GET IN THE GAME GRETCHEN!

It’s just basketball?

Foodspin is really beginning to reach. I’m still going to try to make this next weekend though. I’m going to try it on a gas grill, we’ll see how it goes.

“The Kings have a game up on the Jazz for the right to lose four extra games”

It depends on how we view his success. Mainstream airplay and Grammys (never a good barometer of good music) is one thing. But like you say, he’s never been embraced by the more knowledgeable rap community. I’d argue that his mainstream success is more a function of his bland-but-cute popness, not his whiteness; in…

This is the first hockey related article I’ve ever read.

your local KKK chapter, apparently

I am curious to hear what makes his songs bad. I want to know why his songs are worse than most other commercially successful/accessible rap.

Very provocative, fresh take Greg. Really thought hard on this one. The “he is bad” refrain is super thoughtful and informed. Riddle me this, who is “good” as a rapper while also declaring and owning their privilege?

He’s not serious about it. He’s in it to make money like any number of performers in music, television and movies, many of whom have won Oscars, Grammys and Emmys on something other than pure merit. Macklemore’s most savvy pr move, probably the biggest factor in his winning a grammy, was to use rap to call out the…

Sorry, Mr. Howard, but Macklemore isn’t any worse than guys like Meek Mill or Juicy J or any other shitty rapper I don’t know because I avoid their music. Hell, Jay-Z hasn’t been better than Macklemore in some time. In short, he’s far from the only shitty popular rapper. I agree that he should probably just get over…

you realize this is exactly what your co-workers do, right?

I’m at the Venetian, playing poker with a handful of the usual types, and this scrawny guy in a fur coat walks in and sits next to me. It’s Vegas, so there are plenty of guys wearing stupid clothes, but everyone is staring at this guy. Somebody asks him what he does for a living and he says he’s an entertainer.…

Also, some hate him because he’s white.