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mojo-photo-eminem2.jpgBob Barr! Just kidding, it’s Obama. Okay, for you youngsters out there, Eminem is the name of a rapper who had some very famous songs back in, uh, a 3-year period between 1999 and 2002. Since then, he’s been like the Axl Rose of hip-hop, lost in the wilderness, emerging from hibernation only to toss out an album featuring a political protest song, “Mosh,” that was compelling if a little too angry, and did nothing to help out that Kerry guy back in 2004. Watch it after the jump. Apparently he’s working on a new album, to be called Relapse, produced by Dr. Dre and set for an early 2009 release, but I’ll believe it when I see it.

Em was over in the U.K. chatting with BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe when he mentioned he’s voting for Obama; he admitted that he “can’t get too political because I don’t know enough,” but offered that “Barack would be a breath of fresh air, to get in there and actually get what’s left of the Bush administration out the door.” Seriously, did anybody think he’d be all about Sarah Palin?

Eminem – “Mosh”

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