In a recent interview with CNN, comedian Chris Rock talks about why its so hard to make Obama jokes, racism and his new upcoming DVD Kill The Messenger (dropping Jan 20th). I remember reading an article in GQ last year (about some comedian from SNL) on how Obama is just too nice of a guy to be made fun of and there isn’t anything corky, hilarious, weird or blog worthy about him. The only thing that they could mock/mimic is the way he blinks, ha. Here’s a small excerpt from the CNN article.

CNN: I watched the special last night, and I noticed that you did a lot of jokes about John McCain — his age, his war hero story — but not so many about Barack Obama. Is it harder to make fun of Obama?

Chris Rock: He’s just one of those guys, you know, like Will Smith. There’s no Will Smith jokes. There’s no Brad Pitt jokes. You know, what are you going to say? “Ooh, you used to have sex with Jennifer Anniston. Now you have sex with Angelina Jolie. You’re such a loser.” What do you say? “Ooh, your movies are big. You make $20 million.” There’s nothing to say about Brad Pitt.

Click here for the rest of the article on CNN.

…that in my opinion, Chris Rock is one of the greatest and most consistent black comedians of our time. Ain’t nobody left in the game, who can deliver a solid special, take a couple years off in Hollywood and then come right back to deliver another one like he never left. So many comedians hit it big with their stand-up and never bother to sharpen that tool once they get one-too many side roles in movies. Similar to rappers who spit real raw (sh!t that actually makes sense) and freestyle for hours on the radio, until they get a record deal and go limp dick! The thing I really admire bout Rock is his aggressiveness. To my knowledge, we only have a few aggressive comedians (Pryor, Mac, Lopez…just to name a few). After seeing Kill The Messenger this past weekend, I’m really glad to see Rock back in the game and claiming his throne from these clown-ass-no-joke-having jesters. With Russell Peters dropping tomorrow with his “brand spanking new” material, I really hope he’s got the flame to follow after Rock’s weekend massacre. The Rock’s in the motherfcuking building!

Side note: Been so busy with sh!t and haven’t had a minute to myself for anything. I been slacking on the beats, but been pushing Spooks though. Definitely got new material coming from him. We got a couple fresh ideas down for his super-themed mixtape, but not quite sure which one to run with 4 now. I just finished making this loop not too long ago today within the 10 minutes of spare time I had. Peep the loop and have a good one. 2 fingers!

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Chris Rock is blessing us with another HBO special called Kill The Messenger, which will be airing Sept 27th. Looking forward to this!
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