After this project was released, it finally seemed that Mac had cemented himself as a respected member of the hip-hop world. “But me, I’m still trapped inside my head/It kinda feel like it’s a purgatory” is one of the first few bars of “The Star Room,” the moody opener to this project. The lyrics were dense and poetic, the beats were dark and unconventional, and the themes were mature. Mac’s second album, Watching Movies with the Sound Off, was what really garnered him respect. This mixtape blew up in the hip-hop world and is still one of the most popular mixtapes ever released. This transformation was clear on his next mixtape, Macadelic, which focused on rap features and focused lyrics. Mac was finding the only way out of the pigeonhole he was stuck in was to make better music. He recorded a jazz singing album called You, under the alias Larry Lovestein, and also began to release beats he produced under the name Larry Fisherman. It was after that project that Mac started to experiment. It got one of the lowest scores on the popular site - getting a 1.0/10. Mac may have realized his precarious position when his first album, Blue Slide Park, sold well but was critically panned. They can’t escape the frat-rap label, because if they make music that isn’t frat-rap, their audience feels alienated and leaves. They make popular, serviceable music, have millions of fans and make millions of dollars, but they’re not taken seriously by music critics and fellow musicians. Most frat-rap artists find themselves in artistic purgatory. One could find them being blasted in dorm rooms and frat houses across the country in the early 2010s. While the subject matter was shallow, the songs were catchy and fun. That market was massive, and it blew him up to almost immediate superstardom.
With songs like “Best Day Ever,“ “Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza” and “Senior Skip Day,” Mac wrote music that catered to young, white audiences. came out as one of the first frat rappers.
The small, white kid from Pittsburgh, Pa. Mac Miller had one of the most unique hip-hop careers. 7 when rapper, artist and producer Mac Miller died at the tragically young age of 26. In some cases, one can feel those same gut-wrenching feelings with the passing of someone they’ve never met.Ī lot of music fans were confronted with these dreadful emotions on Friday, Sept. It is devastatingly hard to lose someone close to you.
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