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Let’s be honest, our inner genius doesn’t always show. Men. Women. It’s time to reveal, once and for all… Who’s smarter than who?Let’s be honest, our inner genius doesn’t always show. Men. Women.... more
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Let’s be honest, our inner genius doesn’t always show. Ladies, it’s time to reveal, once and for all… Who’s smarter than who?Let’s be honest, our inner genius doesn’t always show. Ladies, it’s... more
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Let’s be honest, our inner genius doesn’t always show. Guys, it’s time to reveal, once and for all… Who’s smarter than who?Let’s be honest, our inner genius doesn’t always show. Guys, it’s... more
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Should this be an issue of concern? Or her choice to have "bare arms" in her official portrait? Sounds petty to me. She's a beautiful woman, inside and out and the first First Lady we've had in a long time to exude such elegance or eloquence.Should this be an issue of concern? Or her choice to have "bare arms" in her... more
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After months of YouTube tributes and unofficial music videos, Barack Obama is finally entering the record industry. The US Democratic presidential nominee is to release an official campaign soundtrack, with contributions by Stevie Wonder, Kanye West and Maroon 5's Adam Levine.
Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement will be released in conjunction with Hidden Beach Recordings, who negotiated rights with the artists. It will be sold as a campaign fundraiser until the November 4 election, following which it will strictly be a fundraiser for, er, Hidden Beach Recordings.
"We had conversations quite some time ago about how to harness what was happening really organically and naturally with so many artists," Hidden Beach's Steve McKeever told Associated Press. "The whole concept [was] how do we translate that to inspire and invigorate and also give people a keepsake that they can own, while at the same time providing some important capital needed for this campaign."
Although musicians like Will.I.Am, Dave Stewart and Ludacris have already created star-studded pro-Obama tracks, none of these were requested – or officially sanctioned – releases. Luda, Dave and the Black Eyed Pea have been left off Yes We Can, but the compilation does include tracks by John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, and a new song by Malik Yusef featuring both Kanye West and Adam Levine.
The ode to change and new tomorrows also includes at least one song from 38 years ago – Stevie Wonder's Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours.
Musicians haven't flocked quite so enthusiastically to John McCain's Republican campaign, prompting McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds to quip, "It's ironic that on a day when the economy is in turmoil, Barack Obama fails to release an economic plan, but instead chooses a celebrity rock album."
For his part, McKeever thinks that Democrats and Republicans alike can enjoy Yes We Can. "I don't think that there's anything on it that's a real partisan message," he said. "The messages I think are quite universal."
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