Rhyming beats that could push the election close to the edge What this election needs is more rapping, feel me? You know it makes sense when we hear that Michelle Obama is producing a rap album - on which artists like DMC and Ashanti can be heard promoting healthy eating, but we'll ignore that and order some more mac-and-cheese. It really continues the work of her husband who has already dallied with soul singing and slow-jammed on the Tonight Show. For example, think about Grandmaster Flash's words: "Don't push me coz I'm close to the edge, I'm trying not to lose my head, uh huh huh huh huh." Doesn't that sound like something Tony Abbott or Kevin Rudd (but probably not Christine "I am more New Jack Swing fan myself" Milne) will be thinking, if not saying, as September 7 nears? Hells yeah. It's like a jungle out there. And if ever Abbott is having misogyny issues with his choice of rally music, Right Said Fred's 'My Candidate's Too Sexy For Her Shirt', then nothing says women's rights and anti-sexism like hip hop. A'ight? We've already got one rapping election song out there courtesy of Brisbane MP Steve "Tanface Killa" Kilburn. It's a good start, what with lines like: "It's been three years since he came on the scene/and since 2009, he's been living the dream/keeping it clean, not causing a scene." And as his in-house rapper puts it, "if KRudd stands by him then you should too" because he "stands up when everyone else sits down." Respect. And don't tell me Killa K's rap doesn't feel more down with the kids than the nagging (or should that be dagging?) contribution by WA Family First candidate Henry Heng. Be warned this has the potent earworm jingle reminding us that "he's got a family, he knows what it's like," which is why "Henry, Henry, let's all vote for Henry." Since, in the words of soul sister Sophie Mirabella, s--t is about to get real yo, it's time to sort out just what rhymes KRudd, Tony Toni Tone and their posses can be spitting out. Here's a few to start with: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's Same Love is an obvious one for born again marriage equality advocate KRudd. Flight Of The Conchords' Hiphopopotamus vs Rhymenoceros, with its right wing-friendly line "there ain't no party like my nanna's Tea Party." It's very likely that Eminem's My Name Is will come in handy for the memory challenged Jayme Diaz (whose first name already looks like a rapper's). There's so much more waiting for us for nothing appeals quite like a middle aged white man rapping. True dat.