![]() ![]() Sosa and Mac channel the same chemistry they had on Keef’s Bang 3 album (I Just Wana). On the previously released single “Break the Law” he flashes a breathless flow to complement an impressive rhyme scheme, “No pressure, dope seller, smarter than your professor/ Hoes, I don’t stress her, put a bitch down like Old Yeller/ The flow’s stellar, stella ella ola, have you ever been.” The most surprising feature comes from Chief Keef on the gaudy track “Cut the Check”. For years Mac has taken a backseat to some of the seasoned lyricists but on GO:OD AM he makes a strong case for why he should be considered as one of the most gifted MC’s in the game. TDE’s Ab-Soul fired off an MVP verse on the fourth track “Two Matches” but Mac held his own like he did on the prequel that was on his last album Watching Movies with the Sound Off. One of the best songs on the album is “Weekend” which features some assistance from Miguel on the hook before he steals the show on the outro. The album boasts five features (not counting some comical dialogue from Domo Genesis and Schoolboy Q) that all fit the story Mac is trying to tell. It’s on this track that Mac reflects on some of the decisions he made while life zoomed by, “All the times that I’ve been reckless, with an ego big as Texas, thinkin’ “I’m the man.” ![]() On “Time Flies” Mac flexes his lyrical prowess while Lil B provides some classic based scripture in the background. When we get to “Ros” he breaks into a touching love ballad dedicated to his girlfriend. On “In the Bag” we find an elevated Mac who’s left the feel good raps behind, “this the music that make white people mad” he claims on the hook before ravaging through the second verse. The outdated, happy-go-lucky, frat raps have been replaced with gritty bars on self-awareness, love and everything else that comes with signing a $10 million-dollar-deal with Warner Brother Records. “Ain’t sayin that I’m a sober, I’m just in a better place.” Mac cruises through the 17-track album showcasing his ability to make complete, well-structured songs. ![]() Although he seemingly overcame his substance abuse problem, on the opening track “Doors” he makes sure we know that he isn’t exactly as straight-edge as his friend Tyler, the Creator who produced the track. On Mac Miller’s major label debut, GO:OD AM he wakes up to find the once dim light at the end of the tunnel. When he nonchalantly notes “I’m a bit surprised that I’m even still alive/ Mixin uppers and downers, practically suicide” on the last verse of “Grand Finale” you can almost make out the classic story of an artist’s demise after using drugs and alcohol to cope with the life that comes with the industry. When you finally get to the last track on Faces you’ll find Mac on “Grand Finale” pondering his own death by way of overdose. He was heading down a dark path of self-destruction that looked like it had no light anywhere in sight. By the end of the tape you couldn’t help but think that Mac might actually join the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse in the infamous 27 club. His last full length project came in the form of a 24-track mixtape titled Faces - a tape laced with some less than subtle death rhymes. ![]() It’s a morbid line that captures Mac’s mindset up to this point in his career. “To everyone who sell me drugs/ don’t mix it with that bullshit, I’m hoping not to join the 27 club,” Mac Miller says on “Brand Name”, the second track on his third LP, GO:OD AM. ![]()
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