What's the deal with B.o.B. anyway? All I know about him is that he raps on "Airplanes," and I like that tune.
― jaymc, Thursday, August 26, 2010 5:03 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― jaymc, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
he's a clown
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
he might be the most recent chart-topper that i've completely forgotten about
― infirm neophytic child (zachlyon), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
so this is a p standard shitty article about racism with one interesting/unintentionally hilarious + sad fact:
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2013/04/19/racial-mockery-hopkins-high-sparks-outrage-black-student-handcuffed
The incident began on Feb. 13; when eight to 10 white members of the school's ski team came to school dressed in motley ensembles of do-rags, fur coats, white tank top undershirts, sagging pants and gold chains. One even had a fake marijuana joint tucked behind his ear. Somehow word spread that the students were celebrating a "Ghetto Spirit Day." Those who came to school in costume dispute this assertion, and claimed to school administrators that they were dressing up to mimic popular white rapper, Macklemore, who sings "Thrift Shop."
― 乒乓, Sunday, 21 April 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno, the whole repeatedly being sanctimonious towards black people in his lyrics thing gives me a special hate-on towards him
wait, this guy has MORE songs with casual racism? ugh.
― monotony, Monday, 22 April 2013 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
I - I - I'm hunting, looking for a come-up
One man's trash, that's another man's come-up
Is "come-up" a real phrase or is he trying to make it happen?
― how's life, Monday, 22 April 2013 11:54 (eleven years ago) link
tis a rare thing when someone can establish themselves as less aware of entry level slang than macklemore, let's all politely look away in embarrassment
― some dude, Monday, 22 April 2013 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
the weather sure did turn cold today
― 乒乓, Monday, 22 April 2013 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
although granted it's unacceptable that macklemoose puts it in the song twice, neither time really in the way anyone else would use it xp
― some dude, Monday, 22 April 2013 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
Nah you're forcing it, there are enough reasons to clown Macklemore without picking that shit out.
― Studied keyboard mash (tsrobodo), Monday, 22 April 2013 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
tis a rare thing when someone can establish themselves as less aware of entry level slang than macklemore, let's all politely look away in embarrassment― some dude, Monday, April 22, 2013 Bookmark Flag Post Permalinktis a rare thing when someone can establish themselves as less aware of entry level slang than macklemore, let's all politely look away in embarrassment― some dude, Monday, April 22, 2013 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― some dude, Monday, April 22, 2013 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Well how should it be used? I've never heard it before, but it sounded really awkward.
― how's life, Monday, 22 April 2013 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
second quote should be some dude's second post, obviously.
― how's life, Monday, 22 April 2013 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
I like it better this way, it's like a superior version of Amanda Palmer's Dzhokhar Tsarnaev poem
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Monday, 22 April 2013 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
you don't know how to use the phrase "come up"
― some dude, Monday, 22 April 2013 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
In the usage "to come up", yeah. But I've never heard "a come-up", which is what Macklemoo is doing here.
― how's life, Monday, 22 April 2013 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
when used as a noun it's usually "on the come-up" (or "creepin on ah come up" in bone thugs terms)
― some dude, Monday, 22 April 2013 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1lh1a6dTO1qei7y4o1_500.jpg
― Z S up HOOS down (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 22 April 2013 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
Oh ok. I never listened to Bone Thugs! I guess it has some legitimacy. It sounds really weird, especially the way he lets it out there twice in the same song.
― how's life, Monday, 22 April 2013 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
i hope this will explain it once and for all from the website urbandictionary.com
1. come up Share on twitter Share on facebook Share on more1324 up, 323 downA bargain, or a found item that is of value to the finder."One man's trash, that's another man's come up." - from Thrift Shop by Macklemore
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
lmao
― some dude, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 00:40 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha
― Z S up HOOS down (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 02:16 (eleven years ago) link
there are enough reasons to clown Macklemore without picking that shit out
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 02:25 (eleven years ago) link
still funny tho
― Z S up HOOS down (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 02:37 (eleven years ago) link
hey i'm laughing at urbandictionary now
― some dude, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 03:00 (eleven years ago) link
that's such a shitty line tho
― infirm neophytic child (zachlyon), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 03:15 (eleven years ago) link
every macklemore line just has this "look ma i'm rapping!!!" subtext
"that's great, honey"
― infirm neophytic child (zachlyon), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 03:16 (eleven years ago) link
lol oym
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 03:30 (eleven years ago) link
otm too
ha yeah
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 03:31 (eleven years ago) link
back at #1 with "Can't Hold Us" :/
― The Reverend, Thursday, 9 May 2013 05:43 (eleven years ago) link
I tried to listen to that "Can't Hold Us", but got as far as that "return of the mack" line before exiting the browser in protest.
