Mosh (song)
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| Digital single | ||
| Song by Eminem | ||
| Album | Encore | |
| Released | October 26, 2004 | |
| Format | Digital download | |
| Genre | Hip hop, Political hip hop | |
| Length | 5:17 | |
| Label | Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records | |
| Producer | Dr. Dre | |
| Encore track listing | ||
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"Mosh" is a protest song by the famous hip-hop artist Eminem and Guerrilla News Network, released on October 26, 2004 as a digital single, just prior to the 2004 presidential election.
The video for the song is available free on the Internet and encouraged voters to vote George W. Bush out of office. The song was excerpted from Eminem's album, Encore, not yet released at the time the video was made available to the public. G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks also has a subplot in the video.
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[edit] Goals
According to the Internet Archive (a host for this video):
| “ | On the eve of one of the most spirited elections in recent times, its [sic] time to try and turn out the vote. With more than 55 million voters between the ages of 18 and 35, this demographic group accounts for 36% of the total eligible voters in the U.S. And as witnessed in 2000 it all comes down to who shows up to vote on election day. | ” |
The goal was not reached: While more young people showed up to vote in the 2004 election than in 2000, their percentage of the overall vote remained the same (17%) due to an increase in voters off all ages. Eminem later told an Irish paper that he wished he had released the video earlier because he felt that perhaps it would have inspired more young people to vote.
[edit] Two versions
Two versions of the video exist, the original described above and an allegedly "uncensored" version, where the crowd is not bursting in to register to vote but rather entering the United States Capitol. In this version, they then proceed to make their demands heard by the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress, in effect, creating a revolution.
[edit] Credits
"Mosh" was produced, directed and edited by Ian Inaba of GNN TV
- Art direction by Anson Vogt of Phong.com
- Character animation by Haik Hoisington of blackmustache.com
- Motion graphics by Steve Ogden of steveo.tv
- Illustration and animation for the video by Craig Patches
- Eminem character animation by Kevin Elam
- After Effects by Mark Nicola
- Green screen production and camera by John Quigly
- Illustration design by Thomas Brohdal, with support from Nicholas Sanchez
"Mosh" was a Guerrilla News Network production.
The video was updated after the elections with the mob storming the Capitol during Bush's State of the Union Address and then-Vice-President Dick Cheney suffering a heart attack.
[edit] Free video download
The demand for this video within hours of its release in October 2004 was so huge that it was served from multiple locations by http, as well as ftp servers and bittorrent. According to archive.org:
| “ | ...GNN.tv produced a get-out-the-vote Eminem video that they uploaded to the Archive. While we have a gigabit connection to the Internet, even that is being pounded by this movie. We are serving more around 2 videos each second at this point (that is about 500 Mbit/s between the US and the EU archives)." ... "...we are getting 10's of thousands of downloads just for that file...". | ” |
[edit] Chart positions
Though not an official single, the song received a moderate amount of airplay and digital success, enabling it to enter the music charts.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| ARC Weekly Top 40 | 29 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles | 12 |
[edit] External links
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- Eminem's Mosh website (requires registration)
- Read reviews or download "Mosh"
- Read reviews or stream "Mosh," -- smaller file-size version from The Internet Archive
- Read reviews or download the updated version of "Mosh"
[edit] References
- MOSH VIDEO RE-EDITED, ContactMusic.com, November 30, 2004
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