The Heist winds up a rich combination of fresh and familiar.
He and Ryan Lewis may not be your stereotypical Hip Hop duo, but that’s just another case of these two Seattleites breaking the industry norm. 10,000 hours later, Macklemore is definitely feeling like gold.
Macklemore’s raps still hit a sweet spot with shifting rhythmic flow, clever rhymes and heartfelt sincerity, but Lewis brings a pop aesthetic that fine tunes the songs, hitting the perfect accompaniment to emphasize the core messages.
The Heist is one of the year’s big sleeper hits.
This album beat Kendrick Lamar's "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" for Best Rap Album Of The Year.
despite a few cringey lyrics, this was overall a fairly enjoyable listen.
fave: same love
least fave: cowboy boots
I really do feel like most of yall only really hate this just cause it won an arbitrary award that, let’s be real, no one really gives a shit about, over GKMC. Like, yeah, I wish GKMC won too, but let’s not discredit a whole ass album just from one thing that it didn’t even think it’d do.
Anyway, this was a pretty great album. Macklemore pours his heart out on most of these songs, and it really does speak a lot of volumes for me. Production across this is honestly ... read more
skrt skrt skrt like a private school for women
and I drove back 30 houuuurss
this is literally a white rapper yapping about random shit
classic white rapper
1 | Ten Thousand Hours 4:09 with Macklemore | 70 |
2 | Can't Hold Us 4:18 with Macklemore feat. Ray Dalton | 82 |
3 | Thrift Shop 3:57 with Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz | 82 |
4 | Thin Line 4:16 with Ryan Lewis feat. Buffalo Madonna | 61 |
5 | Same Love 5:20 with Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert | 84 |
6 | Make The Money 3:44 with Ryan Lewis | 65 |
7 | Neon Cathedral 4:34 with Ryan Lewis feat. Allen Stone | 74 |
8 | BomBom 4:55 with Ryan Lewis feat. The Teaching | 62 |
9 | White Walls 3:40 | 72 |
10 | Jimmy Iovine 3:53 with Ryan Lewis feat. Ab-Soul | 60 |
11 | Wing$ 4:59 with Ryan Lewis | 79 |
12 | A Wake 3:46 with Macklemore feat. Evan Roman | 64 |
13 | Gold 4:11 with Ryan Lewis feat. Eighty4 Fly | 58 |
14 | Starting Over 4:11 with Ryan Lewis feat. Ben Bridwell | 67 |
15 | Cowboy Boots 4:16 with Ryan Lewis | 56 |
/ | HipHopDX |