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Originally posted by TheGeoKing
1. Thrift Shop is hardly a conventional Hip-Hop song, so how would that help any Hip-Hop artists cross over to Pop radio formats? 
2. My fave already crossed over, so I'm not going to support it.  |
It is clearly hip hop, as are all of Macklemore's songs.
Yes, it doesn't sound the same as the hip hop songs that were dominating 5 years ago. But that's the last thing the genre needs in the mainstream. It needs something new and refreshing, something that will attract people.
Drake does crossover quite well compared to most hip hop artists atm, but still not very well, if you compare him to how people like 50 Cent used to do back in the day on pop radio with some of their songs. The genre can definitely be resurrected.
It's been so long.
It doesn't matter who they dislike, he's critically acclaimed and commercially successful.
wasn't Taylor about to overtake him 
