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Macklemore wins best Rap Album

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AwR
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Jan 26 2014 7:33PM
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cool_name
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how much meth did the judges smoke before picking thrift shop as the best rap song
Jan 26 2014 7:37PM
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Brule.
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Kendrick should've won for best rap album IMO.
Jan 26 2014 7:48PM
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Dr.Dealgood
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I'm surprised you're surprised.

Are you surprised? It's just a big fuckin bologna contest. Meaning it's fake and made with weird indigestible garbage.
Jan 26 2014 7:51PM
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whoa-dere
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when he sings that song gay couples are gonna get married on stage lol
Jan 26 2014 7:52PM
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AwR
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Dude, just because Nickelback isnt playing this year doesnt mean you have to hate on it.
Jan 26 2014 7:52PM
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AwR
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Im not surprised I just wanted to use that gif. Macklemore even said in an interview earlier that he thinks Madd City should win.
Jan 26 2014 7:54PM
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Willgum
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Macklemore said himself that he shouldnt win...

Macklemore comments on Kendrick Lamar having the "better rap album," says K-Dot should win the Grammy for Best Rap Album.

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http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.26925/title.macklemore-says-hip-hop-will-be-heated-if-he-wins-best-rap-album-grammy
Jan 26 2014 7:55PM
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Spagett+
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Vampire weekend won best alternative album. So i am happy. Yet unhappy too.
Jan 26 2014 7:58PM
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m-tang
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Black Sabbath won best metal track so that's satisfying at least
Jan 26 2014 8:02PM
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Fuck Macklemore and fuck all the dickriders of Macklemore who seem him as some sort of progressive visionary for rap music.

Macklemore may have a message but at the end of the day, he's removed, his lyrics are second hand experiences. GKMC depicted the struggle of literally good kid in a mad city. The skits were brilliant, and the production and composition of the tracks were remarkable. What could a white privileged rapper like Macklemore possibly have to rap about? Hypocritical anti-capitalist raps (Thrift Shop, Wings) and lackluster, spoken pro-gay rights messages over a melodic beat? How progressive! Kendrick depicted the plight of a kid growing up in gang-riddled America, what dire straits did Macklemore have in Seattle? Lastly, wordplay has always been and always will be a key element to hip hop. Lines like "Usually I'm drug free, but shit I'm with the homies" and "Projects tore up gang signs get thrown up" are a lot more authentic and veritable than "When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay" and "Walk into the club like what up I got a big cock."

GKMC is a story of a young kid growing up in Compton resorting to the solutions many young kids find in the poverty stricken areas of America; gangs and thievery. By the end, Kendrick is an enlightened man illuminating his past and the troubles that he and his friends faced and how he came to rise above it. This is seriously a step backward for hip hop.

good kid, m.A.A.d city is a classic rap album and will go down in the books as one, Grammy or not.
Jan 26 2014 8:11PM
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caderobinson
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With outa doubt
Jan 26 2014 8:36PM
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cool_name
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i really dont see how him taking about overcoming drug problems is second hand. Not to mention most of his songs aren't meant to be deep either they are just meant to be fun. Cant hold us for example wasn't made to make people rethink their life, it was just meant to be fun.
Jan 26 2014 8:45PM
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Willgum
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This whole post is one of the better ones I've read on NS, I can imagine why Macklemore would win because the voting probably looked at hit singles more than quality of the work. By no means is Macklemore a bad artist, hell I saw him live and it was the most entertaining show I've ever been too. But GKMC should have won hands down
Jan 26 2014 8:59PM
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Jan 26 2014 9:08PM
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skiersupreme
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more than usual i guess. thrift shop is a pop song at best.
Jan 26 2014 9:10PM
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jblaski
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Typical NS. 8 months ago, when Macklemore was still mostly unknown, everyone was bragging about how they picked up The Heist, (go back and look at the PYLP thread) and everyone was giving them props for being such a sick album. Now that he's gotten famous, NS instantly goes super-hipster and talk about how he's overrated and played. Sickening and hilarious at the same time.
Jan 26 2014 9:25PM
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Bogs
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implying rap is never allowed to be fun?
Jan 26 2014 9:27PM
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nCrow
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the grammys are a joke anyway
Jan 26 2014 9:36PM
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Tyler.A
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Imagine Dragons and Kendrick Lamar is too good.
Jan 26 2014 9:49PM
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aloha.
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Wow that was actually and absurdly good performance of music right there. That just upped my respect even more for both of them, and Kendrick should have been an easy choice
Jan 26 2014 9:54PM
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AwR
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I do agree with this to a point but 8 months ago Good Kid Madd City was still a better album than The Heist.
Jan 26 2014 9:56PM
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JStrathern
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GKMC>Yeezus>The Heist
Jan 26 2014 9:57PM
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doGelyst
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haven't listened to a single piece of his, and never will.
Jan 26 2014 9:58PM
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cool_name
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im calling bullshit, he was all over the radio last fall after his album came out, no way you haven't heard any of it.

