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| 2.5 average | Aids | December 10th 12 |
"Is calling this 'album of the year' too ambitious?"
Yes, thanks for asking though!
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| 0.0 | ihavehadaguystalkingmerecently | October 5th 12 |
Macklemore really shines as a lyricist here. Fantastic lyrics, an improved flow and catchy choruses. Ryan Lewis is also a great producer and created some wonderfully appropriate beats. All these things coupled with some awesome guest features leads to one of the best hip-hop albums this year. Mary Lambert on 'Same Love' blew me away.
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| 0.0 | MichaelSnotballs | October 5th 12 |
Macklemore really excels as a poet here. Amazing lyrics, a polished flow and infectious choruses. Ryan Lewis is also an excellent producer and created some fantastically fitting beats. All these things bundled with some marvelous guest features leads to one of the best hip-hop albums this year. Mary Lambert on 'Same Love' took the wind right out of me.
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| 2.0 poor | 00mee | February 13th 13 |
I really had to stop listening when he started victimizing himself for being white. I mean Thrift Shop and Make the Money are okay, but Same Love's awful nursery-rhyme like piano is enough to sabotage its good message into ridicule and the rest of the songs seem to follow along Macklemore in his crusade to be the voice of change. Delivering intellectual proverbs in a half-assed cocky swagger really isn't appealing.
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| 1.5 very poor | Runeii | August 13th 15 |
Opeth is my fav band too! How nice. What's your favorite album. Mine is Ghost Reveries. rThis album is just really good. Macklemore knows how to write good lyrics, something that I usually find lacking in mainstream hiphop (nigga, pussy, nigga, nigga, money, I am better than "you" (who?), party/smoke hard). This guy has quite original takes on these topics which comes mostly from a more "mature" style of writing rather than sounding like you never left the first stages of puberty. rLewis also did a lovely job producing the album. Gotta love the variety in his beats and the instrumental part. He makes every beat become one with the vocals. Really good.
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| 0.0 | Julianna Reed EMERITUS | May 31st 13 |
Pretty sure I would kind of hate this album.
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| 4.5 superb | GarciReviews | January 22nd 21 |
people who don?t like this album because it won over GKMC are lame asf all my homies bumping thrift shop
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| 3.2 good | Erwann S. STAFF | November 9th 20 |
Wah this was everywhere. Well, the three main singles were everywhere. Huge anthems full of posi vibes, it was perfect for PC uni bros party. The rest of the tracks tread the same path, and while it sometimes feel a lil bloated, the dichotomy "reflective songs" vs. "party beats" is well-established, the two elements going back-and-forth in terms of prominence. Some tracks are however unnecessary, especially the cheesiest reflective tracks and the too-huge-to-be-true party ones. And it didn't deserve the 2014 Rap Grammy.
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| 1.5 very poor | Kirk Bowman STAFF | January 28th 16 |
this is the album equivalent of that "like if you think cancer is bad" post. I'm surprised there's no KKK diss track
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| 0.0 | Teacherlisakc | June 29th 15 |
Amazing. One of the word to describe Macklemore?s album The Heist. Ben Haggerty aka Macklemore was born on June 19, 1982 and is an american rapper. Macklemore was rapping since 2000, and personally i think he is a great rapper. One of my favorite songs that he made is wings, my favorite part is ?I wanted to be like Mike Right I wanted to be him i wanted to that guy i wanted to touch the rim.? i like this song because i like the beat and the rhymes of the song. Macklemore is in a group with his music producer called Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Ryan Lewis was born on March 25, 1988. He is a Dj, and also produce his own album called instrumentals. Macklemore works with lots lots of people like Tricia Davis.
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| 3.5 great | Alabaster Jones | June 6th 15 |
It has been two years since "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us" all but consumed the radio, and I'm sure we've all been grateful for that, but credit is definitely due to the pop-rap duo for showing that an independent artist can take over the music world, and in some ways transcend into pop culture. The album itself isn't the greatest thing in the world, but it has its moments. The production by Ryan Lewis is of particular note, because he puts together a solid project from end to end. Macklemore himself puts in a generally good performance, like on "Ten Thousand Hours", "Make The Money", "Jimmy Iovine", and "Starting Over", but can drop some pretty cringeworthy lines here and there. The differential in quality on the record reflects the the two artists abilities. When you combine Macklemore's penchant for storytelling with a rapid-fire beat from Lewis, you get "Jimmy Iovine". When you combine Macklemore's nagging soapbox corniness with snore-inducing production from Lewis, you get "Neon Cathedrals". Still, there is more good to be found than bad on the record, and there is no questioning the effort put into it. That said, this is a good pop-rap record, and a very accessible way for people to get into either genre.
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| 2.0 poor | SticksmanTheBored | April 5th 14 |
Can't Hold Us is a goddamn awful song. The Heist as a whole is slightly, slightly, slightly better. Slightly.
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| 4.5 superb | MikeDominguez | June 4th 13 |
If you only know Macklemore for "Thrift Shop", you are missing out. His brand of Hip-hop is a smart one, he sings about things that are important and no other popular rappers seem to address. All of this is accompanied by Ryan Lewis's great beats. All in all, this people are the proof that hip-hop is a genre that can be as valid and intelligent as any other, definitely give it a listen.
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| 1.0 awful | NightmareCinema16 | May 1st 13 |
It's just bad enough when their best song is also their most annoying one.
