Looking back on the rollout of the album, leading with the 808 heavy trap inspired single, "Diablo" , Mac showed lyrical fortitude. A deep dive into the thoughts and feelings of a man that gained the whole world and lost his soul in return. Writing some of the most intensely personal verses of his career.įaces was so jarring. Miller's blood flowed through his pen on the project. Keeping up with the likes of Rick Ross, Earl Sweatshirt, and TDE's Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q. Mac was spitting on this album like never before. Tapping into every emotion and thought as the rapper experiences his lowest lows and the highest of the highs. Each song is a look into the rapper's tormented brain. He was just dope.įaces might be Miller's most honest project to date. For the same reason, I appreciated the era’s other emerging stars like Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, and Tyler, the Creator Mac had radiant energy of creativity and realness. I looked him up all over the internet, checking out every mixtape and interview he put out up until that time. He rapped on the instrumental of Lord Finesse's “Hip 2 Da Game” with confidence, delivering each bar immaculately, drawing the listener in with his magnetic charisma.įrom that moment on, I was hooked. I was hooked the moment I heard the intro. Instead, it was a 19-year-old from Pittsburgh rapping about smoking weed and finally making it on “Kool-Aid and Frozen Pizza.” It was a young Mac Miller.
I was sure something like Drake and Rihanna’s “Take Care” or Lil Wayne’s “6 Foot 7 Foot” would play next.
Watch the Throne's “Otis” blares out of my television speakers as I roll out of bed every morning. I’m 13 years old, it’s the beginning of the blog era, and MTV’s "AMTV" woke me up every morning. I wish I could take a time machine back to 2011.
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