Macklemore & Ryan Lewis “Thrift Shop” Hits Number One

Thursday, January 24 2013 10:15 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, True Story

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This is fuckin’ awesome. After going platinum two weeks ago, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ single “Thrift Shop” is now the number one song in the United States of America.

Domestically, the record is the first independent rap song to hit the top spot. The last Seattle rapper to go number one was Sir Mix A Lot’s “Baby Got Back”  back in ’92. Congratulations to the entire Shark Face Gang!

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Comments (66)

  1. 206 proof homie says:

    Meh

    Old news

    Hahahaha. STAND UP SEATTLE !!!!!!!!

    Number one with a BULLET

    X

  2. mikey says:

    the whole album is great

  3. Roman Forten says:

    Grammy consideration next year?

  4. B.Dot says:

    ^
    Wouldn’t be suprised

  5. 2 cents says:

    Congrats to them, however it baffles me why and how b.dot rides so hard for this couple, had Wayne or drake or Kendrick or even j. Cole released the exact same song, I bet you’d be critiquing on how bad it is . The white couple do it and they get #1 underrated album of the year. Ha smh

  6. Craddyshaq says:

    ^ Haters gonna hate!

  7. trusoldier77 says:

    i dont even no what this song sounds like. i should be ashamed.

  8. Slim Baller says:

    “this is fucking awesome” lol calm your boner.

  9. Anon DCPL says:

    Lmao @slimballer

    Congrats to these guys tho.

  10. B.Dot says:

    @Slim Baller: “this is fucking awesome” lol calm your boner.
    ^
    Obviously, you never listened to the song.

    @2 Cents
    ^
    I think the song is the weakest on the album. Said it them personally. I fucks with Cole’s music and I still say “Work Out” was weak. plus, that went platinum. What’s ur point?

  11. Slim Baller says:

    B. Dot i Never said I didn’t like the song or listen to it. It’s ight nothing crazy

  12. B.Dot says:

    @Slim Baller but it was a play on wor…ah, never mind.

  13. godvin says:

    these guys are the TRUTH! full independence from the major (blood sucking) labels. all other rappers and rap groups take notice BITCHES!! On how not to be a modern day SLAVE.

    god

  14. zeee says:

    white people stay winning

  15. naaah says:

    @zeee that’s because white people still buy music

  16. Marko V says:

    How can u not see this and be inspired to pursue your dreams? Much respect to them.

    @remarkoble1

  17. Prophet says:

    Hipster rap.

  18. dmc says:

    wow, This is impressive.

  19. Mike says:

    the raps are there but this track is corny

  20. Your Life Is A Lie says:

    Independent and killing all your favorite acts slaving on a major label by being their own bosses, nice. Shout out to Lecrae doing it indy as well

  21. Yeezus Christ says:

    heard this song on the radio, didnt know who it was by but it sounded good, looked it up and seen it was macklemore and i like wtf

  22. Donn says:

    I can see the bias in the support cus Bdot never comments this much on other posts but they do deserve it, they made history but I did research their backing and they do have third party help that is linked to majors, a lot of politics to their success. Congrats to them and its nice to see HipHop back at #1. I think the last #1 rap song on the Hot 100 was Jay or Wiz Khalifa

  23. it's the roc says:

    Wow, amazing accomplishment. Helps that they get a lot of spins outside of urban radio, but hey, it is what it is. Is Macklemore creeping closer and closer to Jays spot on the B.Dot totem pole?

  24. Chris says:

    Sorry B. Dot, song’s still corny as shit. I still think it’s rap music for people who don’t like rap music, and looking at the demographics of their fanbase, I think I’m right. People who look like B. Dot would stick out like a sore thumb at their shows.

    But good for them, their grind is to be commended.

  25. Da VP says:

    Um, WHY do people like these guys again??

  26. Liiife says:

    This music is not good hip hop. Seattle heads hate this fuckboy

  27. Liiife says:

    Old white moms buy this album for their kids

  28. it's the roc says:

    @ Donn

    Who has success without politics in the music industry? If you do just a little more research, you’ll find out that nobody does.

  29. Liiife says:

    They bump it in the van on the way to soccer practice

  30. Evil says:

    Shitty song but congrats to the both of them.Not my kind of rap but America seems to like it so good for them.

  31. mac DIESEL says:

    I SWEAR THIS NIGGA B.DOT POSTED THIS SHIT ALREADY!!!! GET OFF THIS HONKEY’S DICK BRIAN!!!! U ACT LIKE THESE DUDES IS DOPE LIKE THAT!!!!! ‘OL BIASED ASS FAGGOT!!!! WE DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE BRIAN!!!! FUCK OUTTA HERE WIT THAT SHIT!!!! I KNOW IT MIGHT HARD FOR U TO CONCEIVE THIS, BUT WE DO LISTEN TO ALBUMS AND WE HAVE THE CAPABIILITES TO FORM AN OPINION ABOUT THE ALBUM!!!! JUST CUZ WE THINK IT’S WACK DON’T MEAN WE DIDN’T LISTEN TO THE ALBUM!!!! U ACT LIKE U THE FUCKIN’ CRITIQUE GOD OR SOME SHIT!!!! STOP ACTIN’ LIKE A BITCH!!!!

