Congratulations to Barack Obama and Obamaholics across the nation.

During the last months this site, focused on African American culture, has had a steady dose of Obama related content. That is fitting, considering an Obama presidency’s impact on Black America. We look forward, though, to getting back to highlighting cultural artifacts of interest the the black community. Hence this post.

The idea of a black president is one that has generated much speculation in our community. In film, music, and literature the notion has been kicked around sometimes as an impossible farce and sometimes as a radical, revolutionary challenge. Off the top of my head, a couple of popular tunes come to mind when thinking of a black president. I thought I’d present them here just for kicks since, after today, we can never listen to these songs in the same way. I’m hoping to hear one or more of these cuts at the inaugural.

fyi: hit the little speaker icon next to the name to play the track without leaving the page.

Funky President (People it’s Bad) James Brown-1974

One Nation Under a Groove Funkadelic-1978

Paint the White House Black George Clinton-1993

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