Rostrum released his debut EP, On and on and Beyond, and his debut album, Blue Slide Park, in 2011. mixtape became his breakthrough when it was released in August of 2010, earning plenty of attention from hip-hop blogs and landing Miller a recording contract with Rostrum Records. Born Malcolm McCormick, Miller first used the alias 'Easy Mac,' a name referenced on his debut mixtape, 2007's But My Mackin' Ain't Easy.
I think I'm gonna go hit up some Grey Goose.Coming on the scene with a throwback style that betrayed his years, Pittsburgh-based rapper Mac Miller had just turned 18 when he spent 2010 making his name through mixtapes and video-sharing websites.
But that's only because I want to be cool.
But I'm no Howard Roark, I'm going to walk around my hallways with my beats on full blast and my jailbroken ipod touch up all the way jammin to “Loitering”.
The lyrics are stale and contrived, the music is garbage, the album cover looks like something someone would post on Instagram and Mac Miller himself is a complete tool.ĭon't buy the album, don't listen to it, don't even read reviews about it. Unfortunately, the device is scarred forever by the fact that Mac Miller was, even if only for a second, on the screen. I actually just downloaded the album cover of Blue Slide Park onto my brand new ipad 3's gorgeous retina display, only for the device to be used as toilet paper. Take it easy on me, it's so hard to talk about the music when almost nothing on this album resembles anything like music. Perhaps that disturbingly large group of kids that smoked weed twice out of a water bottle bong and now listen to music that explicitly states that they smoke as well? And when did Bob Marley become so popular with middle schoolers!? Am I to believe that all middle schoolers are stoners? Or should I quit my prog band and start making reggae?
Freshman girls? I dont think most of them could find the download link.
Who is Miller's primary audience? The partiers? No, most of the cool one's listen to badass music like Tyler the Creator. This ain't the time to just sit back, theres a party on 5th ave!” “My light up shoes on, my light up shoes on, my light up shoes on, they love it when my kicks flash. My personal favorite lyrical gem on this album is. The sampling is fairly well fitting, the lyrics are about partying of course, and the music kind of repeats, but at least its straight shooting and tries to do something kind of ambitious. 'Party on Fifth Avenue' Is almost, but still not quite, bearing some resemblance to music. Some of the sampling is well done, I guess. The flow of the rapping stays the same in almost every song, but Mac is smart enough to mix it up by squeezing in that one extra syllable every few lines. Every once in a while, it will switch to 4/4. The time signatures fluctuate between 4/4 and 4/4. In fact, I find it difficult that anyone above the age of 18 can possibly derive any pleasure from this. The lyrics follow an almost cynically childish train of thought that were clearly written to impress freshman girls in high school. The words are recyclable, which may be good for the environment, but really suck in music. But don't worry, every once in a while he'll pitch a mean curveball and talk about his Van or Hashtags. Most of the lyrics revolve around, guess what, Sex/Drugs/Money. I just had a Bud Light.īut I digress, the 'Music' lacks any originality or creative thought. You might be right, I honestly don't know. Many people in the comments will now comment on how I wrote that last sentence just because I wanted you guys to know I'm super hip because I'm drinking and I'm underage. “DrinkDrinkDrinkDrinkDrink! Fill it up! Fill it up! X4”Īnd for the record, I'm not against drinking, I've done my share. There lies the crux of the issue though, as I can't find any possible redemption in an album that has a song where the majority of the lyrics are. I would really prefer it for people to not think im some pompous asshole. So I guess I'm supposed to like the album. Seriously bro, who the f*ck doesn't like Mac Miller?Ĭ) Hipster. Who the f*ck doesnt like Mac Miller?ī) Virgin. You see, I go to a high school where, If you don't listen to Mac Miller, you are either anĪ) Asshole. And no, that was not the introduction into some rant about how my generation has awful music, but I'm better than them because I listen to cool music like Hendrix and the Beatles and Zeppelin.