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"Mosh"
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
"Curtains Up" (Encore version) "Evil Deeds" "Never Enough" "Yellow Brick Road" "Like Toy Soldiers" "Mosh" "Puke" "My 1st Single" "Paul" (Skit) "Rain Man" "Big Weenie" "Em Calls Paul" (Skit) "Just Lose It" "Ass Like That" "Spend Some Time" "Mockingbird" "Crazy in Love" "One Shot 2 Shot" "Final Thought" (Skit) "Encore/Curtains Down"

"Mosh" is a protest song by the popular rapper 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, encouraging voters to vote against George W. Bush. The song was an excerpt from his album, Encore, not yet released at the time the video was made available to the public. G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks has a subplot in the video.

Goals

A wall of news clippings in the first scene of the music video for "Mosh".

According to the Internet Archive (one of the hosts for this video):

The goal might not have been 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 all voting 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.

Two versions

Two versions of the video exist, the original delineated above and an allegedly "uncensored" version, where the crowd is not bursting in to register to vote but rather entering the United States Capitol. They then proceed to revolutionize demand their needs to the Supreme Court of the United States and United States Congress.

Credits

"Mosh" was produced, directed and edited by Ian Inaba, of GNN TV. The Art Director was Anson Vogt of Phong.com. Character Animation was done by Haik Hoisington of blackmustache.com. Motion graphics were by Steve Ogden of steveo.tv. Craig Patches did illustration and animation for the video. The Eminem character was animated by Kevin Elam, after effects were by Mark Nicola. The green screen producer and cameraman was John Quigly. Illustration design was by Thomas Brohdal, with illustration support by 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 Vice-President Dick Cheney suffering a heart attack.

Free video download

The demand for this video within hours of its release in October 2004 was so huge and popular that it was served from multiple locations by http, as well as ftp servers and bittorrent. According to archive.org:

Chart positions

Though not an official single, the song received a moderate amount of airplay and digital success, enabling it to chart.

External links

• [1]
• Eminem's Mosh Website (requires registration)
• Read reviews or download "Mosh"
• Read reviews or stream "Mosh," -- smaller filesize version from The Internet Archive
• Read reviews or download the updated version of "Mosh"

References

• MOSH VIDEO RE-EDITED, ContactMusic.com, November 30, 2004