my god what an epic fn feeb
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVoShxYWEAEjlbg.jpg
― lag∞n, Friday, 22 January 2016 18:07 (eight years ago) link
the best acceptance speech wldve been "choke on deez kendrick" respect the art form ffs
ok lol
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 January 2016 18:07 (eight years ago) link
music was playing, what did you expect him to do, put words to music?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:07 (eight years ago) link
it can be very traumatic to receive taunting messages from the people who robbed you
― eoy_saer (wins), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:09 (eight years ago) link
i feel like macklemore at some point in his mind is gonna get to this point where he's like "well, i TRIED with black ppl..."
― • (sleepingbag), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:10 (eight years ago) link
This is the guy that took a golf club to John Arne Riise?
― saer, Friday, 22 January 2016 18:14 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZV--H4UkAA6Av-.png
― lag∞n, Friday, 22 January 2016 18:16 (eight years ago) link
macklemore is the worst so im not trying to defend him or anything but this is a bit of a catch 22 situation: if he just accepts the award people would criticize him for not acknowledging how fucked it is that he won over Kendrick; if he does what he does then he's criticized for being self-congratulatory. and there is no third option, he can't literally give the award to Kendrick, i.e. he could give him the little statue I guess but that's not "the award"
― Cornelius Pardew (jim in glasgow), Friday, January 22, 2016 10:00 AM (18 minutes ago)
i don't think ppl were criticizing him for taking the second option, but rather for how he did it (broadcasting his personal apology text on social media, which wtf)
― dyl, Friday, 22 January 2016 18:22 (eight years ago) link
anyway i refuse to listen to this
― dyl, Friday, 22 January 2016 18:23 (eight years ago) link
xp. ha ok now I have the full information about this that is horrendous
― Cornelius Pardew (jim in glasgow), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:24 (eight years ago) link
I didn't listen to it, but my guess is it's more like a savvy and opportunistic guy who manages to convince himself he's doing the right thing
oh please listen to it, please please PLEASE
― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:29 (eight years ago) link
it is many things but "savvy" is not one of them, at least for the first 4 minutes
MACKLE LESS
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
wacklemore more like
― lag∞n, Friday, 22 January 2016 18:33 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSurzeGvPrQ
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:33 (eight years ago) link
I want to give him credit for the sentiment and the motivation but the execution is just too painful
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 January 2016 18:38 (eight years ago) link
motivation here seems covering his own ass while throwing others under the bus
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:38 (eight years ago) link
it is kind crazy that he ever got past the level of like being 1st of 3 on a package tour with Atmosphore and Aesop Rock
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link
just based on reading the lyrics, it seems pretty uncharitable to compare this to "Accidental Racist"
I'm so not gonna listen to this though
― hi-nrg candidate (crüt), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:40 (eight years ago) link
oh you should
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:41 (eight years ago) link
there are actual moments of insight that are so thoroughly torpedoed by the music framework in which he places them that I almost feel like this song is required listening
― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:43 (eight years ago) link
i got though 2.5 minutes of it
― lag∞n, Friday, 22 January 2016 18:43 (eight years ago) link
yeah I couldn't make it through the whole thing
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 January 2016 18:43 (eight years ago) link
it does honestly get better five minutes in, but those first five minutes are so hilariously terrible that I understand bailing
― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:44 (eight years ago) link
"Sharp moments and awful phrasing + music" is essentially my critique.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:45 (eight years ago) link
this is longer than 5 minutes? jesus.
― hi-nrg candidate (crüt), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:46 (eight years ago) link
those first five minutes!
lol xp
― eoy_saer (wins), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:47 (eight years ago) link
the macklemore song white privilege part two gets better after five minutes
― eoy_saer (wins), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:48 (eight years ago) link
did Ryan Lewis play piano on this, because he is not very good
― hi-nrg candidate (crüt), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:51 (eight years ago) link
this thing is an overlong trainwreck but there's a minute and a half of it that I would say works well with the subject matter and how he delivers it; it's kind of a shame about the other 6 minutes and 30 seconds thouh
― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:52 (eight years ago) link
eh sort of, but I don't think the disses are particularly unjustified - he seems to be honestly grappling with what it means to be who/what he is (a white guy operating in a black subculture) and forthrightly portraying his confusion about how to deal with that, which is a topic that is generally not addressed in pop music and is surely something his (presumably largely white) audience is familiar with. It's more direct and insightful than anything that Iggy or Miley's ever said, that's for sure. But the execution is just godawful, it's so clumsy.
xp
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 January 2016 18:52 (eight years ago) link
maybe he put up this tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU5ZE5QdZEo
― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:53 (eight years ago) link
omg
― hi-nrg candidate (crüt), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:56 (eight years ago) link
he does favor the black keys
― hi-nrg candidate (crüt), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:57 (eight years ago) link
I think the Accidental Racist comparison is apt because I have laughed this much at a serious song since first hearing Accidental Racist
― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:57 (eight years ago) link
also I think that if you don't have a grasp on enharmonics, you should not be putting out music tutorials
― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, 22 January 2016 18:58 (eight years ago) link
wait but that tutorial's only 3 1/2 minutes, how do I play the other 4 minutes of the song
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 January 2016 18:59 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZWIlfwUgAA-VYb.png
― lag∞n, Friday, 22 January 2016 19:02 (eight years ago) link
"not a terrible thinkpiece" --the most charitable review yet of macklemores new song
― lag∞n, Friday, 22 January 2016 19:03 (eight years ago) link
what if i actually read an article
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 22 January 2016 19:04 (eight years ago) link
when i was in third grade i thought i was a blogger because i had a tumblr
― lag∞n, Friday, 22 January 2016 19:05 (eight years ago) link
i can't believe i'm still listening to this
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 22 January 2016 19:07 (eight years ago) link
this song has its own website http://www.whiteprivilege2.com
― lag∞n, Friday, 22 January 2016 19:07 (eight years ago) link
it's also hilarious that Macklermore's apparent reaction to stealing Kendrick's Grammy is to steal the more avant-garde patchwork style of some of Kendrick's recent album tracks for a song about white privilege
― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, 22 January 2016 19:19 (eight years ago) link
omg what if this whole album is mackle trying to be kendrick
― lag∞n, Friday, 22 January 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link
I am not gonna lie, I would probably buy it
the belly lols would be so satisfying
― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, 22 January 2016 19:21 (eight years ago) link
"As a company (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC), we are committed to a long-term investment of our time, resources, finances and creative capacities towards supporting black-led organizing and anti-racist education & discourse.
We are engaging with four initial organizations and collectives whose work inspires and informs us: Black Lives Matter, People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, Youth Undoing Institutional Racism & Freedom School (a project of AFSC and The People's Institute), and Black Youth Project 100."
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 22 January 2016 19:22 (eight years ago) link
wld be beautiful if ppls hatred motivated him to sabotage his career
― lag∞n, Friday, 22 January 2016 19:23 (eight years ago) link
well perhaps that song is the first step of the sabotage
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 22 January 2016 19:24 (eight years ago) link
― lag∞n, Friday, January 22, 2016 1:20 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
To Mackle a Butterfly
― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, January 22, 2016 12:58 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i don't know what enharmonics are but like lots of times it's just like you wanna know how to play a GnR riff or something not get a Ph.D. in harpsichord from the Little Lord Fauntleroy Academy of Music
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 22 January 2016 19:41 (eight years ago) link