Guest Blogger: Michael B2

Macklemore is an independent hip hop artist who resides in Seattle, Washington. Macklemore is an artist that I have been listening too for about a year now and have seen live. His music varies in how it feels because some of his songs are about his battle that he had a couple years ago with drug addiction and some of his other songs are about celebrating life or about partying. You really have to listen to his songs and the lyrics within the songs to understand what I am trying to say. Some of his songs have some pop beats to them with him rapping over them and some of his other songs have a more underground hip hop feel to them. His lyrics can be inspirational because some of his fans have credited him with helping them through their battle with drugs. Macklemore is clean now from drugs and loves writing songs telling about his rough experiences with drug addiction. Macklemore in his last two projects has teamed up with producer Ryan Lewis and the duo releases their work under the name “Macklemore and Ryan Lewis”. The duo recently released their debut album The Heist. This album was a huge success as is reached second on “Billboards Top 200 Albums” list and sold about 78,000 albums in the first week. This is incredible considering that they are not signed with a record label and release their work independently. They do not want to sign with a record label. For example, a song off The Heist called “Jimmy Iovine” is about how record labels have approached them looking for them to sign and how every time they basically just tell them to screw off. One of my favorite songs ever made by Macklemore would be “Wings”. This song is about shoes and peoples love for shoes. But the real story about it is how America is always driven towards consumerism and is always looking to purchase the top of the line items available. Macklmore is one of my favorite artists and would recommend him to any hip hop fan. His new album has been given really good reviews and I would have to agree with them. His album is well worth the time and money.