Dead Presidents (song) Hustla": In 2005 at Jay-Z's "I Declare War" concert, he performed "Dead Presidents II" with Nas, officially ending their feud. In a YouTube video named "Ski Beatz - the making of Jay-Z's Dead Presidents" Ski explains how he filtered out the high frequency content of the melody sample (using a lowpass filter) to achieve a more prominent bass line without replaying one in. Ski's "Beats, Rhymes & Samples" mixtape contains the Q-Tip remix in the context of a "Dead Presidents" sample, because the original "The World is Yours" had altered lyrics in connection to the sampled vocals. At the end
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death is a 2007 American documentary film. The film is narrated by Sean Penn and is adapted from the book of the same name, authored by Norman Solomon. The film attempts to expose how the American government over 50 years has tried to strum up war effort using the media as a tool. ""War Made Easy" gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq." "New York Times" columnist Jeannette Catsoulis described