Backed by Ryan Lewis' beat, Macklemore parodies the materialistic content of contemporary rap music, with rhymes about shopping for clothes at thrift shops. The Seattle native doesn't care if he's wearing your grandmother's coat or your grandfather's sweater, as he's a "prolific thrift shopper" and he looks "incredible." Released as the fifth single from The Heist, the comic ode to discount shopping became the duo's first Hot 100 hit.
The song proved to be especially popular Down Under, topping the singles charts in both Australia and New Zealand. After staying at #1 on the Australian charts for six weeks it was replaced at the top of the tally by another Macklemore tune, "Same Love."
Macklemore told MTV News the song is a way of life: "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," he explained. "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."
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