Macklemore, "Same Love"

That's one wet fart.

does living in Washington make the Macklemore phenomenon more unbearable, or does it make u slightly more sympathetic to him/his fans than you would be otherwise?

― Coming Out Of Elton John's Mouth (crüt)

the latter, oddly.
i end up thinking about place more than race, draw my mixalot parallels in my mind

more like mackleless

http://colorlines.com/archival_images/le1f03.jpg

i'm all for le1f going after this dude but thought it was weird he accused him of ripping off his song, i guess referring to the horn samples in wut and thrift shop?

http://colorlines.com/archival_mages/le1f06.jpg

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kinda weird le1f is just getting around to this now, but i support it

Ehhh. I'm with Le1f on most of this, but not the Thrift Shop/Wut thing. The horns from "Wut" were p much ripped off from "Down for My N's" anyway.

Speaking of Mix, this is a really good interview with him wkiw http://mynorthwest.com/926/2321465/Macklemore-video-shoot-mania-rekindles-fond-memories-for-Seattles-Sir-MixALot

http://24.media.tumblr.com/a6b3d7c369fdbbaa8a72f2e007972703/tumblr_ms7iawjESv1sgt1uko1_1280.png

(btw sorry, Rev's Big Post of Macklemore Ether is still forthcoming)

naaw xp

FUCK YOU LAGOON, MACKLEMORE IS THE NEW MLK PUBLIC ENEMY SHOULD WRITE A SONG ABOUT ANY STATE THAT HOLDS OUT ON MACKLEMORE DAY

what i meant was macklemore is obvs more important than mlk and public enemy should write a song about any state that holds out on macklemore day

i googled and found out that that is an irl student newspaper but i still cant believe the author really meant it

http://24.media.tumblr.com/a6b3d7c369fdbbaa8a72f2e007972703/tumblr_ms7iawjESv1sgt1uko1_1280.png

― s. cloverlandthug (The Reverend), Tuesday, August 27, 2013 8:11 PM (7 minutes ago)

ban college kids

its just a funny joke right

I know we hate Macklemore around here, but dude/his handlers do seem to have gotten the message at least a little bit: at several points during his VMA performance, he ceded the stage to his LGBT backup dancers, Black backup singers, and the former software engineer who sings the hooks on Thrift Shop and Can't Hold Us.

I mean of course Le1f is right, esp. about the line he quotes from Same Love. And maybe the only reason Macklemore got off the stage was so he could better commune with his audience. Still I will acknowledge this token effort to address the concerns of his progressive critics.

Watching the VMA performance was like watching Sulu on Star Trek: maybe in the eyes of most of the audience, Kirk/Macklemore are the heroes, but Takei/Wanz are proceeding as if they are the protagonists.

wonder what takei's paycheck looked like next to nimoy's

or shatner's

or doohan's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8PLifPUIuic

aw man, what'd i do wrong

http://youtu.be/8PLifPUIuic

welp, that's all i've got

Crapplesnore.

Santiago Caro 29 minutes ago
This video has a MEANING! PAY ATTENTION!! to the LYRICS and the VIDEO. He is criticizing trend. what is supposed to be NEW and what is supposed to be OLD influenced by the labels, industry, Media, music (that's why appears Sir Mix a Lot a rapper from the 90's, and OLD ladys) Also supporting an interracial society, thats why he is wearing mexican clothes, and (sorry for the word) black men loving white old chicks. Macklemore talks about REAL LIFE, also my respect to Ryan Lewis, What a good BEAT!
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santiago caro otm

that's a really well-produced song, shame about the macklemore

is 'santiago caro' lefsetz' twitter name or something

i hope this song goes #1 on the charts so billboard can write a headline like "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis erect 'White Walls' around Hot 100 penthouse"

to be fair i do like the production and consequently it is the first macklemore song that does not inspire me to instantly switch the station. it would be better as an instrumental but w/e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QtlNq-K9_s

Macklemore is the first contextually post-black pop-star rapper.

was waiting for this

me too and then I stopped waiting

i think the point is kinda getting bastardized on twitter, imo all he's saying is that macklemore's the first huge rapper whose music is targeted strictly at white listeners. which is true.

maybe the sentence is easier to parse for music nerds who follow the charts closely and are aware that black artists very rarely breaks into, like, the top 10? idk

yeah people are def misconstruing that but its ok cause he also called macklemore 'a good rapper' in the same piece

macklemore's the first huge rapper whose music is targeted strictly at white listeners. which is true.

Did 1999 not happen?

who was in 1999

are you talking about eminem?

shawn mullins technically isn't a "rapper"

tbf post-black is a pretty provocative and vague way to phrase it

i think the thing that ppl on twitter are missing about this is the word "contextually" ... plenty of writers have made the case for pop in 2013 -- the context around macklemore -- being "post-black."

there was nothing "post-black" at all about pop when eminem came up. or in a more granular sense about eminem at all, who came up thru battle rap culture in detroit and who was surrounded by/collaborated with black rappers and producers.

and his music was enjoyed by many black people

tho not so much anymore id imagine

has eminem become post black

free thinkpiece you guys