Macklemore is Quitting Rap

PSA from his myspace:

I've decided to give up. Everyone has there calling in life, and although rapping spoke to me for many years there is a stronger voice speaking to the fingerprints of my existence...fingerboarding. I've been thrashing on and off for about 8-9 years now. I recently realized that I can only do so much with rapping. With fingers you can do anything. A normal kitchen landscape becomes an urban jungle gym for the hands in a matter of a frontside flip. With my fingers on a tech deck I'm free to thrash where ever I want to. To express myself without the confines of audio. And I will. I'm going to be posting bulletins frequently so please check them out. If you're moved the way that I've been, hopefully you'll pick up a tech deck, get good and come session with me. One love! Getting Free! One push at a time...

Songs For Eating & Drinking

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Macklemore


More to come soon...

artists from all over Seattle preform a cappella at a Songs for Eating and Drinking dinner; 34th and Wallingford, Seattle, WA. Produced by ChaseJarvis.com and OnePot.org and Directed by Chase Jarvis.

Dope Show Jan 22 @ Nectar - Khings, xp, Macklemore + MORE

Think Tank and Devastator present:

Khingz
Waves of the Mind
DJ WD4D

With special guests: Step Cousins
Macklemore &
XP

Hosted by: Rajnii Eddins of Alpha
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January 22
Nectar Lounge
$5 advance, $8 door

Added to the calendar as well ->

Nov 19th = Grynch x Cancer Rising x Fatal x Xperience x Macklemore

Damn near EVERYONE doin thangs in Seattle Hip Hop, this wednesday at Nectar Lounge.

Holla!

New Music: Macklemore - At the Party

Download: Macklemore - At the Party

Produced by Bean One. Stop by Illerclothing.co.uk as well to view the compliation CD featuring dyme def, ra scion, j5, black sheep and more.

Grayskul - Missing (Video)

Rhymesayers > your favorite label. Unless that label is Rhymesayers.

Featuring vocals from (the former) Pretty Girls Make Graves singer (from Seattle). Small cameos from a few other local fellows. Including one of the homies from RainDropHustlas

Damn, today has been a good day in Seattle Hip-Hop news.

Local Artist Spotlight: Macklemore

One of the guest acts for the upcoming Blu Show which unfortunately falls on our vacation and we won't be able to attend. Is local Seattle Talent "Macklemore".

I thought I would do a local artist spotlight and maybe turn it into a once a week thing so you can get to know the names you see on all sorts of flyers around here. We'll post up some music and introduce you (if you don't already know) to some of our city's finest.

But before I tell you anything about him, here's a standout track from Macklemore because you should judge an artist by their music anyway.



In an older interview with local newspaper "The Stranger" Macklemore explains his upbringing.

"Yo, I did the same kinda things a lotta kids that are into hiphop did coming up—you know, skating, graffiti," Macklemore explains. "As soon as my parents let me strike out on my own, hop the bus and whatnot, I was looking for something to get into."

"For a while, the spot was the wall of the Comet Tavern, before they put that painting or whatever up there; it was a free wall, and it ended up just being a spot to chill and network with like-minded cats. Drinking 40s, writing, scheming on ways to get over. My boy Frank lived on Broadway," Macklemore chuckles, "and we'd link up and go hustle, meaning the old hey-we're-raising-money-for-team-uniforms trick; then we'd take that money, buy equipment, weed, whatever."

But it's not all about that. On his LP he touches on some problems that we deal with in Seattle I myself call the Condo Crisis but everyone has their own name for it. For example the Mayor prefers to call it development. In Seattle we don't try to fix peoples lives for the better. We build condos everywhere and price everyone out of their neighborhoods and force them to move elsewhere.



You can buy his last LP at most Local Seattle Record Stores. Easy Street Records is always supporting local artists, you can buy it from his myspace page, and probably other places online if you look.



DREW
DOWN

BLU and ONE BE LO! MAY 25th. Don't SLEEP.

Don't SLEEP!
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