Awesome / Macklemore

• The ending of "Jimmy Iovine"!
• You see I studied art
  The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint
  The greats were great cause they paint a lot
  I will not be a statistic, just let me be
  No child left behind, that's the American scheme
  I make my living off of words
  And do what I love for work
  And got around 980 on my SATs
  Take that system
  What did you expect
  Generation of kids choosing love over a desk
  Put those hours in and look at what you get
  Nothing that you can hold but everything that it is

  "Ten Thousand Hours"
• Being the first independent artist in over twenty years to lead the pop charts.
  • And the first rapper to take the Hottest 100.
• "Thrift Shop", when he calls out people who pay 50 dollars on a t-shirt.
  Limited edition, let's do some simple addition
  Fifty dollars for a T-shirt - that's just some ignorant bitch shit
  I call that getting swindled and pimped (shit!)
  I call that getting tricked by a business
• Winning four awards at the 2014 Grammys.
  • Particularly amazing is that he beat out good kid, m.A.A.d city and Yeezus, two critically acclaimed rap albums from established artists with major label backing.
  • Double subverted when many were upset that Kendrick lost, citing that he legitimately had the best album of the year and was robbed. Macklemore legitimately agreed and apologized to Kendrick publicly, saying that good kid, m.A.A.d city was the album that should have won and that he was planning to say that in his acceptance speech before he got cut off by the music. In a hip-hop business of egos and divas, Macklemore's humility speaks volumes.
• "Same Love": A blatant, in-your-face Author Tract about equality, and acceptance and at the same time, a damn awesome song!