Jermaine Dupri Weighs In On Barack Obama’s DNC Speech
Exactly why was Obama supposed to be giving everyone a history lesson in his speech when the whole point was to talk about the future? What he said was exactly what he needed to say to introduce himself to apolitical folks like me and get us fired up and ready to make a change. It was his job to lay out the plan that will bring America into the 21st century, and that’s what he did.
I want to know where we’re going and how we’re going to get there, not where we’ve already been. It’s his actions that carry the torch for MLK, not some boring tribute to the past that other people expect him to make. That’s the kind of bullshit that old people who’ve been here forever get stuck on. They’re missing the point. They’re forgetting that when they followed Martin Luther King they were young themselves. They were looking ahead, not backwards.
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Looks Like Obama is winning over everyone, especially major figures in Hip Hop. I just hope people are not expecting overnight changes if Obama ends up becoming the president.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 6:08 pm
“That’s the kind of bullshit that old people who’ve been here forever get stuck on. They’re missing the point. They’re forgetting that when they followed Martin Luther King they were young themselves. They were looking ahead, not backwards.”
damn JD u said it perfect i agree with you good shit.
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:18 pm
When I first started making music in Atlanta, people said I was too country, and that the music of the South would never have the flava of what was going on in New York or LA. Now everyone’s coming to Atlanta. It’s the mecca of music. Times change.
^^^ interesting…
other then that i feel u Jermaine.
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:45 pm
GOOD POINT JERMAINE….OBAMA FOr PREZ
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:11 pm
hit the nail on the head