Why macklemore is awesome

And really, why should Macklemore be contritious about his fame and success? All we have to cling to is our precious coolness, something Macklemore gave up long ago on the road to fame and fortune. We are cool, Macklemore is not, this is fucking awesome. Drew Millard wrote this while drinking sake on a Suzuki in Osaka Bay. You can read more of his work over at Noisey and follow him on Twitter here. All Rights Reserved. Four Pins Music opinion.

Share This Story. Sign up for Complex notifications for breaking news and stories. Lewis is there, wearing skinny jeans and chunky eyeglasses. They want the theater shows to feel special, and so no song is safe from change. The song took more than a year to finish. Macklemore was and remains a proud independent artist who built a local following, slowly but surely, into a national one; when he linked up with Lewis his sound grew distinctly bigger and more melodic, and for The Heist they signed a distribution deal with an arm of Warner Music, allowing them to borrow some major-label muscle while remaining indie otherwise.

The spark for the song came in late , when Macklemore, appalled by the non-indictment of Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, was photographed participating in a Black Lives Matter protest in Seattle. A hip-hop elder statesman whose name Macklemore wants off the record saw these pictures, sent Macklemore a direct message on Twitter, then gave him a call. The song went through an extensive process of revision: Macklemore looped in a number of activists, musicians, intellectuals and academics, and rewrote it based on their feedback.

How can we exempt ourselves from this angle, this angle, this angle? A fter rehearsal, Lewis rides his fat-tired black motorcycle, a modified Harley known as an Iron Guerilla, to the waterfront building he and Macklemore converted into their Seattle headquarters. On the ground floor is a recording room with a ton of audio gear, a wall of guitars and racks of outlandish garments spouting sequins, fringe and feathers.

There is a kitschy velvet painting of a bald eagle, an oil painting of Drake dancing and a transfixing rendition of a naked Justin Bieber with maple syrup pouring down his chest onto a pancake balanced on his boner.

Macklemore arrives. She extends her little fist toward me for a bump. A few hours later, he and Lewis board their Alaska Airlines flight to Phoenix. They fly coach, per usual; their destination is a Holiday Inn Express.

The duo splash out in some ways — gold watches, cars, motorcycles, multimillion-dollar houses — but are spendthrift in others.

I think that all this hate on Macklemore is ridiculous. But really though, congrats to Macklemore. Still sad Kendrick didn't win any awards, but I have to admit that Mack deserved it. Earlier in the night, MTV News caught up with Kendrick Lamar on the red carpet, where he addressed debates that Macklemore shouldn't have been included in the rap categories. He was fully supportive, as the two had even exchanged congratulatory texts before the show. Whatever he put his heart out to do, you know he raps and people receive it as that, it's just opinions," Kendrick told MTV News correspondent Sway Calloway.

I wouldn't listen to what nobody got to say. A lot of respect. Great performance. Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox.

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