Macklemore Tells OKC To F#ck Off

[Lakers Legend#32]

The OKC Thunder are reportedly using Macklemore's song Cant Hold Us to pump up their crowd during home games, and the Seattle rapper is not happy about it.

First they steal Macklemore's team, now they use his music without his permission. Hey hillbillies, leaching onto Seattle does not make you a major market team.

[maybeshewill13]

Macklemore makes shitty music. Who gives a **** what he thinks?

[NumberSix]

Who?

[jcsrplumply]

Ben Macklemore?

[eSOL]

Jimmy mackelroy?

[maybeshewill13]

^ :lol

[Vertical-24]

The OKC Thunder are reportedly using Macklemore's song Cant Hold Us to pump up their crowd during home games, and the Seattle rapper is not happy about it.

First they steal Macklemore's team, now they use his music without his permission. Hey hillbillies, leaching onto Seattle does not make you a major market team.

Ok.

Now who is that in your avy?

[CeltsGarlic]

never knew mcroberts is a singer :confusedshrug:

[Haymaker]

Holy Mackerel?

[dbk123]

Lol at the posters itt trying to act like they don't know who Mac miller is.

[dannywpt]

I think McDonalds is disgusting

[coin24]

No idea who that is:lol

[tmacattack33]

The OKC Thunder are reportedly using Macklemore's song Cant Hold Us to pump up their crowd during home games, and the Seattle rapper is not happy about it.

First they steal Macklemore's team, now they use his music without his permission. Hey hillbillies, leaching onto Seattle does not make you a major market team.


They play like 100 songs at every NBA game over the course of the entire night (pre-game warm ups, the actual game, the time outs, half-time, etc). I don't think they get the permission of all 100 artists for every game.

[treadster]

who is he?

[Fox]

Lol @ everyone ITT pretending they don't know who Macklemore is.

Living under a rock much?

[eriX]

Lol @ everyone ITT pretending they don't know who Macklemore is.

Living under a rock much?

just standard trolling.

[CeltsGarlic]

They play like 100 songs at every NBA game over the course of the entire night (pre-game warm ups, the actual game, the time outs, half-time, etc). I don't think they get the permission of all 100 artists for every game.

they do.

[The Ownage]

They play like 100 songs at every NBA game over the course of the entire night (pre-game warm ups, the actual game, the time outs, half-time, etc). I don't think they get the permission of all 100 artists for every game.
It's probably more due to the fact that he's from Seattle.

[Bobcats2013]

Lol @ everyone ITT pretending they don't know who Macklemore is.

Living under a rock much?

Seriously who is he? I'm not into the whole main stream music scene.

[jzek]

Seriously who is he? I'm not into the whole main stream music scene.

He is the Kurt Cobain of pop music.

[daily]

Lol @ everyone ITT pretending they don't know who Macklemore is.

Living under a rock much?

Seriously, never heard of the guy

[coin24]

Lol @ everyone ITT pretending they don't know who Macklemore is.

Living under a rock much?

What's one of his songs?
Legit never heard of

[coin24]

Just googled, I have no fu*king idea who that is. Must be big in the states only..

Like at the all star game, remember that Philips Philips shit? Everyone outside of the states is like, WTF is this shit:lol :facepalm

[mjokc]

What an idiot and a crybaby. I guess they better not play any Color Me Badd songs in Seattle...

[daily]

Just googled, I have no fu*king idea who that is. Must be big in the states only..

Like at the all star game, remember that Philips Philips shit? Everyone outside of the states is like, WTF is this shit:lol :facepalm

Nah I'm in the states and never heard of the guy. Just asked a friend and he said "who's that"

[dzav323]

If you watched all-star weekend, you have heard of Macklemore.

[DaSeba5]

What's one of his songs?
Legit never heard of

Besides Thrift Shop which is the one everyone knows, their best songs are Wings, Same Love, and the Otherside. They are actually really good.

[lpublic_enemyl]

Lol @ everyone ITT pretending they don't know who Macklemore is.

Living under a rock much?
maybe they just don t give a ****

[Sarcastic]

This is his most popular song, and the one in question that OKC is using. I'm sure most of you heard it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNSgSzhBfM

[imdaman99]

i love that song. if he dont want someone using his song, he is allowed.

[macmac]

I respect that. Mackelmore is a big time supporter of his city and its teams. He has a song on the album called "My oh my" that talks about the Double hit by the Seattle Mariners and what that baseball club meant to him as a kid growin up

[chosen_one6]

I swear to the gods that I've never heard of this dude before.