If truly have lived in a cave for the last couple and haven't heard any of his stuff then how do you know you wont like it
Jan 26 2014 10:05PM
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SFB
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i cant think of a single artist i dislike more then mackelmore.
Jan 26 2014 10:06PM
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GEORGEzimmerman
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Macklemores music may be gayer than san francisco, but i still respect the nigga for staying his own label and acknowledging kendrick should have won
Jan 26 2014 10:07PM
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swoger
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I for one have always hated Macklemore and most likely always will. He doesn't rap and it's annoying that people consider it rap. Thrift shop is the fucking shittiest song ever too
Jan 26 2014 10:23PM
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GEORGEzimmerman
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lets see you make something better
Jan 26 2014 10:24PM
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Logey.
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Implying that the only real rappers are underprivileged black kids that havent grown up in good living conditions. You're annoying and your logic is terrible. A rap song doesn't have to have a super deep meaning to be good.
Jan 26 2014 11:23PM
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MaxBerkowitz
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Macklemore isn't awful at rapping, he's decent and cashed in on becoming a pop sensation.
The Heist was alright i guess…

On the other hand:

Kendrick is the best rapper imo right now, put out an amazing album that will go down in history.
I feel like in several years we will compare him to biggie pac andre and more

Jan 26 2014 11:38PM
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PeppermillReno
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Dude isn't a total douchebag.

He knows 2 shitty ass songs about being gay and being broke made him. I respect him for basically admitting it.

Average/ok rapper hes not that bad outside those 2 songs but those 2 songs seriously fucking blow and I am sure he hates performing them more than anything.
Jan 26 2014 11:40PM
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ChillTeenDad420
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macklemore is like the shaun white of rap

makes rap for people who don't like rap and gets all the awards...

cool that he did it without a label but fuck i can't stand listening to the dude
Jan 26 2014 11:42PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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so i guess that's why they called it the heist
Jan 26 2014 11:46PM
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Avifarer
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a black guy rapping about his hard life growing up in compton. so original!!
Jan 27 2014 12:06AM
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PeppermillReno
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Haha. Seriously.


Its mind boggling that a white boy rapper similar to Maclemore took so long to blow up. We should have had a version of him in the 80s let alone the 90s or 2000s.


I think Eminem being huge just killed demand for another white rapper for 15 years.
Jan 27 2014 12:14AM
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edai
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yea but i know you all downloaded Wings after hearing it in Moxleys Blackcomb edit
Jan 27 2014 12:17AM
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will_powder
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Jan 27 2014 3:39AM
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GrabsForFun
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Kendrick should deffinatly have won. I´ve been a fan since I first listened to Section 80.He´s in my top 3 alongside Guru and Talib.
That being said, Maklemore isn´t that bad. Listen to this

And if the vid wont work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPgWmbJTAhU&list=PLhR931vmjUF8LFl3xk2_kWh9wttt9qZLn
Jan 27 2014 2:00PM
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Jan 27 2014 2:43PM
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.Capn.
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I like both albums. Don't give a fuck about the award
Jan 27 2014 3:04PM
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Slurpsicle.
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Like the MTV music awards, there is never any good music being put up for nominations. It's all mainstream crap
Jan 27 2014 3:07PM
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OGHolliday
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It's foolish this has turned into a Macklemore hate fest and not a our generation and overall popular music taste is garbage hate fest. Although I'm not a huge fan of Macklemore him and Ryan Lewis are clearly both talented and appreciate good rap music. I mean he fucking admitted he shouldn't have won, that takes a man. That being said it's still fucking absurd Kendrick didn't win considering he has one of the first extremely memorable rap albums in quite some time.
Jan 27 2014 3:24PM
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will_powder
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Except when Arcade Fire won, that was "legendary" (the grammy's favorite word)
Jan 27 2014 3:35PM
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jblaski
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You're forgetting that Shaun White is the absolute best at what he does.
Jan 27 2014 3:44PM
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mski
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Never thought I would share any sort of opinion with Kanye

Jan 27 2014 4:02PM
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HitTheJim
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There's a big difference between hating Macklemore and hating his music. As an individual there's a lot about him to respect. Read up on him a little bit, he's one of the most honest and open people in the industry. In terms of his music though, I think he makes pop music and that Grammy belongs to Ye or Kendrick.
Jan 27 2014 4:22PM
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