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Eminem’s ‘Mosh’ video disses Bush
Rapper says he hopes video will inspire young people to voteBy Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur
BET.comA video for Eminem’s “Mosh” has begun a rapid circulation in the internet and, as expected, the video is a pointed, visual criticism of president George W. Bush and the present administration.
“Mosh” was directed by Ian Inaba of the Guerrilla News Network and created with a staff of illustrators, animators and special effects artists. Inaba explained how the video came to be.
“The goal was to make a video that inspired young people to vote because they too often disregard it as a powerless exercise,” he said of “Mosh.” To show them that political decisions do impact their daily lives and that voting is the most powerful act we all have to voice our opinion and effect change. And to educate and reiterate the point that whether or not people want to accept it, there are forces in play that attempt to suppress the youth and minority vote.”
In the five-minute video, Eminem and the GNN push the creative license to the fullest. Planes fly over schools and explode in the background, meanwhile Eminem, dressed as President Bush, is reading an upside down elementary school book. But, as the story progresses, it depicts Em inside an apartment with walls of newspaper clippings disapproving of the current administration. However, the critique doesn’t end with the president. In “Mosh” a cartoon Lloyd Banks is a victim of profiling, other families fall prey to poverty, and other domestic issues are addressed. In the end, hordes of youth march towards the White House with Eminem leading the fray.
GNN’s previous effort with Eminem, the “White America” video, didn’t make it past the internet for its graphic indictment of the middle America. Inaba said he was optimistic that this would represent a change.
“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,” he said. “Now, it’s up to the broadcasters, will they ban the top selling musical artist for being anti-establishment while they allow other propaganda to air? Or will they finally allow an artist who has the courage to speak out to take center stage and utilize the airwaves for something other than typical celebrity fodder?”
“Mosh” can be found on Eminem’s Encore, due on Nov. 16 through Shady/Interscope records. And to deter bootlegging, the set will also feature 25 glossy photo inserts, full album lyrics, a free ringtone and other incentives.
Source: MSNBCYour opinions?
I’ve heard it and even before I saw this I knew there was something about this. I knew there was a point to it, but at that point I couldn’t identify exactly what it was. Was it to make people see Bush’s wrongs? Was it to make people go vote? It turned out to go both ways. Catchy title detn8r, that’s my favorite line in the whole song! No more blood for oil…that makes sense. Too much sense if you ask me because we aren’t supposed to shed blood for oil. I’ve heard it on the radio so therefore it is being broadcasted after the Just Lose It craze died down a bit. I love Eminem and am patienly await his new album Encore. I just checked the lyrics…have a look at this “To disarm this Weapon of Mass Destruction That we call our President”. What do you think of that? Also after seeing the music video again I noticed the following: The people that march to the White House are all wearing black hooded sweatshirts. All the people that are walking in to vote are rich. The cops wouldn’t let the people in their sweatshirts in, but after the guy that was the army person took his off they got inside by spraying water at the cops. Once they were in they voted. At the end it says “Vote November 2nd”. So here we are. Interesting dont you think? The people with the black sweatshirts obviously reprsented “the hood” and the rich people (they were all white) represented those that benefited from the tax cut; the rich people. The rich people would obviously vote for Bush and therefore he would win. That brings us here. Wow I did a lot of research on that.
-quikI;m not going to try to get all political about this song, because I actually don’t know all that much about it(im 14). But I did think it was a good song. although I dont belive in a lot of the stuff he was saying(i did belive in SOME of it) I thought it was a good way to get your opinion out. its hard to not get into the song, even if you think Bush is doing the right thing
I heard the song on TRL I think. I knew it was coming because I heard news of Eminem writing a song dissing Bush. I think the video to the song was pretty good also. It is a great way to get Eminem fans to vote.
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