Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Macklemore again tackles breaking racial boundaries of hip-hop in his prequel to “White Privilege.” The song features multiple verses over various beat transitions akin to gospel and almost classic african-american associated sounds. His message is clear, instantly giving off this idea of white americans understanding their social privilege and not acting upon it. He brushes up some of the ideas presented in the first “White Privilege” track, however adds valuable opinions that reflects the social justice issues of contemporary america.

His intended multi-racial audience may have critical views of his message, claiming that he might be exploiting black culture issues for his own grammy benefits. Ironically, his production of the song vividly condescends white people for being instigators of oppression in America. This message can be a little too demeaning to whites rather than expressing views for equality of all races. Nevertheless Macklemore provides a vivid story painted by background vocals and skits to expressing his truth in America's social justice issues.

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