History Music / Macklemore

* Squick: The line in Thrift Shop dealing with him purchasing a skeet blanket.

* BrickJoke: One of his lines in "Thrift Shop" is "Whatchu know about wearin' a wolf on your noggin?" At the beginning of the music video for "Can't Hold Us", Macklemore is indeed wearing a wolf on his noggin.

* SoundEffectsBleep: The normal radio edit of "Thrift Shop" includes a rooster sound. Take a guess what it's censoring.

* OneHitWonder: Thankfully, it looks like he's escaped this- "Same Love" and "Can't Hold Us" have both charted in the top 30, and the attention garnered by the former's subject has ensured that the general public knows him as more than just 'the Thrift Shop guy.'

* {{Camp}}: "Thrift Shop" is a light-hearted track with a not-to-serious music video, and both "And We Danced" and "Castle" features the over-the-top ego Raven Bowie.

Ben Haggerty, also known as Macklemore, is a Seattle-based hip-hop/rap artist.

-->Fifty dollars for a t-shirt? That's just some ignorant bitch shit / I call that getting swindled and pimped / I call that being tricked by a business.

** "Heist Shop": "I prolly shouda washed this, it smells like RKelly's [[NeverLiveItDown sheets...]] [[DontExplainTheJoke pissssss...]]"

* BriefAccentImitation: "And We Danced". Macklemore briefly goes vaguely British.

Most recently, he and producer Ryan Lewis released his first studio album, ''The Heist'' which was a critical and overnight success. His song "Thrift Shop" peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and his album peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200, although neither were promoted or advertised in any way.

** "Wings" talks about the many violent consequences of materialism and celebrity obsession, specifically Jordan sneakers.

* SingerNamedrop: In "Can't Hold Us", "Macklemore" is chanted. In "Same Love", Macklemore drops his first name, Ben.

** "I prolly shouda washed this, it smells like RKelly's [[NeverLiveItDown sheets...]] [[DontExplainTheJoke pissssss...]]"

Most recently, he and producer Ryan Lewis released his first studio album, ''The Heist'' which was a critical and overnight success. He currently has his song "Thrift Shop" at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, as well as his album at number two, although neither were promoted or advertised in any way.

Ben Haggerty also known as Macklemore, is a Seattle-based hip-hop/rap artist.

Most recently, he and producer Ryan Lewis released his first studio album, ''The Heist'' which was a critical and overnight success. He currently has his song "Thrift Shop" at number one on the Billboard Top 100, as well as his album at number two, although neither were promoted or advertised in any way.

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Most recently, he and producer Ryan Lewis released his first studio album, ''The Heist'' which was a critical and commercial success.

** "I prolly shouda washed this, it smells like RKelly's [[NeverLiveItDown sheets...]] [[DontExplainTheJoke pssssss...]]"

Ben Haggerty also known as Macklemore, is a Seattle-based Hip-Hop/Rap artist.

After finishing a bachelor's degree he decided to pursue his musical interests and took a job at a juvenile detention facility, where he was involved in a project called "Gateways", engaging troubled youth through Rap. In 2000 he released the EP "Open Your Eyes" under the moniker ''Professor Macklemore'', five years later he'd shortened the name to the current ''Macklemore'' and his full-length debut "The Language of My World" was released.

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* BrandNamesAreBetter: Subverted hard in ''The Heist.'' ''Wings'' talks about the many violent consequences of materialism and celebrity obsession, specifically Jordan sneakers. Mocked much more lightly in ''Thrift Shop'', ''Fifty dollars for a t-shirt? That's just some ignorant bitch shit/I call that getting swindled and pimped/I call that being tricked by a business''
* BriefAccentImitation: ''And We Danced''. Macklemore briefly goes vaguely British.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: He's been friends with his producer, Ryan Lewis, for a good number of years. He's mentioned in ''Jimmy Iovine.''
* RummageSaleReject: Zebra jammies, big ass coats, and velour jumpsuits are all mentioned in ''Thrift Shop''. The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes video]] features more outrageous outfits.
* SingerNamedrop: In ''Can't Hold Us'', "Macklemore" is chanted. In ''Same Love'', Macklemore drops his first name, Ben.
* TakeThat: A cold one in ''Jimmy Iovine.'' Macklemore turns down a snobby record executive who can't remember his name and gives him a terrible contract. Considering how successful he became due to cultivating local and internet fanbases, his career is sort of an example of this trope as well.
** "I prolly shouda washed this, it smells like RKelly's [[NeverLiveItDown sheets...]] [[DontExplainTheJoke pssssss...]]"

* TakeThat: A cold one in ''Jimmy Iovine.'' Macklemore turns down a snobby record executive who can't remember his name and gives him a terrible contract. Considering how successful he became due to cultivating local and internet fanbases, his career is sort of an example of this trope as well.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: ''Same Love'' is something of an AuthorTract on the subject of gay marriage and equality in the United States, but despite the nature it's hard to disagree with him:
-->America the brave
-->Still fears what we don't know
-->And God loves all his children, it's somehow forgotten
-->But we paraphrase a book written 3500 years ago

** BrandNamesAreBetter: Subverted hard in ''The Heist.'' ''Wings'' talks about the many violent consequences of materialism and celebrity obsession, specifically Jordan sneakers. Mocked much more lightly in ''Thrift Shop'', ''Fifty dollars for a t-shirt? That's just some ignorant bitch shit/I call that getting swindled and pimped/I call that being tricked by a business''
** RummageSaleReject: Zebra jammies, big ass coats, and velour jumpsuits are all mentioned in ''Thrift Shop''. The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes video]] features more outrageous outfits.

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