In November 2012, Miller released the project " You" under his alter ego, Larry Lovestein & The Velvet Revival, in stark contrast to anything he had released previously. His wealth gave him a near-endless access to drugs - coupled with his openness to trying anything, this allowed him to continue using drugs even when he didn’t feel the need to. I could have a whole adventure in this room.’” "It started by me just sitting inside all day, and then you get bored, then you’re like ‘well, I could just be high. “Kinda just sitting there by myself all the time. In his interview with The Fader, Miller described his dependency on drugs as stemming from his loneliness, boredom and constant need to try something new.
His mental health took a sudden turn as he moved from marijuana to hard drugs, which he openly rapped about on his new music. He completed an entire album under his producer alias, Larry Fisherman, with Vince Staples, entitled " Stolen Youth." His studio was home to many major underground artists such as Earl Sweatshirt and Vince Staples.
Miller started producing his own music and worked with numerous collaborators, becoming a true star in LA’s rap scene. He became more focused on the musical beauty within his work, drawing from his life experiences to create music that felt real. A couple of his singles from his 2012 mixtape " Macadelic" gained popularity, but otherwise, Miller’s prospects for musical fame had fallen out of sight, and Miller retreated into himself. The failure of his initial album brought his career to an abrupt plateau. Miller’s one redeeming quality as a musician was that his album had no features from other artists, a rare quality for a No. The songs fell right into his frat-boy aesthetic, proclaiming his love for women, fame, money and drugs - but the music industry was suddenly uninterested in any of that. Yet, while the album was the first independently distributed album to top the charts since 1995, it fell dramatically the following week.Īs Jordan Sargent put it harshly in an infamous Pitchfork review, “Pittsburgh rapper (Mac Miller) is mostly just a crushingly bland and intolerable version of Wiz Khalifa.” Sargent rated the album a 1.0 on a 10-point scale. Miller’s critical success came to a sudden halt after his first album release, "Blue Slide Park." Released in November 2011, it sold 144,000 copies in the first week. He went on to release his next mixtape, "Best Day Ever," featuring fellow Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa and including his arguably most famous song, “Donald Trump.” His feud with Donald Trump following the song’s release garnered massive media attention. The project also included Miller’s token twist his song “ Traffic in the Sky” featured the same mellow sound that was present within the stand-alone pieces of his earlier mixtapes. The entire project fit right into his frat-rap niche, providing the perfect breakout into the music industry.
His music videos also began to rise in popularity on YouTube, just five years into the platform’s launch. Thank you for the countless hours of fun listening to your music with my homies! This has me so fucked up! You will be missed and always remembered #KIDS- Bobby Briefcase September 7, 2018 Mac I Love You! You were a huge inspiration on my come up. As he grew from a goofy 15-year-old with massive untapped talent to a 26-year-old expressing his battle with depression and addiction through his music, his evolution as an open-hearted, inspiring artist illustrates one of the greatest paths for up-and-coming musicians. The clip, smattered with offhand jokes, provided one of the earliest deeper looks into his life. "Everybody’s gotta grow up sometime,” Miller said in a 2016 interview with The Fader. A far leap from the sound of his very first album, Miller's evolution between each release is perhaps the most magnificent evolution the industry has witnessed. "Circles" weaves a beautiful finale, produced at the talented hands of Jon Brion. It's an experience that I have cherished since I first discovered Miller years ago. The finality of this goodbye hit me as I listened through a new Mac Miller album for the very last time. "Swimming" and "Circles" are part of an incomplete album trilogy. 7, 2018, just after he released his album "Swimming." His final album, entitled "Circles," was released posthumously on Jan. Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller died on Sept.