From Fences’ Lesser Oceans LP, due October 14th. Directed by Jason Koenig & John Keatley. Written and Created by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Jason Koenig and Chris Mansfield.

‘Lesser Oceans’ available in stores and online October 14th. Pre-order on iTunes and receive instant downloads of “Arrows” (feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis) and “Songs About Angels” now.

Don’t go out like a sucker. Buy your show tickets from http://www.macklemore.com/shows.

Fourth single from The Heist gets a video. Directed by Ryan Lewis and Macklemore.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis receive “Best Video With A Social Message” award.

Iggy Azalea and Lil Kim Present Best Hip-Hop Video to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis for “Can’t Hold Us”.

Kanye West performs “Blood On The Leaves”.

Pharrell, Daft Punk, and Nile Rodgers Present Best Female Video.

Slightly off topic, but Timberlake killed performing a string of Timbaland and Neptunes produced hits.

Drake performs his album cover.

Major Lazer takes Mack and Ryan’s chart-topper…to the trap!

Mack and Ryan deliver this video from 2012′s excellent The Heist LP. The video is directed by Ryan Lewis, along with Jason Koenig and Jon Jon Augustavo. Ryan writes:

It seems like when a music video comes out, the title that receives all of the credit and travels with a film is that of the director. It’s as though the director is the “artist” or “creator” of the music video, when in reality a music video is first a written treatment, produced (putting together ingredients like actors and locations), shot and directed, cut on the editing board and finally color graded. The music might be fine tuned and scored specifically for that film. There are so many variables that are completely equal if not sometimes more complicated than directing, it’s a shame that so much credit comes down to whoever fulfills that position. A director wouldn’t have shit to direct without a producer. A producer would have nothing to produce without a writer, and so forth.

After three months of shooting, finally getting to those last few frames where you reveal the credits, it’s a tense moment. There isn’t exactly a sensible way to do it, if we’re trying to fit people into classic film roles. It leads me to the point that although we do our best to give people titles, this was a video fully created by seven individuals at the forefront. Take any of those people out of the equation, you’d be watching a very different video. I write this in hopes that you don’t fall under the illusion that one person creates a music video, particularly at the Macklemore camp. We are constantly challenging and enhancing each others ideas and I take pride in believing that’s the reason we make great videos. – Ryan Lewis

Nardwuar interviews Macklemore & Ryan Lewis at SXSW 2013 in Austin, Texas. Also, Ryan Lewis didn’t know who Kriss Kross was two years ago.

Mack and Ryan did their thing on SNL this weekend, but what really caught our ears was this.

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Macklemore and Ryan Lewis sit down to meet with their new record exec (Paul Scheer).

Mack and Ryan rock lavish coats for their performance of “Thrift Shop” w/ The Roots on Jimmy Fallon.

Bow Wow puts work in today with the interviews, speaking with each Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Big Boi, and Swizz Beatz on 106 & Park.

Pretty bold material for mid-afternoon television. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ gay rights song is performed live on Ellen, complete with standing ovation. From The Heist, available now.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ stellar The Heist LP, performed well beyond expectations, which predicted to be in the 40,000-to-60,000 range, actually opening with 78,000 copies sold in it’s first week, released independently through Alternative Distribution Alliance. 83% of the sales were digital, helping it land that coveted number 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart. In a refreshing turn of events, the independent debut outsold MGK’s Lace Up on Bad Boy, which opened at 51,000 copies sold, landing at number 2 on the Billboard 200.