GEMINI

The new album from Macklemore—his first without collaborator Ryan Lewis since 2006—is a light listen with a couple of good moments and some innocuous clunkers, plus features from Lil Yachty and Offset.

If Macklemore does something good, and no one is around to see it, did it even happen? The performatively woke Seattle rapper has expressed his support for same-sex marriage and Black Lives Matter via treacly, interminable pop-rap tracks. He apologized to Kendrick Lamar after winning a Grammy over him—“It’s weird and…

Following the huge success of their debut album, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis overreached themselves on last year’s comeback.

Our take on the first solo LP from the rapper since 2005

The only thing Macklemore's not self-aware of is his self-awareness.