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"Big Hit Buda "Elect Obama RMX" More"

HUGE update filled w/ NEW trax and vids, none more powerful than Chicago’s Big Hit Buda with the “Elect Obama RMX” video! The song is a powerful message for change, of course supporting Obama from the title. Big Hit Buda sums it up as simple as possible as 2 why Obama is the man for positive change for this country in the biggest election of our nation’s history. The video itself is incredible as it illustrates many recognizable Chicago landmarks, but also gives viewers a unique look at the Chicago culture, featuring scenes of the busy streets and the bucket boys that I really love who are also scattered at major pedestrian spots across the ‘Go. It also enhances the message of the lyrics with powerful imagery that keeps u locked. Def a MUST-WATCH video above!

the link is below
http://www.gowherehiphop.com/2008/10/13/big-hit-buda-elect-obama-rmx-more/ - www.gowherehiphop.com


"Elect Obama Video Remix And Obamacans, Just What I Needed"

So I did a show tonight with other political comics in NYC, and one of the conservative acts just got under my skin. After the show was over, I just lost it and screamed on dude. I can’t take arguments about McCain’s honor when he and Palin are sponsoring dangerous hate rallies, and Obama and his family are out there risking their lives every day, straining security forces and not complaining about it.

McCain, the tough guy who “knows how to win a war” complains about media coverage. Obama gets threatened daily, and doesn’t say a thing.

Then, I got this badass video in my inbox. It’s a music video by Big Hit Buda and shot mostly in Chicago. I’m used to some pretty weak hip hop about Obama, but this track sounds good and is full of information. I urge you all to blast this while canvassing, get it into the field offices and try to convince Obama’s advance team to use it at events.

Nicely done:
- www.jackandjillpolitics.com


"Get Your lates Obama rap video here"

Get your latest Obama rap video here -
Posted by Joseph Ryan on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 09:46
Back in 2007, Chicago's Big Hit Buda made headlines with their "We Da Bears" tribute.

This time they have put their exceptional talents to elect Obama, with a video aptly titled "Elect Obama (remix)."

It may not go down in history like the Obama Girl video or the will.i.am spot - and given the that it is rap and features giant gold chains it probably won't be promoted by the campaign - but it is a high-quality, catchy mix.

See what you think:


the link is below here
http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/660 - www.dailyherald.com


"Local artist raps out the vote"


by Steven Schnarr

Sitting in a car next to road barricades on Michigan Avenue on election night, a guy was listening to Young Jeezy with a crowd of people. A Chicago rapper, Big Hit Buda, said he walked up to him, handed him his CD with a song titled “Elect Obama,” and said, “Just give me 10 seconds. If it’s whack, you can throw it across the street.”

Within 10 seconds of listening to the song, Brad “Big Hit Buda” Turner said the guy was bobbing his head. Brad and his brother started performing his song for the crowd in Grant Park.
Courtesy GOYK PHOTOGRAPHY - Big Hit Buda supported Obama’s campaign by giving donations to the campaign, performing his song and taking out radio ads in battleground states.
The song by Big Hit Buda is all about electing Obama. About two months earlier, Brad, Shawn “TiL Dawn” Turner and Columbia alumnus Kyle Farthing had been shooting a video on the streets of Chicago for the Turners’ song “Elect Obama” with a special appearance by the Bucket Boys of Chicago, a group who drums on the backs of five gallon buckets.

After they uploaded it to YouTube in late September, the video got more than 50,000 views before the election in the next month-and-a-half.

“I wanted to make something that would not preach-a lot of these songs are odes to Obama,” Turner said. “I wanted to write ours to reach to people who are undecided and give them concrete reasons why to elect Obama.”

The song’s lyrics reflect upon problems facing the country presently, saying, “Gas prices sky high/and the economy’s down/Foreclosures throughout big cities and small towns/We’re losing jobs and McBush just wants to drop bombs/Hell no/I won’t stay calm ’til the world sings this song.”

After Will.i.am released the “Yes We Can” video in January, the two realized they needed to make a video, as well.

After an Obama supporters’ meeting early in the primary season, Brad and Shawn began performing the song a capella and asked for help singing from the audience, Brad said. He said 20 to 30 people signed up to come into the studio later and record the chant “Elect Obama.” The duo got a larger variety of people than Shawn said he expected.

“That’s when I knew we were onto it,” he said. “Because Barack was preaching his message: Black, white, young, old, male, female. And that’s exactly [who] we had come [to record with us].”

