HEROES

Macklemore

Several artists have plans for a big comeback in 2023. Among them is <a href="/profile/macklemore" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Macklemore</a>, whose BEN project is due to drop in early March. This New Music Friday (January 20), the 39-year-old shared the lead single from the forthcoming album, called &#8220;HEROES.&#8221;



Throughout his verses, the &#8220;Thrift Shop&#8221; hitmaker pays homage to some of his biggest inspirations. Among them are DJ Quik and <a href="/profile/nwa" class="text-word" target="_blank" >N.W.A.</a>, the latter of whom Mack allegedly heard for the first time at seven years old.



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&#8220;Seven, I heard NWA in the street / From my older neighbour who was playin’ ‘F*ck tha Police,'&#8221; he rhymes. &#8220;Eleven, writin’ graffiti, fifteen, I’m sellin’ weed / By sixteen, I had an MPC / (It was Hip Hop’s fault) That I wanted to grow up.&#8221;



As HipHopDX notes, Jake Magraw directed the song&#8217;s accompanying music video, which also features <a href="/profile/DJPremier" class="text-word" target="_blank" >DJ Premier</a>. Though he&#8217;s usually known for producing, this time around, the 56-year-old drops some bars on the chorus.



&#8220;Pick up the mic, put your money where your mouth is / Doin&#8217; petty crimes, back in the days / Too much OE, tipsy off the whiskey / Pick up the, the, the, the mic, the, the, the mic,&#8221; he rhymes over the infectious beat crafted by Joshua &#8220;Budo&#8221; Karp.


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In a previously released trailer for the collaboration, the DJ reveals he was eager to work with Macklemore due to his authenticity. &#8220;From the time you came out doing your shit, all the way up to when you got a name that went to the mainstream…you still held on to the integrity of you as an artist,&#8221; Premier explained.



&#8220;You know, just the recognition you’re also in it for the love of the culture and that shows.&#8221;



The last track we heard from Mack saw him collaborating with <a href="/profile/nle-choppa" class="text-word" target="_blank" >NLE Choppa</a> on <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/445105-nle-choppa-joins-macklemore-on-faithful" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">&#8220;FAITHFUL.&#8221;</a> Before that, he dropped off <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/412491-macklemore-shares-maniac-single-with-windser-amid-imagine-dragons-arena-tour-new-song" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">&#8220;Maniac&#8221;</a> last summer, much to fan&#8217;s pleasure.



Stream Macklemore and DJ Premier&#8217;s &#8220;HEROES&#8221; single on Spotify or Apple Music below. Afterward, tell us who you&#8217;d like to see featured on the former&#8217;s BEN album in the comments.



Quotable Lyrics:



My heroes didn&#8217;t look yours, my heroes didn&#8217;t look yours, nah, nah They didn&#8217;t work a 9 to 5, they worked a 5 to 4 Wake up at three and recordin&#8217; more See my heroes died of overdoses, rider for the culture Mind type the psychosis, all the lies and show biz



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