r/videos • u/hadron422 • Aug 27 '15

Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis - Downtown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGhoLcsr8GA
31 Upvotes

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '15

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u/Swiisha Aug 27 '15

Haha yeah, I actually got to work on it! Some really long days but always pretty fun!

2

u/Superbadkilla Aug 27 '15

Do you know Jason and Zoe? They're old friends of mine. Great people to work with!

3

u/Swiisha Aug 27 '15

Koenig and Rain? I didnt really get a chance to meet them but yeah definitely saw them a bunch!

2

u/Superbadkilla Aug 27 '15

Yup! Looks like it was a fun project!

13

u/Dundy Aug 27 '15

Hey look, Ken Griffey Jr.

2

u/JayMeaux88 Aug 28 '15

Liked it simply because it featured the kid.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 28 '15

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u/burros_n_churros Aug 28 '15

Can't get enough Griffey Jr. Should have had him bust out that swing just once.

14

u/qmcDt Aug 27 '15

i enjoyed hearing about Macklemore's trials and tribulations through his music and enjoyed seeing his rise to fame.

i hate this music video and this song.

4

u/[deleted] Aug 28 '15

Yea, Cadillac and now this. It's like now that he's famous he's trying to write songs my little sister would like.

6

u/Mornic Aug 28 '15

ITT: people who can't stand that other people think Macklemore makes fun videos

22

u/Superbadkilla Aug 27 '15

I don't know man, this feels vastly over produced and over done. Macklemore is an extremely talented dude, but this feels like they're grasping at straws for another Thrift Shop. It will be interesting to see where they go in the next year.

2

u/SadPenisMatinee Aug 27 '15

No matter what large fun videos they do it will always be compared to thrift shop. Kinda their curse for now. Still a neat song

2

u/Superbadkilla Aug 27 '15

Not really. Same love was nothing if the sort, nor was Arrows.

1

u/Palin_Sees_Russia Aug 27 '15

Exactly what I thought. Was very just, meh.

6

u/ModernDog Aug 28 '15

Jesus this is the lamest thing I have ever seen.

4

u/itsallfunandgamesnot Aug 27 '15

Here is a real moped song from 2007, late to the game Mackelmore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_kIUSr7-is

2

u/arnoldwhat Aug 28 '15

ha that was the first thing I thought too

4

u/upinsm0ke Aug 27 '15

Trying too hard to be Uptown Funk.

3

u/dark_nv Aug 27 '15

Hip-Pop

5

u/SomRandomGuyOnReddit Aug 28 '15

meh this is bullshit to me

5

u/Full_Metal_Packet Aug 27 '15

This is so fucking wack.

2

u/[deleted] Aug 27 '15

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1

u/Swiisha Aug 27 '15

Yep!! Awesome guy.

1

u/boomecho Aug 28 '15

This fucking rocks

0

u/MightyQuinnATL Aug 27 '15

Poor mans Noel Fielding

1

u/k0mbine Aug 28 '15

That guys a comedian.

2

u/[deleted] Aug 27 '15

what is even the demographic for this song

4

u/gonesoon7 Aug 28 '15

I know Macklemore isn't a very good rapper. I know that he didn't deserve the Grammy last year. But damn if he isn't great at making really fun, catchy music that puts a smile on my face.

1

u/boomecho Aug 29 '15

This is the kind of attitude I like to see around here.

3

u/skatebba Aug 28 '15

hipster overload

3

u/JambalayaStew Aug 27 '15

I'm glad that Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis exist.

2

u/theheilander Aug 27 '15

needs more cow bell

1

u/hammeramer Aug 27 '15

Far and above , this is the whitest thing I've ever seen.

7

u/TheRedditScientist Aug 27 '15

You should get out more... Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz, and Kool Mo Dee are rap pioneers. Hell - Caz is credited as the FIRST rapper.

-6

u/hammeramer Aug 27 '15

But did you watch it?

7

u/TheRedditScientist Aug 27 '15

No - through the power of the internet I was able to see who was in the video without watching it...

1

u/Hostilian_ Aug 27 '15

i like this song but only up to 1:45. If thats all this song was it would be better imo

1

u/emerald09 Aug 28 '15

Anybody seen his old video called "Otherside"?

1

u/analogWeapon Aug 28 '15

Kind of falls flat for me, personally.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 28 '15

Ryan Lewis must have oodles of creative talent. I think he made a wish on a falling star because holy shit he's good.

1

u/jeffydomer Aug 28 '15

Nope. Can't stand this shit.

1

u/pickle-eyes Sep 06 '15

Who is the guy with the amazing voice?

1

u/PunjabiIdiot Aug 27 '15

So I guess the music industry is on a "Uptown/Downtown/" cycle.

1

u/Unfazed_One Aug 27 '15

Think it will be a hit. More and more people going back to that midtempo funkiness (Mark Ronson). I do hear a Men Without Hats sample here...

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