Warning before pressing play: Ti$a’s campy lyrics and repetitive beat may end up stuck in your head in a painful infinite loop for a few days after you listen to this track.

Youtube video here.

Lyrical sample: “This is real and not for play, I’mma vote Obama way.”

G-unit member Young Buck represents.

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Lyrical sample: “If Obama got a plan nigga where it at/Cuz it’s a drought and dont nobody know where it’s at/But in the south what we lose we just get it back/We listen to Scarface he motivate blacks.”

In this skillful freestyle, Chamillionaire insightfully draws a connection between the fictional lives of hip-hip artists and politicians.

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Lyrical sample: “I dropped a lot of verses but I know I’m proud of mine/I see the presidents in front of me I’m Obama-tized/Rappers is politicians, they all be talking lies.”

Let’s give a shout-out to my Asian brother Jin for this catchy hook that eventually made its way to the Obama campaign’s front page for download!

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Lyrical sample: “Go, Go, Go, Obama, Obama. / I don’t know politics that’s no joke / but I do know that I get one vote”

Even a soulful love song has room to mention a presidential race:

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Lyrical sample: “Hanging out at all times of the night with the fellas and disappear just like Osama/Runnin like Obama, I’m a liar I should’ve been ashamed/Playin it like the station, this is just real life, this is not a game.”

Jay-Z just can’t resist the comparison..

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Lyrical sample: “It’s Ms. No More Drama and Barack Obama of rhymers/Feel honored.”

Now for a change of pace, the best dance track of the summer:

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Lyrical sample: “There’s a whole lotta room in the front of the Range/Like Barack Obama said, yeah, it’s time for a change.”

Ludacris’ self-congratulatory single pointedly disses Obama’s rivals (mildly, I think, all things considered I’ve heard worse on SNL) as well as prematurely celebrates Obama’s victory in the election. No wonder Obama couldn’t publicly endorse the track!

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Lyrical sample: “With a slot in the president’s iPod Obama shattered ’em/Said I handled his biz and I’m one of his favorite rappers/Well, give Luda a special pardon if I’m ever in the slammer.”

Another infectious, powerful social critique from Nas:

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Lyrical sample: “America surprised us/And let a black man guide us.”
And “On the positive side, I think Obama provides hope and challenges the minds of all races and color to erase the hate.”

Artists Cassidy, Swizz Beats, Drag-On, Maino, Styles P, Talib Kweli bring us the mix “Stand Up”, a sobering reflection on the continuing struggle for racial equality in the US.

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Lyrical sample: “Obama, when you get elected, please improve the law/Cause they ain’t have to shoot 50 shots and a moving car/Them cops admit that they did it and still got aquitted/But if we fight for our rights, one day we got to get it.”