“I never thought of Glenn Beck as a music critic, but apparently a young staffer brought a rap singer’s song to his attention and he shared its lyrics with his audience yesterday.
It’s by a white Canadian with braids on his head whom Beck suggested looked more like a serial killer than a musician.
Beck pointed listeners to the guy’s most recent song, “Fake Woke,” in which Tom MacDonald takes on political correctness is big way.
Released by him on January 29, 2021, it has been viewed on YouTube 3.6 million (!) times as of yesterday at about noon.
Unlike a lot of rap songs, this one’s words can be pretty much understood.
You know how YouTube leads one to another song after the first is over?
The next of was MacDonald’s is called “No Lives Matter,” released right after the election. 8.7 million have viewed it.
“White Boy,” put up in February, 2018, has had 15.3 million viewers.
That’s music?
“Hi, dad. I’d like you to meet my new boyfriend.”
“Turn on Each Other Till NO Lives Matter”…
best line of the rap, talking about what Mainstream Media trying to do to both sides.
Awesome video (and I hate rap but) this is truth!
Hats off!
Garbage.
Guess you didn’t listen to the words.
It is innocent primate’s boyfriend!
Eminem, does he have a white privileged competitor?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbGs_qK2PQA
Well, Cal, it’s not like you asked, but I’ll give my assessment on this rapper…
I am somewhat of a culture critic.
And I do listen to rap unlike most of your viewers.
I think Macdonald does rap that’s considered a little bit more in the juggalo-backpack-corny-lyrical tradition.
Back in the day, people used to appreciate rap cuz of the lyrics.
It’s different now…
Seeing in his Wiki entry that he did some pro wrestling and collabed with Madchild definitely cemented my view on this guy’s subgenre.
Yes, he enunciates his words a little more.
So called mumble rap is more popular these days than Macdonald’s style.
(Think Migos, Future, Lil Yachty.)
It’s harder to know what they’re saying, and the “beat” is more important to most fans anyway.
Whereas before, it was the lyrics that hooked you, now it’s “the beat.”
I can’t picture Macdonald getting played on the radio (though he is getting a lot of YT views).
I suppose THIS guy wouldn’t get played on the radio either, but I maintain that.. style-wise, THIS GUY is a little bit closer to the mainstream modern rap than Macdonald is, Cal.
(I think you should be able to understand most of his lyrics though.)
His name is Bryson Gray. The song is “Gun Totin Patriot”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPhdpk5Rd6A
I hear a dirty south influence.
There is no way this man did not listen to Three Six Mafia’s old stuff.
I’d bet money on it…
I think most “conservative” rap like Macdonalds stuff is too on the nose and therefore cringe.
Like most rap is not inherently “left wing”, you could maybe say it is liberal and materialistic but not necessarily left wing and woke.
So when you hear Macdonald rapping about “woke culture” or whatever it’s kinda like the “sir this a a Wendy’s” meme.
Nobody asked. lol
Most rap I’d say is more on the line of misogynistic, materialist, patriarchal.
But it doesn’t go out of its way to be like that.
That’s just the culture of the streets.
I wouldn’t say it’s inherently left wing like college woke style, so Macdonald’s “conservative” rap as a “reaction” to mainstream rap (which he thinks is left wing but really isn’t) can be cringe…
(Most rappers are not rapping about “we gotta elect joe biden”, so why a reaction to a mostly non-existent and non-political thing?)
But anyway this Bryson Gray song man I think it’s a bop haha I don’t know if people think it’s too on the nose or not but damn man I think it’s a bop haha Check it out, Cal.
I especially liked the part where he disses Bill Gates and vaccines.
And the part where he accuses Democrats of “commitin’ treason.”
He’s not wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPhdpk5Rd6A