[Auka]

I swear to the gods that I've never heard of this dude before.

The old and the new?

[B-Low]

Seriously who is he? I'm not into the whole main stream music scene.

He's been "mainstream" for about 4 months lol.

Don't worry ISHipsters, he's still enough of an "unknown" that you can admit to knowing who he is

[jzek]

This is his most popular song, and the one in question that OKC is using. I'm sure most of you heard it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNSgSzhBfM

So he's white and he raps... looks like a wannabe Eminem :facepalm

[chosen_one6]

The old and the new?

Yes.

[macmac]

So he's white and he raps... looks like a wannabe Eminem :facepalm

Riight, because the year is 1999

[chosen_one6]

Riight, because the year is 1999

Every white rapper that comes out now will inevitably be compared to Eminem because he is the best white rapper ever.

[AngelEyes]

Never heard of this dude before or his "music".

[macmac]

Every white rapper that comes out now will inevitably be compared to Eminem because he is the best white rapper ever.

Yeah except there's been enough mainstream white rappers since then for it to be no longer taboo or newsworthy. So when someone says a wannabe Eminem to a white rapper it's no longer relevant

It's like telling Justin Timberlake he's a wanna be Elvis Presley....huh??

[chosen_one6]

Yeah except there's been enough mainstream white rappers since then for it to be no longer taboo or newsworthy. So when someone says a wannabe Eminem to a white rapper it's no longer relevant

It's like telling Justin Timberlake he's a wanna be Elvis Presley....huh??

Your analogy doesn't work because there were big time white performers before JT and Elvis.

In the rap game, there was no one that was white that had the impact that Eminem did and there hasn't been anyone since.

[buddha]

Macklemore makes shitty music. Who gives a **** what he thinks?

future neg bombed.

not only for this macklemore comment, but being a thunder fan with a sonics avy.

pepper your angus.

[buddha]

most people will hate on macklemore because he has a goofy haircut and his first legit hit is a goofy song that pokes fun at consumerism. something all the sheeple hold close to their heart. I'm not going to try to convince anyone that he is a good rapper, but I'll say he is everything that is right with the music industry and the opposite of what is wrong. If you are an informed person you will know what that means.

[Nash]

I love it, repping his home town, his team and the fact that they don't have permission.

[MARLO]

In the rap game, there was no one that was white that had the impact that Eminem did and there hasn't been anyone since.

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/165733/j-roc-o.gif

[schyza]

In the rap game, there was no one that was white that had the impact that Eminem did

I think the Beastie Boys would beg to differ :D

[JimmyMcAdocious]

What is music?

[Levity]

Hes a shitty white hipster rapper. But isnt it the record label that grants the rights to using a song, and not the rapper himself?

[ReturnofJPR]

I can't believe people take this guy seriously. It shows you how far music has fallen since the 90's, especially rap.

[buddha]

Hes a shitty white hipster rapper. But isnt it the record label that grants the rights to using a song, and not the rapper himself?

well if you knew anything about hipsters you would know he is an independent rapper who isn't signed to a record label.

[dekciw]

he has a few OK songs but the fact that his idol is Lil Wayne makes me not like him.

[macmac]

Your analogy doesn't work because there were big time white performers before JT and Elvis.

In the rap game, there was no one that was white that had the impact that Eminem did and there hasn't been anyone since.

It does work because Elvis was one of the first white dudes to do black music and make it mainstream and jirate his hips in ways which excited the young women in the crowd, and JT does R&b and excites the ladies of this era with his moves....

The success of Eminem in the rap game is not at stake here, no one is arguing that. But him bein a token white rapper is no longer the case.

[buddha]

he has a few OK songs but the fact that his idol is Lil Wayne makes me not like him.

don't act like lil wayne wasn't great when he was dropping da drought 3 and the carter 2. that's the lil wayne that was his idol.

edit - meant da drought, haven't listened to weezy in years.

[Solefade]

I think the Beastie Boys would beg to differ :D

This. Beastie Boys were the pioneers brah.

[Levity]

well if you knew anything about hipsters you would know he is an independent rapper who isn't signed to a record label.

what does that have to do with hipsters? he is a hipster. label or not.

[buddha]

what does that have to do with hipsters? he is a hipster. label or not.

heh.. hipsters hate the mainstream, no real hipster is signed to a major label.

[InfiniteBaskets]

Not a lot of spotify users here on ISH I guess.

