CNN is bugging my eyes...it's like a Google Map and Windows Vista had a child
9:45 pm - goes back to NPR live election coverage on the web; they are talking about the negativity of the polls for the Republican Party; New Hampshire got their first woman Senator, that's what's up; 200 to 80 Electoral Votes advantage for Senator Obama by NPR
9:50 pm - BLEH at Senator McCain getting Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina :(
9:55 pm - BBC Radio's World Service & NPR have some ol' sedate and calm sounding reporters; Senator McCain besides North Carolina (too close to call) seems like he got the U.S. Bible Belt on lock for his Electoral Votes
10:00 pm - 200 to 130 Electoral Votes advantage for Senator Obama by the BBC; Iowa for Senator Obama according to CNN, 206 to 89 Electoral Votes according to CNN at the present advantage Senator Obama; trying hard not to get amped yet, but it's VERY hard
10:10 pm - Twitter shut down for the 1st time on me tonight; jittery as all get out off of Pepsi; Comedy Central's InDecision 2008 on the web and TV is dope with The Daily Show and Colbert Report double teaming things with their coverage; 207 to 103 Electoral Votes with the advantage to Senator Obama by the BBC; WOW at CNN talking about Obama did a good job not scaring America with his run (meaning white America); got an IM saying that McCain's headquarters to them has a "cracker" vibe to it and is hostile looking on their TV coverage
10:20 pm - Comedian David Alan Grier has his live blog for his TV show Chocolate Newshere, is pretty gassed about how the Election Results are showing up so far; the DMV (DC, Maryland and Virgina) might bring it in for Senator Obama like the NYC/NJ area; President Bush getting a lot of the blame for his wack run as president for Senator McCain's loss of Electoral Votes so far by CNN
10:30 pm - Fox News' reporters are being dry as hell and looking like they need Paxil to calm the slow burning anger down and only covering local political races STILL tonight; turned to C-Span on the TV and watched the folks at Senator McCain's headquaters in Arizona looking bored and unhappy at their party; getting to stretch out neck after being on office phone for 3 hours straight so far talking to various folks about the election in one way or the other
10:42 pm - Republican Party called "monochromatic" by CNN on TV; watching C-Span, it's looking and sounding like the folks at the McCain party in Arizona are kind of throwing in the towel and whatnot, which is a bit weird and game-y to me; folks on CNN talking about kicking Senator Joe Lieberman out of the Democratic Caucus after the election; 207 to 138 according to the BBC with the advantage to Senator Obama
10:45 pm - NPR shows the DMV is repping on the real for Senator Obama! Virginia projected for the Senator Obama by NPR...am proud of my born and home area right now! :)
10:50 pm - eating piece of leftover rum cake to much on while typing like an small octopus on IM, Blogger and Twitter; Will.I.Am is on CNN now...OK; Mama Fusion is getting amped a bit around here as well as the family
10:52 pm - What sort of bootleg Star Trek "Beam Me Up Scotty" B.S. deluxe is on CNN bringing people in for interviews?!?
11:00 pm - What is really good with the piano interludes on NPR? It's like they're trying to calm you to sleep with some hot tea.
11:01 pm - NPR is projecting a win for Senator Obama to become President Obama!!! Oh My GOD!!! * tries to hold fast to hear other news media projections *
11:05 pm - President Obama...it is official! :) :) :) :) My Mama is crying right now and the coverage in Chicago is unbelievable!
11:19 pm - Senator McCain is giving his concession speech, Spelman College looks like they're having a straight party and Twitter is blowing the f*** up with happiness. It's a good day for Black America in so many ways! :)
11:30 pm - Wow at how sour the folks are at Senator McCain's concession speech - so much for a united America. They need to get a grip and learn how to pronounce the new president's name. Wow at Jesse Jackson' crying on TV and Roland Martin on CNN.
11:35 pm - The man on Fox News in Chicago is looking so damned sad right now, I almost feel sorry for them...NOT! Mama Fusion is on phone with relatives talking about how off the chain this is...still answering crazy text and IM messages along with Twitter...history is in the making family! Waiting for Barack Obama's acceptance speech...
11:47 pm - Still waiting for President Barack Obama's speech at midnight before heading out to the local club in MD or drive out to DC to see how folks are reacting around the way (and might slam back a drink or 4). The win by President Obama is a 1980s Ronald Regan-esque election merking (so far 338 to 155 Electoral Votes to the favor of the new pres.), so there can be NO questions of what went down...
11:55 pm - juggling the phone and all forms of internet right now; am I wrong for not being able to WAIT for The Viewtomorrow to see Elisabeth Hassleback get destroyed by Joy Behar and Whoppi Goldberg? ; the church celebrating on CNN in the ATL and the interview is so beautiful; Obama is NOT playing, will start getting ready for the transition tomorrow - guess the drapes were being measured for the White House
12:25 am - finished watching President Obama's (yes, I'm going to keep typing that even though he is the U.S. President Elect, folks need to deal) acceptance speech, talked to Mama Fusion for a min., now searching for a swig of something to mix in my soda as a celebration drink
12:50 am - too much talk on CNN now that's making me a bit sleepy; got this awesome pic of the new First Family of the United States from the folks at The Electronic Village:
1:00 am - I really have to thank everyone who was a part of the experience of covering things in this first live blog ever done on BlackRadioIsBack.com (and a little after a year of our existance) via IM, Twitter, text message, e-mail and on the phone. It is really appreciated to hae all of y'all be down for this new way of documenting history in the making.
