Macklemore has seriously upped his street cred—his Sesame Street cred, that is!
The rapper teamed up with the one and only Oscar the Grouch to create a kid-friendly remix of his 2012 hit "Thrift Shop." Only, instead of searching the thrift shop for vintage clothes, these two looked for the yuckiest, grimiest trash they could in trash cans!
The remix's beat remained the same as in the original, but in order to make it G-rated, dirty lyrics (as in, Oscar's kind of dirty) were swapped in for the explicit lines! Obviously, Macklemore couldn't rap that something is "f--king awesome" on a PBS show for children, but he and Oscar could celebrate what's "gross and awesome!"
Macklemore danced with Oscar and his pals, and he even got inside a trash can! He was resourceful, too, just like in the original version of the song. Instead of "one man's trash" being "another man's come-up," it's "one grouch's trash, that's another grouch's outfit."
The "Thrift Shop" remix is catchy and kid-friendly, indeed, but some critics were quick to point out original version of the song as well as much of Macklemore's other material contains explicit language and content that might be inappropriate even for adults. Sesame Street gang is used to controversy, though—remember Katy Perry's busty Elmo get-up?
In any case, Macklemore seemed to enjoy doing the family-friendly version of his hit. He might just be creating some more kiddy content in the near future, too! Reason being? He and fiancée Tricia Davis are expecting their first baby!
Once that little one arrives, dad might have to make a return visit to Sesame Street—good thing he knows how to get there!