Macklemore do you think he'll have sustained success?

[QZA]

Macklemore constantly reminds the public that he's an independent artist, yet in the copyright section of his itunes download for Thrift Shop and Can't Hold Us, Warner Bros. is listed as the label. Last I checked, Warner Bros. is a major label.

Also.. Dude was on stage the other day winning an Mtv award and during the speech he mentioned that his song about gay rights meant more to him than Hip Hop. I didn't understand that because isn't Hip Hop the reason why he was on that stage in the first place, or even able to make that song. Macklemore is definitely a culture vulture.

 

[cannonspike1994]

Macklemore constantly reminds the public that he's an independent artist, yet in the copyright section of his itunes download for Thrift Shop and Can't Hold Us, Warner Bros. is listed as the label. Last I checked, Warner Bros. is a major label.

Macklemore has a distribution deal with Warner Bros.

 

[Muhannad]

Macklemore constantly reminds the public that he's an independent artist, yet in the copyright section of his itunes download for Thrift Shop and Can't Hold Us, Warner Bros. is listed as the label. Last I checked, Warner Bros. is a major label.

Also.. Dude was on stage the other day winning an Mtv award and during the speech he mentioned that his song about gay rights meant more to him than Hip Hop. I didn't understand that because isn't Hip Hop the reason why he was on that stage in the first place, or even able to make that song. Macklemore is definitely a culture vulture.

First off, welcome. Real heads got their third eye out. That story about his indy hustle is bullsh*t. A journalist confirmed what we all knew. Check this link I poted yesterday http://raprehab.com/macklemores-indie-rise-is-simply-a-white-lie/.......

 

[A1000MILES]

Y'all really don't know what you talmbout...

Macklemore&Ryan Lewis were touring and putting music out by themselves...They then went and got an international distribution deal(common practice for independent artists) through a company called ADA...ADA is a partner of Warner, so their reach is huge...Getting a distro deal is like paying to have a company do for you what a major label would without having to deal with the same contractual problems...They paid to be distributed on the same scale as major players, that's independent as fuck...They're not signed to Warner...But Warner has a share in ADA so there's certain provisions that go with that as far as branding, percentages, etc...At the end of the day though, Mack and Lewis take home the lion share of profit from everything they do and can not be told when and how to do something...

 

[blackamerica]

1. Macklemore isn't gay...

We can't confirm nor deny that, being he grew up with homosexual thoughts as a 3rd grader. No straight man is comfortable admitting he once thought he was a fag

2. Macklemore is where he is right now for 3 reasons...Good music, consistent promo work, and a lotta money...

You forgot the fact he's WHITE. Which kind of kills any credibility I thought you had. The fact he's white is the biggest reason he's poppin. He even acknowledged this

3. That's all...If you wanna believe that Macklemore is sent here to be forcefed upon the masses and begin the final whitewash/gaywash of the rap scene...Fine nigga...Enjoy your corner.

And you continue thinking the crackaz behind the scenes don't have an agenda to waterdown hip hop. They been doing it for years along with feminizing every as aspect of the culture. Shit so obvious Stevie Wonder can see it

 

[marc123]

don't kno. don't care. that song 'the otherside' is jammin tho

 

[fuc_i_look_like]

dude's total hipster image is so obviously manufactured by his record label. everything about him and his music is so terribly corny and cheesy. Not because he's white, but I don't even consider his music style "hip hop". IDK what to call that shit, but it's awful.

 

[Like Water]

niggas letting their racism show

@jamacia

@ItzGravitation. It would be the bitch nigga running rampant, letting his bias be the voice he's speaking with. Smh...

You know the problem with you and your ilk? You muthafuckas don't know the difference between tolerance and acceptance. I tolerate your shit because I have to. Which I don't really have much of a problem with since it ain't got shit to do with me. Nor does it affect me in any way.

But that soapbox that you all stand on trying to convert everyone to your belief system, less you be labeled a bigot or intolerant, needs to be burned to the ground. I shouldn't have to "accept" shit. I don't care for that lifestyle. And I don't care for the infiltration of everything that you're not so subtle about.

Fuck everything you and corny ass Macklemore stand for. Feelings that you fuck nigga.

 

[ItzGravitation]

niggas letting their racism show

@jamacia

@ItzGravitation. It would be the bitch nigga running rampant, letting his bias be the voice he's speaking with. Smh...

