And his best was yet to unfold.įeatured Photo Credit: Courtesy of Mac Miller’s website. For me the logo just encapsulates everything that mac had made up until he left us. I had my mom stick and poke 'Dont Trip' on the side of my right foot, so Ill have them touch that up and add swimming in circles. Mac Miller was slowly evolving as a hip-hop artist and exhibited his potential to become bigger than he already was. Im going to get it on my foot when I feel comfortable going back to tattoo parlors. Grey skies and I’m drifting, not living forever I wish it was nice out, but it looked like rain I’m swimmin’ a bit, but deeper in thoughtĪnd don’t you know that sunshine don’t feel right His verses throughout songs like “Ladders” and “Come Back to Earth” allude to the title and theme of the album, keeping his head above the troubles that have been weighing him down: “I want to be able to have good days and bad days.” “I don’t want to be depressed,” Miller said. “Miller’s flow is limber and self-deprecating he tries any pattern of singing or rapping that might lift his spirits for a few seconds,” Pitchfork said of the rapper’s lyrics.Īlthough Miller went through a breakup with Ariana Grande, whom he dated for two years, and got himself into a DUI crash earlier in the year, he voiced during an interview with Vulture that he had been struggling with his mental health for a long time. His death made it all the more heartbreaking to listen to the album, as with each song he openly reflects on his constant state of unhappiness, his struggles with sobriety and finding the spirit to lift himself out of it. Personally, I couldn’t help but think, ‘ Mac, are you okay?’ Miller maintains a nonchalant energy throughout his tracks especially in “Hurt Feelings” and “So It Goes.” It almost feels like having a friend sit you down for a coffee while he tells you casually that he’s lost his mind, but it’s all good so don’t worry about it. Jazz-infused rhythms carry over from his 2016 release, “ The Divine Feminine ,” an album in which he truly elevated his artistry from his “frat rap” style, as described by Rolling Stone, and began to experiment with adding more depth to his beats and his verses. The rapper’s recent death adds a heavy weight to the existing poignancy in his final album. Mac Miller’s fifth studio album “ Swimming ” undertakes a heavier tone from previous projects as he lyricizes his attempts at staying afloat during his lowest times.
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