My high school crew could acknowledge his talent but stopped obsessing over music years ago.
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Now fully on board the Mac Miller train, I quickly started pushing him on my friends - with mixed results. Amazing beats, elite raps and an All Star list of features including Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Joey Bada$$ and more. Recently released on Spotify (Thank God), I'd put Macadelic up against any hip hop mixtape ever made. I started to dig deeper into his discography and while I still struggle to get on board with his early stuff (when he was literally like 15 years old) like "The Jukebox", "K.I.D.S." and "Best Day Ever", I did find the mixtapes "I Love Life, Thank You" and "Macadelic". I became obsessed with the album and jumped at the opportunity to see him tour with Action Bronson at the Palladium in Hollywood. Within seconds of hearing the album's first song, "The Star Room," I knew I had stumbled onto something special. That day, I decided to click on the album and after seeing a super impressive list of features that included Earl Sweatshirt, Action Bronson, School Boy Q, Tyler the Creator and Diplo, I gave it a listen. I'd heard of Mac Miller but had always disregarded him as a backpack teeny bop rapper that was too past my era to care about. It was on the Spotify New Releases page back in 2013 where I discovered Mac Miller and his album "Watching Movies with the Sound Off". While I'd never pick a Mike Will Made It beat over a Dr Premier sampled masterpiece, I keep an open mind and appreciate the evolution of the music. Luckily for me, my love for rap has only grown over the years with how much more accessible music is on streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music. Our get-togethers have become a stroll down memory lane listening to anthems from high school and doing the "old man on the porch" routine where we complain about how today's rap couldn't hold a candle to 90's hip hop.
Over the years during and after college, I tapped into more indie acts like MF Doom, Sage Francis, Atmosphere and now it's Action Bronson, Kendrick Lamar and the list goes on and on.įor most of my friends, the golden era of hip hop ended years ago. Dre's "The Chronic" and a Tribe Called Quest's "The Low End Theory." Heading into high school, it was the rise of Wu Tang, Notorious Big, Tupac, Outkast, Mobb Deep and so many more great artists I could spend a month writing them all down.
While I wasn't around for Grandmaster Flash, I listened to NWA for the first time in my friend's basement when I was in third grade.
I've been blessed to have my life coincide with with evolution of rap as a genre. In the case of Mac Miller, it's been a lot deeper than that.Īs an avid 38-year old hip hop fan, Mac Miller isn't supposed to be my favorite rapper. At a minimum, I'll devote a day of listening to their music to pay homage to the gift they gave the world. It started way back in the day with Michael Jackson and has continued at a crazy pace over the past couple of years. As I've gotten older, I've sadly realized more of our favorite musicians are going to die. Last night after my lady went to sleep, I went into a deep Mac Miller YouTube rabbit hole and woke up this morning feeling compelled to make good on my promise. I've been planning on writing this blog post for weeks now - then life and excuses got in the way.
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