Released, posthumously, to vinyl for the first time, we'd like to present to you, Mac Miller's NPR Tiny Desk Concert. This was released a few days after the release of Mac's fifth and final studio album "Swimming". Compared to "Swimming" which has been collected in boxset, this 3 track performance is but a moment. Short and heartbreakingly sweet. Mac would pass away a month after recording. This performance sparks with energy, growth, and hope for a future that would never come to be. Tiny Desk Concerts are a staple of NPR's music programming. They provide a tight and intimate look into the music, quite literally. Mac Miller's in considered one of the best in the past 10 years of programming.
Every generation has a voice. For many young people, Mac Miller was that voice. Starting as seemingly just another bragggadocious white rapper, Mac matured to become one of the most thoughtful emcees of the 2010s. Mac's music constantly evolved with each album sounding different from the last. He slowly moved away from underground-inspired rap like MF DOOM toward jazzy lo-fi. "Faces" was his magnum opus. It was here that the darkness of his lifestyle was catching up to him and he was translating it into his music. After the mixtape, Mac endeavored to live a "cleaner" life as he hated being sober. He started dating pop star Ariana Grande and made an R&B album inspired by her. He would release another critically commercially successful album in August 2018. Things were good for Mac. Struggling with substance abuse and depression for much of his young life, Mac died in September 2018 of an overdose due to a bad batch of drugs made with fentanyl.
