Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - This Unruly Mess I've Made

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are back with a new album.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - "White Privilege II"

Seattle rapper Macklemore revisits the topic of white privilege on his new single.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - "Downtown"

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis return to a "Thrift Shop"-like zaniness with the song "Downtown."

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- "Same Love" ft. Mary Lambert

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis drop some visuals for one of the best hip hop songs in 2012, frankly. And the storyline here is just as moving as the song itself.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- "Thrift Shop" ft. Wanz

MC Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis drop a new track from their forthcoming album, which is dropping in October, and they've attached this hilarious music video to it. Obviously, this track is a lot more lighthearted than the last tune these guys dropped, but I still can't help but love it. The subject and verses are great, proving you don't have to give up a party attitude or hilarity in order to be self-aware. Macklemore does both, and what's even better is that he does it in a giant fur coat!

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- "Same Love" ft. Mary Lambert (Loved)

With producer Ryan Lewis, XXL freshman Macklemore dropped some of my favorite hip hop songs of last year. His video for the track "Wings" even made it on the top of my favorite music videos of 2011 list.

Macklemore is gearing up to release a full-length album with Ryan lewis in October titled the Heist, and just yesterday the first track from the album was dropped: "Same Love." It's a song that takes the high road of acceptance on the subject of homosexuality. With dudes like Frank Ocean coming out recently--done to increase record sales or not--it's been drumming up a lot of conversation on whether or not hip hop culture truly has room for a homosexual voice. It's a tense issue, but "Same Love" relieves that tension beautifully with a gorgeous, piano-lead beat that's been graced with the guest vocals of Mary Lambert.

At the start of the song, Macklemore approaches homosexuality with the confusion most kids too young to fully understand do. His lyrics paint the picture of a young mind littered with more stereotypes than facts, but he manages to grow and move on. The track continues to point out the hypocrisy exemplified by hip hop, religion, and society at large. With one sincerely written verse after another, I feel deeply sorry for anyone who manages to come away from this track thinking, "well, that was gay!"

Macklemore X Ryan Lewis- "Can't Hold Us" ft. Ray Dalton

Since he dropped that music video for "Wings," I've been dying to hear some new stuff from Macklemore. Finally, we've got another song. What's even better is producer Ryan Lewis has teamed up with this Seattle MC again to produce a huge, anthemic beat.

What I love about these guys as a duo is they create such attention-grabbing music. It feels like this song really wants to tell me something, and looking into Macklemore's lyrics only confirms that. This is the sound of hunger.

Macklemore- "Wings" (Prod. Ryan Lewis)

A new video and track from Seattle MC Macklemore, featuring production from Ryan Lewis. In short, this video is fantastic. I wish it was around when I was in middle school and actually thought clothes and shoes mattered. Not that my parents had the money to lay down on a $100 pair of Nikes anyway, hah. Just watch the vid!