![]() What: Inspired by his love for Kendrick Lamar, particularly To Pimp a Butterfly (and a little bit of his own hardheaded ambition), Macklemore doubles down on his political streak, crafting an hour-long saga about say, the Ferguson tragedy, including plenty of credible guest rappers while still managing to position himself as the guiding force in the narrative. (Before the big-hype Complex profile, anyway.) They might compromise by just sneak-releasing their proper LP - which they’d be smart to do, for the sake of those still reeling from what felt like a 30-month-long Heist rollout. EP.)Ĭould It Happen?: Sadly, the time for this may have already passed - the optimal moment for this would’ve been earlier this year or late last. (They’ve done the jacked-beats mixtape before, by the way: 2009’s post-millennial alt-rock grabbag The Vs. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis could use a couple rounds of featherweight sparring before getting back in the ring for real. ![]() Especially unexpected, low-stakes ones that just sound like a couple of dudes having fun while leaving heavier musical and lyrical concerns for another day. Why: Lil B and Chance the Rapper proved it again yesterday, but it’s not like it’s a secret: Everyone loves free mixtapes. (Or new ones, if they’re up to it they could probably make “See You Again” their own with minimal effort.) Even better if they can get an up-and-coming MC - maybe a Seattle local, if they’re still plugged into the underground there - to be a recurring guest or outright co-star, one whose hunger Macklemore can feed off a little. What: A surprise SoundCloud release with no promotion whatsoever, just Ben and Ryan fooling around over some classic ’90s beats. That means there’s still ample opportunity for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis to go in any number of directions with their next album, to explore new territory, or at least approach the old territory in new ways - anything to remind the public of their more endearing qualities, while submerging those traits that became gradually intolerable with the group’s ridiculous over-exposure in 2013.Īlso Read New Music: Macklemore – “Drug Dealer” It’s not billed as the lead single from their still-untitled, still-unscheduled Heist follow-up for all we know, it won’t even be on the final track list. It’s unlikely to change the conversation about them much, a switch-up the twosome probably would be very grateful for, considering what we were talking about the last time we heard from Lewis and Haggerty.īut more than anything, “Growing Up” is a palate cleanser, a way to gently re-introduce the pair to the public consciousness via a subject matter that could not possibly be considered problematic by anyone. “Growing Up” traffics in the same kind of sepia-toned, heartstring-tugging balladry as “Same Love,” the most divisive, love-it-or-thinkpiece-it single from their breakthrough LP, 2012’s The Heist. It is a very nice and sweet song that will change precisely zero people’s opinions about the hip-hop duo. ![]() “Growing up” by Macklemore is a beautiful and emotional song that can easily be taken at face value and still have immense amounts of meaning.Yesterday, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis released their first brand-new music in years: “Growing Up (Sloane’s Song),” an ode to the rapper born Ben Haggerty’s two-month-old daughter, laid over low-slung guitar, warm, Sunday morning piano and an “Impeach the President”-type drum stroll. I think the way he outlines this concept is very clever and well written. Another line in the song talks about how he is scared and how he is “still figuring out who he is.” I think this a concept and an idea that him and many other people deal with on a daily basis. Do that for the rest of your life, and eventually the world will change.” I feel like this line expresses some inner conflict that Macklemore faced or faces and he is describing to his future child how he deals with it. ![]() One line from the song that I found extremely profound and compelling was “Don’t try to change the world, find something that you love and do it everyday. This track was released in 2016, a few months after the birth of Macklemore’s first child. This song is full of some very emotional, and clever word play that anyone can appreciate. In almost a list style, Macklemore talks about all kinds of different things he wants his future child to experience and ways he is going to parent and teach his child to be successful. In this song Macklemore describes and talks about all the fear and insecurities he faces with the idea of becoming a father. “Growing up” by Macklemore is a beautiful coming of age story told through the perspective of a future father to-be.
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