Macklemore, "Same Love"

I came looking for this thread expecting to find a good centralized collection of enthusiasms. Surprised to find a bunch of casual dismissal instead. But "the rap equivalent of Big Country" is perfect, thanks.

I'm enthusiastic about the song in the thread title. Big time. Thrift Shop is pretty irresistible. Guy's got several decent to above average songs, and some clunkers, too. And he gets to preachy, but we know that going in.

But as far as I'm concerned, "Same Love" gives him a pass for his missteps.

Seems like a solid dude. Give me Macklemore over, like, Spaceghostpurp or whatever.

I just heard the whole album for the first time, so I shouldn't make any grand statements, but between this, Urthboy and K'naan it's seeming like a really good year for hip hop pop, or whatever this stuff is, to me. (Plus all the 2010/2011 grime I missed at the time.)

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6iekmPrvL1qb9wqio12_250.gif

k'naan is probably one of those guys that's like way more popular than you think he is

Seems like a solid dude. Give me Macklemore over, like, Spaceghostpurp or whatever.

lol talk about stacking the deck

fair enough. how bout Main Attrakionz or however you spell it?

How about them?

maybe they're a slightly fairer fight

Real talk I'd listen to nothing but Spaceghostpurrp and Main Attrakionz for a month if it meant I never had to see Macklemore's name again.

It makes sense that someone who doesn't like MA or Spaceghostburp might enjoy Mackiemore though.

i dont think anyone here really reps for either main attrakionz or sgp

I though 808 was great, but not feeling the album, like the other Green Ova more (Shady Blaze)

ha i like main attrakionz a lot

i really hope people irl pronounce their name phonetically

Not saying anyone here reps for ma or sgp but I sure do read their names a lot on the internet. Just saying id rather listen to this corny dude than those currently "cool" dudes, that's all.

Definitely know where the Rev stands on Macklemore by now, tho.

this guy is vile, but i find much to enjoy in that thrift shop song

been a bit of a cult favourite at parties the past few months or so

ha, to be fair I've been a lot more cogent in my macklemore hate on twitter than I have here but don't feel like rehashing all the stuff I said there so just settling for base-lvl hatin' instead

safe, acceptable, Bellevue High School class of 2014

Roll the year back a bit and allow for all the other eastside burbs and this is like 50% of my students. They all seem to love the shit out of these dudes.

I like Main Attrakionz but their problem is that they're not important to anyone. Mackiemore stakes his career on being incredibly important to a certain audience. So in a sense he wins even though I kinda hate him.

that's otm

How the fuck did this guy make it to #1 in NZ w/"Thrift Shop"?

that sounds about right

it's pretty killer if you ignore him completely and never watch the video or learn the title

entered at #4 in Australia last week, up to #2 this week

PS I love Thrift Shop ;-;

The beat is annoying and stiff as fuck tho. xp

thrift shop is super corny

beat is the thing i like most about it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i thought it was the only thing anyone liked about it

This even sounds like Australian rap. Not good.

hey c'mon Tim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g12f7uDIGZc&list=UL

this is bummers :/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/susan-johnson-michigan-teacher-gay-song-suspended_n_2211725.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=Detroit

this dude is an extended prank, right

he sounds like Macauley Culkin circa Home Alone or something

Chris Weingarten @1000TimesYes

Fucking Macklemore is number one on the Hot 100. I'm more ashamed of America right now than the time they re-elected George W. Bush

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ews27a5bZQs/Ts1L8pSBanI/AAAAAAAARiw/bfcuzsJhiIQ/s1600/crying-eagle.jpg

ohhhh lord mix-a-lot kid sensation please talk to this sucker cause they killing hip hop they taking the pain and struggle of life of hip hop the only thing we coulda express our minds and pain. and these suckers took it and made it look like garbage thats why we get judge so much cause these shit dont be making sence

The Reverend wrote this on thread WHAT KILLED THE UNDERGROUND on board I Love Music on Aug 29, 2007

I haven't read the whole thread, but the Defari & J-Zone bits at the top and bottom are definitely what's up. I hate the hiphop scene here, because the only things that get championed are nerd rappers with names like Common Market and Optimus Rhyme (actually, that's a great name, but damn if I wanna listen to anyone who calls himself that) and Macklemore, who raps about his white liberal guilt, and anything that sounds like it was made by actual humans, instead of backpack-bots gets overlooked.

seattle used to have swag man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=renc0ZVmz4Y

ohhhh lord mix-a-lot kid sensation

lol

I'm having trouble explaining to people IRL why "same love" is bad

ha, i was just engaged in "why 'same love' is bad" with noz on twitter

i've never heard this song... think i might make this the first ever no. 1 single i ever purposefully ignore

ha, i was just engaged in "why 'same love' is bad" with noz on twitter

― The Reverend, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 7:58 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

you should pitch this somewhere

it's an impt point

i remember thinking it was so weird that mix-a-lot was from seattle, it was before grunge and shit so seattle didn't really have much of an image in my brain

but i always wanted to hang out with the swass at Dick's

mix got his roots in that mid-80s west coast electro scene so it makes perfect sense

I met the table is the table in front of Dick's on Broadway (true story)

yeah totally does, but you know this was way back so that stuff didn't really travel far you know...it's more just thinking about before people had much of an idea of what seattle was as a city! kinda trippy.

i'm listening to this

it's really bad obv

has anyone noticed something kinda noticed this kinda annoying what he enunciates words? like his "Ps" really pop in an annoying way and the sibilance on his "S's" suck, maybe it's just the tone of his voice & the say it's recorded

man the rhymesayers dudes must be kinda salty watching this dude go huge with a way worse version of their style