They put the song together and then had bits of the song played on radio stations for the primary elections in Pennsylvania and South Carolina. Though they knew the effect they had wouldn’t be dramatic, Brad said there was a need for their song.

“Obviously it’s not going to change everybody, but the goal was to reach [the undecided voters]” he said. “And also to just fire up the base more and fire up the vote.”

That’s when they recruited Farthing and began shooting the video in August in the streets of Chicago. But the group ran into a little trouble at an Obama rally in Springfield, Ill., in August.

“They had rented a big cargo van [with] big speakers set up and everything,” Farthing said. “They tried to perform a little concert after Obama’s speech when everyone was coming out, and the cops shut them down. In the video you see a little part of the police walking up to them.”

They edited the video and posted it on YouTube in late September, spending about $4,000 recording the song, playing it on the radio, shooting the video and giving direct contributions to Obama, Shawn said.

For Farthing, who shot the video, it affected him in a way that he had not thought about before.

“I’m not really into politics that much,” he said. “It was more kind of a job at first, but then I saw their passion for it and [Brad] explained it to me. He had so much drive for it, he made me think about it more.”
The two said the comments on the YouTube page really speak to how popular the song is.

Comments included, “I hope you’re getting this out by hand to every radio station in every swing state that you can,” and “I’m not usually a fan of rap, but this is a fantastic and inspiring song/video.” Only a few comments out of more than 150 are negative, and just about Obama, not about the song itself.

As for the song actually making an effect on the election, Shawn thinks there are two sides to the story.

“They may not say, ‘I’m definitely going to vote for him now because I saw this video,’” he said. “But they may be like, ‘There are young people out here making music videos, really good ones-they’re motivated; they got a good message.’”

For the future, Shawn said they are still looking to expand and said he is interested in working with Columbia students.

“We’re looking to make some more videos,” he said. “But this is the first one that we would mail to anybody in the country and be like, ‘We made this.’”

Watch the video at ElectObamaToday.com.
- Columbia Chronicle


Discography

ELECT OBAMA remix (MUSIC VIDEO)
THE TIL DAWN EXPERIMENT (ALBUM)
STRICTLY BANGAZ (ALBUM) - iTunes, Cdbaby
WE DA BEARS (single) - 103.5 kiss FM, 97.9 The Loop, WGN, CBS. VOTED BEST BEARS SONG IN CHICAGO
50-50 REMIX FT. JAMEISHA TRICE (single)
POWER 92
THA ILLINI (single & video) - WBNQ & HOT 105.5
I believe we do have tracks that are streaming, We sent our work to CDBABY for them to distribute digitally so we are in their network of companies.

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Much like Barack Obama, Big Hit Buda & Shawn TiL Dawn are bi-racial (black & white) and have been able to perform in front of white, black and hispanic markets with all of them responding well to our message. Tha Brown Pound, which stands for BLACK. WHITE. BROWN..WE ALL GET DOWN! is notorious for being excellent live performers. Musically, we are influenced by artist like Kanye, 50 Cent and Eminem. It doesn't matter if there are 5 or 5,000 people in the crowd, Tha Brown Pound are true entertainers and take a lot of pride in performing giving 100% each show. We have performed at the House of Blues, 115 Bourbon St, Puerto Rican day festival twice, live on WGN Morning news three times and many Chicago area venues. Our website has reached 2 million hits and our single off our latest album has been download thousands of times and is selling on iTunes. We are different than most up & coming acts because we have the ability to write anthems that are excellent. We have received public opinions that ranks our music higher than other established artist in the industry. Don't take our word for it, all you have to do is visit www.youtube.com/bighitbuda, view the comments and you will see what we are talking about. The comments about our video "ELECT OBAMA REMIX" were stronger than and had a higher favorites ratio than the "YES WE CAN" video by Will.I.am. Currently the video has been viewed over 125,000 times. Our Chicago Bears song out performed Kanye's Southside Shuffle Bears song they made right before the Super Bowl in 2007. We also understand that this is entertainment and artist should enjoy their profession. We have fun at our shows, and work to get the crowd involved as much as possible. We have even thrown Kraft singles on people during the hook of our Rich Boy Parody "Throw Some Cheese". Our music and our lives are very positive so we plan to uplift the people with our music and make them feel our energy. Lastly, please watch our latest music video "ELECT OBAMA remix" on our profile. Thank you for reading this