Album review: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made

The success of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s 2012 album The Heist seems to have blindsided the Seattle hip-hop duo, with the pair mulling endlessly over the downside of fame on their long-awaited follow-up record.

Macklemore has certainly come to know what it feels like to be a public punch bag. He became a target of internet hate with his 2014 Grammy win perceived as a slight against fellow nominee Kendrick Lamar.