Personally I think it is a slugfest between Otherside and My Oh My. Granted I grew up in Washington and listening to Dave Niehaus’ play-by-play of the Marniners all the time as a kid.
Kanye was permitted to perform at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. They were pressed on the issue and made a statement that they care about “freedom of speech”
One call from Robert Kraft and Macklemore was immediately banned.
They don’t care about antisemitism. they don’t care what you say or think about Jews. They just don’t want you questioning Israel - thats the line.
thats the song where in the chorus you can hear the singer's jaw cracking , right? i kind of could never stop hearing it after realizing it first way back then
You’ve been psyopped into thinking being authentic and caring about the world around you is cringe and corny. This is a lie. You are the corny one for thinking this.
I think he’s allowed to have an opinion on Macklemore’s music that has nothing to do with being psyopped or not. There are plenty of musicians who I believe to be genuinely good human beings but I would never willingly listen to their music
I completely agree. I think there is a big difference between saying "Mackelmore's music isn't for me" vs. stating "Macklemore makes corny music" like it's an objective fact. The word "corny" is very specifically used to knock down people who speak about the injustices of the world. It's dismissive and demeaning on purpose. An artist expressing themselves in an authentic way is never corny. And by continuing to use that language, we are perpetuating the idea that caring about our fellow humans is lame.
People can hate Macklemore, hate his music, think he's bad, whatever. I don't care about that. But when a guy makes art about equal rights and everyone lines up to call him corny, I think they are saying more about themselves and their shitty world view than they are making a valid artistic criticism.
Ahh ok I understand more of where you’re coming from. To me when I initially saw the word “corny” I just assumed it meant that the music is lame or for people trying to be cool but just aren’t. I wasn’t thinking about the connotation that calling Macklemore “corny” had more to do with his speaking out on human rights than it has to do with the type of music he makes. That’s fair
Though I’m still not completely convinced that when the person made the comment you replied to that that was exactly his intention, to make fun of Macklemore b/c of his speaking out on issues. That’s why he said “no amount of him being based…”
But I’m not here to defend anyone so I’ll just leave it there
no dude his music is just not sonically good. it has nothing to do w the fact he is a good person and outspoken about politics, that’s what im saying. you know the whole “separate the art from the artist” saying, generally it’s used to excuse people’s shitty behavior but in this case i am using it to excuse his shitty music lmao
Movie characters are corny. Human emotion and artistic expression is human. Just because you've been inundated with a million different version of these human emotions doesn't mean the human emotions are any less real or deserve to be expressed any less.
He has a documented history of caring about human rights… if one action 12 years ago makes you doubt someone’s beliefs, they you must not trust very many people
I dressed up as a gangsta obama back in 2008 for Halloween and it was super racist in hindsight. Does that mean I can never say genocide is bad? Is there anything I will ever be able to do to redeem myself enough in order to have the perfect track record that is apparently required to say genocide is bad?
You honestly want to compare yourself dressing up "gangster Obama for Halloween" to defend a band frontman performing in flagrant Jewface at packed concert?
Both aren't great but uhhh.... really something buddy.
Did you enjoy your time in blackface circa 2008?
Macklemore sure looked like he enjoyed his Jewface experience.
Ive always liked this song, and saw him perform live in 2018.
Most people may not have heard anything beyond Thrift Shop and Cant Hold Us. Hes in the news right now, so maybe others are now finding out about his other songs.
Or vote in a terrorist government, or rip up all of the water pipes to make into rockets, or attack the kibbutzes that were the only place Palestinians could earn a living wage before Oct 7...
The irony is how the ADL suddenly becomes an authoritative source when it helps absolve Macklemore, but gets dismissed as biased or unreliable the moment its conclusions on antisemitism become inconvenient.
You can’t selectively treat it as credible only when it supports your argument.
Just pointing out their own hypocrisy in posting the photo- especially because the people posting seem to love pointing towards the ADL when it fits their narrative
If context upsets people, they should reevaluate why it does
I really don’t understand why people defend artists or celebrities for having the most bare minimum “humans should have rights” message. Most “normal everyday” people also believe that and it doesn’t make us special. Also him doing this racist caricature actually helps the idea of Israel more than hurt it. Also his music is fucking trash and is on par with Taylor Swift’s “bland chicken do me missionary” basic-ness.
And Same Love may have aged terribly (and possibly have a stolen hook i can't remember) but it was a pretty big deal at the time. I had it on repeat for a while.
He's always been a better activist and role model than a rapper, IMO.
Honestly I haven’t heard music from Macklemore since Thrift Shop was inescapable. Today, I blocked Ed Sheeran on my Spotify, followed Macklemore on Spotify, and I’m streaming his most recent album on repeat. It’s not much, but it’s something small that I can do to show my support for him.
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u/deja_geek Sep 14 '26
It's Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Put some respect on Ryan Lewis' name. He's the one that brought the polish and gravity to Macklemore's songs.