I’m actually at a point of having to question if Macklemore’s going to end up being this generation’s Eminem, like-- the one mainstream white dude who actually gets a plate at the rap game’s cookout. (Yeah, I know there’s like two or three other actually-based white rappers; but do you rly think your average zoomer or gen-alpha knows who RA the Rugged Man, El-P, or Aesop Rock are?)
Mate, No, not even close. Nevermind that hip hop already seems to be in a death spiral, Macklemore is not and will not ever be close to Eminem in popularity. He’s probably not even the most visible contemporary white rapper
Nevermind that hip hop already seems to be in a death spiral,
I’m not so sure ‘death spiral’ is the right term. I’m not gonna bullshit it’s grim, but there’s a good handful of emcees who seem more interested in resetting the board than just smackin it off the table. (Mostly aligned with TDE and pgLang.)
Macklemore is not and will not ever be close to Eminem in popularity.
Right now. But Em is old, and never mind the fact that Death of Slim Shady actually seems to be Em back on his pins-- he can’t keep it up forever. There’ll be another, and I don’t think El-P or Aes are that visible either. God knows RA ain’t.
But Em is old, and never mind the fact that Death of Slim Shady actually seems to be Em back on his pins
Eminem is one of the best selling artists of all time let alone the most popular Hip hop artist of all time. I’m saying it’ll be extremely hard for Macklemore to reach his status, now or ever.
Right now, Post Malone, for example, is easily more visible than Macklemore
I’m not gonna bullshit it’s grim
As someone who knows nothing it seems pretty good from the outside? Like hiphop is still a massive genre. How is it looking grim?
