{"id":12753,"date":"2024-05-10T13:23:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T17:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ticketclub.live\/?p=12753"},"modified":"2024-05-10T13:23:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T17:23:36","slug":"macklemore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/macklemore\/","title":{"rendered":"Macklemore enters new artistic era on new album &#8216;Gemini&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Macklemore took a risk with his new album <em>Gemini<\/em>, and it seems to be paying off.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s odd to talk about new Macklemore music and not mention Ryan Lewis, the rapper&#8217;s frequent producer and collaborator. <em>Gemini\u00a0<\/em>is the first solo-credited album for Macklemore (real name Ben Haggerty) in twelve years after a successful partnership with Lewis that culminated in two albums and no. 1 singles like &#8220;Can&#8217;t Hold Us&#8221; and &#8220;Thrift Shop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The decision to take a break from his professional relationship with Lewis was one that caused critics to question the rapper&#8217;s future success. However, when soulful lead single &#8220;Glorious&#8221; dropped, worries quickly vanished, as vocalist Skylar Grey adds an uplifting element to the track that feels reminiscent to older collaborations with Lewis.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MACKLEMORE FEAT SKYLAR GREY - GLORIOUS (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)\" width=\"685\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7OrLroFa0AI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Gemini<\/em> is still very much a team effort, as Macklemore features guest collaborators on all but one of the 16 listed tracks, going completely solo on &#8220;Ten Million.&#8221; The album&#8217;s brightest spots come in with special features from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketclub.com\/concerts\/kesha-tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kesha<\/a> (&#8220;Good Old Days&#8221;), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketclub.com\/concerts\/lil-yachty-tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lil Yachty<\/a> (&#8220;Marmalade&#8221;) and Dan Caplen (&#8220;Intentions,&#8221; &#8220;Miracle&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s unknown if the rapper will find the same heights of commercial success without Lewis, he certainly proves capable of doing just fine all on his own.<\/p>\n<p>Macklemore is hitting the road to support <em>Gemini<\/em>, with 22 tour dates scheduled to begin October 6 in Portland, Oregon and travel across the U.S. before wrapping up December 22 at Seattle&#8217;s KeyArena. Browse tickets for his Gemini Tour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketclub.com\/concerts\/macklemore-tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macklemore took a risk with his new album, and it seems to be paying off. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,24],"tags":[148,670,624,671,672,266,557],"class_list":["post-12753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concerts","category-music","tag-concerts","tag-gemini-tour","tag-kesha","tag-lil-yachty","tag-macklemore","tag-music","tag-weekly-artist-spotlight"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Macklemore enters new artistic era with latest album &#039;Gemini&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Macklemore took a risk with his latest album, and it paid off. 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