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'He popped off frat rap early on and could've stuck with that, but he put his head down, focused on his craft, and gained respect from the best,' Ketchum continued.

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' One thing that impressed me about Mac Miller was his dedication to becoming a focused musician,' William Ketchum, the deputy editor at Vibe Magazine, wrote on Twitter following Miller's death. The central metaphor encapsulates the defining aspect of Miller's career: his knack for evolution and constant desire to improve. 'Ladders' is the tour de force on Miller's most recent album, 'Swimming,' released in August.

Miller performing 'Ladders' on 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' less than one month before his death. ' A lot of was inspired just by the universe, the story of love, and the emotion of love, how love affects me is different now.'īest lyrics: 'I think you're too divine for my human mind / When I'm with you, what do you do? Bring me to life / No matter what, one day everyone dies / You think you a God 'til you run out of time / Yeah, when you're gone, what will you leave behind?' I also wholeheartedly believe in the idea of love,' he said. The rapper opened up to Billboard shortly before the album's release and said that he had, indeed, found a soul mate. Many fans interpreted 'The Divine Feminine' as an expression of their relationship - and while Grande has stated that only one song, 'Cinderella,' was directly inspired by her, Miller's belief in true, transcendent love can be felt radiating at the core of each song. Miller had recently confirmed his romance with Ariana Grande, whose vocals appear elsewhere on the album. 'Soulmate' details the album's thesis statement. He embraced his singing voice leaned into jazz and R&B influences centered live instrumentation and professed a soft, blissful, overwhelmingly positive outlook. Miller's fourth studio album, 'The Divine Feminine,' saw the rapper go in a completely different artistic direction. Getty Images/Dave Hogan for One Love Manchester The close friends and then-couple collaborated on Grande's 2013 single 'The Way' and Miller's 2016 track 'My Favorite Part.' It's the duality of man,' Miller told GQ, reflecting on the album, in 2016.īest lyrics: 'Never will I walk in line / I cross the T's and dot the I's / Wondering, well, wonderin' how I got this high / Fell asleep and forgot to die / God damn.' 'You can't expect to appreciate moments of deep thought without appreciating moments of carefree enjoyment and confidence. 'But the edges had begun to warp, regrets were forming, and Mac was aware of all of it.'

'Its thesis statement is, essentially, that the weekend is the time to party, and that's when Mac comes alive,' Tirhakah Love and Brendan Klinkenberg write for Rolling Stone. The song is a banger at heart, but creates tension that reflects Miller's mid-career struggle: to reconcile his 'frat rap' party-boy persona and his awareness of his toxic, self-destructive behavior. New Faces v2 (feat.Miller's third album 'GO:OD AM' is a bona fide ode to sobriety, and 'Weekend' is Miller at his best. Miller's breakthrough 2010 mixtape K.I.D.S. received a digital release last year.Ħ. Further pre-order details for both digital and vinyl editions can be found here. The 25-track Faces features collaborations with Earl Sweatshirt, ScHoolboy Q, Rick Ross, Vince Staples and more. It's sort of a look at the emotional and difficult and perilous but noble path of an artist. In the abstract, it's meant to be a video about childhood-growing up as an artist and the highs and lows of that experience. To build it out I asked Malcolm's family to send me bits and pieces from his childhood, scenes from the town where he grew up, objects, toys from his room-little pieces of his life that I extrapolated outwards and used to inspire the story. This atmospheric nighttime place that was sometimes dangerous, sometimes comforting, then I saw a picture of Ralph and a story emerged. The track felt very visual to me-like it had its own world. Director Sam Mason shared the following of the visuals: Today, it was announced that Miller's cult favourite tape, initially delivered May 11, 2014, will be available on all streaming services on October 15 for the first time since its release.Īlongside today's news, a video for 'Colors and Shapes' can be found below.

Published Mac Miller's 2014 mixtape Faces will be given its first-ever digital and vinyl releases this year.

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