Macadelic

Have you heard this White Kid?

Mac is renowned for his endless amount of shows, and following his 2011 ‘The Blue Slide Park Tour’ promoting his debut album, he pursued on to ‘The Macadelic Tour’ during which he performed at 68 shows between late March and October. This stretched across the United States with notably more bookings in Europe. If this wasn’t enough to highlight his growing claim to stardom, he was named Complex TV’s ‘Man of Next Year’, a huge achievement from one of the most successful independent artists of our generation.

 Macadelic was released March 23rd 2012, and was Mac Miller's attempt to "stop thinking about what kind of music he should make and just start saying what he wanted to say", and this desire was expressed. To Mac Miller fans, the arrival of ‘Macadelic’ was simply another addition to the growing collection of mix tape's, this being the latest produced by ID Labs. However, Macadelic introduces several new producers to Mac Miller such as Wally West who produced "The Question" featuring Lil Wayne. SAP, who produced Mac Miller's hit "Donald Trump" produced his song "Thoughts From a Balcony" In his attempt to move away from the critics cries that his rap style was ‘corny’, Mac has put together a collection of songs that glorify his ability to create head bobbing flows on thumping beats, such as ‘Loud’ and ‘Lucky Ass Bitch’ (featuring Juicy J) but also demonstrate his raw rap style and complex rhyme schemes, particularly in ‘Aliens Fighting Robots’ (featuring Sir Michael Rocks). 

Mac Miller on 'The Macadelic Tour'  

Birmingham HMV Institute 

May 26th 2012

Love Me As I Have Loved You

An introduction to the trippy album you expect to hear. A gentle whistling accompanies a mellowing soundtrack as a woman’s voice greets us to what Mac Miller described as ‘the Macadelic experience’. This sets the tone for the album and briefly introduces us to the idea of Mac’s struggle for acceptance and need to be appreciated as ‘Do you love me?’ and ‘Let me in’ are muttered. This is undoubtedly an odd introduction to a hip-hop mix tape, and finishes with a chilling ‘Are you ready?’