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Ryan Lewis
Lewis performing with Macklmore in February 2013.
Background information
Birth nameRyan Lewis
Born (1988-03-25) March 25, 1988 (age 36)
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
OriginSeattle, Washington, U.S.
GenresHip hop
Occupation(s)Producer, DJ, rapper
Years active2006–present
Websiterlewis.com

Ryan Lewis (born March 25, 1988) is an American music producer, musician, music video director, photographer, graphic designer, rapper and DJ currently based in Seattle. His works include The VS. EP (2009), The Heist (2012), and his album Instrumentals . Since the beginning of his collaboration with Macklemore in late 2008, Ryan has produced, recorded, engineered and mixed all of their music, directed their music videos "Same Love", "Thrift Shop", "And We Danced", "Otherside (Remix)", designed visuals (album art, web design, posters) and DJed their live show.

Early life

Ryan Lewis was born on the 25th of March, 1988. He attended a public school down the street from where he lived. While Lewis was growing up he heard stories about a new young rapper called Macklemore. Macklemore had just released his new album "The Language of my World" on January 1, 2005.[1] Macklemore had been musically active for 5 years with performances limited to the greater Seattle area.

In a recent mini-documentary, Lewis recalled meeting Macklemore for the first time. "When I met him, it was a really different time. It was less than a year after [2005's] Language of My World had come out. So he had buzz. For me being a young kid, it was very exciting to link with him. The bulk of our original relationship was photo shots. I became kind of his photographer."[2]

Lewis became a professional photographer.[2] Lewis started to take photos for Macklemore in the summer of 2006. The duo became very good friends because of their photo shoots. Even though Macklemore took drugs and eventually went to rehab, Lewis looked up to him as the brother he never had. Lewis and Macklemore were friends and Ryan presented some of his photography work to Macklemore. Across time the duo made some small songs together. Macklemore noticed Lewis had musical talent and the two have been together ever since.[2]

Music career

Instrumentals

After Lewis started producing music with Macklemore he was still working with other artists. In the summer of 2008 Lewis started to work on his album. The album instrumentals consists of four songs made by Lewis and Budo which is based off many different types of instrumental music. The album was released on January 1, 2009.[3] The album Instrumentals is the reason Macklemore found a musical interest in Lewis, Macklemore started working with Lewis a month after the album came out.

The VS. EP

On November 27, 2009 Lewis produces the first of his two EP's with Macklemore.[3] The two singers came together in the winter of 2008 to start working on the EP. The EP was based off the idea to try new music directions from contemporary bands such as Arcade Fire or The Red Hot Chili Peppers.[4][5] When they finished the album in the summer of 2009 the EP consisted of 7 songs. These songs are based on the violence, drug abuse and struggle for power happening on the streets which explain the effects that rappers have on kids. iTunes awarded the EP spot No.7 on their hip hop chart later that year.

The VS. [Redux]

After the first EP was out on the iTunes market for almost a year, Lewis and Macklemore had received music reviews over their EP concerning the variety of music artists in their songs. The objective of the redux was to bring new remixed versions of the songs with new top artists consisting of Jake One who made a remix of the song "Crew Cuts" adding a more instrumental and bass direction to the song. With all the new remixes Lewis felt obliged to make his own, Lewis chose to make his own remix of the song "Vipasanna".[6]

The Heist

On August 28, 2012, Macklemore and Lewis released The Heist. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums, selling 78,000 copies in the first week.[7] The album also debuted at #1 on iTunes Digital Albums chart.[8] The duo's album has received more than 1 million plays on SoundCloud, over 120 million YouTube views and was accompanied by a sold-out 50-date U.S. and Canadian tour.[9]

Recognition and awards

Ryan Lewis was not featured in any magazines or charts by himself. After he had teamed up with Macklemore and the completion of their album The Heist, the duo popped in a lot of music charts for Hip Hop. One of their songs, "Thrift Shop" featuring Wanz, made it to No.1 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2012. Another single that made the Hottest 100 of 2012 was "Same Love" featuring Mary Lambert, which reached No.15 on the Hottest 100 of 2012.[10] The two songs attracted attention from Rolling Stone, NPR, TIME and GQ.[11] The album made the Billboard 200 when it earned the spot No.2 on the chart. The Heist sold 78,000 copies on iTunes in the first week.[7]

Tours and performances

Ryan Lewis had a couple of performances in 2009 and 2010 where he only focused on his own albums. He performed only in his home town area in these years; in 2011 he started performing his EP's internationally and stopped performing in Seattle, Washington. He performed his EP's with Macklemore at the Sasquatch Music Festival in Washington and another performance in San Francisco, California at the Outside Lands Music Festival.[12] Lewis and Macklemore started selling tickets to their tours heavily in the start of 2011. In the city of Pullman, Washington they started a multiple city-tour around america.[13]

Macklemore and Lewis nearly finished their first tour of America and they went to the United Kingdom and Ireland to start a tour and later continued their tour in North America. Their first performance of the tour was on September 17, 2011. This tour was mostly based on their VS. [Redux] album. Many artists from the VS. [Redux] performed on stage with Macklemore and Lewis such as Jake one and Xperience. Over half of their 27 venues were sold out; 18 shows were completely sold out before the end of the tour, which ended on December 17, 2011.

Before Macklemore and Lewis started working on The Heist they performed their prior album songs in May 2012 at the annual Sun God Festival by the University of California, San Diego.

