After months of hype with sixteen different shoots, six continents and one pizza party, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis party on a galleon on their way home in their newly-released astounding visuals for "Can't Hold Us," which featuring Ray Dalton and taken from their collaborative debut studio album, "The Heist." Hollywood's streets are paved with the album inserts and broken dreams of one-hit wonders. But this ambitious music video from the dynamic rapper and producer duo shows the Seattle-based pair has no intention of going anywhere but up and it's spectacular.
"Can't Hold Us" starts on a more serious note than their big impact hit "Thrift Shop." The sleeper hit offers more serious lyrical content, and gives fan a little more fast-rapping, which reminds me a little bit of Tech N9ne. However, ultimately, the song's beat is still quick enough that it makes for a song with a positive outlook. "'Can't Hold Us,' to me, is mood music," Lewis said. "And I think, for us, that have made so many songs that surround very concrete topics, 'Can't Hold Us' is that song that feels anthemic, it feels like a soccer game, it feels huge." It's no surprise the guys would want to go bigger and bolder with their newest video, their most ambitious effort to date.
Wielding their new star power and a heightened budget, thrift shoppers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis embark on a trip around the globe from New Zealand landscapes to the shores of the duo's native Seattle in the Ryan Lewis-directed grandiose clip, which matches the scope of the song and follows the dynamic duo on a journey across land, sea and air, tough out snowy landscapes and barren deserts to return home to their native Seattle. The clip culminates with Macklemore himself parachuting onto his hometown Seattle's legendary Space Needle, where he triumphantly raises an American flag bearing "The Heist" album title.
The frozen tundra, tropical jungle, camel-riding, dog sleds, planes, and pirate-ship party prove that really nothing can hold these rap du jour duo back! No matter how "Can't Hold Us" fares, they've made it to the top of the mountain already. It's a globe-spanning, wide-screen affair with their witty lyricism, the kind of video that looks like it cost a million dollars to make because it probably did. So consider their new video to be a victory parade - a big, flashy, over-the-top one, with stunts and spectacle to spare.
"Can't Hold Us" starts on a more serious note than their big impact hit "Thrift Shop." The sleeper hit offers more serious lyrical content, and gives fan a little more fast-rapping, which reminds me a little bit of Tech N9ne. However, ultimately, the song's beat is still quick enough that it makes for a song with a positive outlook. "'Can't Hold Us,' to me, is mood music," Lewis said. "And I think, for us, that have made so many songs that surround very concrete topics, 'Can't Hold Us' is that song that feels anthemic, it feels like a soccer game, it feels huge." It's no surprise the guys would want to go bigger and bolder with their newest video, their most ambitious effort to date.
Wielding their new star power and a heightened budget, thrift shoppers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis embark on a trip around the globe from New Zealand landscapes to the shores of the duo's native Seattle in the Ryan Lewis-directed grandiose clip, which matches the scope of the song and follows the dynamic duo on a journey across land, sea and air, tough out snowy landscapes and barren deserts to return home to their native Seattle. The clip culminates with Macklemore himself parachuting onto his hometown Seattle's legendary Space Needle, where he triumphantly raises an American flag bearing "The Heist" album title.
The frozen tundra, tropical jungle, camel-riding, dog sleds, planes, and pirate-ship party prove that really nothing can hold these rap du jour duo back! No matter how "Can't Hold Us" fares, they've made it to the top of the mountain already. It's a globe-spanning, wide-screen affair with their witty lyricism, the kind of video that looks like it cost a million dollars to make because it probably did. So consider their new video to be a victory parade - a big, flashy, over-the-top one, with stunts and spectacle to spare.
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