You know the problem with you and your ilk? You muthafuckas don't know the difference between tolerance and acceptance. I tolerate your shit because I have to. Which I don't really have much of a problem with since it ain't got shit to do with me. Nor does it affect me in any way.

But that soapbox that you all stand on trying to convert everyone to your belief system, less you be labeled a bigot or intolerant, needs to be burned to the ground. I shouldn't have to "accept" shit. I don't care for that lifestyle. And I don't care for the infiltration of everything that you're not so subtle about.

Fuck everything you and corny ass Macklemore stand for. Feelings that you fuck nigga.

i did.

and i dont know what you're talking about but get out your feelings kid

 

[twizza 77]

Macklemore constantly reminds the public that he's an independent artist, yet in the copyright section of his itunes download for Thrift Shop and Can't Hold Us, Warner Bros. is listed as the label. Last I checked, Warner Bros. is a major label.

Also.. Dude was on stage the other day winning an Mtv award and during the speech he mentioned that his song about gay rights meant more to him than Hip Hop. I didn't understand that because isn't Hip Hop the reason why he was on that stage in the first place, or even able to make that song. Macklemore is definitely a culture vulture.

mtv.com/videos/misc/949289/macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-accept-the-award-for-best-video-with-a-social-message.jhtml#id=1712596

He put the MoonMan and gay rights over rap. smh

 

[judahxulu]

again... if you applaud niggas for contrived content reflecting an evil corporate agenda then you shouldnt complain when white folks do it... its the same thing

 

[ItzGravitation]

gay rights is greater than hip hop

just like civil rights is greater than hip hop

 

[twizza 77]

These type of threads Always bring out weak posters with low postcounts.

He's a white rapper that's successful that doesn't rap about guns, bitches and drugs of course the IC wouldn't approve. I think he's alright nuttin special dude makes catchy music and was able to blow indepently gotta respect it.

You sound stupid right now. You think he's getting "hate" because he don't rap about that stuff.

Read through this thread and tell me ppl weren't saying he aint "hip hop" cuz of the same love song. Tell me exactly how he isn't a rapper? Last time I checked in order to be a rapper u had to rap which he does. U sound dumb

I never denied him not being a rapper. There are emcees like Kendrick Lamar that don't rap about that stuff for the most part and gets praised. The problem I have with Macklemore for the 1000000000000000001th time is that he makes pop music and its being passed off as hip hop when it isn't.

Hes rapping on his songs its rap music.

We've already been through this. Fergie 'rapped' on Fergalicious.....

She was biting 80's femcees and did JJ Fad song.

 

[Returnofthemac1990]

Now nod your head and wake up.

I see so many people lost who really try to pretend

But am I just another white boy who has caught on to the trend

When I take a step to the mic is hiphop closer to the end?

'Cause when I go to shows the majority have white skin

They marketed the windmill, the air flair and head spin

And white rappers albums really get the most spins

The face of hip hop has changed a lot since Eminem

And if he's taking away black artists' profits I look just like him

Claimed a culture that wasn't mine, the way of the american

Hip hop is gentrified and where will all the people live

It's like the central district, beacon hill to the south end

Being pushed farther away because of what white people did, now

Where's my place in a music that's been taken by my race

Cultural appropriated by the white face

And we don't want to admit that this is existing

So scared to acknowledge the benefits of our white privilege

Cause it's human nature to want to be part of something different

Especially when your ancestors are European Christians

And most whites don't want to acknowledge this is occurring

Cause we got the best deal, the music without the burden

Of being black in a system that really wants you to rock

Cause all you need is a program and you can go and make hiphop

And we hate the mainstream cause we're the ones that took it

Now we listen to Aesop Rock and wear t-shirts that say Brooklyn

But it's not about black and white right

I mean good music is good music regardless of what you look like

But when you don't give them props isn't that selfish?

That's like saying rock was actually started by Elvis

So where does this leave me?

I feel like I pay dues but I'll always be a white MC

I give everything I have when I write a rhyme

But that doesn't change the fact that this culture's not mine

But I'm gonna be me so please be who you are

This is something that's effortless and shouldn't be hard

I said I'm gonna be me so please be who you are

But we still owe 'em 40 acres now we've stolen their 16 bars

Hiphop started off in a block that I've never been to

To counter act a struggle that I've never even been through

If I think I understand just because I flow too

That means I'm not keeping it true, nope

Hiphop started off in a block that I've never been to

To counter act a struggle that I've never even been through

If I think I understand just because I flow too

That means I'm not keeping it true, I'm not keeping it true

Now I don't rap about guns so they label me conscious

But I don't rap about guns cause I wasn't forced into the projects

See I was put in the position where I could chose my options

Blessed with the privilege that my parent's could send me to college

Now who's going to shows the kids on the block starving

Or the white people with dough that can relate to my content?