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| 3.0 good | KangarooSong | April 4th 13 |
production sounds nice but overall pretty bland and unoriginal...macklemore sounds white af on every song and overly enthusiastic to the point where it's really irritating.
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| 3.5 great | simmserely | January 23rd 13 |
macklemore was right to put ryan lewis' name on the front cover. the production by him and the lyrical content by macklemore really elevate this album from otherwise getting lost in the midst of hip hop. it's a pretty good outcome for them both. anyway, instead of writing full on reviews, i do more of a sketch outline of the albums i listen to. easier and quicker to digest i think. you can find that over here at http://simmserely.blogspot.com/2013/01/macklemore-ryan-lewis-heist-album-sketch.html
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| 3.5 great | iSkane | December 21st 12 |
Unfortunately a late listen for me. Should be a part of all end of the lists.
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| 4.5 superb | InFiction | October 9th 12 |
Is calling this 'album of the year' too ambitious?
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| 4.0 excellent | Piem | March 12th 24 |
| 2.5 average | Halez | June 3rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nishe | April 10th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oatus | May 18th 22 |
| 3.0 good | iGuter | December 19th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zakusz | August 16th 21 |
| 3.0 good | kodama | January 16th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Gillie | April 22nd 20 |
| 3.0 good | Emo | August 7th 19 |
| 3.5 great | JNeu | July 1st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mathias STAFF | April 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | djrm | March 20th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Leland | January 10th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | meeboe | December 17th 17 |
| 3.5 great | hasan | September 22nd 17 |
| 2.5 average | lg433 | August 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kantala | August 3rd 17 |
| 2.5 average | bharry | June 4th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Trundle | March 29th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Elvis | November 4th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gozpot | October 20th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | r68saga | October 18th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Shamus248 CONTRIBUTOR | September 20th 16 |
| 3.0 good | old | June 18th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Snide | May 15th 16 |
| 3.5 great | mikep87 | February 29th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | army1995 | February 26th 16 |
| 1.0 awful | Jordan M. EMERITUS | February 17th 16 |
| 2.5 average | teeawgo | January 19th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Fujay | October 19th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | RayVA | September 15th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | TheShape | September 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | sam1oq | August 14th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | NLD | June 5th 15 |
| 3.5 great | NoSons | February 24th 15 |
| 2.5 average | areed95 | February 10th 15 |
| 3.5 great | guy | February 2nd 15 |
| 2.5 average | Jeejee | January 3rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | slaps | December 18th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Skoj | September 30th 14 |
| 1.0 awful | Xar | September 29th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xaeln | July 7th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ANJ45 | April 10th 14 |
| 2.5 average | J | March 22nd 14 |
| 5.0 classic | LUM | March 2nd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | MrHigh | February 5th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | joaozi8 | January 30th 14 |
| 3.5 great | devin0 | January 26th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | JS19 | January 6th 14 |
| 1.0 awful | Ringo00 | December 23rd 13 |
| 1.0 awful | Stevven | November 17th 13 |
| 3.5 great | oskrr1 | November 9th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Rubvo | October 12th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | SMK | October 9th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | 5amue1 | September 22nd 13 |
| 1.0 awful | TheDMV | August 28th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | morjens | August 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | gosk8n | August 25th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | ADM20 | August 25th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | YaelPol | August 11th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Trebor. EMERITUS | August 8th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Texture | July 16th 13 |
| 2.5 average | RobotE | June 30th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Goatzy | June 26th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Smevin | June 5th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Tyrael | May 19th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | phcusf | May 17th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Thor | May 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | May 13th 13 |
| 2.5 average | T5Cx | May 3rd 13 |
| 3.0 good | Viales | April 24th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Inhumed | April 21st 13 |
| 1.0 awful | reef2 | April 10th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Antigen | April 10th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Spec | March 28th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Seanohh | March 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kibj411 | March 23rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | cgor17 | March 19th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Lyme | March 17th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Lthomp | March 16th 13 |
| 3.5 great | BroFro | March 4th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | SeaCow | March 4th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | TheMabee | February 27th 13 |
| 3.5 great | dtr019 | February 25th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | DgDeBx | February 22nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | LastEpic | February 16th 13 |
| 1.0 awful | makana | February 11th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | illogic | February 2nd 13 |
| 3.5 great | DeMilQ | January 29th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Lakes. | January 24th 13 |
| 3.5 great | kb36 | January 22nd 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | X3ni92 | January 21st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | R0dDiCk | January 16th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Kordez | January 14th 13 |
| 2.5 average | rien333 | January 6th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Scoot | January 6th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Apollo | January 1st 13 |
| 2.5 average | Lenix | December 31st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | cm7com | December 25th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Hoppip | December 23rd 12 |
| 3.5 great | W477ZY | December 21st 12 |
| 3.0 good | itchy | December 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Logan155 | December 18th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | bharr | December 1st 12 |
| 2.5 average | ILJ | November 30th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | JWT155 | November 30th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Happy | November 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | gallus90 | November 16th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Douglas | November 15th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Macros | November 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Douglas | November 8th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Emile | November 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Silas | November 1st 12 |
| 5.0 classic | jlb1993 | November 1st 12 |
| 3.0 good | Jips | October 29th 12 |
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| 4.5 superb | tkk | October 9th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Hens | October 8th 12 |
| 1.0 awful | Jom3 | October 6th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Lelle | October 5th 12 |
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