![]() ![]() Sometimes you can just rock out with a few cheeky guitar solos, and that’s perfectly okay. taught the world that you don’t need soulful warbling RnB vocals to accompany hip hop. collaboration happened, but Walk This Way completely turned that around and propelled the rockers back into stardom. #MacklemoreĪerosmith were kinda losing their cool vibe when the RUN D.M.C. #Macklemore.’ Who’s hoping that Ed makes an appearances at the upcoming Macklemore and Ryan Lewis concert at The O2? It does say “plus special guests”, but we’re not giving away anything! Macklemore’s daughter is surely going to love this when she grows up, and as says, ‘Growing Up (feat. Ed Sheeran’s powerful chorus kicks in around the two-minute mark, adding so much emotion and passion to the already touching song. The lyrics depict the journey Macklemore went on as he approached fatherhood. Macklemore’s powerful single Growing Up was a surprise release, delighting fans and sparking a whole new love for low-tempo hip hop. We all knew that New York was the second coolest city in the world (London takes first place, of course!) but this song, and this beautiful melody, was a pretty epic reminder. Plus, Pharrell’s high pitched tone pairs perfectly with Snoop’s awesome canine growling.Īlicia Keys’ chorus on Jay-Z’s ode to New York, Empire State Of Mind, became so iconic that it sparked her to write her own song, based on the guest vocals. As soon as you hear that ‘Whoa-oh-ah-oh-ohhhh’ it signals the start of summer. Pharrell’s falsetto vocals have appeared on so many hip hop tracks it’s hard to count them, but our favourite has to be 2009’s Beautiful. Here’s our ode to all our favourite hip hop guest vocals over the years… And what’s better than when it’s sung by one of the best musical artists in the world? The saving grace, however, is the vocal hook, the chorus. Unless you’re a professional rapper, you always seem to end up stumbling over your words and losing the beat. ![]() ![]() ‘Growing Up (Sloane’s Song)’ is available for free on Macklemore’s website.Singing along to hip hop is notoriously difficult. But will this get all the think piece author to put down their pens? No way.īy the way, Sloane Ava Simone Haggerty, Macklemore's daughter, was born on May 29, 2015. It’s the kind of “let’s all be accepting” stuff that made “Same Love” a phenomenon and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis a mountain of cash.Ĭonsidering that this is meant to be a song from him to his daughter, I’m willing to take it at face value-even my cynicism knows some bounds. In the lyrics, Macklemore urges his daughter to read the works of black authors and presages her going to the prom with another girl and sneaking her back into the house. He goes on to mention about how he and Lewis wrote the track and that it’s both a song about his daughter growing up and his own maturity. Scared of the process of staring at myself through a page and seeing someone that I wasn’t proud of. as Tricia went to the bathroom to take the pregnancy test I’d just purchased from Walgreens.” But I think back to that night: praying on the floor at 2 a.m. “I wish that I could say that I was in a ‘better place’ when I found out the news,” writes Macklemore about “Growing Up (Sloane’s Song).” “It would make for a far more polished and respectable story. The track is the first they’ve put out in 3 years and is a love letter to Macklemore’s newborn daughter. ![]() Now Macklemore, alongside his partner in music, Ryan Lewis, have released “Growing Up (Sloane’s Song),” featuring Ed Sheeran. It is this contingency on sincerity that has lead to innumerable debates about the merits of the Seattle-bred rapper. Which, for a pop musician, is par for the course, but more of an evil than a virtue. If he’s being insincere, then he’s exploiting changing tides in society to make a buck. While this can lead to some problematic situations, it is, by and large, something positive. If he’s sincere in his music then he’s a straight, white, guy who preaches messages of tolerance and bonhomie. While this is all well and good, it hinges on the concept of sincerity. Macklemore has carved out a niche for himself as a feel-good, chill-vibes rapper who spouts messages of love and acceptance. ![]()
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