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Popcast: Macklemore’s Aesthetic Mission

Popcast

The New York Times

Music Interviews, Music Commentary, Music

3.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Jon Caramanica chats with the rapper about the role of music in creating change.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hold on to the parking lot, parked it, zipped at my park,

0:03.2

join the procession of marchers.

0:05.4

Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your sparkling thrift shop find of music news

0:09.8

and criticism.

0:10.8

I'm your host, John Caramonica. What do I say?

0:13.8

I want to take a stance because we are not free and that I thought about it.

0:17.2

We are not we.

0:18.6

Am I in the outside looking in?

0:20.7

Am I in the inside looking out? Is it my place to get my two cents?

0:24.0

I should I stand on the side and shut my mouth justice.

0:27.0

No peace.

0:28.0

Okay, I'm saying that.

0:30.0

They're chatting out Black Lives Matter.

0:32.0

But I don't say it back.

0:34.8

You just heard a little bit of white privilege too by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.

0:38.9

Here to talk about white privilege too, white privilege and Whiteness, it's Mackelmore.

0:44.0

Welcome to the New York Times podcast.

0:46.0

Thank you, appreciate it.

0:47.0

The people may not know we've spent much of the day so far talking about a variety of subjects

0:52.0

on this podcast, which we usually try to devote to Congress. so far talking about a variety of subjects.

0:52.6

On this podcast, which we usually try to devote

0:54.7

to conversational topics.

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