Thrift Shop
August 1, 2012
Thrift Shop ( German second-hand shop ) is a song by the American rapper Macklemore in collaboration with Ryan Lewis, the producer of the song, and Wanz. The title is included on Macklemores and Ryan Lewis' debut album The Heist and was first released on August 1, 2012. It is by Lisa Loeb Stay ( I Missed You) in 1994 was only the second number -one hit in the United States, which appeared in a self-published. He is also since We Are the World 25 for Haiti also the first independent song on the top position of the Billboard digital charts.
Text
The text explains Macklemore that he only buy clothes from thrift stores and criticized today's rap scene, in which it often go about how rich one is, what one possesses everything and how much money you spend. This he made in the text, among others, is the fact that he only reason why wearing certain clothes because this would have cost only 99 cents. Compared with MTV News, he gave a statement to the lyrics from:
" Rappers talk about, oh I buy this and I buy that, and I spend this much money and I make it rain, and this type of champagne and painting the club, and this is the kind of record that's the exact opposite. It's the polar opposite of it. It's kind of standing for like let's save some money, let 's keep some money away, let's spend as little as possible and look as fresh as possible at the same time. "
" Rappers say things like," Oh, I'll buy this and that, I give a lot of money and let rain " and this particular variety of champagne and how they are disposed of in the club, and this song is the opposite, he is the exact antithesis to it.. , it is about to " save us some money forward, let us keep some of the money, give as little as possible and see it look as good as possible." "
Music Video
The official music video was first released on August 29, 2012 at the YouTube channel of Ryan Lewis, where it was able to record about 444 million by October 2013 and in March 2014 over 510 million views. At the beginning of Ryan Lewis continues with a DeLorean DMC- 12 prior to a night club and Macklemore raps about how he is admired for its cheap clothes. Later in the video you can see him in a thrift store while he buys a broken keyboard and other cheap goods among others. From the penultimate chorus you see Wanz in the club, at the end of a second-hand store is shown again. The clip ends with a girl, " Is that your grandma's coat? " ( "Is this the coat of your grandmother " ) asks while laughing. It was shot the music video of Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Jon Jon Augustavo.
Reception
Charts and awards for record sales
The song became a worldwide sleeper hit, reaching in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and in the United States number one in the charts. In Austria, the single peaked at # 15 in Germany in second place. In Australia, Thrift Store placed at number nine the annual charts of 2012., Where the single with 6 × Platinum for selling 420,000 units was excellent. Also In New Zealand, they got 3 × Platinum for 45,000 sales and in Denmark for 15,000 gold.
Criticism
Thrift Store received consistently good reviews. Robert Copsey of Digital Spy praised the humor of the song and described it as " beast of a song ": original, musically daring and really funny. He forgave five out of five stars. Tris McCall of NJ recorded the track on January 4, 2013 as Song of the Week. The title is a strong critique of the rap scene, but the humor of the song make this much more bearable. Macklemore also come as a " grumpy purist " across, which he was not, however.