Marketed the music now adapted to the lifestyle

What happened to jazz and rock and roll is happening right now

Where's my place in the music that's been taken by the media

With white corperations controlling what their feeding ya

I brought up aesop rock but I'm not even dissing dude

We love hiphop and what do you think caucasians are listening to

And I speak freely when I write this

If a black emcee examined race there goes half their fan base, white kids

And this is so true. and we didn't even have to fight the system

We just went and picked up the microphone too

And we got good at it so we should be rapping

But only supporting them is like burning Jimmy and buying Clapton

Now Clapton's incredible. but no Jimmy no foundation

So here comes history and the cultural appropriation

White kids with do rags trying to practice their accents

From the suburbs to the upperclass mastering a language

But hiphop is not just memorizing words

It's rooted in authenticity something you literally can't learn

But I'm gonna be me so please be who you are

This is something that's effortless and shouldn't be hard

I said I'm gonna be me so please be who you are

But as I'm blessed with the privilege, they're still left with the scars

Hiphop started off in a block that I've never been to

To counter act a struggle that I've never even been through

If I think I understand just because I flow too

That means I'm not keeping it true, nope

Hiphop started off in a block that I've never been to

To counter act a struggle that I've never even been through

If I think I understand just because I flow too

That means I'm not keeping it true, I'm not keeping it true

 

[Returnofthemac1990]

Oh yeah, that's macklemore. Some of y'all just hate, to hate lol. Listen to artists before passing judgment.

 

[twizza 77]

20 Years from now in the IC rap thread/debates will consist of:

Top 5 GOAT:

Eminem

Macklemore

Mac Miller

Asher Roth

Snow

Vanilla Ice will be considered as a Pioneer along with the Beastie Boys.

 

[contemplate]

thought he was complete trash from what the ic said about him so gave him no chance

then found out he was the 'thrift shop' guy which reinforced my thoughts

then someone played a song by him and i fucked with it

then i listened to his whole album and thought he was dope

as for thread, i think so. i think i recall him hitting over a mil so he'll have some success for awhile i think and i hope he does

 

[Turfaholic]

He hasn't hit a mil YET but when he does, its going to shake up the genre. Nigga doin better than any artist not named Jay or Em with no machine behind him. I love independent music with a passion. 100,000 independently is considered ghetto gold. Mack a couple thousand away from 1,000,000. Homie has a blue print framed in gold.

 

[Splackavelli]

fuck that cracka!

 

[Like Water]

He hasn't hit a mil YET but when he does, its going to shake up the genre. Nigga doin better than any artist not named Jay or Em with no machine behind him. I love independent music with a passion. 100,000 independently is considered ghetto gold. Mack a couple thousand away from 1,000,000. Homie has a blue print framed in gold.

Oh believe me sir, there's more than a million dumb white people out there. And that's his fan base. His blueprint is not framed in gold. No one black can come out with his plan and have the same success. It will not work the same for them. And you'd be a fool to think that it would.

That's ok though. Because unlike Em, who had an almost unheard amount of lyrical capability when he broke on the scene, or the Beastie Boys, who had Def Jam behind them, Macklemore does not have a black fan base. Nor does he possess the talent they had either.

What about currently? You've got Mac, Brother Ali, Bronson, Asher, Yelawolf, Rittz, to name a few. Why aren't they doing numbers like Macklemore? They all rap circles around dude. What's different there? Or the careers of emcees like Mos, Talib, Common, who have all been mostly positive and anti-flashy throughout? What is he doing that's so different from them? Even Murs, who disgusted me with his display of trying to push the gay agenda, hasn't seen any real positive effects from it.

If you don't understand that this cornball ass peckerwood has latched onto a few hot topics to propel himself into hip-hop, all while having an awful delivery and vanilla content, then I don't what to tell you. And the fact he acknowledges his supposed "white privilege" means nothing to me when it's being presented by a rapper who doesn't even rap well.

I'm done. And whoever doesn't like it can kick rocks.