I feel global political oppression or global wars usually produce great music but Macklemore might be the peak.
Nothing against him, some of his songs are good, but I expected real rage inducing stuff with everything going on. Or is this just the state of music as a whole?
I’m too old to say what anything this generation is, but look up “fucked up” by Macklemore. Came out at the start of the year and it’s the most rage against the machine esque thing I’ve heard in years. Got me riled up.
Edit: I see you literally called him out in the post, so this is old news to you I’m sure. I’ll leave it for others to find!
I missed this one, spot on.
Haven’t heard it yet,but will definitely check it out.
Macklemore & Foxy Shazam aren’t full political, but are on the blessed outskirts of mainstream media, as the good ones from every generation are (and collaborated for a song: Eric Nally (Foxy’s singer) & Macklemore on Downtown (by Macklemore & Lewis)).
I’d say based on his last 3 songs he is now fully political. I mean we’ll see what he does next, but Hind’s Hall 1 and 2, and Fucked Up are all super political and powerful songs.