The Truth About Macklemore's "Indie" Rise...

[Mac Casper]

What type of n*gga posts pics of other n*ggas in their pajamas, smiling, and holding what appears to be a salt shaker modeled after a dildo though?

 

[up in here]

No one is 100% "indie"
BUt indie distribution is shyt to get your albums on iTunes etc.
Macklemore didn't get any pop radio play until his song was top 50 on iTunes and a bunch of videos with 5-10 miilion + views and selling out shows all over.
I mean he moved 82k first week BEFORE the single was for sale, radio etc.

Someone might've helped him a bit but he's still as "indie" as any known indie artist.

His first like commercial appearance was on Ellen show, cause he had a gay rights song with million of views on youtube.
Idk if that was his plan but it definitely worked on the commercial tip.

the single actually was released the day before the album, and it was distributed through Warner Bros. You dont need major backing to get your music on itunes. you do need major backing to get your shyt on the radio. the article is about the widespread radio play of the song and the fact that it didn't get play on hip-hop radio indicates that it isn't as simple as "it got spins because it reached the top 50 on itunes" because if that was the case it would have reached the top of the hip-hop charts long before it reached the top of the billboard, yet somehow the top hip-hop song doesn't get spins on hip-hop radio but gets spins on pop radio. payola my dude

as far as saying he is "indie" as any known indie artist, well he isn't really an indie artist anymore. maybe he is "semi-indie", but of course that isn't as catchy. truthfully, the whole indie shyt is a gimmick anyway, creative control is far more important. if an artist is attatched the a major but has creative control thats fine with me. no need to sell me the whole "this artist is completely independant" shyt

 

[McSpacey]

the single actually was released the day before the album, and it was distributed through Warner Bros. You dont need major backing to get your music on itunes. you do need major backing to get your shyt on the radio. the article is about the widespread radio play of the song and the fact that it didn't get play on hip-hop radio indicates that it isn't as simple as "it got spins because it reached the top 50 on itunes" because if that was the case it would have reached the top of the hip-hop charts long before it reached the top of the billboard, yet somehow the top hip-hop song doesn't get spins on hip-hop radio but gets spins on pop radio. payola my dude

as far as saying he is "indie" as any known indie artist, well he isn't really an indie artist anymore. maybe he is "semi-indie", but of course that isn't as catchy. truthfully, the whole indie shyt is a gimmick anyway, creative control is far more important. if an artist is attatched the a major but has creative control thats fine with me. no need to sell me the whole "this artist is completely independant" shyt

Thank God for people who can read and form well articulated posts.

 

[OGmittee]

who?

 

[Ninjaz In Paris]

the single actually was released the day before the album, and it was distributed through Warner Bros. You dont need major backing to get your music on itunes. you do need major backing to get your shyt on the radio. the article is about the widespread radio play of the song and the fact that it didn't get play on hip-hop radio indicates that it isn't as simple as "it got spins because it reached the top 50 on itunes" because if that was the case it would have reached the top of the hip-hop charts long before it reached the top of the billboard, yet somehow the top hip-hop song doesn't get spins on hip-hop radio but gets spins on pop radio. payola my dude

as far as saying he is "indie" as any known indie artist, well he isn't really an indie artist anymore. maybe he is "semi-indie", but of course that isn't as catchy. truthfully, the whole indie shyt is a gimmick anyway, creative control is far more important. if an artist is attatched the a major but has creative control thats fine with me. no need to sell me the whole "this artist is completely independant" shyt

FINALLY...

Cats really think Indie means spamming emails & abusing the "@" function on Twitter...

I said it before & I'll say it again... Indie's are no different then Majors & the successful ones have Major Label connections & backing...

 

[prophecypro]

I think its always been obvious that when a so-called independent artist gets this type of rise, there's some sort of backing to it on a major level.

 

[Mac Casper]

I think its always been obvious that when a so-called independent artist gets this type of rise, there's some sort of backing to it on a major level.

Not to mention the style of touring these guys have been on, hitting cities multiple times over the touring cycle as if money isn't an option

 

[Never Broke Again]

Eminem, Mac Miller, Yelawolf and Machine Gun Kelly, are in a rare class of a watered down genre of commercially mainstream artists.

 

[Harry B]

the single actually was released the day before the album, and it was distributed through Warner Bros. You dont need major backing to get your music on itunes. you do need major backing to get your shyt on the radio. the article is about the widespread radio play of the song and the fact that it didn't get play on hip-hop radio indicates that it isn't as simple as "it got spins because it reached the top 50 on itunes" because if that was the case it would have reached the top of the hip-hop charts long before it reached the top of the billboard, yet somehow the top hip-hop song doesn't get spins on hip-hop radio but gets spins on pop radio. payola my dude

as far as saying he is "indie" as any known indie artist, well he isn't really an indie artist anymore. maybe he is "semi-indie", but of course that isn't as catchy. truthfully, the whole indie shyt is a gimmick anyway, creative control is far more important. if an artist is attatched the a major but has creative control thats fine with me. no need to sell me the whole "this artist is completely independant" shyt

Well for someone who checked for the dudes movement on the low, he got spins on alternative radio FIRST, minor pop stations second. After Ellen, and the song kept on climbing on the charts, views getting insane, It would not be chocking if AMA did some type of investment. Or if he got someone else to invest for him. And what's the difference between 1 day before the album and unti after the album? The point was that he was not anywhere near radio when his album sold 82k in one week on iTunes.

But say a dude like Tech N9ne is distributed in the same way though Fontana which was owned by Universal. All these major labels own a big part of the independent distributors. I also recall him saying that he could consider doing a deal for a single or something of that sort, so the Thrift Shop single might've been some type of special deal since record deals are not the only things labels can offer. And that he has nothing against labels and such, but just doesn't want to be tied to major label politics.

And in regards to this thread, a small, unknown hiphop blog with an author who sounds like he posts on the Coli is not a lot of ammo to back any claims of Macklemore not being exactly what he claims to be..

 

[DaveyDave]

what's the fascination with Ainsley Harriet? dude is funny as fukk & a good cook but this is a first on a Hip Hop site

 

[BlackZilla]

What type of n*gga posts pics of other n*ggas in their pajamas, smiling, and holding what appears to be a salt shaker modeled after a dildo though?

You're trying real hard to gay up a pic of a chef doing his thing in the kitchen.

Come out of the closet.

 

[McSpacey]

You're trying real hard to gay up a pic of a chef doing his thing in the kitchen.

Come out of the closet.

This is the 2nd pic the guy I quoted posts...

...Yet, I'm the one tryin to "gay [him] up"? Wtf does "gay up" even mean? I know you're sticking up for your boyfriend, but why don't you do us all a favor and STF-Up.. how bout that? Kick rocks, clown.

 

[Mac Casper]

what's the fascination with Ainsley Harriet? dude is funny as fukk & a good cook but this is a first on a Hip Hop site

THANK YOU!


Someone had to say it

 

[Red]

I'm more surprised to learn Macklemore hasn't given up rap and gone and got a regular job. I remember him posting his shyt up on MySpace back in the day and thinking

Fast forward almost 10 years and he's doin 80 million+ on YouTube

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

The irony of major labels saying their artist are "indie" as a marketing ploy. I remember when everyone hyped up drake for being an indie artist with a song on the radio but we all knew and 50 cent made a video explaining you cant get on the radio without a label doing it for you.

these nikkas in denial breh