Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - White Privilege II (feat. Jamilia Woods)

Started by Ordinary Joel, Jan 22, 2016, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. DKC
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    Jan 22, 2016
    *beat drop* *stock fart SFX* *eminem laughs at his own joke*
     
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  2. JFK
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    JFK Bleach on my t-shirt

    Jan 22, 2016
    There's absolutely no way to create a song about White Privilege without rubbing people the wrong way. He's well intentioned. It's awkward. It's honest to a fault. This is the song equivalent of him posting that Kendrick text. Macklemore genuinely believes he's socially required to continually press this issue. Whether he should or not is his decision.

    For what it's worth, it's a good song.

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  3. Fire Squad
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    Fire Squad Boss Don Biggavel

    Jan 22, 2016
    Idk something comes off as inauthentic with this one. I want to say he should be applauded for trying to tackle this sort of subject matter head on but it just feels more like him trying to fit in.
     
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  4. JFK
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    JFK Bleach on my t-shirt

    Jan 22, 2016
    Just wondering why you think an artist who genuinely speaks out against all kinds of discrimination & hatred deserves the death penalty.

    But apparently putting your thoughts together is too daunting of a task
     
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  5. mow
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    mow long live flippa

    Jan 22, 2016
    I don't really have any comment on the subject matter but the way this song is built is pretty interesting to me tbh
     
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    Jan 22, 2016
    :lmaooo::lmaooo:
     
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    Jan 22, 2016
    Isn't that the point tho? Like if he tries he is f----- and if he doesn't try he is f----- too...

    I at least applauded him for trying....
     
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  9. Charlie Work
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    Charlie Work Level 5 Goblin

    Jan 22, 2016
    The half of the song he spends conveying how unsure and confused he is on his responsibilities in the current climate is really good tbh.
     
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  10. Fire Squad
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    Fire Squad Boss Don Biggavel

    Jan 22, 2016
    I mean I'm sure his intentions were good when he decided to rap about this. Something doesn't pull me in however, even when the content of the song is something that might feel foreign to you the best writers always find a way to make it universal and that's sort of where my issue is with this one.
     
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    Slyk God made a prophet.

    Jan 22, 2016
    ya'll seem really torn right now.
     
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    Jan 22, 2016
    f--- off
     
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    weird f---
     
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    eddie313 The Funeral

    Jan 22, 2016
    Its all my fault...what an unruly mess Ive made
     
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    Proto drippin so pretty

    Jan 22, 2016
    you took a completely fictional and ridiculous scenario of me having the opportunity to take someone off the planet and turned it into me wanting him to be given the death penalty. classic liberal
     
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    boyz n the suburbs In my city, I'm a young God

    Jan 22, 2016
    It was okay.
    Not something I'd listen to again.
    Like all his other material.
     
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    Jan 22, 2016
    I agree. Not a bad song at all but I find his flow a bit annoying.
     
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    Enigma Civil liberties > Police safety

    Jan 22, 2016
    Dude... I read this in the middle of a lecture and d--- near busted out laughing.

    :laff:
     
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    Jan 22, 2016
    macklememe & reddit lewis
     
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