when i grow up i want macklemore to eat my asshole
― ty based gay dead computer god (zachlyon), Sunday, 23 June 2013 00:59 (ten years ago) link
i think the level of hate being evinced for guy is kinda sad tbh― attempt to look intentionally nerdy, awkward or (thomp)
― attempt to look intentionally nerdy, awkward or (thomp)
i agree, the guy's not a great rapper or even a good one but his songs are catchy as hell. (i remember saying the same thing about jay-z at one point)
i have never heard "same love" but i read the lyrics and they seem pretty on-point for a chart rapper. rev i would be v interested to read your takedown.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 23 June 2013 11:31 (ten years ago) link
haha i am realizing that if i like the hooks i should be praising ryan lewis? the guy looks like such an immense douche though. :(
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 23 June 2013 11:41 (ten years ago) link
i have never heard "same love" but i read the lyrics and they seem pretty on-point for a chart rapper.
It's a pretty corny song from a musical standpoint. But yeah, there's nothing wrong with the lyrics. I think there's a good argument that it would've been braver to have the hook sung by a dude.
― how's life, Sunday, 23 June 2013 12:07 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUw4Qh9uFK8
heard this on the radio today, it made me cry, omg i love weddings
― some dude, Sunday, 23 June 2013 12:10 (ten years ago) link
O_O
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 12:41 (ten years ago) link
emphasis on the content in parentheses
can i get a what what to these bitches from all of my uncles who don't love hoes, because they're homos
― some dude, Sunday, 23 June 2013 12:49 (ten years ago) link
lol
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 12:53 (ten years ago) link
Neanderthal you laugh but that was a pretty uncontroversial opinion for awhile; i don't take any credit for its originality
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 23 June 2013 18:25 (ten years ago) link
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, June 23, 2013 7:31 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, June 23, 2013 7:41 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark
people upthread saying catchiness in music is unimportant made me wonder if i was reading an alternate universe ILM
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 23 June 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
it's making me wonder when the last time such an explicitly political protest song had some chart burn.
green day's politics are murky at best, and then We Are the World 25 or w/e?
― PappaWheelie on the zeitgeist (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 24 June 2013 12:14 (ten years ago) link
Maybe Dixie Chicks' "Not Ready to Make Nice," which was 2006, but seems like an eon ago
― PappaWheelie on the zeitgeist (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 24 June 2013 12:19 (ten years ago) link
I'm not really familiar with the lyrics, but didn't Born This Way cover similar ground?
― how's life, Monday, 24 June 2013 12:30 (ten years ago) link
The piano is playing "Waiting on the World to Change"
― billstevejim, Monday, 24 June 2013 13:59 (ten years ago) link
Or maybe it's "People Get Ready"
I think there's a good argument that it would've been braver to have the hook sung by a dude
how's life hates lesbians
― pink, fleshy, and gleeful (sic), Monday, 24 June 2013 14:06 (ten years ago) link
"Born This Way" > this > "Where is the Love"
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Monday, 24 June 2013 14:10 (ten years ago) link
http://www.shopworldph.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Jansport-Elefunk-Core-Series-Messenger-880x1024.jpg
― how's life, Monday, 24 June 2013 14:16 (ten years ago) link
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, June 23, 2013 2:25 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Oh I know, I was actually one of those folks in my early 20s! well except that I hated him outright so I could listen to backpackers rap about the filthiness of tap water and how the periodic table was dope
― Neanderthal, Monday, 24 June 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
did you
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Monday, 24 June 2013 18:51 (ten years ago) link
ok i figured it out, it was driving me nuts
"I Love College" by Asher Roth. it's in the same key and everything.
― billstevejim, Monday, 24 June 2013 19:03 (ten years ago) link
as for the content of the lyrics, i kinda don't care because he's a shitty boring rapper, although i'm sure this song will continue chart ascension throughout the next few weeks.
― billstevejim, Monday, 24 June 2013 19:05 (ten years ago) link
KROQ loves white rappers.
