This is my 2nd review of a Mac Miller release, but I just couldn't resist. Mac just dropped Macadelic, his 7th mixtape, for free. Miller has been working nonstop since he was about 15 and it's really paying off. In 2010, he sold out every show on his ''Incredibly Dope Tour''.
Just as I expected, Miller's clever lyricism is still making me smile. His success must be making him a little cocky. On the first track he raps,''And I do it big, you a iPod Nano''. On the next one he continues showing off with ''I just sold out that Fillmore/Got a million, make a mil more/Play a number one spot on the billboard''. But he isn't just talking shit; his debut album, Blue Slide Park(which I reviewed earlier), hit number 1 on the Billboard 200.
I was somewhat surprised to discover Miller's storytelling skill with the track Vitamins. It describes a a drug trip in its most literal interpretation and is one of the best songs on the mixtape. This mixtape might have been better than Blue Slide Park if it was released with the 2nd half removed, but they have different appeals. Blue Slide Park is much easier to listen to and fun as hell. Macadelic is longer and much slower, being comprised of more clever lines and discussion of Mac's problems throughout. Mac's lyrical skill is at it's finest and easily kills most rappers at his level of stardom.
Following the structure of his debut, Macadelic loses it's fire as it progresses, and does it worse than Blue Slide Park. Tracks 7 & 8 are disappointing and I thought track 12, The Question, featuring Lil Wayne would be the end, but I was pleasantly surprised by Wayne's verse. It didn't exactly have Weezy's unique appeal to it, but the clever lyrics kept me interested and listening.
The rest of the mixtape is perhaps too slow for hip-hop and mostly average. Nothing memorable appears on any of the last 5 tracks or so, other than the final track, Fuck 'em All. Mostly because of the hook: ''Get ya money, fuck 'em all/Everything, could be gone tomorrow/What's if it's gone tomorrow?/Get ya money, fuck 'em all/Get ya money, fuck 'em all/Everything, could be gone tomorrow/Everything, could be gone tomorrow/So get ya money, fuck 'em all.''
With this release, Mac Miller has ensured my interest in his career. It might not be phenomenal, but it's definitely interesting and smart, which is almost a rarity at his level of success. I'll be checking every album and mixtape of Miller's, probably for years to come, and hoping for the best.
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