![]() ![]() Even the blatant “Walk On The Wild Side” rip (or is it a “Can I Kick It” rip?) and Sheeran’s cloying presence can’t ruin what is essentially a quality composition from a skilled craftsman. Lewis can make beats like this one in his sleep, but like all accomplished rap producers with a potent signature sound, you can’t fault him too much for staying in his territory. I am the target audience, and I think “Growing Up” is deeply and irreparably meh. I published a pile of blubbering goop about Kanye West’s “ Only One” months before my baby was even born, and I’ve only gotten sappier since then. I’m also an open-minded music fan with a sentimental streak and a taste for pop, rap, and pop-rap. My wife gave birth to our first child, also a daughter, three weeks after Macklemore’s fianceé ( now wife) Tricia Davis brought baby Sloane into the world. My personal objection to “Growing Up” is that it fails at its primary objective: tugging the heartstrings of new parents. If nothing else, credit these guys for sticking to their guns. “Growing Up” is exactly what you’d imagine a Macklemore song for his newborn child would sound like, and it will polarize in the way all Macklemore songs polarize. It’s got an impassioned chorus from a guest singer - in this case, ubiquitous folk-pop hobbit Ed Sheeran. It’s got a slightly gravely Macklemore dropping sentimental and/or inspirational lyrics derived from his personal experiences of How Life Should Be. The song bears Lewis’ unmistakable fingerprints, a rich live-band/DJ hybrid arrangement topped off with triumphal brass. Released yesterday as a free download, it marks Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ first new music since 2012’s star-making The Heist, and it suggests the formula that launched them into the pop stratosphere is still firing on all cylinders. What will probably not win Macklemore respect from his haters is “Growing Up (Sloane’s Song),” the track he wrote for his new baby daughter, Sloane Ava Simone Haggerty. It’s a good read, and it might win some begrudging respect from those who’ve made a sport out of scoffing at “the first rapper to successfully dominate the commercial sphere by speaking from a purely white gaze.” ![]() “serious” songs), and the way they’re trying to keep their operation grassroots now that they’re global superstars. Regarding “White Privilege 2,” a new anti-racism song he’s been workshopping, he poses the question, “How do I participate in this conversation in a way that I’m not preaching, where I’m not appearing like I know it all? ‘Cause I don’t know it all.” Writer Kris Ex also offers closer looks at Ryan Lewis’ in-depth production style, the duo’s perspective on constructing an album (it involves a carefully plotted ratio of “fun” songs vs. It also reveals that three years of blowback about appropriation, moralism, and that whole Grammy ordeal have made the Seattle rapper keenly aware of his place in the universe. The feature details how Ben Haggerty’s rapid rise to fame toppled him back into drug addiction and how learning he would be a father spurred him to kick pills and weed by returning to 12-step meetings. Check out the list below.If you want to approach Macklemore as a human being and not a sanctimonious rap-Muppet bent on world domination via free love and cheap clothing, Complex’s recent cover story is a good place to start. Whether you need some tunes to bust out at your next family reunion or just want to show a loved one how much you care, Billboard has rounded up the top 25 tracks that lay out the good, the bad and everything in between about familial relationships. And Kygo and The Chainsmokers’ 2019 collaboration “Family” paints a picture for all life’s ride-or-dies. Kenny Chesney’s “Don’t Blink” reminisces on life’s most precious moments with the people you love. ![]() Kanye West’s “Family Business” shouts out the people in his life who he can always count on having their support. And we can’t forget about the handful of tunes that honor mothers and fathers - including 2Pac’s public letter of appreciation “Dear Mama,” Taylor Swift’s cheerful ode “The Best Day (Taylor’s Version)” and late Swedish Avicii’s inspiring number “The Nights.”Įven if it’s your friends you call family, a variety of artists have got you covered on that front, too. There are tracks that spotlight brothers and sisters like BTS’ passionate early release “Begin” and Mickey Guyton’s modern country anthem “Sister.” Songs like Adele’s emotional ballad “My Little Love,” Stevie Wonder’s bouncy triumph “Isn’t She Lovely” and John Mayer’s Grammy-award winning “Daughters” offer a shoutout to sons and daughters. But who better to inspire a song than the people in your life who mean the most to you?įrom rock and roll to rap, nearly every genre houses songs that pay tribute to your loved ones. All artists, including musicians, have muses - whether lovers, strangers or even fictional characters. ![]()
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