![]() He excavates himself down to skin and bones. In “Excavate,” Macklemore reflects on his personhood. Instead of fighting for success like he does in The Heist, he lives in his success in Gemini because his “accountant’s dead (rest in peace) / Couldn’t count the commas.” Ben Haggerty (Macklemore) kisses his daughter, Sloan. Following rappers like DJ Khaled, who wrote Suffering from Success, and many of the other mainstream rappers who focus on their newfound lifestyle. Since we hopped out that Delorean (Delorean, yeah we win)” The crib looking Victorian (oh yes it is) Macklemore’s lyrics celebrating he’s achieved. His last album began with him talking about the “hardships” of the red carpet (“Light Tunnels”). Gemini continues Macklemore’s bragging about his newfound lifestyle and its hardships. The subject matter of Gemini shows the success of the platinum album, The Heist. I wanted it to be fun.” Macklemore produced and finished Gemini after having released This Unruly Mess I’ve Made in 2016 with Ryan Lewis. It’s the music that I wanted to go get into my car and listen to. ![]() I think it’s mostly the music that I wanted to hear. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Macklemore said, “It’s not extremely politically motivated or heavily subject- or concept-oriented. ![]() But continuing the vibe of his previous album with This Unruly Mess I’ve Made, Gemini focus is fun. Macklemore’s previous albums focused on cultural moments discussing racial issues, homosexuality and consumerism. He hasn’t released a solo album since 2005. Macklemore released this solo rap album last month. Macklemore split ways for his newest album Gemini. “What does Ryan Lewis do?” If you’ve asked this, worry no longer because this story is no longer about Ryan Lewis. Success has only intensified Macklemore’s conflicted relationship with rap: On his 2017 solo single, “Good Old Days,” he looks back fondly at his early years as an unknown MC trying to break into the game however, the track’s elegant, ascendant piano chords and heartrending Kesha cameo suggests he’s grown evermore accustomed to playing the crowd-pleasing pop star.Written by: Nathan Ecarma, Editor-in-chief Their 2012 self-released debut, The Heist, crashed the Billboard Top 5 and scooped up four Grammys thanks to a string of unlikely crossover hits-like the sax-squawked anti-luxury anthem “Thrift Shop” and the pro-LGBTQ ballad “Same Love”-that betrayed his love of pre-millennial hip-hop sounds while interrogating some of the genre’s problematic materialist and homophobic tendencies. Upon connecting with producer Ryan Lewis in 2009, Macklemore finally acquired the megaphone that allowed him to project his big ideas to the masses. But during those DIY days, Macklemore developed a reputation for intense introspection and keen cultural observations-on his 2005 track “White Privilege,” he examined not only the gentrification of hip-hop from black street music to commercial commodity but also his own complicity in that process as a white MC. Hip-hop, he said, was “my means of trying to figure out who I am, and to figure out my truth, and look at society and get closer to a connection to something much bigger than myself.” It would take some time for him to make that greater connection: The MC born Benjamin Haggerty in 1983 dropped his first mixtape in 2000 and spent the next decade doing the underground grind. In a 2016 interview with Apple Music, Seattle rapper Macklemore recounted the moment when, at age 17, he realized his life’s true calling.
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