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I seriously have an urge to smoke a Cuban after watching Macklemore & Ryan Lewis “Can’t Hold Us” music video. It was like good sex. The visuals and energy left me breathless and inspired. And furthermore confirms what I was already feeling after listening to their first joint “Thrift Shop” – Macklemore is slapping the shit out of rappers with his insane creative formula.

And sorry to say, what many of these major label rappers have promised and didn’t do, Macklemore is doing. He’s bringing that raw, innocent, energetic, hungry vibe back to the game. He’s also enlisted impeccable hook singers like Ray Dalton (“Can’t Hold Us) and Wanz (“Thrift Shop”). Dude can rhyme. Dude can swag on mufukas. No guns, no objectifying women, no Moet, no weed to sell his rhyme slayings – not that there’s anything wrong with weed and alcohol but, I think you get my point: it’s not thrown in your face to make up for wack lyrics.

Say buh-bye to bling culture, say hello to thrift and mom-and-pop shop Zulu-culture – kind of the way things were in ’90s Hip-Hop. Say Hello to this “cold-ass honky.” Read More »