[ReturnofJPR]

don't act like lil wayne wasn't great when he was dropping da drought 3 and the carter 2. that's the lil wayne that was his idol.

edit - meant da drought, haven't listened to weezy in years.

I've said it once, and I'll say it again. Lil Wayne was b*tch in the 90's. Still is. He was Juvenile, Bird Man, and Ca$h Money's midget clown dancing on stage like a stripper for money. And Ca$h money was down the list of record labels. No Limit, Death Row, Bad Boy, all had better talent. So, the b*tch of ca$h money is now today's biggest star...what f'ing joke!

[Bobcats2013]

Oh he's that wacky looking white guy in the TNT all star promo with the weird haircut. Listening to his stuff now, and he's the white Flo-Rida he's not good but the choir makes his songs okay.

[NumberSix]

Hes a shitty white hipster rapper. But isnt it the record label that grants the rights to using a song, and not the rapper himself?
Whoever owns the publishing (assuming there are no strange terms of use clauses with the label) decides what can be done with their work.

However. Anybody can use a cover version of any song as long as they pay a royalty fee. Like, I could go record and sell a cover version of any Rolling Stones song and there's nothing they can do to stop me as long as I pay a royalty.

[highwhey]

Lol at the posters itt trying to act like they don't know who Mac miller is.
:oldlol:

[coin24]

This is his most popular song, and the one in question that OKC is using. I'm sure most of you heard it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNSgSzhBfM

:cheers:

Yeah I have heard that song before actually, it's horrible:oldlol: probably why I never paid attention to it!

[R.I.P.]

I thought this was some nickname for Ben McLemore and he told the Thunder to **** off with that Raptors pick. :roll:

[chosen_wun]

It must be crazy to be a back pack rapper, but blow up off of one crappy pop single that everybody thought was shitty until it came on radio.

[Fox]

Let us be real though, folks.

Yelawolf > Macklemore

[Bigsmoke]

damn thats a cold ass honkey

[NumberSix]

Let us be real though, folks.

Yelawolf > Macklemore
In that I've actually heard of Yelawolf.

[Fiasco]

Lol at the posters itt trying to act like they don't know who Mac miller is.

This was pretty good. :oldlol:

[inclinerator]

Nah I'm in the states and never heard of the guy. Just asked a friend and he said "who's that"
nice try but u have no friends

[lpublic_enemyl]

nice try but u have no friends
:roll:

[Bigsmoke]

i can never get into a lot of these white rappers like Mac MIller, MGK, Yelawolf and ect. they all corny to me.

Action Bronson is cool tho. one of my current favorite rappers white or black. i can fux with Macklemore too somewhat. he got messages behind a lot of his tracks which is a good thing.

[outbreak]

honestly have no idea who macklemore is but then again I don't listen to the radio or watch mtv or anything and goto pubs rather than nightclubs\raves or wherever they play this "music". I do know who will i am is and the "song" of his they've been using these play offs on league pass is possibly one of the worst things I've ever heard in my life. Music is ****ed these days seriously. I too thought this was going to be Ben Mclemore telling OKC to **** off in a work out or something.

[buddha]

Oh he's that wacky looking white guy in the TNT all star promo with the weird haircut. Listening to his stuff now, and he's the white Flo-Rida he's not good but the choir makes his songs okay.

Are you really from Seattle? how do you not know who Macklemore is? or do you not listen to hip/hop? kinda weird unless your in your 30's cause basketball and hip/hop go hand in hand in today's culture.

[Levity]

If you guys wanna check out a white rapper who's songs arent for teenagers, check out, Astronautalis. Really good shit.

[fsvr54]

Every white rapper that comes out now will inevitably be compared to Eminem because he is the best white rapper ever.

:biggums:

Ever heard of EL-P nikka?

[RRR3]

Mark McLemore? He used to play for the Mariners back when they were really good

[theBIGjabroni]

whos macklemore? a country singer?

[Bigsmoke]

:biggums:

Ever heard of EL-P nikka?

I've seen El-P live last year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfaRlLxAPvM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL08FviHqcw

and Eminem > El-P BTW

[NumberSix]

just cause your a lame broke underground rapper doesnt mean your better than any mainstream rapper.

ems first few albums shit on anything el p has ever done. on that note elp iy dope but not on cracker ass ems level
Yup. Being "underground" just means not many people like you. It's not like certain people intentionally want less amounts of fans and money.