    ……..THEY’RE WACK AND SO IS YOUR FUCKIN’ OPINION!!!!! HAVE A GOOD DAY!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  32. E$CO says:

    LOL. @Mac Disel is cocker sucker and B-Dot’s biggest fan.

  33. Gillette-shit says:

    Wow! That’s awesome! When wus the last time a hip hop record went no. 1 in all three categories, hot 100, r&b/hip hop, rap? I think after 2008 maybe, anyone?
    Anyways Macklemore is sure to be nominated for Grammy’s next year! Atleast for best new artist.. Great album, great achievement..

  34. mac DIESEL says:

    @ E$CO

    ACTUALLY YA MOMS IS A COCK SUCKER AND YOU’RE MY BIGGEST FAN!!!! FUCK NIGGA!!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  35. Gillette3000 says:

    White guys takin over Hip Hop lol!

  36. Ivy blue Hov says:

    Macklemore and Ryan Lewis 2 cool ass honkies!!! This song got all kinds of bounce!

  37. foro says:

    white ppl staying stealing… hip hop lost

  38. ryuk says:

    “I still think it’s rap music for people who don’t like rap music,”
    Pretty much sums up my thoughts on these guys. Good for them, though.

  39. Luminous Story says:

    About time these dudes get their time! Definitely underrated.

  40. DJ Game says:

    Hip-Hop is alive! Now we need some Nas, Kendrick, and real lyrics in the top! Lets do it!

  41. RealHipHopBack says:

    This is great for hip hop regardless.

  42. tucq says:

    I bought the album just out of curiosity.

    The production is high quality, and Mack can rap, but its very very “Pop” and very “Preachy” music. Not really my taste.

    I noticed that they don’t have a logo on the cd or a record company name. I think that’s what I like the most about it.

    But congrats, tho.

  43. Nathanial Hörnblowér says:

    Ladies and Gentlemans
    This an ode to the b-boy,b-girls,
    The people out there who do it for the love
    And believe me I’m not dissin’ anybody out there who’s trying to get paid,
    I’m trying to get paid too
    But I got one question

    Whatever happened to the heart
    That pumped the passion into the art
    The entity that gave you the energy to wanna start
    Break dancin’,imma battling doing it at the park
    Where the mission was expression not only to top charts
    I dont know what happened wanting to blow rap
    You lose soul and passion for the flows and the tracks
    Radio’s lackin’, controlled by Fascists assholes doin’ damage
    But we’re gunna take it back
    Before beats to a hundred g’s a pop
    All you needed was a table top and a beat box
    Hip-hop with out the b-boy is like shell toes only havin’ two stripes

    Hip-hop we’re freedom-fighting graffiti-writing party types,
    That recite and organize and revitalize our rhymin’ till the group of the money makers systems knows the industry can eventually get served.
    Breakers of my verses spinning up a revolutions throughout our words
    If you really want it come on get it cause i’ve got it
    I’m honestly paying homage to forgotten pioneers of this culture that are giving them props and learn.
    If you wanna earn your stripes
    You gotta be able to rock this mic and set cyphers alike.
    The feeling to put in everything you got in the circle, or never be documented in the Coke commercial.

    Now b-boys, b-girls,
    Bring it back to the block.
    Lemme see you get ill, for real, pop and lock.
    If you record without thought then stop,
    Because I’ll serve ya whole album with the goddamn beatbox.
    Without thought it just happens.
    If you gotta think to feel that’s not rapping that’s acting.
    I’m from a land of backpacks and fat-caps,
    MC’s with sick raps who serve those that are wack.
    It’s a way of life; I put all my energy into the melody on the MP3′s until the death of me,
    Record exceptionally, especially,
    Whenever I be monumentally, grammatically, killing the mic.

    I tell my DJ’s, cranking that music, keeping ‘em moving when the beat plays,
    Staying into it, breaking and grooving, and MC’s they,
    Thinking that you should always pursue in what their dreams make,
    Taking from lucid.
    All the people gotta make their money, and the way to make money is to get inside of the industry, take it on the radio, flow, so you can go blow, we get a car and a crib up on MTV, but,
    In the end what’s classic?
    Radio bubblegum? or a voice filled with passion?
    To my real hip-hop heads, please stand up,
    Cause the only people that can preserve this art is us.

  44. zezzoi says:

    Ryan Lewis is a beast behind the boards. I’m curious if he’s gunna work with other artists

  45. mitch says:

    Bubba sparks 2013. but seriously congrates to them but the song okay, only thing i like is that lewis sounds like nate dogg ‘a little’,

  46. Dashing says:

    ^They’re literally nothing like Bubba Sparxx except for the fact that they’re white….nothing alike at all.

  47. TRUTH says:

    shits a lil corny but hey..

  48. Devante says:

    “Rap music for people who don’t like rap music”
    Lol best statement I heard in a while. Not to play the race card but white rappers never box them selves in. They always have elements of Pop, Rock an rap in their music…

  49. Your Life Is A Lie says:

    This is ya’ll nigga coon-fest replacement as they begin to phase ya’ll out of the mainstream game once and for all. If you’re not on some homo/weirdo trip (Nicki Minaj to Odd Future and everything in between) you’re done

  50. koO says:

    meh hipster pop. gratz on success tho

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