Macklemore, "Same Love"

So here are my thoughts on Macklemore. Before I ever heard his music, I got the impression that ILM thought he was wack, so when "Thrift Shop" blew up, I was like, ugh, this is *that* clown. But then people I love and care about -- but people who aren't at all invested in hip-hop or what Macklemore "represents" -- started talking about how great "Thrift Shop" was. And I had to defend why I didn't like him, but I realized I couldn't. I mean, something something anti-bling something something appropriation. Whatever. The song is pretty good. Not great, but pretty good. Catchy as fuck. The end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehJFc1W0VKE

lol jaymc 'your objections are conceptual, its a good song, whatever', but check out this counterpoint bro: its a terrible song

i'm not impressed by this guy in the slightest, but I find the whole "omg a white guy taking a critical stance on hip-hop culture while appropriating it at the same time, the NERVE" thing ironic when it comes from folks who dig Beck & the Beasties.

omg fuck that google movie in the face

the answer is to not dig beck (ugh) or the beasties either

rip hip-hop wytes

omg fuck that google movie in the face

― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:38 AM Bookmark

that preview almost gave me a conniption when i saw it in the theater

jaymc still providing ilm with the valuable pov of people who don't really care about music i see

the sample and melody to the hook are decent. shame about everything else.

catchiness is not an indicator of quality

lol @ comparing Macklemore to Beck or (especially) the Beasties btw

o man i just rescreened the snl performance, just unbelievable, especially the non thrift store song

lol he did the Ellen show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4HbtTKsHL0

It's basically just a Lonely Island song, no?

totally Ellen music

lol a longboard of course

his dancing

and pancho

he's really awkward to watch

it's painful really

lol jaymc 'your objections are conceptual, its a good song, whatever', but check out this counterpoint bro: its a terrible song

That's a good counterpoint. I think I disagree, though.

jaymc still providing ilm with the valuable pov of people who don't really care about music i see

I don't know what this means.

I can't believe I haven't gone in on Ryan Lewis itt but FUCK RYAN LEWIS. His "fun" songs have no groove whatsoever and his "serious songs" are three times as bossy as a John Williams score. That guy is the fucking worst producer. This thread needs more Ryan Lewis slander.

I'm not saying that anyone criticizing Macklemore is misguided or anything. You probably all have perfectly good reasons to dislike him -- I didn't.

his sound is v thin, macklemores voice is v thin, they have no idea what theyre doin xp

catchiness is not an indicator of quality

― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:42 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark

hmm

also that sax loop is annoying af

catchiness is not an indicator of quality

Not always, but it often is for me. YMMV.

getting the feeling that its vital to a lot of ur identities that u hate macklemore & its just a convenience that his horrible music justifies it

if i admit to enjoying several g love and the special sauce songs in the past am i then allowed to dislike macklemore authentically, do i have to pay a tribute, just tell me

lol

seriously i love to be contrarian and if there was any semi-reasonable redeeming quality for this guy i'd love to find a reason to like him.

this ellen performance is such a mess. what is he even wearing why.

his sound is v thin, macklemores voice is v thin, they have no idea what theyre doin xp

no idea what they're doing all the way to the bank, right?

it's the RFD: Light-hearted, whimsical indie hipster music that seemed specifically manufactured for Apple commercials -ification of rap, amirite?

this ellen performance is such a mess. what is he even wearing why.

a poncho, from a thrift shop, c'mon keep up here

haha yeah when laggy complained that he wore "silly clothes" on snl it's like uh...

his outfit on snl is clearly not from a thrift shop tho

also you can find nice clothes at thrift shops its not just some stupid joke

i mean you can dess like a fool for not that much money is not a v good critique of consumerism

the distance between macklemore and mumfords or karmin seems awfully short. cheerful, encouraging, seemingly well-adjusted happytimes homeowner music for people who like to barbecue and hold babies and go to hot yoga and make car payments on time. nothing really wrong with it, except that it makes my skin crawl.

who doesn't like barbeque

boy i sure do hate homeowners

ooooh you mean people who barbeque and hold babies and do yoga at the same time, phew *wipes brow*

Thought this was the privilege meme thread for a sec

hey, i get weirded out by nice things. it's nothing i'm particularly proud of, but that doesn't change the situation.

macklemore is ill-suited to curmudgery

I don't mind Karmin

Macklemore can die in a fire tho

I don't mind Karmin

.....

we live in a world where Drake is making bank, in that landscape Karmin is the definition of "lesser of two evils"

if you watch the snl performance on mute and with no prior knowledge of macklemore you will very possibly mistake it for an snl performance from the early 90s