every time it's on the radio i gotta blast it and do my best wanz voice to belt out the chorus. you know you like it too, it's so catchy!
video is below but first a little bio...
macklemore, born as ben haggerty, is from seattle and started writing lyrics at 14. his first EP, titled "open your eyes" under the name professor macklemore, was distributed by macklemore himself a few years later in 2000.
not much happened for my favorite artist of the past couple weeks between 2005 and 2009 due to substance abuse problems, but in 2008 he cleaned up his act and teamed up with producer ryan lewis.
fast forward to 2012: macklemore appears in the source magazine as unsigned hype, on the cover of xxl magazine as part of the freshman class of 2012 (which everyone was very happy about *sarcasm*), and "the heist" is dropped. the album includes songs previously released between 2010 and 2011 like "wing$" and "can't hold us down", and new song "thrift shop".
video as promised!
***bonus: "same love" feat. mary lambert, a song where mackelmore raps about his support of gay rights (yay!) and condemns homophobia in hip hop. i LOVE this song. like L.O.V.E.
