Rolling Stone chatted with Eminem recently in their cover story about the Detroit rapper following his successful new release of The Marshall Mathers LP 2. Presumably probing him about gay marriage after critics scolded him for his use of the word 'f****t' in his songs, they asked him if he had heard Macklemore's Heist track "Same Love" — them both being successful white rappers and all.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I've heard Macklemore's whole album," he replied. "Uh, he's really dope. Macklemore is, yeah, he's dope."
They further asked Em what he thought of Macklemore's technical ability as a rapper. "I think there's very technical sh*t that he does. He's a really good songwriter, too. Conceptually, the sh*t he does is pretty f***in' incredible."
After getting Em's response, they reached out to Macklemore for his thoughts on the compliment he received from arguable the most successful white rapper ever.
"I really want to Instagram that quote, but Ryan told me I shouldn't," Macklemore told them. "I think I still might. What meant the most to me out of all that sh*t, is what he said about the technical stuff, and the songwriting. Because I think a lot of people do, for whatever reason, think that there's not a technical skill set to what I bring to the records. And to have Em validate that - I mean, that's like the technician of technical rap. So that was super fresh to me. And obviously he's Em, he's one of the best rappers ever."
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