Animated clip portrays Bush and Obama as finger puppets <\/p>\n
There's a reason that Killer Mike's R.A.P. Music is a SPIN Essential, and a song like \"Reagan\" exemplifies that reason. Over a crunchy dystopic El-P beat, the Atlanta MC, in the words of our own Christopher R. Weingarten, \"somehow contextualizes Ollie North, Reaganomics, and preRodney King police brutality for a 2012 audience.\" The song is well matched by a brand new animated video, premiered over at Pitchfork and embedded below, which portrays the titular president as a mere puppet caught in a complicated web of crossed marionette strings and wagging fingers. In the beginning, a disgruntled citizen walks down a boulevard filled with shops that advertise, \"Hawt Shit,\" \"Fresh Kiks,\" \"Drink Ketchup,\" and \"Shiney Stuff.\" By the end, revenge comes in the form of a huge robot controlled by an unexpected antagonist. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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