OK, Will.I.Am, We Get It: You Like Barack Obama

Dan Gibson | March 3, 2008 11:50 am

One crappy video for your candidate of choice: Understandable. You’re enthusiastic, and for at least the moment, you can round up a few celebrities to talk over a eighth-rate beat. Who wouldn’t do the same in your shoes? But a second video? Now you’ve gone too far, pal.

While I had been wondering who the white guy from the movie Barbershop is voting for, is this sort of campaigning actually helping? I sort of lazily climbed on the Obama bandwagon after my Edwards dreams were crushed, but the weird cult of personality that’s surrounding the guy is really starting to creep me out–and having the guy responsible for Fergie in his corner isn’t helping.

will.i.am, I’ve seen your future, and it looks a lot like MC Hammer’s. You two certainly covered similar ground musically:

Hammer was on top once too, but then the weight of hubris brought him back down to size. But hey, he’s back with the all-dance-video site Dance Jam, so there’s at least some light at the end of the tunnel, pal. Either way, head off to obscurity with some class, and spare us another video civics lesson.

Will.I.Am – We Are The Ones [Youtube]

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