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His tracks on both albums were meant to evoke feelings that represent youth and remind us of our teenage years, including fun, adventure, naivety, etc. Then, he was inspired by his life as a teenager, finding new fame, looking back on his youth. Even “K.I.D.S.” and his less serious works followed a theme. Many of Mac’s albums and mixtapes had a deeper meaning behind them.
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While Mac is known as a rapper, and while there are glimpses of his rap background, including his funk/rap style on the seventh track “Woods,” most of the album consists of slow, gloomy, weary singing paired with smooth guitars, pianos, and synths. “Circles” is a masterpiece compiled mostly of calming songs with deep lyrics. Mac loved all different kinds of music, and he intended to showcase this on his newer works, especially on “Circles.” His lyrics got deeper and more profound, while his “flow” became more skillful, the first time I noticed this change was on his 2013 mixtape entitled “Faces.” Additionally, he began dabbling in other genres of music, mainly funk, soul, jazz, and R&B. As the years went by, his style and skill noticeably evolved and matured with him. He certainly came a long way from his party hip-hop days with his earlier works, like “K.I.D.S.”, “I Love Life, Thank You”, and “Best Day Ever.” While the upbeat, fun-loving, and poppy sound of “K.I.D.S.” is what made me discover and fall in love with Mac’s music as a 9-year-old, as I grew up and continued to follow Mac’s releases religiously, I was able to appreciate each of his works for whatever they had to offer. That brings us to now, over a year after his death, his family has decided to release a posthumous album entitled “Circles.” While many people question the morality of posthumous albums, “Circles” was meant to be released as a companion album alongside his last album “Swimming.” His vision was to make two companion albums with two complimentary sounds and styles, telling a story of self-acceptance (hence the names of the albums “Swimming” and “Circles” equals “swimming in circles.) Mac was extremely excited for the release of “Circles,” and for this reason, his family and producers decided to release the album following his death.Īs far as the album goes, “Circles” further shows how versatile of an artist Mac Miller truly was. Sadly, only a month after it’s release, Mac passed away due to an accidental drug overdose. Before his death in September of 2018, it seemed things were really looking up for the struggling 26-year-old when he released his fifth studio album “Swimming,” which debuted at No. Mac would go on to release seven more mixtapes, countless singles, and five more studio albums under both Rostrum Records and Warner Bros Entertainment. 4 on the Billboard 200 Chart, topping Drake’s “Take Care” and falling just short of top tier artists such as Adele and Justin Bieber. Just three months later, Mac released his first studio album “Blue Slide Park” before his 19th birthday. Then, only 17, he began working with Rostrum to release his third mixtape, “K.I.D.S.” He released this mixtape just months after graduating high school, and it would catapult the freshly graduated 18-year-old kid into the mainstream. After his release of his mixtape, “The High Life,” which featured famous artist and fellow Pittsburgh native Wiz Khalifa, he caught the ear of Pittsburgh-based record label Rostrum Records. Over his time in high school, he constantly worked on his craft. By the time he was 14, he released his first mixtape entitled “But My Mackin’ Ain’t Easy” under the alias Easy Mac, before deciding on his long-term stage name that we know him by today. In the winter of 1992, Mac Miller was born in Pittsburgh, PA.