― billstevejim, Monday, 24 June 2013 19:22 (ten years ago) link
I like Macklemore as a rapper, he sounds precocious
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 03:04 (ten years ago) link
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view6/2006956/butt-head-slapping-beavis-o.gif
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 03:05 (ten years ago) link
he sounds precocious in the sense that he sounds like a self-impressed 15-year-old, which is not charming at all for a 30-year-old
― some dude, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 03:07 (ten years ago) link
that's just what being 30 is now right?
― Romantic style in da world (crüt), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 03:08 (ten years ago) link
Macklemore is usually posted by my friends on FB, followed by the phrase
"I DON'T EVEN USUALLY LIKE RAP, BUT...."
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 03:08 (ten years ago) link
haha yes I've experienced this.
― Shock G Mo Collier (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 03:09 (ten years ago) link
Like a self-impressed kid is exactly what I was going for with precocious, yeah.
C'mon guys, you liked it when Kreayshawn did it. Or what about Kitty Pryde?
― hurricane weather (forapper), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 07:14 (ten years ago) link
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/the-kidz-bop-version-of-macklemores-thrift-shop-is-the-worst
Amazingly, as horrible as this is, it's more charming than the original
― big black nemesis, Puya chilensis (DJP), Monday, 8 July 2013 14:44 (ten years ago) link
― ty based gay dead computer god (zachlyon), Sunday, 23 June 2013 00:59 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
slept on post imo
― the tune was space, Monday, 8 July 2013 14:53 (ten years ago) link
this dude's gonna sell out a third night at Key Arena tomorrow. sorry, Rev :(
― alpine static, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
Macklemore must be stopped
― crüt, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 18:46 (ten years ago) link
i heard this song on the radio the other day. its about respecting gay people. it's really bad
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 21:10 (ten years ago) link
and it's not really that respectful of gay people!
he could prob sell out a week's worth of key arena. surprised he didn't just go for safeco
― lady steendriver (The Reverend), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link
oh, I guess the shows are in december and safeco would be a less than ideal venue at that time of year. oh well, macklemore fans can freeze for all I care.
― lady steendriver (The Reverend), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 23:54 (ten years ago) link
I would be interested to hear some of the ways that the song is not respectful of gay people. Sincere query.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 00:40 (ten years ago) link
because the gay community is doesn't need some straight, white, over-smug clown in a Davy Crockett hat to protect them from the fact that 50 Cent says "faggot"
― bando brothers (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 01:01 (ten years ago) link
If you could poll "the gay community" on this song, what do you think the split would be as far as those who think it's cool and appreciate the message versus those who would prefer a rapper not cut a song supporting their cause and have it become a big hit?
― alpine static, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 02:04 (ten years ago) link
among people I know, it appears to be 70% positive, 30% negative
of the 70% positives, about 90% of them are white; of the 30% negatives, 90% of them are of color and/or ILXors
― "Post-Oven" (DJP), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 02:07 (ten years ago) link
ha
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 02:14 (ten years ago) link
"if i was gay, i would think hip hop hates me" is the point where i have to reach for the dial if even get that far
― dyl, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 04:26 (ten years ago) link
― bando brothers (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, July 10, 2013 11:01 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
macklemore annoys me but like i dunno if smugness and whiteness should be attributes that preclude someone from recording a song that support's the gay community
i have a problem with "same love" not so much because of the gay stuff but moreso the race stuff
― monotony, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 04:50 (ten years ago) link
supports*** wow i am sleepy
― monotony, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 04:51 (ten years ago) link
omg i want to delete that post that apostrophe is so hideously ugly and egregious
"A culture founded from oppression/Yet we don't have acceptance for 'em" is an actual lyric in this song and neither of the cultures in question are his to lecture or speak for. This straight white guy is indicting and then lecturing all of hip-hop on behalf of gay people as if he has any idea what it's like to experience the oppression either group has faced.
― Greer, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 06:02 (ten years ago) link
http://distilleryimage2.ak.instagram.com/06746cb2f32011e297b922000a1fa527_7.jpg
― blatant marvin jack (jaymc), Monday, 22 July 2013 23:14 (ten years ago) link
Insane Clown Posse dudes watch the "Can't Hold Us" video and coin the perfect nickname for Macklemore:
http://youtu.be/my9mjd0BTyY
― alpine static, Thursday, 25 July 2013 06:58 (ten years ago) link