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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
02-05-2013, 01:37 AM
Typical upper middle class kid from a privileged background whose identity issues and inability to define himself led him into hip hop, yeah one of those douche bags.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
02-05-2013, 01:50 AM
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
02-05-2013, 01:54 AM
As a Seattleite, I feel the need to tell you all that he's not supposed to be taken seriously. He's always made silly rap music.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
02-05-2013, 02:01 AM
I'm afraid we may be witnessing the birth of an unfortunate new musical genre: hipster-hop.
[size=8pt]"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”[/size] [size=7pt] - Romans 8:18[/size]
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
02-05-2013, 02:02 AM
What I find interesting about the duo is the fact that they've been successful without being signed to a major music label.
They're the posterboys of making music independently without seeking or giving a lot of creative influence to the big music labels. They found their niche of making silly music, did it on their own, and now they're making bank.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
02-05-2013, 02:06 AM
I was talking shop with the squad, and we were talking about when we came up, this could not have happened. This dude was ~15 when Slim Shady dropped, so it's about time for more of these guys to make noise.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
02-05-2013, 02:08 AM
I am also from Seattle. He's been pretty big here for a few years now. I never really jumped on the bandwagon because I listen to mostly rock, jazz and older hip hop but I get the same vibe Huck Finn was talking about. I could be wrong but I think the silliness is just to hide his own identity issues. Also I think this type of hipster/indie rap is watering down the genre as a whole and taking away from what it used to be, which is disappointing.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
02-05-2013, 03:18 AM
I like thrift shop - the lyrics are clever, funny and FRESH. What modern rap can you relate to anyway? The typical lyrics are invariably some ghetto or ghetto-wannabe dude talking about weed, drugs, bling, guns, broken homes or 'partying.' Or fucking Bruno Mars - any dude who takes away airtime from that pussy is a saint. I'll take the dude making fun of people wearing $50 t-shirts over the myriad rappers talking about how they spend money so their girl will love them.
Of course the song has been played to death so I avoid it now.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
02-05-2013, 04:42 AM
I liked that miller ad song, the hook was good.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
02-05-2013, 02:01 PM
Unlike the vast majority of the newish hip hop artists, he does make proper music, has his own style and is not some artificially created shit. Can you record a rap album home-studio-style, hit no1 and tour the world? Gotta respect that. I like him.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
02-05-2013, 04:21 PM
I'm revising my opinion.
Went back and listened to more of his songs and I think hes doing some good stuff. It takes hard work to have a number 1 album on an independent label so he deserves respect. I don't agree with everything he says (although I don't agree with everyone on everything anyways) but I also think hes got some good ideas and adds some of his own flavor to his music that is different and unique. Plus, he also reps my city so gotta give him a nod for that.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
02-05-2013, 04:52 PM
Am I the only one who noticed the singer on "Thrift Shop" sounds like Nate Dogg?
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
02-13-2013, 05:03 AM
Liking his album..."Wings" is a classic for any baller out there.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
02-13-2013, 05:20 AM
He has an awful song about basketball, after I heard that I pretty much never bothered listening to him again.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
02-13-2013, 06:33 AM
Quote: (02-13-2013 06:09 AM)Freddy_1 Wrote:
Quote: (02-13-2013 05:20 AM)gamepadawan Wrote:
He has an awful song about basketball, after I heard that I pretty much never bothered listening to him again.
You must be really young or don't/cant ball. Getting your first pair of Jordan's or baller shoes back in the day was like your dream come true and made you think you could play like Jordan.You cherished them and were too scared to wear them and like he says just wanted to "leave them in the box"...plus his "Awful" basketball song is this years Allstar song.
http://youtu.be/zbCEp_XZUW0
crappy rap is crappy rap, I used to ball and I still have my XXI's