Listen Up!: Macklemore

Published on August 9th, 2010 by Seamus.

A buddy of mine from Denver, Sean Fay, recently put me on to Macklemore. He told me to give this Irish guy from Seattle a listen so I did and what I heard was phenomenal. He’s an Atmosphere-ish type flower with rhymes that cut deep. What he spits is real and it’s intelligent. My favorite song is Otherside, where producer Ryan Lewis samples Red Hot Chili Peppers’ classic with the same title. Lewis and Macklemore teamed up for an awesome debut mixtape, TheVS.EP, which you can download here. The two are currently on tour in the Midwest with Blue Scholars, our other favorite Seattle based group of truth-spitters. Check out the songs below and be sure to hit up the MySpace to hear more of Macklemore’s stuff.

DOWNLOAD THE MIXTAPE HERE

  • Nate D.

    This album is a debut for the duo but Macklemore had a few albums prior, notably “The Language of My World” with “White Privilege” on it, which is a fantastic track. The Unplanned Mix tape is nice too.