Macklemore and Lewis recorded songs for The Heist album in 2010 to 2011 such as "My Oh My" or "Can't Hold Us" In the summer of 2012 Macklemore and Lewis started to work on their first studio album known as The Heist.[14] In the fall of 2012 the album was released. Macklemore and Lewis started their tour in November 2012 in America.

Discography

(All credited to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis)

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and sales figures
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales / Certification
US
[15] 		US R&B
[16] 		US Rap
[17] 		AUS
[18] 		BEL
(FL)
[19] 		CAN
[20] 		FRA
[21] 		IRE
[22] 		NZ
[23]
The Heist
(with Macklemore)
  • Released: October 9, 2012
  • Label: Macklemore
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 2 1 1 2 46 4 19 19 1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
EPs
Title Album details Peak chart positions Tracklist
US
The VS. EP
  • Type: EP
  • Credited to: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
    (Macklemore X Ryan Lewis)
  • Released: November 27, 2009
  • Label: Macklemore
  • Format: CD Album, Digital download
 –
  1. "Vipassana" (3:42)
  2. "Crew Cuts" (feat. Xperience) (3:29)
  3. "Life Is Cinema" (3:25)
  4. "Otherside" (5:08)
  5. "Kings" (feat. Buffalo Madonna & Champagne Champagne) (4:49)
  6. "Irish Celebration" (4:40)
  7. "The End" (6:23)
The VS. Redux
  • Type: EP
  • Credited to: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
    (Macklemore X Ryan Lewis)
  • Released: 20 October 2010
  • Label: Macklemore
  • Format: CD Album, Digital download
 –
CD 1
  1. "Vipasanna" (3:42)
  2. "Crew Cuts" (feat. Xperience) (3:29)
  3. "Life Is Cinema" (3:25)
  4. "Otherside" (5:08)
  5. "Kings" (feat. Buffalo Madonna & Champagne Champagne) (4:49)
  6. "Irish Celebration" (4:40)
  7. "The End" (6:23)
CD 2
  1. "Vipasanna" (Ryan Lewis Remix) (3:58)
  2. "Crew Cuts" (Jake One Remix) (4:00)
  3. "Otherside" (feat. Fences) (Ryan Lewis Remix) (5:46)
  4. "Irish Celebration" (P Smoov Remix) (4:51)
  5. "The End" (Budo Remix) (4:48)
  6. "The Town" (Sabzi Remix) (4:26)
  7. "Stay Home Dad" (bonus)
  8. "Fake Empire" (Remix) (bonus)

Single)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[26] 		US
Alt.
[27] 		US
R&B
[28] 		US
Rap
[29] 		AUS
[18] 		CAN
[30] 		FRA
[31] 		GER
[32] 		IRE
[22] 		NZ
[23] 		NL
"My Oh My"
(with Macklemore) 		2010 — — — — — — — — — — The Heist
"Wings"
(with Macklemore) 		2011 — — 42 — — — — — — — —
"Can't Hold Us"
(with Macklemore featuring Ray Dalton) 		7 — 3 2 1 15 3 6 21 4 12
"Same Love"
(with Macklemore featuring Mary Lambert) 		2012 89 — 28 — 1 — — — 82 1 —
"Thrift Shop"
(with Macklemore featuring Wanz) 		1 14 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

  • A ^ "Wings" did not enter the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 7 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, which acts as an extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[36]

References

  1. ^ Grein, Paul (October 17, 2012). "Week Ending Oct. 14, 2012. Albums: "Unknowns" Beat Kiss, Streisand". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Frydenlund, Zach (October 24, 2012). "Video: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Documentary" Complex.
  3. ^ a b "[1]." Ryan Lewis Official Bandcamp.
  4. ^ "[2]." Macklemore x Ryan Lewis - The VS. EP.
  5. ^ Macklemore x Ryan Lewis Biography." last.fm
  6. ^ Lyrikmania." Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - The VS. [Redux].
  7. ^ a b Caulfield, Keith (October 17, 2012). "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' 'Heist' Album Debuts At No. 2 On Billboard 200, Mumford Holds at No. 1" Billboard.
  8. ^ Knopper, Steve (October 17, 2012). "On the Charts: Mumford & Sons Slip, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Impress" Rolling Stone.
  9. ^ Halperin, Shirley (October 24, 2012). "The Triumph of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: How Hip-Hop's DIY Duo Landed a No. 2 Debut With 'The Heist'" The Hollywood Reporter.
  10. ^ "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' 'Thrift Shop' Tops Triple J's Hottest 100". Pedestrian TV. 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
  11. ^ Macklemore and Ryan Lewis" MTV Biographies
  12. ^ [3]." Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Interviews
  13. ^ The Seattlest." American City Tours
  14. ^ "Heist Singles" Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
  15. ^ "Macklemore Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
  16. ^ "Macklemore Album & Song Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
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  20. ^ "Macklemore Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
  21. ^ "Discography Macklemore". lescharts.com (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 30, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  22. ^ a b Peak positions for Ireland:
  23. ^ a b "Discography Macklemore". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 10, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  24. ^ Horowitz, Steven J. (2013-02-03). "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 02/03/2013 | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHop DX. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  25. ^ "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2013Album". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  26. ^ "Macklemore Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  27. ^ "Macklemore Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  28. ^ "Macklemore Album & Song Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  29. ^ "Macklemore Album & Song Chart History: Rap Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  30. ^ "Macklemore Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
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  32. ^ "Macklemore (Single)". charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved November 27, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  33. ^ "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2013Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  34. ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart: 03 December 2012". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
  35. ^ "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2013Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  36. ^ "Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Issue Date: 2012-11-17". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.

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