Update 2: To be clear, the song does not — per Macklemore’s reps — actually use a sample of “Safety Dance.” It just sounds incredibly similar to that song.
Update: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have dropped the official video for the track. Watch the sidecar, moped, and mustache-filled clip here.
After dropping a buzz track called “Growing Up,” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have returned with the proper lead single off their follow-up to The Heist. Titled “Downtown,” the track’s a jazzy, rapidly spat scorcher that interpolates the tiptoeing synth-line from the Men Without Hats hit, “Safety Dance.” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis certainly know their way around a funk-driven rap song. Keep listening as “Downtown” blossoms into this big, arms-wide-open anthem with a weird middle-16 that’s totally dissimilar to the song’s first half. Feature credits also go to Eric Nally (lead singer of Foxy Shazam), Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz.
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Macklemore and Ryan Lewis will debut the song live at this Sunday’s MTV VMAs. Hear “Downtown” below.