― Greer, Thursday, 9 May 2013 06:43 (eleven years ago) link
i've switched the station many times due to this song
― dyl, Thursday, 9 May 2013 07:54 (eleven years ago) link
of course it is also #1 on r&b/hip-hop songs despite not registering on r&b/hip-hop airplay at all (correct me if i am wrong, sometimes i am bad at using the billboard site)
― dyl, Thursday, 9 May 2013 08:00 (eleven years ago) link
No, you're right. It's nowhere to be found on hip-hop airplay charts. Thrift Shop also only got as high as #47 there as well and even that was only after some stations probably felt compelled to play what was the #1 hip-hop song in the country at the time according to Billboard. Though that makes me wonder how their label approached getting them on the radio. Did they approach hip-hop stations who just had no interest in playing his songs, or did they avoid hip-hop radio entirely and only go for pop, alt, rhythmic and HAC radio?
― Greer, Thursday, 9 May 2013 08:20 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmd7rV6ZUjg
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 23 May 2013 03:16 (ten years ago) link
Posted mainly for advances in sunglasses fashion.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Thursday, 23 May 2013 03:18 (ten years ago) link
Anyone else get Bring Em Out vibes from Thrift Shop?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuyxX5P5Xug
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, 10 June 2013 22:37 (ten years ago) link
:(
You just compared one of my favorite rap songs to one of my least favorite rap songs.
Thought this was gonna be revived for: “Same Love,” same old shit?
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 03:09 (ten years ago) link
Yeah Bring Em Out is all time, listened to Urban Legend yesterday. As sad as it is, am I wrong?
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 03:11 (ten years ago) link
You are wrong.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 03:15 (ten years ago) link
K thx
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 03:15 (ten years ago) link
awesome:http://www.avclub.com/articles/al-madrigal-on-why-he-abhors-macklemore-ryan-lewi,98825/
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 03:22 (ten years ago) link
The argument about his kids seems a little weak, of all the pop stars out there I don't think Macklemore is the one that's going to corrupt his heretofore innocent children.
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 05:32 (ten years ago) link
I have had pretty much the same experience as this dude, particularly with the roomful of neighborhood kids all rapping along and saying "Pissssssssssss".
Also, my kid had apparently been listening to Poker Face on the radio the other day because he asked me to explain "bluffin' with my muffin".
― how's life, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 09:39 (ten years ago) link
yeah i mean rappers introducing kids to dirty words is not really a unique concept, i don't think he's really saying it is, just that that song was his experience and he hates the song for it. w/ "thrift shop" i suppose it's arguably more insidious because it's this fun song about funny clothes and it's slightly more relateable to little kids that the avg rap hit.
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 11:24 (ten years ago) link
I mean, that's exactly it. This is just the 2010s version of 80s kids asking their parents what an aphrodesiac is after hearing Funky Cold Medina.
― how's life, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 12:13 (ten years ago) link
Dad, what does he mean "that's what happens when bodies start slappin' from doin' the wild thing"?
― how's life, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 12:15 (ten years ago) link
Except that Macklemore is worse than Tone Loc for any possible reason you could come up with.
― how's life, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 12:20 (ten years ago) link
along these lines, it cracked me up that "Afternoon Delight" was an AM easy listening staple when I was younger once I was old enough to get the lyrics
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 14:08 (ten years ago) link
all the articles critical of "same love" i have seen are completely filled w/ comments by ppl defending it, claiming the author of the piece is stupid or ignorant or a bad writer (the latter always cracks me up b/c the comments are not very well written themselves), etc. :\\\\\
― dyl, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 16:54 (ten years ago) link