Ellen Loves Macklemore

I have been infatuated with the music Macklemore has been producing ever since I first heard the song Wings. I like him because there is actual content in his music, not the empty-calorie music that modern pop-culture seems to be obsessed with. Oh Wiz Khalifa you have catchy choruses about... partying all day. How original. Bieber, you like girls? No way. Ms. Swift, I am glad that you are informing me that we are ever never getting back together but can you be a little more constructive with your feedback?

Finally someone who isn't afraid to actually say something with their music. Whether you agree (I hope) or disagree (you are entitled to that) with gay marriage, or whether you like rap or not - that's fine - but you have to respect how creatively and passionately he delivers his message.

Ellen loved it too, so there's that. Check out Macklemore's new album The Heist.

The song he is preforming is called Same Love, and you can check out the official music video here.

-Via Daily Dot


There is a ton of music out there that has things to say, real things too. But the biggest sellers in pop music are always the empty ones, because it's not music for thinking, it's music for escaping - that's been the story of popular music for decades, centuries even (folk music). It's nothing new. The exceptions in the top charts are the ones that sneak it in when nobody's paying attention. :)

I'm not saying there isn't value in the above, there certainly is, and I respect what he's saying, but it's not even music or even really what I consider rap, it's just well presented beat-driven dialog with the occasional musical interlude - from someone else. Passionate sure, but creative or talented? I know I'm in the minority as this man is getting rave press right now, but I just don't feel it. It's *all* about the message.
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Yeah dude who runs neatorama, I was going to say the comment about someone who isn't afraid to say something in their music = lame move. But Dev, it's called hip hop.
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At least there's an actual instrument or two being played here. (The piano accompaniment is playing throughout the piece, not just as an "interlude.") You may not call this "music" by your definition, but there are many "musicians" out there that process EVERY SOUND YOU HEAR out of a computer. Is that music? I think it depends on who's listening. I don't really see the appreciation of someone saying something powerful in their art as a "lame move," either. [At least, I think that was the intended meaning of the sentence above.] Although I do agree there are several artists out there that have something important to say.
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