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Macklemore and Migos‘ Offset teamed for a stomping performance of “Willy Wonka” on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The track appears on Macklemore‘s new album, Gemini.
The Seattle rapper opened the song over steady trap precision, unleashing a stream of braggadocio that slowly turned into a torrent of double-time rhymes and references to everyone from Lil Boosie and Marshawn Lynch (“Cause I’m just ’bout that action boss”) to Barack Obama. As a pair of horn players added a brassy riff to the song, Offset delivered the song’s punchy chorus and an equally luxurious verse.
Macklemore has been making the late-night rounds in support of Gemini, performing “Ain’t Gonna Die Tonight” with Foxy Shazam vocalist Eric Nally on The Late Late Show With James Corden Wednesday.
Geminimarks Macklemore’s first full-length solo project since 2005’s The Language of My World. Outside a 2009 mixtape, The Unplanned Mixtape, the Seattle rapper’s last two releases have been collaborations with producer Ryan Lewis, The Heist and This Unruly Mess I’ve Made.
Macklemore will embark on a North American tour in support of Gemini October 6th in Portland.
