TOWN LOVE is an online art museum dedicated to celebrating the vibrant past and present of Northwest Hip-Hop. You can browse by artist or browse by year.

This gallery page is organized to highlight the creative work of

Artist: Mackned

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American Boy

Brand new from Mackned, American Boy, is the latest local musical response to this year’s election spectacle. Starting with a Trump sample, here are eight meditations on “Making America Great Again.” Switching between macho posturing and sweetly misunderstood, there’s a broad range of styles on display, and Mackned excels at them all. This is his third release in 2016, after Celebrity Etiquette and Born Rich, the latter of which hasn’t left my car stereo.

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Born Rich

Born Rich by Mackned is ideal music to accompany your next solo, introspective, nighttime drive. When I bought this record I also picked up Drake’s Views, and have been listening to both together at random. In my mind they’re commingled, and it’s easy to see why: both artists are drawn toward auto-tuned singing raps, minimal drums, and luxury brooding. However, Born Rich is the one I spin more often, with standout tracks like “Dope Man” and ’80’s throwback “Fanta Blue.” At only nine short tracks, it’s the sort of record you listen to all the way through and then restart and listen to every track again.

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