Mac Miller - Swimming (LP)

Mac Miller’s “Swimming” was the last we’d hear from the emcee. From the outside, it seemed like Mac was doing well mentally and with his addictions. He was still a commercial success but finally got to the point where critics would give him more than just attention but high praise. Mac would die a month later. The shock would push the album up billboard charts as more people paid attention. It was arguably his most widely impactful album leaving the world on a bittersweet note.

Every generation has a voice. For many young people, Mac Miller was that voice. Starting as seemingly just another braggadocious 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 made an effort toward living a “cleaner” life as he hated being sober. He started dating pop star Ariana Grande and making 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.

Tracklist:

1. Come Back to Earth
2. Hurt Feelings
3. What's the Use?
4. Perfecto
5. Self Care
6. Wings
7. Ladders
8. Small Worlds
9. Conversation Pt. 1
10. Dunno
11. Jet Fuel
12. 2009
13. So It Goes