[buddha]

If you guys wanna check out a white rapper who's songs arent for teenagers, check out, Astronautalis. Really good shit.

thanks for wasting 5 minutes of my life. I don't know how you can even call that guy a rapper, are you retarded?

[Xsatyr]

heh.. hipsters hate the mainstream, no real hipster is signed to a major label.

That's the stupidest shit I've read today.

[buddha]

Yup. Being "underground" just means not many people like you. It's not like certain people intentionally want less amounts of fans and money.

Actually being "underground" usually means you are an independent artist who has creative control and don't answer to old white jews.

[buddha]

That's the stupidest shit I've read today.

Please, explain...

[KingBeasley08]

:lol @ not knowing Macklemore

if you don't live in the states, I guess I could understand but if you do and still don't know him, you gotta be living under a rock

[Xsatyr]

Please, explain...

Because you're generalizing. There are plenty of Indie hipsters who would love to be signed and have mass exposure for their music.

[TheReturn]

I honestly don't get why are you all hating on this dude. He's a major Seattle dude, Sonics fan and he's a great rapper. Most of you have never heard his music apparently, so how are you judging him lmao?

[outbreak]

:lol @ not knowing Macklemore

if you don't live in the states, I guess I could understand but if you do and still don't know him, you gotta be living under a rock
or maybe you just don't listen to that kind of horrible "music"? Maybe you prefer listening to people play instruments

[buddha]

Because you're generalizing. There are plenty of Indie hipsters who would love to be signed and have mass exposure for their music.

you're missing the keyword I used, "real". It was a joke. hipsters hate the mainstream/no real hipster would want to be mainstream.

hipster is the most generalized term used today, I see alt girls get called hipsters. thats like the equivalent of a sneaker head getting called a gang banger.

[fsvr54]

Y'all are out of your minds.

[Xsatyr]

you're missing the keyword I used, "real". It was a joke. hipsters hate the mainstream/no real hipster would want to be mainstream.

hipster is the most generalized term used today, I see alt girls get called hipsters. thats like the equivalent of a sneaker head getting called a gang banger.

Real or not, you're generalizing. Who is to say all real hipsters are the same??? And you're right about the word being a one of the most generalized terms used today. Which is why most "hipsters" do not even like being categorized as a hipster. This idea that a hipster would not want to sign with a label is pure fallacy. Not every hipster has the same mindset and agenda.

[buddha]

Real or not, you're generalizing. Who is to say all real hipsters are the same??? And you're right about the word being a one of the most generalized terms used today. Which is why most "hipsters" do not even like being categorized as a hipster. This idea that a hipster would not want to sign with a label is pure fallacy. Not every hipster has the same mindset and agenda.

yes. I'm generalizing, that was part of the joke. I was making fun of hipsters, saying they don't like the mainstream and a "real" hipster wouldn't sign to a major label because it is too mainstream.

[Scholar]

I love how NBA related this topic has become.

[Levity]

thanks for wasting 5 minutes of my life. I don't know how you can even call that guy a rapper, are you retarded?

The guy has won national freestyle competitions more than once....

I dont know if you know what hip hop is, but he legitimately is a hip hop artist. keep listening to crap like macklemore and his thrift shop song if thats what makes you happy.

[Xsatyr]

yes. I'm generalizing, that was part of the joke. I was making fun of hipsters, saying they don't like the mainstream and a "real" hipster wouldn't sign to a major label because it is too mainstream.

A "real" hipster joining a major label would be contingent of how much control they have of their music. If given artistic freedom many would do it despite being mainstream. The idea of watering down the term to a streamlined definition is counter-intuitive to how many hipsters actually feel.

I would agree it would be out of the ordinary for a hipster to sign with a major label considering the rarity of obtaining artistic freedom as a new band. I don't think a "real" hipster would sacrifice their art nor any real artist for that matter.

[Bobcats2013]

Are you really from Seattle? how do you not know who Macklemore is? or do you not listen to hip/hop? kinda weird unless your in your 30's cause basketball and hip/hop go hand in hand in today's culture.

I really don't keep up with the main stream scene. I'm old school to the fullest. The only radio I listen too is ESPN radio and the only thing I watch is sports.

I did hear that silly Thrift Shop song alot, but didn't know he made it until a couple of hours ago.

[Bernie Nips]

People these days: Identify by things they hate rather than things they like.

Example: I like music, so I'm going to show how much I hate Macklemore.

Example: I like Kobe, so I'm going to show how much I hate LeBron.