While I am still a bit amped, a sista also getting sleepy (and so far, am trying to be good and hit the 9 to 5 tomorrow), needs to get the FuseBox Radio Broadcast for this week ready to go and will have to write the overall opinion up here of the impact of the win of Senator and soon to be President Barack Obama on America as a whole, it's impact particularly Black America and what this could mean for the World At Large sometime tomorrow (and it's more then just political) as well as our responsibility of what to do next to make things to in a positive direction that we want it to go.
Peace to all and Good Night! DJ Fusion FuseBox Radio/BlackRadioIsBack.com
Bonus Music Video #1: Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock
Bonus Music Video #2: Ultramagnetic MCs - Traveling At The Speed Of Thought
Bonus Music Video #3: Afrika Bambaataa - Looking For the Perfect Beat
Bonus Music Video #4: Ultamagnetic MC's - Poppa Large
Bonus Music Video #5: Afrika Bambaataa - Peace, Unity, Love and Having Fun
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A Picture of Your Folk, DJ Fusion of the FuseBox Radio & BlackRadioIsBack.com Taken Yesterday: Guess Who We're Betting On For The Win...(mostly, see below)
After almost two full years of dealing with the U.S. Presidential Election's:
* Commericals (mostly inane, with bits of incredible trash here and there)
* Town Halls & Debates
* Campaign Stops
* Political Pundits Of All Parties on TV and Radio yelling at each other to the point of making a droning White Noise in my brain
* Thousands of articles on the internet to read from news websites and fellow bloggers of all stripes as well as YouTube Rants
* Thousands of songs of all music genres from all over the world about the good, bad and ugly of the election (but especially the Hip-Hop and Soul Music arenas)
* Fundraisers for every Political Party and Ideology imaginable, in every way imaginable (I don't know about y'all but this is the first time in my life of about 30 years I've recieved invites to Debate Parties)
* Election-related mixtapes about/relating to/using the brand Sen. Barack Obama and/or "change" (have personally listened to at least 200)
* And more...
We are now less then 24 hours away from Election Day here in the United States.
All of the reading, talking, marching, debating and so forth in the world is not going to mean anything if the Right to Vote is not exercised by the people - regardless of Political Affiliation, Race, Class or other Social Structure.
With the history of the United States, everyone except Rich White Landowners (look it up) had to fight for a legal right for representation in their government.
To give the short shift to that battle made by thousands of people throughout the years is not just being disrespectful of the country, but to your ancestors and the past.
As we've stated numerous times throughout the past few months on the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast and BlackRadioIsBack.com, the family here advocates for an educated vote regardless of what political party you are leaning towards and to not get caught up in the hype and personalities.
PLEASE educate yourself in regards who you're marking your ballot for, what that politican's platforms is (which can be found on any political party's website for their respective candidates) and so forth, so folks can walk out of the voting booth being content with themselves and truly voicing the directon of where you want the U.S. (and with that, the world) to go to.
Whatever the results are, let's remember that the vote is just one of many important aspects of making fundamental changes what some feel is a corrupt system for the better.
Do not give up being politically involved in anything if things do not go the way that might be the most pleasing to folks (and understandably, it can be hard) or if it doesn't seem popular at another time in history.
NOTE: We're personally rooting for due to both policy stances as well overall moral rightness in this country for the best odds for the win in this U.S. Presidential Election to be for Senator Barack Obama of the Democratic Partyand for one of the 3rd Political Parties to at least get 5% of the overall vote to get matching federal funds in upcoming major elections to get a viable alternative to the regular two party system in this country - the Green Party with the Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente ticket is the best look for that.
All people - especially Black People and People of Color in the Americas in the Americas - will still have to protest and work in all possible ways both within the mainstream system and outside the system to make any sorts of positive change occur.
The history of people in general all over the world shows that one always had to utilize both ways of protest to make solid fundamental change in their societies.
In the 21st century, being quiet and sitting down does nothing but make it easier for folks to kick you in the head and take away things worked and fought hard for.
To close this write up, I'm going to link to an article by independent journalist Greg Palast that is probably one of the most succinct and personal statements I've read through the past 2 years about the meaning of your vote and this election which also coincides nicely to the BlackRadioIsBack.com and FuseBox Radio Broadcast family's opinion of the overall importance of this vote here.
GET OUT AND VOTE!
Peace,
Mary Nichols a.k.a. DJ Fusion FuseBox Radio Broadcast/BlackRadioIsBack.com
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Get the free download and check out director's Michael Moore's documentary, Slacker Uprising, here. Check out the description from the official website:
"Slacker Uprising" takes place in the wake of "Fahrenheit 9/11," during the run-up to the 2004 election, as I traveled for 42 days across America, visiting 62 cities in a failed attempt to remove George W. Bush from office. My goal was to help turn out a record number of young voters and others who had never voted before. (That part was a success. Young adults voted in greater numbers than in any election since 18-year-olds were given the right to vote. And the youth vote was the only age group that John Kerry won.)
What I encountered during the tour and the filming was both inspiring and frightening, so I thought, hey, this might make for a funny and enlightening movie! Each night, thousands would show up to volunteer in the Slacker Army against Bush. This drove local Republicans nuts. In one state they tried to have me arrested. At two colleges, rich donors offered to donate more money to the college if they would ban me from campus. Nearly a half-dozen universities kept the Slacker Uprising tour off their campuses. But there was no stopping this movement. By the time we got to Florida, 16,000 people a night were showing up.
It was clear that young people were the ones who were going to save the day -- just as they are in this year's election.
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